Page 20 - Program On Science News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Program on science. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Program On Science Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Seven Problems with John Kerry's Iranian Nuclear Clock

Seven Problems with John Kerry's Iranian Nuclear Clock
meforum.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from meforum.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

New York , United States , Israel General , White House , District Of Columbia , North Korea , Los Angeles , Islamic Republic Of Iran , Lee Smith , Greg Thielmann , Ivanka Barzashka , Alex Glaser , Paul Brannan , David Albright , Christina Walrond , Robert Joseph , Ariane Tabatabai , Robert Wright , Arash Karami , John Kerry , Ivan Oelrich , Georgew Bush , Robertj Goldston , Andrea Stricker , Olli Heinonen , Ali Hashem ,

Does Iran even need spies in academia?


© Getty Images
The Justice Department recently indicted professor Kaveh Afrasiabi, charging that for decades his persona as a neutral, mild-mannered scholar was a cover and that, in reality, he was an agent of the Islamic Republic of Iran. If the allegations are true and this seasoned academic (Boston University, Harvard and UC Berkeley) was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote Iranian interests in the New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe and to appear on television, it was wasted money.
Perhaps Iran got lucky and a man with a good cover offered his services, or perhaps he is one covert operative in a much larger operation to infiltrate American academia. But the sad truth is that Iran really doesn’t need agents to pose as neutral experts because American academics long have done Iran’s public messaging free of charge.   ....

New York , United States , Boston University , Columbia University , Elliot School , Islamic Republic Of Iran , Williamo Beeman , Hooshang Amirahmadi , Hassan Rouhani , Ruhollah Khomeini , Daniel Pipes , Hamid Algar , Michel Foucault , Hossein Askari , Kenneth Waltz , Robert Jervis , Kaveh Afrasiabi , University Of California , Rutgers Edwardj Bloustein School Of Planning , Iranian Labor News Agency , Program On Science , Department Of Near Eastern , Department Of Political Science , Rutgers University , George Washington University , Washington Post ,