Secret IAEA report: Iran has physics textbooks

The AP report is already the top story on the Jerusalem Post's homepage (probably because it gave them an excuse to trot out that photo of Ahmadinejad at Natanz). Same with Ha'aretz. I suspect it will make the U.S. media soon, too.

But if you actually read the AP's report, there's frankly not much to it. This is the key paragraph (emphasis mine):

The document says Iran has sufficient information to build a bomb. It says Iran is likely to overcome problems on developing a delivery system.

Read that again. Iran has the information to build a nuke? So do most college physics students. The theory behind it is not that complicated. That's a far cry from saying Iran has the capability to make one, let alone make one that fits on a missile, as Steve Hynd points out.

Nor am I moved by the assertion that Iran is "likely to overcome problems" with delivering a nuclear weapon. Any organization in the world, particularly a well-funded government program, could overcome those problems given enough time. The report doesn't say how long it will take, just that it will eventually happen.

Maybe there's more to the report and the AP just hasn't quoted it yet. But I'm not impressed by what I've seen.

I do have one question, though: Who leaked this report to the AP, just days after the U.S. agreed to talks with Iran -- and on a day when the Obama administration is already on the defensive over its national security policies?