There You Have it...

It's in small print on page 16, but it is there.

U.S.: Iran put nukes on hold

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that international pressure has succeeded in compelling the Islamic Republic to back away from its pursuit of the bomb.

The new findings represent a retreat from a fundamental U.S. assumption about one of its main adversaries and an admission that a central component of previous intelligence estimates on Tehran's nuclear program was wrong. But the report makes clear that Iran could decide at any point to resume its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.

The assessment represents the consensus view of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency. It is likely to have major implications in the debate over whether to confront Iran militarily or through diplomatic means, an issue that has been a source of friction within the Bush administration and with some members of the international community.