An undated image released by the U.S. Government shows the suspected Syrian nuclear reactor building under construction in Syria (REUTERS/U.S. Government).
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Lessons of the Syrian Reactor
May 1, 2013, Bruce Riedel
Bruce Riedel writes that while Israel’s covert attack on Syria’s Al Kibar nuclear plant was a strategic success, the U.S. policy process was not. Riedel looks at what happens when the policy-intelligence system breaks down dramatically and publicly.