US intelligence’s ability to sway events in Iran low: senator

WASHINGTON: US intelligence has not meddled in the mass protests sweeping Iran, and its ability “to get in there and change the course of human events is very low”, the head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee said on Sunday. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the committee, said officials involved in US clandestine operations were queried about it this week in a formal setting. “I can say this, to the best of my knowledge there has been no interference with the election, there has been no manipulation of people following the election,” she said in an interview with CNN. “By blaming the United States and Great Britain, they (Iranian leaders) are trying to take the responsibility from its own shoulders and clearly I think most people see that the responsibility belongs on those shoulders, not ours,” Feinstein said. “I think it’s a very difficult country in which to collect intelligence right now. So I think our ability to get in there and change the course of human events is very low, to be very candid with you,” she said. afp

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