TREACHERY - AT 8:07 A.M. ET:  How can any American feel secure, when the man who runs the International Atomic Energy Agency has been betraying his trust?  The Times of London this morning exposes what Mohamed ElBaradei, another Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been doing to boost the fortunes of the rogue regime in Tehran:

United Nations and Iranian officials have been secretly negotiating a deal to persuade world powers to lift sanctions and allow Tehran to retain the bulk of its nuclear programme in return for co-operation with UN inspectors.

You can be sure that not much cooperation would be required. 

According to a draft document seen by The Times, the 13-point agreement was drawn up in September by Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in an effort to break the stalemate over Iran’s nuclear programme before he stands down at the end of this month.

The IAEA denied the existence of the document, which was leaked to The Times by one of the parties alarmed at the contents. Its disclosure was made as the agency warned that Iran could be hiding multiple secret nuclear sites.

Despite the assessment, diplomats believed that Mr ElBaradei was hoping to agree the outline of a deal with Tehran that he could present to the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany as a solution to the impasse.|

It was thought that Mr ElBaradei was anxious to secure his legacy after infighting over his perceived weakness in dealing with Iran.

"Perceived" weakness?  The man has practically revived the Chamberlain umbrella.

Negotiations with Iran are going nowhere.  But the president of the United States can't even make a decision on Afghanistan.  He has zero credibility on Iran.  Many chickens are coming home to roost, as the "international community" makes a mockery of everything we learned in the 20th century about dealing with rogue regimes.

November 17,  2009