Rumors of Attack on Iran Scorch the Web (Text and Context‪)‬

For the first two weeks of August, the Internet buzzed with "inside knowledge" of an Israeli air strike against Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the month. One of most quoted warnings came from Philip Giraldi, a polyglot former CIA operative who writes for the American Conservative and is no friend of Israel. "We spend $100 billion on intelligence annually and then ignore the best judgments on what is taking place," Mr. Giraldi's blog said recently, and "might as well use a Ouija board." Cheekily, a reader replied,"Not only would we save a lot of money, but with a Ouija board there is always the chance you could arrive at the right decision."