The Iran breakout debate has officially become tiresome.

Anyone bothering to read this blog will remember the instant analysis of the last IAEA report that ISIS put out. It got quite a bit of attention at the time.

Some of you might also have seen what Glaser and Kemp wrote in response.

Anyone on the ISIS email list certainly knows, because ISIS called them out today, for some reason.

Kemp and Glaser have now made a quick reply.

Knowledge doesn’t grow without criticism and debate. I’ve certainly learned a thing or two from this exchange. But some of it seems waaaay too close to being a determined defense of a hasty analysis that grabbed headlines and caused confusion. This approach ill serves the cause of informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security.

That is all.

Cross-posted to ArmsControlWonk.com. See the comments at ACW.