The Nuclear question

[JimBob]

And so if terrorists detonate a nuke in the USA, how would you know where it came from? Pakistan, N. Korea, stolen from Russia? Iran is hardly going to tell you, are they?

How did we find out who perpetrated 9/11, or any other terrorist attack? Why the hell else do we have intelligence agencies, other than to collect intelligence?

[Papewaio]

Why the hell else do we have intelligence agencies, other than to collect intelligence?

Well based on past events in Vietnam the precursor to the CIA was used to destablise the local government to the point that it required outside intervention. (creating terrorists)

And Ronald Reagan was in charge of the White House while the Iran Contra affair happened. (creating terrorists)

Osama Bin Laden was working with the same gentlemen as the CIA was in Afghanistan, now depending on wordplay they were freedom fighters when they were fighting the SU and terrorists when fighting the US. (creating terrorists)

So at least 3 cases that have been exposed where USA intelligence agencies have spent money on people who later on turn out to be terrorists.

So why not the possibility of the CIA buying a dud nuke from the former SU and setting up Iran with another one of their patsy terrorist groups? Similar things have happened in the past why not in the future?