I think, TIA, I read that the dog ate their radiation monitors. Or maybe they left them in their other backpack at home that day...something along those lines.

The thing that is a complete crock, is that they know right now, today, that it was a nuke. They know because you don't determine if an explosion was a nuke by satellite. You confirm it was a nuclear detonation by the seismic readings, and the radiation detected. It doesn't take days or weeks to confirm a test. Certainly not months.

But yes, the reason for the Bush security whores to be claiming it was probably just a forest fire (it is hard to believe this woman holds a PhD from Standford, isn't it?) is that this news ain't so good for the election thang. Especially when they also came out and said today they could "deal with" the Iranian nuke issues diplomatically.

Just like they are North Korea, I'm sure.

And the fact that the North Koreans blew this baby off on the China border...