Adding to the tension, on February 25th Seymour Hersh, a journalist at the New Yorker, published details of contingency plans for war with Iran.

更令人紧张的是，2月25《纽约客》资深撰稿人西摩·赫什公爆出了大量可能对伊朗突发作战的细节。

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Mr. SEYMOUR HERSH (Reporter, The New Yorker): Well, let me just tell you that I haven't seen it.

NPR: Article Claims CIA Has No Evidence of Iran Nuke Program

Antonio Taguba, New Yorker writer Seymour Hersh said the mistreatment of prisoners was done "to break down somebody before interrogation" at the direction of U.S. military intelligence.

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But it was only when the photos of the ill-treatment of prisoners were supplied to the 60 Minutes current affairs programme and to the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that it turned into a full-blown military scandal.

BBC: The history of US leaks