Since this NIE report reverses its earlier assessment on Iran's nuclear program, it raises more questions than it answers about the business of intelligence and understanding of Iranian political culture.
Civilian politicians may not realize what sizable strides the Air Force has made in fusing intelligence and fixing a broken space culture over the past several years, but they will warm to any service that offers an alternative to putting U.S. soldiers in harms way in the years ahead.
Even if charges are not pressed immediately, the arrests put teeth into the investigation and may signal an end to the culture of impunity that long shrouded the Syrian-backed intelligence apparatus.