A correction.
TOM: "Did or did not North Korea and Iran have a full-blown weapons development program prior to 2001?"
MY REPLY: No they did not.
Yes. They did.
This testimony is eleven years old. Note the reference to the "crash Iranian program." The last part is oddly prescient, too:
Now the Clinton administration has made a deal that will probably push the problem into the next administration, since that is when a breach by North Korea is most likely to occur. Pushing problems off to one's successor may be tempting politically, but it is a risky way to deal with the spread of nuclear weapons.