Iranians

Iranians thrust into Oval crosshairs as proliferation architects: they contract Russians to erect Bushehr's nuclear reactor, unmasked by Fitzwallace's SR-71 photos as heavy water design churning plutonium—directly defying four U.S. intelligence agencies' light-water assumptions. Leo's grim nod confirms the bomb-grade peril, escalating this sovereign maneuver into raw diplomatic brinkmanship amid Bartlet's crisis deluge.