US intelligence chief closes nuclear document website

AMERICA’S top intelligence official took down a government website with captured Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi documents after questions were raised about whether it provided too much information about making atomic bombs.

In a statement, a spokesman for National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said his office has suspended public access to the website “pending a review to ensure its content is appropriate for public viewing”.

The action came after The New York Times raised questions about the content of the government site, called “Operation Iraqi Freedom Document Portal.”