On October 28, 2007 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG), Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, criticized the Israeli attack on a suspected Syrian nuclear site and said, "If countries have information that the country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us." He then went on to argue that the Vienna-based Agency "had the authority and capacity to investigate any such information." In view of past performance, the claim of "authority and capacity" bears review.
