In the end he was partly vindicated by the fact that Merlin (if other comments here are accurate) eventually put an operational weapon in the hands of Iran, a s

In the end he was partly vindicated by the fact that Merlin (if other comments here are accurate) eventually put an operational weapon in the hands of Iran, a scenario he saw and presumably tried to avoid. We will probably never know if anyone responsible for this program actually intended to arm Iran, but intentionally arming our enemies is not an unheard of tactic used by covert elements of our government to later justify use of force.