Iran-Contra figure re-emerges as middleman for Iraq information to U.S. government

Associated Press ^ | 10-15-03

[Brian S]

A central figure in the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s has passed allegations to the Bush administration that $150 million in enriched uranium was smuggled from Iraq into Iran five years ago and some may remain hidden in Iraq.

The information was relayed to the administration through a conservative author, Michael Ledeen. And Ledeen is now accusing the CIA of failing to aggressively check the allegation because of a long-held distrust of Manucher Ghorbanifar, a middleman in the Reagan administration's Iran-Contra swap of arms for hostages.

[JohnGalt]

Is Benito trying to bring scandal on this White House as well?

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[My2Cents]

President Bush was hurt earlier this year by bad intelligence about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa that was included in his State of the Union address to justify the war.

Who was the White House suppose to believe? British Intelligence, or Joe Wilson's oral report of his gabbing with about a dozen Nigerians while sipping tea by the hotel pool?

[mrsmith]

"President Bush was hurt earlier this year by bad intelligence about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa that was included in his State of the Union address to justify the war. The CIA acknowledges that information turned out to be false and says it had raised concerns about the information with a White House official months before the speech. "

Good ol' Pete Yost _{TM DNC}.
He never lets up from pushing Democrat lies.

[ravingnutter]

The CIA acknowledges that information turned out to be false

No...that is NOT what the CIA said...

An unsigned CIA memo on Oct. 5 advised that "the CIA had reservations about the British reporting" on Iraq's alleged attempts in Niger, Hadley [Bush's #2 National Security guy] said. A second memo, sent on Oct. 6, elaborated on the CIA's doubts, describing "some weakness in the evidence," such as the fact that Iraq already had a large stock of uranium and probably wouldn't need more, Hadley said.

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This, from the same CIA that said the convoys of trucks going across the border into the Bekaa Valley "did not register" with them at the time. Not to mention the fact that the British still stand beside their intel.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

"I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme."

[al baby]

What about adnan koshoggi?

[GraniteStateConservative]

I'd still like him to run when Warner finally retires.