[secretagent]

Too good to be true indeed. The tipoff that this is a fake is that the SAME memo vindicating the Atta-Iraq link also vindicates the Niger-Uranium link. Too improbable.

Good catch! This, by itself, puts me in the disbeliever camp.

This smells like a set-up to embarrass Bush, like the Niger forgery.

(Now to read the rest of the thread)

[txhurl]

It does seem contrived.

But at least it gets a lot of research indexing in order with the press for when they eventually decide to drop-kick the evidence thru the posts.

[Numbers Guy]

Good catch! This, by itself, puts me in the disbeliever camp.

Me too. I'd like to believe it, but it seems a little too pat. I'm sure it was an authentic document, but it may have been authentic disinformation. A Ba'athist plants something backing all of Bush's arguments in his own files, then there's a big brouhaha in the U.S., then the story gets discredited and Bush's credibility takes a hit.

I would guess that the administration is being extremely careful with this one.