[piasa]

2003 after SOTU speech : (CIA FINALLY GETS NIGER DOCS FROM STATE DEPARTMENT) The State Department got the forged documents last fall [2002], but intelligence officials say the CIA didn't receive them - and thus couldn't analyze them - until after Bush's speech [on Jan 28, 2003]. The reason for the delay in getting them to the CIA remains unclear. - "CIA UNVEILS MORE NUKE-PLAN PROOF," by DEBORAH ORIN, New York Post, 7/19/03

[VeniVidiVici]

intelligence officials say the CIA didn't receive them - and thus couldn't analyze them - until after Bush's speech [on Jan 28, 2003]

The bigger story: How deep does the anti-Bush/Republican hatred reach into the depths of the State Dept? The place where documents disappear and false intelligence is served up to the intel agencies?

No tinfoil hat needed, thank you.