[oceanview]

the forged documents were planted by the French to discredit what was otherwise a good piece of intel about Iraq and Niger.

what are you suggesting, the Plame's CIA group knew the document was going to show this, because they knew it was a plant?

[liberallarry]

If you look at my post #118 you'll see that I admit that I was wrong. It turns out there were two SISMI (Italian) documents - the first referring to 1999 contacts between Iraq and Niger, the second referring to the forgeries.

The origin of the forged documents is still a mystery although the French are currently designated as the most likely authors. What piece of good Intel about Iraq and Niger are you talking about? As far as I know there is none.