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To: Fedora
The "French connection" is quite plausible. It is even possible that Wilson was an unwitting tool of French interests to undermine the US effort to garner support for Iraqi Freedom.

Recall that Wilson seemed to have been caught out in a lie on the forged Niger uranium contract (saying he knew the names and dates therein were wrong at a point in time months before he otherwise should have been aware of the existence of that document). Supposedly there has been an FBI investigation into the forged Niger uranium contract. I wonder if this investigation has looked into Wilson's inconsistent statements on this matter. Were I in charge of this investigation I would consider French interests as among the likely suspects for the forger of this document, and consider whether Wilson first learned of this document through French sources.

I should add that while I find it quite interesting that Fitzgerald has recently contacted Wilson, I am pessimistic that Fitzgerald will follow the facts all the way to where ever they may lead because (i) once he clears the senior White House people (if in fact he does) then the conflict of interest that was the rationale for appointing a Special Counsel disappears, and the investigation of any possible crimes by Wilson, CIA people or journalists is likely to simply get folded back into the Justice Department and (ii) if Fitzgerald and his FBI team start focusing on Wilson, they may find themselves butting up against the FBI investigation into the forged Niger uranium contract (if in fact it is still ongoing).

31 posted on 10/09/2005 10:48:35 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn
If I were investigating it I'd also be inclined to look in the directions you suggest. Unfortunately I think Fitzgerald's investigation will by its nature be limited to what's relevant for bringing a prosectuion, and there will be trails of clues that don't get followed up because they aren't relevant to his case, even if they're relevant to the public interest and to the historical facts. I think it will be up to citizen investigators to bring some of the facts to light if we want to see them brought to trial or at least to media attention.

The French angle becomes more plausible if Wilson's financial interests are factored in: his wife prior to Valerie was a French diplomat (serving a function frequently used as a cover by French intelligence) and, along with the French-American politician Pierre Salinger, a registered lobbyist for the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo, who was the chief African ally of the French oil company TotalFinaElf, a major beneficiary of the Oil-for-Food bribes which prior to the Iraq War had a contract with Saddam's regime worth an estimated 12.5 to 27.0 billion barrels of oil reserves.

33 posted on 10/09/2005 11:12:07 PM PDT by Fedora
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