[justshe]

***The troubling thing is that Wilkinson, whoever he is, goes on the record claiming to have been present at briefings where Bush basically say to hell with the evidence, I'm going with my gut. ***

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Any federal employee that comes out of a 'briefing' with the President (multiple briefings if THAT fact is correct) and proceeds to shoot his or her mouth off about the content of those private briefings, should be fired immediately.

I hope this jerk is no longer employed.

[meenie]

Where the problem arises is, Wikinson was sent to investigate the report, and spent two weeks investigating. He found that uranium exports were controlled by two commissions who oversaw all exports of uranium.

There was no way for the two uranium mines to get ore out of the country without having it inspected. He was sent by members of Cheney's team and delivered his report to them when he returned from Africa.

The forged document in question was signed by a person in authority that had been out of office for ten years. The question has never been answered as to who made up the forgery but it was supposed to be gotten from Israeli intelligence.

This was in the British newspapers. Bush and Blair pushed the envelope as far as possible to justify the attack on Iraq. I suppose they were hopeful that weapons would be found.

The whole thing smells of intelligence and counter-intelligence with the leaders of two countries picking and choosing the bits of intelligence that suited their purpose.