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In his op-ed piece, Wilson said, "It did not take long to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place." Wilson also said that the office of Vice President Dick Cheney asked the CIA if Niger had sold uranium to Iraq. Wilson said his negative answer was given months before Bush announced in his State of the Union Address that Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa.

"The vice president's office asked a serious question," Wilson said. "I was asked to help formulate the answer. I did so, and I have every confidence that the answer I provided was circulated to the appropriate officials within our government."

Fleischer said the vice president's office knew nothing of Wilson's trip to Niger until the media reported the story.

"The vice president's office did not request the mission to Niger," Fleischer said. "The vice president's office was not informed of his mission. He was not aware of Mr. Wilson's mission until recent press reports accounted for it."

It is now old news that the report saying Iraq acquired uranium yellowcake from Niger is false, Fleischer said, but "The information about the yellowcake and Niger was not specifically known prior to the State of the Union by the White House."

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Good find ... and I forgot to post the link to the thing above:

YubaNet

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Wilson also said that the office of Vice President Dick Cheney asked the CIA if Niger had sold uranium to Iraq. Wilson said his negative answer was given months before Bush announced in his State of the Union Address that Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa.

I was watching Hannity and Colmes when they interviewed Cap Weinberger earlier this week.

Cap said that it was not the VP who sent Wilson to investigate the uranium story.