[Congressman Billybob]

There is an error in your detailed write-up. As I understand it, Wilson claimed later that the forged documents were part of the basis of his negative opinion about the Niger connection. But the forged documents, which were poor forgeries since the Niger official signatures were up to ten years out of date, were not slipped to British and American intelligence people until seven months after Wilson's trip.

So, Wilson was lying in his book when he said that was part of his negative conclusion. But if that's so, it also means that the forgeries were not a set-up job done for discovery by Wilson. That undercuts your conclusion, so you need to check your timeline on this point.

Congressman Billybob

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[paperjam]

Great observation and one I've been wrestling with. How could he have known something that no one else could have.

Either he's lying or he was in on it from the start. That's why I think this story has legs.

IMHO

[saleman]

My theory, for what it's worth, Is that Wilson knew of the docs before British and American intelligence did. He said so himself, then he backtracked. That's one of Wilsons "lies" so often cited. That he said the docs were obviously forged when there was no way he could have known about them. I say he did know about them.