[Dan from Michigan]

I knew Germany had ties, but Strassmeir? I know Strassmeir's dad was an aid to Helmut Kohl. Schroeder is in the opposite party.

[Cachelot]

I know Strassmeir's dad was an aid to Helmut Kohl

And he himself had ties to German the German intel community, I think. Which has always been as two-faced as the US intel community under clinton.

But I seem to have some vague recollection that Strassmeir was direcly involved in the centrifuge thing, bringing documentation/blueprints the Iraqis weren't supposed to have. I think he was the link there, but I may be wrong.

[aristeides]

Bundesnachrichtendienst is like our intelligence agencies. Permanent bureaucrats. Doesn't change much from one administration to the next.