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" A former diplomat was sent by the CIA to the region to check on the allegations and reported back that one of the Nigerian officials he met "stated that he was unaware of any contract being signed between Niger and rogue states for the sale of uranium during his tenure in office," Tenet said."

The "former diplomat" is Joseph Wilson,variously referred to as Ambassador to Iraq ( false),but, he should be more appropriately referred to as a Clinton confidante.
Maybe someone can explain to me, how a "diplomat", not a CIA operative,not a forgery expert,not a yellowcake expert,not a weapons expert-can be the sole word on whether a country tried to sell uranium to Iraq.Especially since the diplomat is a Clinton crony and was against the war from the get go.

This is the title of the speech,he was delivering around the US,for a fee, before the war- Former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson speaks on "Iraq: Disarmament or Conquest? The Case against Regime Change "

From the bio at the speakers bureau,it appears that the man described in the media, as a " former Ambassador to Iraq", was no such thing.He was acting ambassador for 5 months. As recently as July 6-CNN was referring to Wilson as the former Ambassador to Iraq.

1988-91-Deputy Chief of Mission at US Embassy,Baghdad
1992-1995 Ambassador to Gabonese Republic and Sao Tome
1995-97 Political Advisor CinC US Armed Forces ,Europe
1997-98 Sr Director for African American Affairs at NSC

"One of his major achievements was organizing President Clinton's historic trip to Africa in 1998." Which part-the bongos, the dashiki or the cigar smoking?

As far as I can tell, the whole brouhaha is being based on the word of a diplomat " who quickly" found out that the charges were false. Has one single reporter asked how Wilson was able to determine this ? Who were his sources ? What does Joseph Wilson know,that the British intelligence doesn't ? Did Wilson just take the word of people denying involvement or did he do an in depth investigation? How does Wilson know the people denying that Iraq tried to buy uranium are telling the truth ? What is Joseph Wilson's proof ? Verbal denials from his cronies in Africa, is not sufficient evidence.Can Joseph Wilson guarantee that Iraq did not attempt to buy uranium from Niger at any other time?

From the Seattle Times:

" Wilson never saw the disputed documents but talked with officials whose signatures would have been required and concluded the accusations were almost certainly false. In Washington, he briefed CIA officers but did not draft a report." According to the paper,he spent 8 days in Niger talking to people.
The real investigation should be why the CIA thought such a clearly political, partisan and unqualified person should be sent to Africa to resolve this sensitive issue.

Great research! (Post #7)

You have asked many pertinant questions. I want answers.

Interesting that Wilson was not named in this particular article. It's a big SECRET now, huh, AP?

Here is a little more data on the left winger Joseph C. Wilson.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941353/posts

Who is...AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV
The Middle East Institute ^ | unknown | AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV

Posted on 07/06/2003 4:06 PM PDT by harpu

AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV

Ambassador Wilson is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development.

Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clinton’s historic trip to Africa in March 1998.

For more data on this life long left wing rat go to the link below.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941353/posts

The real investigation should be why the CIA thought such a clearly political, partisan and unqualified person should be sent to Africa to resolve this sensitive issue.

Badabump!

1995-97 Political Advisor CinC US Armed Forces ,Europe

I did some research yesterday on Wilson....guess who was named CinC U.S. Armed Forces Europe in 1997??

Wesley Clark.

Then who do I see commenting on the uranium story yesterday.....Wesley Clark.

Clark is in up to his eyeballs in this uranium story..

You may be very interested in this article where Straw stands by the uranium story and cites Wilson:

Straw defends UK dossier uranium claims

Excerpt:

"First, press reporting has claimed that this statement is contradicted by the report of a US envoy, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who visited Niger in early 2002 to investigate the subject on behalf of the CIA. I want to make clear that neither I nor, to the best of my knowledge, any UK officials were aware of Ambassador Wilson's visit until reference first appeared in the press, shortly before your hearings last month. In response to our questions, the US authorities have confirmed that Ambassador Wilson's report was not shared with the UK.

"We have now seen a detailed account of Ambassador Wilson's report. It does indeed describe the denials of Niger government officials in early 2002 that a contract had been concluded for the sale of yellowcake to Iraq. But, as CNN have reported, Ambassador Wilson's report also noted that in 1999 an Iraqi delegation sought the expansion of trade links with Niger - and that former Niger government officials believed that this was in connection with the procurement of yellowcake.

"Uranium is Niger's main export. In other words, this element of Ambassador Wilson's report supports the statement in the Government's dossier.