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THE Sunday Times has tracked down a mysterious middleman who was a key figure in the notorious Niger uranium hoax before the Iraq war, writes Nicholas Rufford. Speaking to a reporter in a cafe in Brussels last week, he claimed he had been an unwitting dupe in the scam, which embarrassed both Tony Blair and George W Bush over Saddam Hussein’s phantom weapons of mass destruction. The middleman, an Italian who uses the name Giacomo, is a small-time tipster said to have worked for Italy’s armed forces and intelligence services. He says Sismi, the Italian foreign intelligence service, used him...

French Probe Led to 'Fake Niger Uranium Papers' By Mark Huband Financial Times August 2, 2004 A French intelligence operation to safeguard Niger's uranium industry and prevent weapons proliferation, inadvertently led to the forging of documents relating to an apparent clandestine uranium trade with Iraq, western intelligence officials say. The operation, begun in 1999, reflected concern among several intelligence services that rogue states may have been trying to procure uranium. France was also concerned about the security of its own uranium supplies from Niger, as well as the security of the two French companies that control Niger's uranium industry. Rocco...

Statement from ALA President-Elect Michael Gorman on the destruction of Department of Justice documents CHICAGO -- The following statement has been issued by President-Elect Michael Gorman, representing President Carol Brey-Casiano, who is currently in Guatemala representing the Association: Last week, the American Library Association learned that the Department of Justice asked the Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents to instruct depository libraries to destroy five publications the Department has deemed not "appropriate for external use." The Department of Justice has called for these five public documents, two of which are texts of federal statutes, to be removed from depository libraries...

WASHINGTON - Documents found by American troops at a terrorist camp in Iraq last year contained the name of a New York mosque imam now facing federal charges of plotting to obtain a shoulder-fired grenade launcher, law enforcement officials said Friday. An entry in an address book found by the soldiers at an Ansar al-Islam camp last summer in northern Iraq referred to Yassin Aref as "the commander" and included his address and telephone number in Albany, N.Y., the officials said. Although Aref had come to the FBI's attention before the address book's discovery, two law enforcement officials speaking on...

The Candidate With No Name By Andrew L. Jaffee, July 29, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms ”Defeat Bush – VOTE In 2004!” I’ve seen more bumper-stickers with this platitude than I’ve seen ones that simply state, “Kerry/Edwards 2004.” While my liberal friends rarely mention Kerry and Edwards, they constantly remind me of how much they hate President Bush. This year, the politics of hate rule. The Left doesn’t even have a candidate. They are galvanized mainly by visceral hatred -- a hatred which stands on shaky assumptions, like the lies that Michael Moore sells as truths. In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore insinuates that...

<p>Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin was pushed by the White House in December to submit his resignation without being given any reason, Senate Democrats disclosed last week at a hearing to consider President Bush's nomination of his successor.</p>

This business with National Security Adviser Sandy Berger has made me come to the conclusion that my vote is worth nothing if nothing comes from this secret document stealing. If the Bush administration and the GOP are not willing to peruse this issue to its conclusion in an aggressive manner then my vote will not be cast. There is no need to continue fooling myself that my vote counts if the people at the top let thing slide for the "In crowd" while enforcing the laws on the flunkies in our society (flunkies = citizens). I have had my fill...

THE FARMER IN THE DELL I stuffed 'em down my pants...I stuffed 'em down my pants Hi-ho the derry-o, I stuffed 'em down my pants They marked the documents...they marked the documents Hi-ho the derry-o, they marked the documents The *itch set me up...the *itch set me up Hi-ho the derry-o, the *itch set me up I might go to jail...I might go to jail Hi-ho the derry-o, I might go to jail Like Martha, I'm screwed...like Martha, I'm screwed Hi-ho the derry-o, like Martha, I'm screwed Did Hillary leak...did Hillary leak Hi-ho the derry-o, did Hillary leak The...

NEWS ITEM: The George Bush re-election campaign was hit by a tsunami yesterday when it was discovered that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice had made multiple trips the the National Archives and stolen documents prior to her testimony at the 9-11 Commission hearings. It has been learned that on at least five occasions, Ms. Rice had stuffed documents in her bra and pantyhose and sneaked them out of the building. Some of the documents have not been recovered. The reactions from around the country were swift. Here are some of them. Katie Couric: She is responsible for everything that has...

So, copying top secret docs means Sandy Berger goes without being charged with a federal crime?So, Bill Clinton is laughing about it?Folks, it looks like we're gonna hafta SMOKE 'EM OUT!!

The classified reading room is on the 6th floor of the National Archives at College Park complex - the world's largest and most advanced archival facility in the world. The records vaults (each larger than most people's homes) for classified docs are also on that floor, as are the offices for the archivists and technicians who handle them. Employees can go up to that floor, but once there, everything is super-secured. You can't get out of the hall without the proper clearance and magnetic access badge that doubles as your ID badge. At the time, I had a Secret-level...

MIDI - IN MY ROOM I am finding very strange things inadvertently In my pants...in my pants I do not know how they got there...don't be asking me In my pants...in my pants There's an anvil and a chainsaw and a rat that died Oh, how funny...there's some papers that say CLASSIFIED There is little room left in there for my private parts In my pants...in my pants...in my pants...in my pants, etc.

Poll Question : How many times have you inadvertently, sloppily, absent-mindedly, carelessly, put a Classified document in your SOCKS??A) HuH? B) Say What? C) Once D) Twice E) It's a strange habit of mine. Pay no attention.

AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos 3 minutes ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By JOHN SOLOMON WASHINGTON - President Clinton (news - web sites)'s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned. Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news - web sites) agents armed with warrants. Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida...

ROME (AP) — Italian police are trying to learn if a document-forging operation in Turin served as a logistical base for al-Qaida, authorities said Monday. The document center, an apartment in a Turin neighborhood populated by many illegal immigrants, was raided in December, said Luciano Nigro, a Turin police precinct chief, and investigation into its operations have been going on since. On Monday, La Stampa, a Turin daily, reported that police believe the place furnished documents for recruits for al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. ``I don't have proof,'' Nigro told The Associated Press, but ``we are investigating.'' Nigro said...

WASHINGTON, June 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today certified to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the public availability through the Internet of approximately 1.2 million documents totaling some 5.6 million pages regarding Yucca Mountain. The documents are available on the Department's website, and will be included in the NRC's Licensing Support Network (LSN). This certification is in anticipation of DOE's submitting a license application for Yucca Mountain to the NRC by December of this year. Following submittal of the license application, the Commission will conduct a full and public adjudicatory process on the license application,...

Evidence of Niger uranium trade 'years before war' By Mark Huband Published: June 27 2004 21:56 | Last Updated: June 27 2004 21:56 When thieves stole a steel watch and two bottles of perfume from Niger's embassy on Via Antonio Baiamonti in Rome at the end of December 2000, they left behind many questions about their intentions. The identity of the thieves has not been established. But one theory is that they planned to steal headed notepaper and official stamps that would allow the forging of documents for the illicit sale of uranium from Niger's vast mines. The break-in is...

Texas Documents Bring in $2.1 Million at Auction, Despite Withdrawal of Most Valuable Items T.A. Badger/Associated Press Jun 18, 2004 SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A collection of historic Texas documents brought in a much-better-than-expected $2.1 million at auction Friday - even though four items were withdrawn at the last minute for fear they had been stolen. Three documents were removed Friday from the Texas Independence sale at Sotheby's in New York amid concerns they may have been stolen years ago from Texas state archives. A fourth had been removed Thursday for the same reason. Among the withdrawn items was a...