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  • RE: NIGER YELLOWCAKE

    06/28/2004 3:31:49 PM PDT · by swilhelm73 · 19 replies · 429+ views
    NROTC ^ | 6/28/04 | Michael Ledeen
    Well, it's very important, actually, because it explains why the Brits kept on saying they believed Saddam was trying to get his hands on yellowcake from Niger, when the CIA--and their asset, Seymour Hersh--had loudly and piously blasted the president of the united states for saying it. The CIA certainly knew that the Brits had both human and electronic evidence--no way that, at a minimum, wasn't shared with us--but they focused their assault on a forged document that came via Rome. But even there, the CIA certainly knew that the Italians hadn't taken the forged document seriously. This is the...