SISMI had told the US in
January 2003
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* Italy's spymaster has denied charges that his agents knowingly
gave the US and Britain forged documents suggesting Saddam
Hussein was seeking uranium in Africa. Nicolo Pollari, the head
of the SISMI military intelligence agency, was questioned by a
parliamentary commission yesterday.
After the hearing, Senator Massimo Brutti told journalists that SISMI had told the US in January 2003 that the dossier was fake.
Cheney's aide pleads not guilty in CIA leak case
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 04 November 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article324584.ece
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First Day of Fitzmas is here : Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after indictment
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Except from THE APPRENTICE, by I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
“At age ten the madam put the child in a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest.”
As if treason and warmongering weren’t enough, Scooter’s indictments have stirred interest in some of his other accomplishments. And yes, his novel is yet another to me packed with that ................
The Apprentice
by Libby, Lewis
About this title: In 1903 Japan, an apprentice innkeeper naively becomes involved with the guests at his hotel,
involving himself in murder, mayhem, and political intrigue.
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Remember the cause of the CIA leak
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 5 hours ago
... a shady Italian businessman who produced a forged document, apparently ... The CIA doubted the authenticity of that document ... in details of the coverup and the leak. ...
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Remember the cause of the CIA leak
By Daniel Schorr
WASHINGTON - The fascination with the subject of which official knew what about Valerie Plame and how they peddled the information should not distract us from contemplating the great con game that the administration played with the American people on the road to war in Iraq.
Clearly the principals chose to assert, whether true or not, that only an invasion would spare America from the imminent danger of Iraqi nuclear and/or biological weapons. From early on, they bought and retailed a dubious bill of goods.
Let's go back to October 2002, when Vice President Dick Cheney received an Italian intelligence report about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium in the African country of Niger. The report came to the CIA from a shady Italian businessman who produced a forged document, apparently written on stolen stationery from the Nigerian Embassy in Rome. The CIA doubted the authenticity of that document; the White House seemed more willing to credit it.
You can understand, then, how furious the White House Iraq Group must have been when Ambassador Joseph Wilson, sent to Niger to gather support for the story of Iraq's effort to buy uranium, instead returned with word that there was no evidence to support that supposition and then went public with his conclusion.
The Pentagon had one other source, equally dubious, on weapons of mass destruction. That was the smooth-talking Iraqi exile, Ahmed Chalabi, who offered a lot of inside information, including word from professed Iraqi scientists. Mr. Chalabi had not only a product, but a market, a friendly relationship with Judith Miller of The New York Times. She wrote a series of stories about Iraqi weapons that her paper ultimately had to disown and apologize for.
But the Bush administration continued to insert alleged Iraqi weapons programs into speeches by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, culminating in a presentation to the United Nations by Secretary of State Colin Powell that Mr. Powell now bitterly regrets.
So let's not get too bogged down in details of the coverup and the leak. More important is what was being covered up - the sometimes frantic effort to justify a war that didn't seem to have much justification.
• Daniel Schorr is the senior news analyst at National Public Radio.
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After the hearing, Senator Massimo Brutti told journalists that SISMI had told the US in January 2003 that the dossier was fake.
Cheney's aide pleads not guilty in CIA leak case
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 04 November 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article324584.ece
LEAK - GATE
First Day of Fitzmas is here : Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after indictment
http://www.apfn.org/LEAK-GATE/libby.htm
Except from THE APPRENTICE, by I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
“At age ten the madam put the child in a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest.”
As if treason and warmongering weren’t enough, Scooter’s indictments have stirred interest in some of his other accomplishments. And yes, his novel is yet another to me packed with that ................
The Apprentice
by Libby, Lewis
About this title: In 1903 Japan, an apprentice innkeeper naively becomes involved with the guests at his hotel,
involving himself in murder, mayhem, and political intrigue.
Note: The synopsis above is drawn from available information about this title. Details about specific
copies and editions for sale are in the listings displayed below.
CLICK:
http://www.apfn.org/LEAK-GATE/libby.htm
News results for THE APPRENTICE, by I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
CLICK:
Remember the cause of the CIA leak
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 5 hours ago
... a shady Italian businessman who produced a forged document, apparently ... The CIA doubted the authenticity of that document ... in details of the coverup and the leak. ...
The press gets a second chance on the CIA leak case Village Voice
CIA Leak: Are We Investigating the Wrong Crime? MichNews.com
Bush aide denies ties to fake Iraq-Niger documents NewKerala.com
all 51 related »
from the November 04, 2005 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1104/p09s02-cods.html
Remember the cause of the CIA leak
By Daniel Schorr
WASHINGTON - The fascination with the subject of which official knew what about Valerie Plame and how they peddled the information should not distract us from contemplating the great con game that the administration played with the American people on the road to war in Iraq.
Clearly the principals chose to assert, whether true or not, that only an invasion would spare America from the imminent danger of Iraqi nuclear and/or biological weapons. From early on, they bought and retailed a dubious bill of goods.
Let's go back to October 2002, when Vice President Dick Cheney received an Italian intelligence report about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium in the African country of Niger. The report came to the CIA from a shady Italian businessman who produced a forged document, apparently written on stolen stationery from the Nigerian Embassy in Rome. The CIA doubted the authenticity of that document; the White House seemed more willing to credit it.
You can understand, then, how furious the White House Iraq Group must have been when Ambassador Joseph Wilson, sent to Niger to gather support for the story of Iraq's effort to buy uranium, instead returned with word that there was no evidence to support that supposition and then went public with his conclusion.
The Pentagon had one other source, equally dubious, on weapons of mass destruction. That was the smooth-talking Iraqi exile, Ahmed Chalabi, who offered a lot of inside information, including word from professed Iraqi scientists. Mr. Chalabi had not only a product, but a market, a friendly relationship with Judith Miller of The New York Times. She wrote a series of stories about Iraqi weapons that her paper ultimately had to disown and apologize for.
But the Bush administration continued to insert alleged Iraqi weapons programs into speeches by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, culminating in a presentation to the United Nations by Secretary of State Colin Powell that Mr. Powell now bitterly regrets.
So let's not get too bogged down in details of the coverup and the leak. More important is what was being covered up - the sometimes frantic effort to justify a war that didn't seem to have much justification.
• Daniel Schorr is the senior news analyst at National Public Radio.
Full HTML version of this story which may include photos, graphics, and related links
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1104/p09s02-cods.html
Lewis Libby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lewis "Scooter" Libby indicted on five charges ... US Department of State Biography · The Apprentice on Amazon.com · Who is Scooter Libby? ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Libby
Italian PM linked to forged Iraq documents
Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia - 13 hours ago
... Government gave the US and Britain documents known to be forged that detailed ... his first court appearance since his indictment in the CIA leak investigation, a ...
Italian Officials Questioned on Iraq Claim Guardian Unlimited
Lawmaker says Italy warned US that Iraq uranium documents were ... Seattle Times
Italy: We Told US WMD Truth CBS News
Salon -
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