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Jimmy Higgins · 07-18-2003, 01:15 PM

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"We acquired the documents in October 2002 and they were shared widely within the U.S. government, with all the appropriate agencies," said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. Those agencies included the CIA, another U.S. official said.

But an intelligence official said the CIA didn't obtain the documents from the State Department until February 2003. The official suggested analyzing the documents was not a top priority at the time because the CIA had already investigated their substance. ...

...Still, the CIA included the claim, with a note that it was unconfirmed, in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, the classified document that summarized information on Iraq's weapons programs.

So, the CIA didn't learn of it until 2003, but made note of it in 2002, six months prior? But it gets better.

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The material released by the White House also included a "footnote" by the State Department that said "claims of Iraqi pursuit of natural uranium in Africa are...highly dubious."

So it seems like it was very clear that the State Department didn't trust the intel. Yet it was buried as footnote.

Nog · 07-18-2003, 01:36 PM

British intelligence still stands by the Iraq/Niger info. Its not that hard to believe really. Iraq, pre inspectors, bought 270tons of uranium from Niger.

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07-18-2003, 01:36 PM	#2
Nog Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The world of semantics Posts: 127	British intelligence still stands by the Iraq/Niger info. Its not that hard to believe really. Iraq, pre inspectors, bought 270tons of uranium from Niger.

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