Fitzgerald confirmed by NATO to have obtained Niger documents

[Generator]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The CIA leak inquiry that threatens senior White House aides has now widened to include the forgery of documents on African uranium that started the investigation, according to NAT0 intelligence sources.

This suggests the inquiry by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald into the leaking of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame has now widened to embrace part of the broader question about the way the Iraq war was justified by the Bush administration.

The second is that NATO sources have confirmed to United Press International that Fitzgerald's team of investigators has sought and obtained documentation on the forgeries from the Italian government.

Fitzgerald's team has been given the full, and as yet unpublished report of the Italian parliamentary inquiry into the affair, which started when an Italian journalist obtained documents that appeared to show officials of the government of Niger helping to supply the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein with Yellowcake uranium. This claim, which made its way into President Bush's State of the Union address in January, 2003, was based on falsified documents from Niger and was later withdrawn by the White House.

more~http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051023-104217-9679r

I guess Justin Raimondo at antiwar.com had this awhile ago. Now-mainstream.

[deadparrot]

1. Broader is good.

Shows he's not just aiming for the "lesser" charges.

[MN ChimpH8R]

2. They won't be needing laxatives at the WH

cos they will all be on the crapper $hitting bricks.

That this is mainstream news in very VERY bad for Chimpco.

[MADem]

6. Not bricks, I imagine their bowels are rather loose right about now

...and they have a cold, sharp pain in their guts to go along with!!!

[xxqqqzme]

3. this is like the old serial

Saturday afternoon movies! Evey day a little more to taunt and tease U.

Lordy, lordy I hope this is not anti-climactic

[hatebushhalilaura]

4. CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHH I CANT GET ANYTHING DONE...IDIOT SON IS GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[liberalnurse]

5. OMG....this man is Lancelot!

He is going for the aorta!

[Lex]

12. Let's hope he gets it! nt

[EC]

7. I remember a couple years ago, Josh Micah Marshall

asked for comments about the Niger papers, and the only thing I wanted to know, was Who Forged the Papers...maybe now it'll be known...

[understandinglife]

10. Here's a link to the Marshall, Rozen, Glastris September 2004 report:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0410.marshallrozen.html


Peace.

[salvorhardin]

8. FYI: UPI and Washington Times are both owned by the Moonies

You might want to confirm through another source.

[understandinglife]

9. Yes. Justin did and here is a link to a DU thread in which his reporting .

... and others is discussed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5151583

Good stuff from Josh Marshall and Jane Hamsher, as well.


Peace.

[Lex]

11. Here's the REALLY IMPORTANT part of that article:

The origin of the forgeries is therefore of real importance, and any link between the forgeries and Bush administration aides would be highly damaging and almost certainly criminal.



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*cough*

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. The name that keeps coming up as directly connected is Michael Ledeen.

No proof, but it keeps getting mentioned.

[lovuian]

14. and lets not forget Chalibi too!!!

:bounce:

[ThomWV]

15. The Person Who Forged The Document(s)

Wouldn't be safe anywhere on earth. I don't think that anyone who knows who forged that or those documents could possibly hide from the hunt Bush must surely have ordered for him or her.

While I pray that proof can be found that the document(s) somehow originated with the Administration, and I honestly believe that to be true, I do not think that the Bush Administration, and you can read Cheney into that if you like, would allow any witness to live.

[many a good man]

16. It was so badly done...

it may have been Commander PoopyPants did it all by himself!