Any idea who the prominent Neo-Con with links to SISME (Italy's CIA) is?

[Wetzelbill]

I haven't looked too hard but I read that a prominent Neo-Con has longstanding links to Italian intelligence and may have been the one who pushed the Niger Uranium stuff to the Administration. I believe it was Larry Johnson who reported it earlier this week. But, yeah, I haven't had time to look into it, but I'd bet dollars to donuts Johnson has it right. I need to look into some Neo-Con backgrounds and see who it is that has the Italy ties.

[geek tragedy]

1. Michael Ledeen. eom

[starroute]

2. Michael Ledeen

It's been discussed here for over a year -- it's easy to find stuff on if you google.

[Wetzelbill]

3. yeah, I just found it, took me about a minute....

boy that was tough. :)

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Methinks it was Michael Ledeen

Link:
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=7743

(snip)
The War Party is in a hurry. Even as they prepare to take indictments and fight the charges of a conspiracy to lie us into war, the neocons and their allies in the media are laying the groundwork for the next war. We're on the Middle Eastern escalator, as I've said before: there is no way to contain the conflict we've unleashed in Iraq. Michael Ledeen, named by a former CIA operations officer as the chief conduit of the Niger uranium forgeries, continually urges this administration to go "Faster, please!" – and there are ominous indications that the foot is off the brake. The neocons know they're running a marathon, desperately trying to outrun the consequences of their own trail of deception. Will the truth catch up with Hadley, Ledeen, et al., before they can do any more damage to American interests in the Middle East – and spill more blood?
(snip)

Repeat:
"...Michael Ledeen, named by a former CIA operations officer as the chief conduit of the Niger uranium forgeries..."

Visit the link to click onto other links.

:evilfrown:

[blm]

5. Some of us outed LeDeen years ago. He's been a propaganda planter for BFEE

for decades.

When this story first came up it was no stretch to trace it back to him.

[Wetzelbill]

6. yup for quite a while

I didn't know the Italy stuff though. I'm a bit out of the game on PNAC and everything. I had been published on them a few years ago, but I haven't dug much deeper since. Been writing about other stuff etc. Ledeen is an interesting guy though. He still is trying to go after Iran and Syria. I think even most Republicans are just thinking: "Enough already." He's a beauty alright.

[IChing]

7. see this thread, only a few responded but great links

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2175221

[peacetalksforall]

8. He also has a cover name for his Italian affair.

[Peachhead22]

9. Stephen Hadley

Stephen Hadley secretly met with Niccolo Pollari, head of SISMI, in Washington in early September of 2002.

Pollari had been trying to talk to the CIA about something (presumably the Niger yellowcake "documents") for two years and the CIA kept telling him to go away. So he backtracked them.


http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/10/index.html#008117

[Wetzelbill]

10. yeah he is the other one I just found too