The Lie Behind the Lie...

[kentuck]

Is the Administration lying about the origin of the forged documents?
Wonder what brilliant sleuth was behind this idea?
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http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=030715&cat=us&st=usuranium030715_docs&src=abc

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- The most sophisticated intelligence operation in the world was fooled by a low-level diplomat from Africa, intelligence sources told ABCNEWS.


For nearly a week, the Bush administration has been trying to explain how it came to pass that President Bush, in his State of the Union speech, erroneously claimed that Saddam Hussein was trying to get uranium in Africa.

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Niger's ambassador to Italy denied the story today in Rome. She said that no one from the country's diplomatic corps had created any fabrication, and she said that Niger's president Mamadou Tandja met with Bush last week to tell him that.

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Could it be that Niger's ambassador is telling the truth? And Niger's president told Bush that it was fabricated? Is this another lie to coverup the other lie?

[kentuck]

1. And furthermore....

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However, the intelligence debacle grew out of a scam when an underpaid African diplomat who was stationed in Rome created bogus documents, which he then sold to the Italian secret service, sources said.

The Italians officially deny the sale, but intelligence sources told ABCNEWS the fake documents were produced in late 2001 in Rome, in a building that houses the tiny embassy of Niger.

The diplomat, who now has been recalled to Niger, sold the forged documents to the military branch of the Italian secret service for what sources say was a few thousand dollars.

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"sources say..." ???

[T Roosevelt]

2. Kick