Pentagon spy responsible for forged uranium document

[PA Democrat]

per Larry Johnson, former CIA on Countdown right now.

[PA Democrat]

1. He says this is BIG

the scandal extends to the National Security Council as well.

[speedoo]

Also says the investigation has been going on for months.

But I am not optimistic that Ass-hole-croft's FBI is going to do anything substantive on this before Nov. 3.

[Pirate Smile]

2. The Niger- Joe Wilson outing Valerie Plame and that investigation

led to this investigation Uranium document?

[PA Democrat]

6. Larry Johnson said his sources told him that the Pentagon spy

who was providing top secret info to AIPAC was directly involved in the creation of the forged document that Bush used as "proof" that Saddam was trying to obtain uranium from Niger.

Yes, this is the very same document that precipitated Joe Wilson's visit to Niger, and the subsequent outing of his wife, Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA agent.

[fearnobush]

3. Holy Shit!!!! I just heard it. Wow, could be forger of bogus Niger Memo!

Wow, Obviously the leak is political but WTF... Remember Sandy Burger 5 days before The Dem's Convention.

[blondeatlast]

4. Nice of them to release it, as usual, late on Friday afternoon.

Can they keep this one under wraps?

Not if I can help it.

[alcuno]

5. No way did the Republicans release this before the convention.

Also, it's POSSIBLY linked to the Plame case and the forgeries.

[PA Democrat]

7. You're right

Bush would not want this story to get out on any day of the week

[ibegurpard]

23. This isn't going anywhere

count on it.

[fearnobush]

8. This has the O.S.P. Written all over it. It would make sense why

no politicians even mentioned the Office of Special Plans during Senate Intel Report... it was already under investigation. Now leaked.

[grasswire]

9. did he really say that?

I thought I heard him say there were still unanswered questions. Did he make that definitive statement?

[PA Democrat]

12. I thought I heard him say that his sources told him this is the case

No official confirmation. Anyone else interpret it differently? Instant transcripts would be great.

[PA Democrat]

13. Pat Buchanan says Larry Johnson has the connections to know

what is going on.

[PA Democrat]

14. Dupe

[girl gone mad]

10. Josh Marshall has been working on the story of..

the forged documents. I can't wait to read what he has to say about it.

[Killarney]

11. the CIA is fighting back!

Bush made the CIA look like fools making them the scapegoat for bad intel for the war and he also outed one of their own. We've been waiting and wondering when they were going to fight back.

This is it.

This is no coincidence that this is happening two days before the RNC.

The investigation has been happening for months and they wait until the RNC to go public.

It's payback time.

[JohnnyRingo]

15. Just watch...It'll be "Clinton's CIA" that got infiltrated.

"Buxh has been doing his best to clean it up".

Perhaps I should't be so cynical, but NOTHING sticks to this admin.

[blondeatlast]

16. I don't think it matters whose CIA;

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/27/eveningnews/main639143.shtml

They may have been trying to influence Iraq war and Iran policy.

That's pretty deep in the system.

[eleny]

17. Help me understand this....

The forged documents originated from the Pentagon and not the CIA. They're saying that they were created by a high level employee who was spying for Israel.

I wonder if they're making that person out to be a spy to cover the fact that the documents were actually created by the Pentagon on purpose to give us a reason to go to war?

I'm just trying to make sure I have the news report accurate. And then I'm speculating because the administration isn't to be trusted. How convenient that a spy created docs that gave the administration an imminent reason for us to invade Iraq - when PNAC wanted war with Iraq for a decade or more.

[PA Democrat]

18. I am anxious to read the transcript of the Larry Johnson interview

on MSNBC. Johnson thought that this was damaging to the Bush administration. I want to read his exact words to make sure I am not jumping to false conclusions.

[blondeatlast]

21. The way I read it is that Israel was attempting to influence

policy toward Iran. From CBS, who broke the story:

CBS sources say that last year the suspected spy, described as a trusted analyst at the Pentagon, turned over a presidential directive on U.S. policy toward Iran while it was, "in the draft phase when U.S. policy-makers were still debating the policy."

This put the Israelis, according to one source, "inside the decision-making loop" so they could "try to influence the outcome."

[Hell Hath No Fury]

22. Documents came from Israel...

That is what is being said. Head to GD and the big WillPitt thread -- in it you will find a link to a Nation article talking about it.

[Cocoa]

19. Johnson was right about Libby

he named Scooter as a likely leaker right from the start.

[kentuck]

20. Does this have anything to do with Bush's proposal to expanded role for

the new CIA chief ?? Hmmm-mmm