the AWOL adminsistration not only included the bogus information from the Nigerian uranium Forgeries in AWOL's STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, but in Colon Bowel's arguments to the UN, and it was also a key justification to GO TO WAR, and these bogus forged documents had not only NOT been vetted by the US, but they had never even SEEN these documents ! AWOL sent 1000+ off to die based on forged documents that they DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER to verify for authenticity !
AWOL and his administration make CBS and Dan Rather look like George ' I can't tell a lie ' Washington !
from the washmoon times :
"Although it received intelligence from the documents earlier, the CIA did not obtain copies of the forged documents until February 2003 — months after the Italians first obtained them and after the president's State of the Union address.
A U.S. official said the Italians initially only described the documents to the CIA. Then the State Department obtained a set from a journalist and that led to an investigative trip to Niger by former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson. "
Fake Iraq documents 'embarrassing' for U.S.
From David Ensor
CNN Washington Bureau
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/14/sprj.irq.documents/WASHINGTON (CNN) --Intelligence documents that U.S. and British governments said were strong evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons have been dismissed as forgeries by U.N. weapons inspectors.
The documents, given to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, indicated that Iraq might have tried to buy 500 tons of uranium from Niger, but the agency said they were "obvious" fakes.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell referred to the documents directly in his presentation to the U.N. Security Council outlining the Bush administration's case against Iraq.
"I'm sure the FBI and CIA must be mortified by this because it is extremely embarrassing to them," former CIA official Ray Close said.
Responding to questions about the documents from lawmakers, Powell said, "It was provided in good faith to the inspectors and our agency received it in good faith, not participating ... in any way in any falsification activities."