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US sifts Saddam spy files
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031103/pl_afp/us_iraq_weapons&cid=1521&ncid=1473 ^
Posted on 11/03/2003 12:51:33 PM PST by deanjames
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US intelligence experts are examining tonnes of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s intelligence files hoping to trace the regime's alleged weapons of mass destruction, press reports said.
The documents seized after the fall of Baghdad were a trove comparable to the files of Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, which collapsed in 1989, an anonymous source told The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
The Central Intelligence Agency (news - web sites) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation refused to comment on the reports.
According to The Wall Street Journal, some information gleaned from the files had already permitted the FBI (news - web sites) to open new criminal and espionage investigations in the United States.
The documents also show Saddam's intention to acquire North Korean missiles with a greater range than the 150 kilometers (93 miles) allowed by the United Nations (news - web sites).
Names of nearly all of Saddam's intelligence agents inside and outside Iraq (news - web sites) were found in the files, the two dailies said, along with their written reports, evaluations of their work and payments made to influence officials of other countries.
The recipients of the payments included many high-ranking officials, businessmen and politicians who had agreed to defend Saddam and the regime in public, the newspapers said.
I'd love to see that list.....
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: files; media; mukhabarat; saddam; sifts; spy; topsecret; us
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posted on
11/03/2003 12:51:33 PM PST
by
deanjames
To: deanjames
Paging Dan Blather, paging Dan Blather: your flight to France is departing at gate 13.
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posted on
11/03/2003 12:57:06 PM PST
by
tractorman
(9 out of 10 criminals oppose concealed carry laws)
To: dead
another version of this item
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:05:46 PM PST
by
Huck
To: tractorman
'State' and 'INS' must be going absolutely nuts!
:-(
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:06:00 PM PST
by
maestro
To: deanjames
According to The Wall Street Journal, some information gleaned from the files had already permitted the FBI (news - web sites) to open new criminal and espionage investigations in the United States
I wonder how many people in Washington are feeling a little uneasy about now? A few names come to my mind.
To: deanjames
payments made to influence officials of other countries.Hello Frenchies?
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:06:52 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.)
To: b4its2late
Jacques "cash the check" Chirac
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:10:22 PM PST
by
RaginRak
To: maestro
I would imagine theres a whole bunch of people sweating major bullets right about now. This should get very interesting and enlightening.
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:13:05 PM PST
by
tractorman
(9 out of 10 criminals oppose concealed carry laws)
To: deanjames
Wonder how much they paid Scott Ritter?
To: RaginRak
Checks he cashed may not have bounced at the time, but hopefully he'll be bouncing all the way to the slammer......
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:31:59 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.)
To: Libertarianize the GOP
he was likely "paid" with access to teenagers.
To: tractorman
I would imagine there?s a whole bunch of people sweating major bullets right about now. Right,........Al-Kanada.....for sure!
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:37:26 PM PST
by
maestro
To: deanjames
Do the names Joseph Wilson and Valeri Plame show up, by chance?
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Do the names Joseph Wilson and Valeri Plame show up, by chance?Wouldn't that be interesting!
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:53:22 PM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The everyday blessings of God are great--they just don't make "good copy.")
To: deanjames
Do you think that may be why Bob Graham withdrew from the presidency race, and won't run again for the Senate?
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posted on
11/03/2003 1:55:34 PM PST
by
mathluv
To: mathluv
Graham was the most anti-Saddam member of the Senate for many years. I think he withdrew from the race because he was way to the right of most of those guys when it comes to defense.
To: diamondjoe
That may be why he withdrew from the presidential race, but not from the Senate.
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posted on
11/03/2003 2:04:03 PM PST
by
mathluv
To: deanjames
I would expect a lot of Democrats not running next year for "personal family reasons".
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posted on
11/03/2003 2:16:31 PM PST
by
Gritty
To: Huck
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posted on
11/03/2003 2:17:42 PM PST
by
Ben Hecks
(9-11 was NOT a made-for-TV movie)
To: RaginRak
Chirac c'est la catin de la France.
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