[frankjr]

NYT rehashes old uranium story. Alito smears, NSA eavesdropping, Culture of Corruption must not be sticking. So when too lazy to manufacturer another scandal or out of national security secrets to release, the NYT rehashs an old BS story.

First the NYT starts the story out with "... in early 2002 that the sale of uranium from Niger to Iraq was "unlikely"..." The Bush Admin NEVER claimed there was a SALE of uranium to Iraq. The accusation was there was an attempt by Iraq to purchase Uranium. British intel still stands by the story and even the CIA said Joe "Lying" Wilson's trip to Niger backed that claim.

Secondly, the article states "... "probably not planning to sell uranium to Iraq," in part because France controlled the uranium industry in the country and could block such a sale." LOL!!! France try to block a sale? After the whole oil-for-food scam, does the NYT actually believe France would stop a sale.

Finally, the NYT continues to use Joe "Lying" Wilson as a source. This is even after the Senate Select Committee proved and concluded that Wilson was a liar.

Come on NYT (and ERIC "The Hack" LICHTBLAU), quit being so lazy and rehashing old stories that have been discredited. Twisting the facts does not make a new story.

[snarks_when_bored]

At least they're not hyping "Brokeback Mountain" in the article...uh, are they?

[silverleaf]

A high-level intelligence assessment by the Bush administration (READ, State Department INR) concluded in early 2002 that the sale of uranium from Niger to Iraq was "unlikely" because of a host of economic, diplomatic and logistical obstacles, according to a secret memo that was recently declassified by the State Department.

However, OTHER high-level intelligence assessments BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION (CIA nuc analyst/DIA)concluded that there were numerous reports indicating that Iraq WAS seeking uranium from Africa. Anyone who has read the Senate Intelligence Committee report about the Niger/Plame investigation for themselves will see the dissenting opinions within the intelligence community and, actually, the weakness assigned to the analysis of the State Dept INR (Joe Wilson) position. Valerie Plame's (rogue?) CIA WMD group sided with State Dept but other analysts in CIA, including the nuclear analyst, held with DIA that Iraqi intentions to seek uranium from Africa were credibly reported by numerous sources.

[UCANSEE2]

Joe was going to Niger on company business, and his wife got the CIA to let him 'spy' on the supposed sale of yellowcake.

NO ONE EVER ASKS THIS. What was Joe's company, the one that was in Niger, DOING, that required Joe's presence?

[MurryMom]

The accusation was there was an attempt by Iraq to purchase Uranium. British intel still stands by the story...

No, quite the opposite is true. The Brits never said they endorsed any of Bush's many fake tidbits in his 2003 SOU address.

[liberallarry]

Two months ago, Italian intelligence officials concluded that a set of documents at the center of the supposed Iraq-Niger link had been forged by an occasional Italian spy.

This is the same agency that previously blamed the French for the forgeries. They're completely untrustworthy.

A four-star general, Carlton W. Fulford Jr., was also sent to Niger to investigate the claims of a uranium purchase. He, too, came away with doubts about the reliability of the report and believed Niger's yellowcake supply to be secure.

This is the first time his report has been released. This story is far from over.

[jw777]

Where did the 100 or so tons of yellowcake, which was removed from Iraq by Coalition forces come from?

[popdonnelly]

Since we're revisiting this subject, it appears to me that the CIA nuclear proliferation office (Plame?) was leaking like crazy. It was leaking to former CIA agents, e.g., Vince Cannistraro.

[Eva]

I'm wondering what the NYT is thinking with this barrage of disinformation that they have been spewing. Do they believe what they are saying or do they just believe the old Saul Alinsky rule, that if you tell a lie enough times, you can push it through to the other side?