Posted on 12/03/2005 1:17:55 PM PST by parnasokan
NIGERGATE: FBI TO CONDUCT IN DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS. VARIOUS NATIONALITIES, INCLUDING AMERICANS, INVOLVED IN THE SCANDAL, RESULTS EXPECTED VERY SOON.
INCREDIBLE, the FBI is opening a new front in the Nigergate affair. Thanks to the efforts of Free Republic the Niger-gate affair is at last heading in the right direction. As reported in the Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-niger3dec03,0,4700538.story?coll=la-home-headlines), albeit in their ‘own way’, the FBI has decided to continue its investigations into the false documents that lie at the heart of the affair. The FBI will continue its investigation working alongside the Italian SISMI, the results, according to qualified sources, will not be long in the coming. The investigation will concentrate on two aspects of the affair: 1) identifying who is behind the forgeries and what their motives were and 2) who in a second moment attempted to gain from the affair. An Italian news agency quoted a qualified intelligence source as saying “The investigations are also aimed at asserting who, and for what reasons, tried to accredit the responsibility to the Italian authorities and through this damage the institutions”. This is fantastic, what the official is saying is that the members of the media (and we know who they mean) who took part in the crusade aimed at damaging Italy’s security apparatus and thus it’s government and thus the security of an allied nation are going to be ‘named and shamed’. Are we about to see a few new indictments? What we will definitely see are a lot less smiles in certain circles.
The news wires are reporting that the pressure applied by a group of Senators, including John Rockefeller, has induced the FBI to further investigate the matter. Initially the FBI concluded that the forgeries were simply the work of a trickster who wanted to make some fast cash, now they are going to go all the way down the line. This is going to be interesting, what’s being said is that initially there was very little suspicion of political manoeuvring, the FBI are now doing a rethink and are examining exactly this: what is the REAL STORY behind the long and drawn out affair. Who stood to gain, who tried to manipulate through lies, falsities, insinuations and outright untruths. Put in simple terms the FBI are now looking at the affair as an attempt to influence American foreign policy and an attempt to create internal damage.
It gets better: according to media reports the FBI is concentrating on a line that places numerous individuals, including US citizens, in relation to the affair surrounding the forgeries. So the FBI concluded some time back that the Italian SISMI had nothing to do with the forgeries and is now examining an internal front. This is news. Shame on the lie mongers who tried, and are still trying, to place the blame on one the principal allies of the US. The FBI have asked for help from the Italians so the days of malicious lies and deceit from certain blogs and certain MSM are over. Finished. Well almost, the FBI will be asking some folks a lot of questions, why they disseminated lies, why they pointed fingers and why, above all, did they try to damage a key allied government and their own administration.
Free Republic has played an important role in all of this, we should be satisfied that by helping the truth to emerge (the REAL truth, not the invented truths of the liars) the FBI has opened a new and crucial front into the entire affair. All of this should make us PROUD. We were the first to say that SISMI was innocent, that Rocco Martino was working for Paris and that bloggers, journalists and ‘associates’ were spreading lies. We were the first to open the ‘French Connection’ and the first to look at it in detail (see most recent postings). By its actions and through its decisions the FBI has proved us all correct. This is a triumph for the truth, I fear that those who were saying the same thing about their own actions are going to have to eat their words.
Lets keep posting. Interesting times indeed.
I don't know what this is linked to, but there have been a lot of other articles in the Italian press blaming French intelligence and the CIA. I'm sure the Italians would like to put the blame where it belongs and get it off their own backs where the French have been trying to put it.
The problem is, Bush has shown zero desire to look into any of these crimes.
Clinton corrupted the FBI as well as the CIA. Under Mueller, nothing has been done to fix the FBI problems. In fact Mueller has rewarded the clintonoids and promoted them. We have seen in several recent cases that it's the same old clintonoid FBI which refuses to investigate the Oklahoma terrorists or yesterday's missile firing at an airliner.
So how likely is it that they will report back with the truth, since they don't seem to want to know the truth? It's the same clintonoid see no evil, hear no evil. Sorry to be so pessimistic, but this pattern has been consistent for the past five years.
(from the duplicate thread)
If it is Rockefeller that is pushing for the investigation to be re-opened, I smell a rat.
Be alert to set-ups and plants...
Oh, for Heaven's sake, get a grip!
Why would Rockefeller want the truth to come out?
You are absolutely right. I'm suspicious as hell based on Rockefeller's involvement.
Hasn't it been Rockefeller who met with Fitz trying like hell to get others in the WH? So if he's part of this...it smells to high heaven. Looks like Rockefeller is down going down another avenue, trying like hell to find some way to deep six this WH.
Of the documents passed on from the Niger Embassy in Rome, only three were fakes. And they were such bad fakes, no competent group of spooks could have made them.
OK...so Michael Ledeen (through Cheney's office) would have never made any docs so poorly forged...LOL...the moonbats have this running far and wide throughout moonbat land...
Actually, Quid, I'm inclined to believe that some Freepers could do a better job of investigating myself.
In depth cover up, more likely.
Exactly. If someone was going to create a fake story about uranium sales that had a chance of sticking, you'd think they'd do a better job than coming up with documents that have the wrong signatures on them.
"It is also time to do an investigation regarding the CIA and Wilson Plame."
Long overdue.
Spoken like somebody who's never seen the FBI inaction.
They don't always get everything right, but if you had to choose one police agency anywhere in the world to get to the truth in an important case it would have ot be the FBI.
"Spoken like somebody who's never seen the FBI in action."
You said that twice...once wasn't enough for your condescending, never-ending contrariant self? Every post of yours is a rebuke. I don't believe I have ever seen you--in my 7 years-- post something positive or enlightening.
I get your point, but I liked number 33 better. ;)
Of the documents passed on from the Niger Embassy in Rome, only three were fakes. And they were such bad fakes, no competent group of spooks could have made them.
But would they pass the CBS /MSM authentication tests?
Remember, it's not whether they're authentic, it's the seriousness of the charge.
bookmark.
The interesting question is how did Joe Wilson know about them before they were in the custody of the US State Dept???????????
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