[Wolfstar]

Excellent points. There are several threads (not in Web sense) to this whole saga. I've tried to follow the thread that reveals how this phony scandal was ginned up. Perhaps some enterprising individual will be able to follow the thread as to why and how Wilson was tagged to go to Niger when his trip wasn't necessary. That's what Robert Novak was trying to do when he stepped into the sucker-bait that had been laid by Wilson and Pincus. In addition, and as always, there is the thread about Iraq's WMD, including the uranium mentioned in the sources you provide. What happened to it all?

[ravingnutter]

What happened to it all?

It is in the Bekaa Valley, another huge blunder by our wonderful folks at the CIA...

U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq's weapons of mass destruction have finally been located.

Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq.

Instead they are located in Lebanon's heavily-fortified Bekaa Valley, swarming with Iranian and Syrian forces, and Hizbullah and ex-Iraqi agents, Geostrategy-Direct.com will report in tomorrow's new weekly edition.

U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

Report: U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

This was first reported by Debka and Israeli intelligence months before this article came out. I say fire them all and start over...this is pathetic.

[piasa]

In addition, and as always, there is the thread about Iraq's WMD, including the uranium mentioned in the sources you provide. What happened to it all?

Check my homepage here, I have a lot of WMD Niger timelines which have various FR threads sourced in them. You're welcome to them.