[doug from upland]

Can someone confirm this? I understand that our decision did not rely on this fake Italian report. We had other agencies in Europe independent confirming that Saddam was actively seeking yellowcake.

[piasa]

We didn't rely on the fakes. Our intel wasn't even just in document form. See my posts above- the intel we and the UK were working from preceded the 'discovery' of Giacomo's materials.

Some of our intel did come from the Italian Sismi- but it was't the intel later provided through Giacomo through the French.