But...but, I've heard so many Republican talking heads say Joe Wilson was wrong..and there were documents to prove it...and,and....who,.....'Rocco'??
FBI: Niger Documents 'Fraudulent'
(AP) The FBI has determined that financial gain, not an effort to influence U.S. policy, was behind the forged documents that the Bush administration used to bolster its prewar claim that Iraq sought uranium ore in Africa. The FBI's investigation began after questions were raised about a 16-word portion of President George W. Bush's January 2003 State of the Union speech when he said that Iraq was pursuing the uranium ore, part of his argument to justify the coming invasion of Iraq. The investigation "confirmed the documents to be fraudulent and concluded they were more likely part of a criminal scheme for financial gain," FBI spokesman John Miller said Friday, describing contents of the letter. Italian officials earlier this week identified Rocco Martino, described as a one-time informant for the Italian secret service, as the source of the forged documents, according to Italian Sen. Massimo Brutti. ...Wilson traveled to Niger in 2002 for the CIA to check out the Iraq uranium story. Plame's CIA status was exposed after Wilson accused the administration of twisting intelligence in the run-up to the war to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.The moral, the lesson...the prinicple to learn here is... never trust $300 billion and so much else, on a guy named 'Rocco'.....
