Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Yellowcake forgeries moving to the front burner
Buried in a WaPo story about The Plame Affair we find this from Mike Allen and Steno Sue:
Who were the crude forgers?
Not that it matters—the real question is, how could the WhiteWash House fall for it?
A parallel FBI investigation into the apparent forgery of documents suggesting that Iraq attempted to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger is "at a critical stage," according to a senior law enforcement official who declined to elaborate. That probe, conducted by FBI counterintelligence agents, was launched last spring after U.N. officials pronounced the documents crude forgeries.
Who were the crude forgers?
Not that it matters—the real question is, how could the WhiteWash House fall for it?
