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To: carranza2 who wrote (71563)	2/5/2003 7:40:54 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I thought he made it exquisitely clear that the aluminum tubes were intended for nuclear equipment. That was the part I focused on. I decided he made a mistake by introducing the tube evidence at all and then noticed the same tonight on several programs. Apparently, the use of the tubes is widely debated; it is possible they are for nuclear use; it is possible they are not; and it is possible they are dual use. I thought it weakened the stronger parts of his argument to make this one of the multiple legs.

To: carranza2 who wrote (71563)	2/6/2003 1:39:01 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think Powell spelled it out quite clearly, for those willing to read the message. The tubes were engineered to a higher standard than required for purposes of rocketry, and together with the other elements (magnets of the same sort used in Iraq's previous centrifuge program, and high speed balancing motors) is fairly damning evidence of an attempt to restart the centrifuge program dismantled after the Gulf War. Some won't be convinced unless ABC has a news crew on the ground at a centrifuge spewing out enriched uranium with an Iraqi guard smiling stupidly for the camera proclaiming "Look! We have a working Gas Centrifuge!" Derek