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To: zonder who wrote (5004)3/5/2003 12:24:55 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
Of course the dissidents would put forward someone who appeared credible. If the group were distrusted, of course there would be concern about his veracity. Once he had given verifiable, or at least highly credible, information, he would have adequately established his bona fides. I do not find this such a problem as you do.

According to Albright, he began to suspect that Hamza was passing of as first- hand knowledge material he had gotten at second hand, thus exaggerating his importance. That may be, but he does not say that Hamza did not have good material in his own area, which had to do with nuclear weapons. He also does not discuss the possibility that Hamza might have had information from co- workers that, though not always accurate, at least was substantially useful about biological and chemical munitions. In other words, he deals in suspicions......