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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (228238)	3/14/2003 4:33:58 PM
From: Casaubon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I know, I know...you made more money than him in the stock market <ggg>

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (228238)	3/14/2003 6:09:48 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Is the CIA really this Stupid? cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Intelligence documents that U.S. and British governments said were strong evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons have become a source of embarrassment after U.N. weapons inspectors dismissed them as forgeries. The documents, given to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, indicated that Iraq might have tried to buy 500 tons of uranium from Niger, but the agency said they were "obvious" fakes. How were forgeries missed? But the discovery raises questions such as why the apparent forgeries were given to inspectors and why U.S. and British intelligence agents did not recognize that they were not authentic. Sources said that one of the documents was a letter discussing the uranium deal supposedly signed by Niger President Tandja Mamadou. The sources described the signature as "childlike" and said that it clearly was not Mamadou's. Another, written on paper from a 1980s military government in Niger, bears the date of October 2000 and the signature of a man who by then had not been foreign minister of Niger in 14 years, sources said. "The IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts that these documents -- which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger -- are not in fact authentic," ElBaradei said in his March 7 presentation to the U.N. Security Council. Close said the CIA should have known better. ====================================================================== Absolutely amazing. I ask again: Is our CIA really this stupid? This should not be funny it should be pathetic! M