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To: Dale Baker who wrote (3971)	10/10/2003 10:13:39 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 20773

Wilson's mission was to determine whether Iraq had tried to purchase uranium from Niger. Though Wilson has said publicly that he determined no uranium purchase was made, the issue in question wasn't whether a purchase was made but whether a purchase attempt had been made. The IAEA and Wilson's own (verbal) report revealed that an Iraqi trade delegation visited Niger in 1999. Since Niger's economy is based on subsistance agriculture, livestock raising, and uranium mining, one can only guess what Iraq was hoping to buy - goats, cowpeas, maybe? We also know Wilson spent most of his time in Niger at his hotel, taking meetings by the pool. It isn't known who he interviewed. No Niger official has acknowledged meeting with him. The man who runs the largest uranium mining outfit also said he wasn't contacted by Wilson. If you think Wilson's trip constituted a thorough investigation, you may not be so well informed. BTW the way you mentioned his mission and the "nature of the fraudulent papers". Although the famous forged document prompted the CIA to investigate the issue of whether Iraq had tried to buy uranium, Wilson's mission didn't involve the document at all, which Wilson never saw: What did the US envoy conclude? He concluded, as he wrote in the New York Times on 7 July this year: "It was highly doubtful that any such transaction had taken place." He said that controls on Niger's uranium mining were very strict and under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He did not mention the memorandum in his report nor did he see it. news.bbc.co.uk

To: Dale Baker who wrote (3971)	10/11/2003 5:13:16 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 20773

First we found out that Mr. Virtue, Bill Bennett, is a high-stakes gambler. Now Mr. Crusading Self-Righteous Bomb-Thrower is a lawbreaking druggie, and some folks even further out on the rightwing loony limb are having a good laugh about nuking US government offices. Anyone else think there is something wrong with this picture, like the lunatics are running the asylum? Limbaugh: I'm Addicted to Painkillers By The Associated Press October 10, 2003, 4:02 PM EDT Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh announced during his radio program Friday that he is addicted to painkillers and is checking into a rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me." "You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life," Limbaugh said during a stunning admission aired nationwide. "So I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication." "Immediately following this broadcast, I am checking myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days to once and for all break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me," he added. Limbaugh gave up his job as an ESPN sports analyst Oct. 1, three days after saying on the sports network's "Sunday NFL Countdown" that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed. The reports of possible drug abuse surfaced at about the same time, first in the National Enquirer. The tabloid had interviewed Wilma Cline, who said she became Limbaugh's drug connection after working as his maid. She said Limbaugh had abused OxyContin and other painkillers. Law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed to The Associated Press that Limbaugh was being investigated by the Palm Beach County, Fla., state attorney's office. "At the present time, the authorities are conducting an investigation, and I have been asked to limit my public comments until this investigation is complete," Limbaugh said Friday. Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County state attorney's office, said Friday his office could neither confirm nor deny that an investigation was under way. Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, did not return a message seeking comment. Limbaugh said he started taking painkillers "some years ago" after a doctor prescribed them following a spinal surgery. His back pain stemming from the surgery persisted, so Limbaugh said he started taking pills and became hooked. "Over the past several years I have tried to break my dependence on pain pills and, in fact, twice checked myself into medical facilities in an attempt to do so. I have recently agreed with my physician about the next steps." Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc. State Dept. Outraged at Robertson Nuke Comment Friday, October 10, 2003 By Paul Wagenseil The State Department has lodged a complaint with the Rev. Pat Robertson (search) in response to his suggestion that the U.S. government agency be destroyed by a nuclear weapon. Asked about Robertson's suggestion during a press briefing Thursday, State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher (search) replied, "I lack sufficient capabilities to express my disdain." He added that the idea of destroying a government agency was "despicable." Robertson's comments came during a recently televised interview with Joel Mowbray (search), author of "Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Endangers America's Security." Mowbray also is a frequent guest commentator on Fox News Channel. According to the Regnery Publishing Web site, Mowbray's book "exposes the hidden agendas, mixed allegiances, and outright anti-Americanism that has infected the U.S. State Department." "I read your book," Robertson told Mowbray. "When you get through, you say, 'If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom (search) [State Department headquarters], I think that's the answer' and you say, 'We've got to blow that thing up.' I mean, is it as bad as you say?" "It is," Mowbray answered, though reports indicate that he makes no suggestion of such violence in his book. Pressed whether he regarded Mowbray as a danger to State Dept. personnel and journalists, Boucher responded, "I think you can rest assured that our guards are doing their job against whatever people might want to bring in here." Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (search) said the televangelist was out of town and unreachable for comment until after the weekend. A call to Regnery Publishing had not been returned as of late Friday afternoon. foxnews.com