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To: longnshort who wrote (344657)	7/28/2007 4:11:10 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 1577566

The Butler Report was a partisan hack job, and has been debunked by Josh Marshall. talkingpointsmemo.com CIA had received reports from a foreign government (not named, but probably Britain) that Iraq had actually concluded a deal with Niger to supply 500 tons a year of partially processed uranium ore, or "yellowcake." Isn't it amazing how this came out of a Niger official's statement that an Iraqi envoy had not mentioned uranium at all (let alone an amount? Thankfully, we had some brave men and women in the CIA willing to stand up to Cheney's bullying and tell the truth. Tom

To: longnshort who wrote (344657)	7/28/2007 5:25:35 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577566

Ah, the Butler Report. Its main conclusion was that key intelligence used to justify the war with Iraq has been shown to be unreliable. Given that they thought the yellowcake story was reliable, just goes to show you exactly how bad they thought the intelligence was. Nuclear expert Norman Dombey has pointed out that the information relied upon by the Butler Review on the Niger issue was incomplete; as he noted, "The Butler report says the claim was credible because an Iraqi diplomat visited Niger in 1999, and almost three-quarters of Niger's exports were uranium. But this is irrelevant, since France controls Niger's uranium mines."(Independent, 25 July 2004). And when asked by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to discuss the conclusions of British intelligence, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin stated, "The one thing where I think they stretched a little bit beyond where we would stretch is on the points about Iraq seeking uranium from various African locations. We've looked at those reports and we don't think they are very credible. It doesn't diminish our conviction that he's going for nuclear weapons, but I think they reached a little bit on that one point."[1] en.wikipedia.org