As Antiwar.com readers found out on Wednesday,
prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald’s investigation into the Plame leak case
has broadened to include a probe into the catalyzing event that set off
the "outing" of CIA agent Valerie Plame to
begin with: the Niger
uranium forgeries. These documents, which purported to show that
the Iraqis were trying to procure uranium from the African nation of
Niger, were utilized by the Bush administration in making the case for
war – but, alas, they turned out to be crudely
done fakes. The question of who forged them has always been at the
heart of this case, and now it looks like Fitzgerald is getting close
to the answer.
Since the forged documents first turned
up in Italy,
an Italian parliamentary committee was charged with investigating, and
they issued a heavily redacted report: now, Fitzgerald has received an
unredacted and full version of the report, and he is moving fast on
this front, as this
video clip from MSNBC reports.
Just remember – you found out about it first on Antiwar.com.
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