Italian spies "faked documents" in Niger uranium hoax

[louis c]

before the Iraq war, which embarrassed Blair and Bush.

The Times of London is reporting this story today. In order to read the whole thing, it is paid registration. Here's the link to the teaser.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk

[Merlin]

1. Gee, I wonder under what ultra conservative prime minister they did this?

Could it be

Italy's ?

[Capt_Nemo]

2. Yet Buttler judged the Niger Uranium intelligence "credible"...

... nope! No whitewash at all... :eyes:

[Warpy]

3. Mind posting a quote here

for us peasants who don't have a paid subscription? Just a couple of the most salient paragraphs sill do.

TIA

[louis c]

6. I Don't Have a Paid Subscription Either

I posted what I know. I figured someone better heeled than me would do the honors.

[kentuck]

4. And what does this mean in the Joseph Wilson case....

The British and American intelligence were indeed wrong, no matter what Tony Blair says??

[floda]

5. here are some paragraphs

Italian spies ‘faked documents’ on Saddam nuclear purchase
Nicholas Rufford



THE Sunday Times has tracked down a mysterious middleman who was a key figure in the notorious Niger uranium hoax before the Iraq war, writes Nicholas Rufford.

Speaking to a reporter in a cafe in Brussels last week, he claimed he had been an unwitting dupe in the scam, which embarrassed both Tony Blair and George W Bush over Saddam Hussein’s phantom weapons of mass destruction.



The middleman, an Italian who uses the name Giacomo, is a small-time tipster said to have worked for Italy’s armed forces and intelligence services. He says Sismi, the Italian foreign intelligence service, used him to disseminate fake documents purporting to show Saddam had tried to buy uranium for nuclear bombs from Niger.

“I received a call from a former colleague in Sismi,” Giacomo said. “I was told a woman in the Niger embassy in Rome had a gift for me. I met her and she gave me documents. Sismi wanted me to pass on the documents but they didn’t want anyone to know they had been involved.”


This link worked for me

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2763-1198188,00.html

[louis c]

7. Thank You

louis c