Would that be the same British intelligence who were trying hard to cover their backside, so hard that they relied on a document which, though I’ve not seen it, is reputed to be a crude, crude forgery?

As Wilson and the General quoted below have pointed out many times, uranium mining in Niger is/was tightly controlled by a French consortium which had absolutely nothing to gain and a lot to lose in supplying uranium to Saddam. I think I heard this general on NOW or Frontlines, though I’m not sure. The topic was the same and the guy was way credible. I’ll have to look for it in my videos.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2004/07/yellowcake-and-yellow-journalism.html

Republicans harp on Wilson yet never discuss Marine Gen. Carlton W. Fulford Jr., a four-star general who traveled to Niger and confirmed Wilson's findings. Before we let the propagandists toss certain key facts down the memory hole, re-read this Washington Post story published exactly one year ago:

In an interview, Fulford said he came away "assured" that the supply of "yellowcake" was kept secure by a French consortium. Both Fulford, then deputy commander of the U.S. European Command and his commander, Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston, said the issue did not surface again, although they were both routinely briefed on weapons proliferation in Africa. "I was convinced it was not an issue," Fulford said.

Fulford was asked by the U.S. ambassador to Niger, BarbroOwens-Kirkpatrick, to join her at the meeting with Niger's President Mamadou Tandja on Feb. 24, 2002. "I was asked to impress upon the president the importance that the yellowcake in Niger be under control," Fulford said. "I did that. He assured me. He said the mining operations were handled through a French consortium" and therefore out of the Niger government's control. Owens-Kirkpatrick, reached by phone, declined to comment.

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