Bush national security adviser denies ties to fake Iraq-Niger documents

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6210647&cKey=1130976330000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, denied on Wednesday that he or his staff received fake documents in 2002 that showed Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger, a claim that formed part of the administration's case for going to war.

After consulting with a member of his staff "to refresh my memory," Hadley told reporters that the documents were first obtained by the State Department and then shared with the CIA, and that he does not recall ever discussing the issue with Italian intelligence officials.

"Suffice to say they didn't come to me. They didn't come to the NSC," Hadley said, referring to the National Security Council.

Bush, in making a case for war in his 2003 State of the Union address, said there was evidence that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa to further apparent nuclear-weapons ambitions. Bush cited British intelligence as the source of the information.

The FBI has been investigating the origin of the forged documents. U.S. officials have said in the past that the information was partly traced back to Italian intelligence sources.

[xultar]

1. blah, blah, blah FUCKIN BLAH. now throw his ass in jail.

[Moochy]

3. he does not recall

but he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall he does not recall !!!

Republicans have memory problems.. I thought Elephants never forget.

:shrug:

[Spinzonner]

2. OK, where's the polygraph trace

No credibility for Bushco statements without one.