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...line. After the first phase of the war ended and it became clear that weapons inspectors might come up empty handed, Powell blamed Tenet personally for providing him with exaggerated assessments. By that time, Powell had also witnessed the debacle surrounding the claims that Iraq had sought to buy uranium from Niger, an assertion that made it into Bush's State of the Union address in January 2003. By June it was plain that the claim was based on intelligence that the CIA should have known was highly suspect. On June 7, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice asked Powell...
...cover." America's most famous NOC is Valerie Plame, the CIA operative exposed last summer after a columnist reported that Bush administration officials had said she was behind a 2002 trip by her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, to Africa to investigate claims that Saddam had sought to buy uranium from Niger...
...democracy to transform the Middle East and the power of tax cuts to produce prosperity. This is a radical departure from the mainstream traditions of American diplomacy and fiscal responsibility and should be grounds for a serious debate. But the Administration reacts to almost every challenge--from the Niger uranium flap to Clarke's testimony--as if it were a mortal threat, demonizing its opponents, stonewalling, raising the stakes. After a perfunctory first week of positive ads, the Bush campaign has unleashed a withering negative advertising blitz against Kerry...
...sent Wilson to Niger in February 2002 to investigate whether or not Iraq had purchased uranium with the intent to build weapons of mass destruction. After his trip, Wilson reported back to the White House that he doubted the veracity of reports that Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger...
...Diplomatic Hole MEXICO The rescue of six British cavers trapped for a week in flooded caverns provoked a diplomatic spat between the Mexican and U.K. governments. The British Ministry of Defense denied Mexican news reports that the men were looking for uranium, and said they were part of a military caving association on a training exercise. Mexican authorities detained all 13 members of the expedition for questioning...