um, no. 

Look at conclusions 14 and 15. Especially 15, which says that the NSE
"overstated what the intelligence community knew about Iraq's possible
procurement attempts."

And yes, there is a *lot* of stuff blacked out. 

Dana


> http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf
> 
> And the relevant text on Page 72
> 
> K. Niger Conclusions
> (U) Conlusion 12. Until October 2002 when the Intelligence Community obtained 
> the forged foreign language documents on the Iraq-Niger uranium deal, it was 
> reasonable for analysts to assess that Iraq may have been seeking uranium 
> from Africa based on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reporting and other 
> available intelligence.
> 
> (U) Conclusion 13. The report on the former ambassador's trip to Niger, 
> disseminated in March 2002, did not change any analysts' assessments of the 
> Iraq-Niger uranium deal. For most analysts, the information in the report 
> lent more credibility to the original Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 
> reports on the uranium deal, but State Department Bureau of Intelligence and 
> Research (INR) analysts believed that the report supported their assessment 
> that Niger was unlikely to be willing or able to sell uranium to Iraq.
> 
> Unfortunately there is a bunch of stuff blacked out, but it makes clear that 
> Wilson was blowing a lot of smoke in his NY Times Op-Ed piece, and the people 
> at the CIA didn't agree with him.
> 
> 3. http://cshink.com/iraq_had_talks_on_uranium.htm (article from the 
> Financial Times)
> 
> 
> >evidence, please.
> >
> >Dana
> >
> >On 7/25/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> 
> 

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