OK, the point of the declassification was to show what evidence the administration had when it made the statement. While some documents were forged, other items in the case were real. They concluded that while no transaction took place, Iraqi officials did attempt to purchase uranium but were unsuccessful.
They wanted to public to recognize that when they made the statement they felt it was true. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:11 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: whew! it's all ok, cause they were lying anyway > > Bush put his prestige behind the uranium story in his Jan. 28, 2003, State > of the Union address. Less than two months later, the International Atomic > Energy Agency exposed the principal U.S. evidence as bogus. A Bush- > appointed commission later concluded that the evidence, a set of contracts > and correspondence sold by an Italian informant, was "transparently > forged." > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800916_pf.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203628 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
