James Moore: Fitzgerald has reportedly asked for Niger Forgery Info

[Stevendsmith]

“Fitzgerald has reportedly asked for a copy of the Italian government’s investigation into the break-in of the Niger embassy in Rome and the source of the forged documents. The blatantly fake papers, which purported to show that Saddam Hussein had cut a deal to get yellowcake uranium from Niger, turned up after a December 2001 meeting in Rome involving neo-con Michael Ledeen, Larry Franklin, Harold Rhodes, and Niccolo Pollari, the head of Italy’s intelligence agency SISMI, and Antonio Martino, the Italian defense minister.”

Read the whole excellent piece:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/the-most-important-crimin_b_9183.html

[NNN0LHI]

1. Fitzgerald is going to extend the grand jury another 9 months. Just watch

This guy is meticulous.

Don

[snappyturtle]

8. Oh I agree he's

meticulous but didn't he at a time before sticking Miller in the slammer say that he just needed her testimony to wrap things up---or am I getting delusional......again? :crazy:

[NNN0LHI]

10. I don't believe Fitzgerald has given any press conferences for 2 years

I haven't even read a single quote attributed to Fitzgerald since this began. Maybe someone was saying that in the news but I don't think it was him. I could be wrong?

Don

[Gman]

13. "Just going to the bathroom"

Fitz was quoted as saying after he left the room while Rove was testifying last week.

[newscott]

2. This is getting so bad so quick for the Bushies

they may not have enough ink to sign all the pardons.

[Lex]

3. I wish I had stock in the Tums company---just for what's being consumed

at the White House these days.

[Stevendsmith]

4. Nah, it just all "background noise" (n/t)

[HootieMcBoob]

5. Don't remember where I read it but...

Rumor is that not only has he gotten it but he has an un-redacted copy.

[CatWoman]

6. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[robertpaulsen]

7. That does it. It's now the Plame/AIPAC scandal.

Or Plame/AIPACgate, whatever your preference.

The Niger forgery ties it all together!

[robertpaulsen]

9. I didn't catch this on first read: Franklin cooperating with Fitzgerald!

The other American attendees at Ledeen’s Roman Holiday are also worthy of scrutiny. Larry Franklin was recently arrested for leaking classified US government information to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Ledeen sprang quickly to his defense but Franklin faces prosecution next year and is most probably cooperating with prosecutor Fitzgerald. Harold Rhode, the other American actor in this tragicomic affair, worked the Office of Special Plans (OSP) at the Department of Defense for Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Characterized as a “counter-intelligence shop,” OSP simply interpreted intelligence in a manner that fit the need for evidence that Iraq had WMD. If the CIA gathered data that said otherwise, OSP analyzed it differently or ignored the facts and then reported to the vice president precisely what he wanted to hear. Rhode also was the liaison between Ahmed Chalabi, the convicted embezzler the Bush administration was using to feed information to them and Judy Miller about the distortions and lies required to fuel the rush to war.


I believe that would make three that Fitz flipped: Hannah, Wurmser and now Franklin!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[understandinglife]

11. A related DU thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5109514


Peace.

[MN ChimpH8R]

12. Heard this earlier in the day

VERY bad news for Chimpco. Fitz now can tie together the Iraq lies, Plams and AIPAC into one ticking package to set at the WH door. :nuke:

Wish I had the WH toilet paper concession about now.....

[garybeck]

14. what's next, the Downing Street Memos!?!?!?

then the only thing left would be the 16 words in the 2003 state of the union address, and they'll all be behind bars.