http://www.madison.com/captimes/opinion/column/nichols/52530.phpWhat is most significant about Wilson's revelation is his assertion that his conclusions regarding the dubious nature of the Iraq-Niger "connection" were communicated to high-level officials in the Bush administration long before the president ordered the invasion of Iraq on the grounds that the country posed an imminent threat.
How high up in the Bush administration are the officials in question?
Referring to inquiries regarding a possible Iraq-Niger link, Wilson says, "The question was asked of the CIA by the office of the vice president. The office of the vice president, I am absolutely convinced, received a very specific response to the question it asked, and that response was based upon my trip out there."
There is no reason to doubt Wilson, an experienced and respected diplomat who served in the 1990s as director of Africa policy for the National Security Council. Yet long after Wilson indicated to top policy makers that there was little evidence of an Iraq-Niger connection, President Bush used his 2003 State of the Union address to assert that Saddam was seeking to obtain uranium from an African state.Nichols was inexplicably allowed on Lehrer last week, in a roundtable with three other editors, and really nailed the lying liars in the junta, saying, among other things, that his newspaper didn't print ANY assertion of said junta without checking it FIRST!!!!
he went on to say that almost every (maybe EVERY single) one they were able to check turned out to be FALSE.
what a concept........not simply serving as a PR outlet for the government media
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