White House disputes Italy role in Iraq claim (surprise)

[Roland99]

http://www.heraldnewsdaily.com/stories/news-0093780.html

U.S. officials who attended a September 9, 2002, meeting with Italy‘s spy chief do not recall the issue coming up, said a spokesman for the White House National Security Council. The meeting is central to the accusations.

"No one who was present at the meeting remembers yellow cake (uranium) being discussed nor any documents being passed," spokesman Frederick Jones said.

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At issue in the documents charges is the September 2002 meeting, between Italy‘s spy chief, Nicolo Pollari, and Stephen Hadley , then the deputy White House national security adviser. Hadley is now Bush‘s national security adviser.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rejected accusations at home that the intelligence agency, known as Sismi, gave fake documents to Washington about the Niger deal.

White House sure got vocal rather suddenly on something that's been in the press for at least a week.

And, re: the meeting and no discussion of the forged docs:

DUH!!!

Hadley's going to bring up something he was probably involved in?

:eyes:



Jesus Christ this administration is so fucking transparent.

[Canuckistanian]

1. Well then, Shrub, YOU tell us where it came from

We're waiting............

[Roland99]

3. Maybe it's under his desk with the missing WMDs?

[Dangerously Amused]

2. Oh no, I believe them.

I'm SURE it didn't come up during the meeting. I'm sure it came up off the record, in a small, hardly used, tucked away conference room right AFTER the meeting.