Tape: Top CIA official confesses order to forge Iraq-9/11 letter came on White House stationery

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http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Tape_Top_CIA_officer_confesses_order_0808.html

In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks

A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new transcript of a conversation with the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer.

The transcript was posted Friday by author Ron Suskind of an interview conducted in June. It comes on the heels of denials by both the White House and Richer of a claim Suskind made in his new book, The Way of The World. The book was leaked to Politico's Mike Allen on Monday, and released Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the White House released a statement on Richer's behalf. In it, Richer declared, "I never received direction from George Tenet or anyone else in my chain of command to fabricate a document ... as outlined in Mr. Suskind's book."

The denial, however, directly contradicts Richer's own remarks in the transcript.

"Now this is from the Vice President's Office is how you remembered it--not from the president?" Suskind asked.

"No, no, no," Richer replied, according to the transcript. "What I remember is George saying, 'we got this from'--basically, from what George said was 'downtown.'"

"Which is the White House?" Suskind asked.

"Yes," Richer said. "But he did not--in my memory--never said president, vice president, or NSC. Okay? But now--he may have hinted--just by the way he said it, it would have--cause almost all that stuff came from one place only: Scooter Libby and the shop around the vice president."

"But he didn't say that specifically," Richer added. "I would naturally--I would probably stand on my, basically, my reputation and say it came from the vice president."

"But there wasn't anything in the writing that you remember saying the vice president," Suskind continued.

"Nope," Richer said.

"It just had the White House stationery."

"Exactly right."

[tavalon]

1. Yo, Nancy. I have a book you should read

[Kablooie]

5. You should know that she is not about getting proof of guilt...

She's about protecting them in SPITE of proof of guilt.

She just wants to ensure they have a clear shot at rigging and stealing the next election.
She wants to keep things Fair and Balanced.

[tavalon]

6. I'm quite aware of that

I'd like that out on the table for everyone else to see.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Conspiracy at minimum

to bad "off the table Nancy" is in charge

[many a good man]

3. Sounds like this allegation would never stand up in Court

Innuendo.

[chill_wind]

4. White House Stationary, eh? K & R n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

7. In decades past in countries elsewhere in the world...Libby, Cheney, and the BFEE would be deposed.

Romania handled their last despot in a fashion that would be fitting for the current White House criminals.

[Mnemosyne]

8. Treasonous bastards. knr n/t

[wizstars]

9. K & R. Nancy would you PLEASE set the table???

IMPEACH THE B@ST@RDS!!!

[itsrobert]

10. The Vice President is not in the CIA's chain of command

I don't think I'm wrong about that.

[provis99]

11. Rawstory is an anti-American conspiracy website

Shame on you.