June 8, 2006

A long Vanity Fair article on the Niger yellowcake forgeries and Michael Ledeen:

The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed

The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful "black propaganda" campaign with links to the White House

By CRAIG UNGER


Longtime iSteve readers won't find too much that's new in this 12,500 word report. It reaches the same dead-end I did long ago: Logic points to National Review's Michael Ledeen as the obvious usual suspect in this world-historical fraud, but there's nothing close to proof tying him to it.

One thing we do know for sure: Ledeen has not publicly taken up my suggestion that he use his intimate contacts with the known Italian players in the scandal "to search for the Real Forgers."


My published articles are archived at iSteve.com -- Steve Sailer

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