The Niger liar revealed, plus the laundering of false intelligence

Within 24 hours, the infamous Niger documents presented by Colin Powell to the U.N. (before the invasion of Iraq) were proven to be forgeries. There's no question it was all a lie. And no question why (to start an unprovoked war). The only mystery remaining was who forged them.

If this story holds up, we now have a name.

Former CIA head of counter-terrorism, Micheal Ledeen.

The document was generated in America, then funneled through foreign intelligence services, then "received" publicly by U.S. intelligence officials. Also, it was dispersed to and through as many places as possible so they could say "it comes from many sources, so it must be true."

Apparently the right-wing control of U.S. media is so complete that even when foreign intelligence officers warn that information is not reliable, that part never gets spread. Case in point, Germany relayed the false information provided by Chalabi's drunken relative (see previous blog) with the caveat that it wasn't trustworthy. That didn't matter. The Bush administration ran with it without any criticism by the media.

It's starting to look like the Bush administration used the Germans as intermediary regarding "Curveball" with the purpose of keeping the CIA from speaking with him directly. Note that once the CIA did meet "Curveball" they dismissed him immediately. Too bad (for truth, justice, and the lives of our soldiers) that this meeting didn't happen until long AFTER the invasion. The key here is that while it might be true the CIA was honestly deceived, it was the BUSH ADMINISTRATION doing the deceiving.

It's all coming together now.