buy very significant amounts of uranium ore. but the state department expressed how dubious they were about these documents and the likelihood that they were forged. at the time, no one from u.s. intelligence had actually laid eyes on the documents. and they will ultimately turn out to be forgeries. but when a dia report on the yellowcake claim is presented to dick cheney, he orders the cia to dig deeper. the agency sends to niger, a veteran diplomat with extensive experience in africa, former ambassador joseph wilson. i knew the foreign minister who was subsequently prime minister. i knew the minister of mines. it did not happen. it could not have happened. just because of the nature of uranium mining operations in francophone africa. the french maintained control. the most important thing to know about the yellowcake story is that the cia never believed it. but even as speculation, it is enough for administration
administration took a great deal of satisfaction in being able to cite the supposedly liberal new york times in making their case for it. absent the aluminum tubes most of the community believes that there is no sufficient evidence to assess that there is a nuclear program. from the african country of niger comes another nuclear alarm. italy s military intelligence agency informs the cia that it has the text of a contract between iraq and niger for saddam to purchase 500 metric tons of yellowcake, a form of uranium suitable for nuclear weapons. there were rather extensive written documents about the ways in which iraq was negotiating to buy very significant amounts of uranium ore. but the state department expressed how dubious they were about these documents and the likelihood that they were
high strength alaluminum tubes o make uranium. i think the bush administration took satisfaction in saying that this made the case for them. most of the community believes there is no sufficient evidence to assess that there is a nuclear program. from the african country, intelligence informs the cia there is a contract between iraq and nijer to buy yellow cake, suitable for nuclear weapons. they were rather extensive written documents about the ways in which iraq was negotiating to buy very significant amounts of uranium ore but they expressed
used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. i think the bush administration took a great deal of satisfaction in being able to cite the supposedly liberal new york times in making their case for it. absent the aluminum tubes most of the community believes that there is no sufficient evidence to assess that there is a nuclear program. from the african country of niger comes another nuclear alarm. italy s military intelligence agency informs the cia that it has the text of a contract between iraq and niger for saddam to purchase 500 metric tons of yellowcake, a form of uranium suitable for nuclear weapons. there were rather extensive written documents about the ways in which iraq was negotiating to buy very significant amounts of uranium ore. but the state department
buy very significant amounts of uranium ore. but the state department expressed how dubious they were about these documents and the likelihood that they were forged. at the time, no one from u.s. intelligence had actually laid eyes on the documents. and they will ultimately turn out to be forgeries. but when a dia report on the yellowcake claim is presented to dick cheney, he orders the cia to dig deeper. the agency sends a veteran diplomat with extensive experience in africa. former ambassador joseph wilson. i knew the foreign minister who was subsequently prime minister. i knew the minister of mines. it did not happen. it could not have happened. just because of the nature of uranium mining operations in africa. the french maintained control. the most important thing to know about the yellowcake story is that the cia never believed it. but even as speculation, it is enough for administration