The yellowcake episode that Keith references is not the same one I referred to. It is clearly established that there were forged documents purporting to show that Sadam bought the ore from Niger. Bush used these documents to show that Sadam had WMD even though he'd been advised they were not reliable. Ambassador Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband, published a paper documenting their falseness. As a consequence, her identity as a CIA agent was outed by an official from Dick Cheney's office. That official was indicted and convicted. Colin Powell himself said he regrets his UN speech.

Bill Ferguson