Daily Kos - Niger Yellowcake and The Man Who Forged Too Much

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This is an well-written, detailed analysis by Pen that attempts to determine the genesis of the forged Niger documents. It ties together prominent neocons such as Ledeen and Franklin and the Italian connection. Along the way, numerous other elements such as their ties to Iran-Contra are examined. I highly recommend this blog article.

There are some absolutely amazing facts about Ledeen that I had been completely aware of. For example, Ledeen was responsible for getting Jonathan Pollard his naval position where he spied for Israel. And did you know that Ledeen was under suspicison in the '80s for passing official documents to a foreign government? There's an awful lot of information here, including a great flowchart showing Feith, Rhode, Chalabi, etc. in relation to the WH.

Niger Yellowcake and The Man Who Forged Too Much
by Pen
Fri Jul 22nd, 2005 at 04:56:03 PDT

They say all roads lead to Rome. Well, this one certainly does. It's a road that starts in Paris, at the door of Iranian arms dealer and Mossad double agent Manucher Ghorbanifar, a man known to the CIA as an "intelligence fabricator". It's a road that runs through Niger uranium mines, past a Genoan fascist organization operating as a parallel Italian intelligence network with ties to Rocco Martino, and down the streets of Milan, where a CIA operative, now considered a fugitive at large by Italian authorities, once operated.

Ultimately, however, it is a road that does not end in Rome. It runs past that ancient icon of Imperial corruption and leads us to Washington D.C., past a Federal Investigation into Israeli espionage and right up to the steps of the White House and Dick Cheney's Office of Special Plans.

All signs along this road point to the answer to the question: Who forged the Niger Uranium Documents?

We find ourselves beginning our journey in Paris with Manucher Ghorbanifar.

Back in 1984, Michael Ledeen put forward the idea of using Manucher Ghorbanifar to make illegal arms sales to Iran. The CIA's Deputy Director for Operations, Clair George, deemed Ghorbanifar totally unreliable. He felt that Ghorbanifar, a MOSSAD double agent, had Israel's security as his only priority. But George Bush Sr., having dealt with Ghorbanifar in Paris prior to the infamous "October Surprise" that got Ronald Reagan elected, agreed with Ledeen and so Ghorbanifar became the middleman in what became known as the Iran-Contra affair. In fact, Oliver North testified that the diversion of funds to the Contras was proposed to him by
Ghorbanifar during a meeting in January 1986.

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http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/22/7563/12283