Two Questions:

[joemurphy]

1. Does anyone know when this State Department/CIA Investigation of the Iraqi Niger uranium purchase got started and why it was interrogating Bolton?

2. Who told Biden about Bolton's being interrogated?

I'm beginning to think there's a war on between disaffected CIA personnel and the White House!!!! I love it!

[knowbody0]

1. you just know the CIA

dislikes this administration. it feels like a build up to me. let the show begin, im bored as hell.

[BuyingThyme]

2. Yes, a CIA faction is running the show for the good guys.

They're not only pissed about being blamed for Bush's lies, but they don't like Cheney and Rove plotting to expose one of their own (Valerie P.).

And, there's just a chance, some of them might give a shit about Democracy and the like.

[DanCa]

3. Then is tennet on our side?

This is getting confussing I need a score card.

[BuyingThyme]

4. No, no, no, no. No.

A CIA faction, not the CIA proper.

[DanCa]

5. Thanks see I need a score card :)

[BuyingThyme]

6. Yes. Hopefully the good people will soon recognize that

there's a huge book market developing in response to all this.

[DanCa]

7. And you know theres got to be a tv movie of the week comming out

Can we get Fred Dryer of Hunter to play Joe Wilson

[joemurphy]

8. Danny DeVito will play Richard Perle n/t

[mcctatas]

9. And the ghost of Captain Kangaroo to play Bolton...

and bobo the talking chimp to play bush???:hi:

[DanCa]

11. Gilbert Godfrey to play sean hannity

[BuyingThyme]

12. I don't know Fred Dryer.

How 'bout Christopher Guest.

[DanCa]

13. Better choice

[joemurphy]

15. Whoopi Goldberg will play Condoleezza Rice

and James Earl Jones would reprise Colin Powell.

[BuyingThyme]

17. Who gets to punch Whoopi's teeth out?

(Sorry Whoopi.)

[kestrel91316]

16. Sharon Stone can play Valerie Plame nt

[DanCa]

18. To bad Sorrel brooks from the original dukes of hazzard isn'tt living

he would have made a good bob vodka novak. he was jd hogg.

[hang a left]

10. I am wondering if this was the investigation launched by the CIA

in the summer of 2003 as a result of the Plame leak. The CIA did it's own investigation and sent a referral to the Department of Justice on September 16, 2003.

[joemurphy]

14. When did Biden say he was interviewed? The date was

mentioned in his letter to Condoleezza Rice.

[hang a left]

19. I have no idea.

you might want to ask this specific question in a new post. Because of the subject line of this post you may not get an answer.

[hang a left]

20. I found it.....but more important I figured out why he has not testified..

He is a TARGET not a WITNESS!!


July 28, 2005

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Washington, DC
20520

Dear Madam Secretary:

It has just come to my attention that then-Undersecretary of State John Bolton was interviewed on July 18, 2003 by the State Department Office of the Inspector General in connection with a joint State Department/CIA IG investigation related to the alleged Iraqi attempts to procure uranium from Niger. This information would appear to be inconsistent with information that Mr. Bolton provided to the Committee on Foreign Relations during the Committee's consideration of his pending nomination to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

The Committee on Foreign Relations expects all nominees to provide to it accurate and timely information. Indeed, in submitting the Committee's questionnaire, all nominees are required to swear out an affidavit stating that the information provided is "true and accurate." It now appears that Mr. Bolton's answers may not meet that standard. I write, therefore, to request that you review this matter to determine whether incomplete or inaccurate information was provided by Mr. Bolton.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Ranking Minority Member

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