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Niger Plame

913 events in this timeline

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  1. 1981-06-07 June 7, 1981: Iraqi Nuclear Facility Obliterated by Israel
  2. 1994-05-22 Before May 22, 1994: CIA Front Company Brewster Jennings Established
  3. 1999-04-22 April 22, 1999: Plame Wilson Lists CIA Front Company as Employer on Donation Form
  4. 1999-04-26 April 26, 1999: Former President Bush: Those Who Leak CIA Identities Are ‘The Most Insidious of Traitors’
  5. 2001-01-02 January 2, 2001: Niger Embassy in Rome Burglarized
  6. 2001-09-11 Between Late 2000 and September 11, 2001: Niger Uranium Documents Allegedly Fabricated
  7. 2001-09-11 Shortly after September 11, 2001: Italian Prime Minister Reportedly Wants to Become Top US Ally
  8. 2001-09-11 Shortly after September 11, 2001: CIA Station Chief In Rome Asks Italian Intelligence for Any Available Useful Intel
  9. 2001-10-15 October 15, 2001: Italian Intelligence Provides CIA with Report Alleging that Niger Agreed to Sell Iraq Uranium
  10. 2001-10-16 October 16, 2001: Italian Intelligence Chief Delivers Iraq-Niger Dossier to CIA
  11. 2001-10-18 October 18, 2001: CIA Report Says Allegations about Iraq Contained in Italian Intelligence Report Not Corroborated
  12. 2001-10-18 (After October 18, 2001): Head of Italian Intelligence Advised to Look in ‘Other Directions’ in Effort to Tighten Relations with Washington
  13. 2001-10-18 October 18, 2001: Italian Military Intelligence Chief Verifies to CIA Credibility of Source Who Provided Niger Documents
  14. 2001-11-20 November 20, 2001: French Mining Consortium Says Niger Could Not Have Diverted Uranium to Iraq
  15. 2001-12-09 December 9, 2001: Defense Officials Attend Secret Backchannel Meeting with Iranians
  16. 2001-12-12 December 12, 2001: Washington Learns about Secret Meeting Involving Iran-Contra Figures
  17. 2002-01-30 January 30, 2002: CIA Report Suggests Iraq May Be Trying to Reconstitute its Nuclear Weapons Program
  18. 2002-02-05 February 5, 2002: Pentagon Neoconservatives Use CIA Report on Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal to Bolster Allegations of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Program
  19. 2002-02-05 February 5, 2002: CIA Issues Second Report on Alleged Iraqi Efforts to Obtain Uranium
  20. 2002-02-12 February 12, 2002: Defense Intelligence Agency Issues Report on Recent Italian Intelligence Report; Leaves out Caveats
  21. 2002-02-12 Shortly after February 12, 2002: CIA Sends Report on Alleged Niger-Iraq Connection Directly to Cheney
  22. 2002-02-13 (February 13, 2002): Cheney Asks CIA to Probe Deeper into Allegation that Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Niger
  23. 2002-02-13 Shortly after February 13, 2002: CIA Decides to Send Joseph Wilson to Niger; Wilson’s Wife Relays the Request to Him
  24. 2002-02-13 February 13, 2002: CIA Division Requests Approval to Send Joseph Wilson to Niger
  25. 2002-02-13 February 13, 2002: CIA Operative Valerie Plame Wilson Suggests CIA Send Her Husband to Niger to Verify Reports Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium There
  26. 2002-02-14 February 14, 2002: CIA Report: Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim Comes from Foreign Intelligence Service, ‘Lacks Crucial Details’
  27. 2002-02-18 February 18, 2002: US Embassy in Niger Recommends Further Investigation of Niger-Uranium Allegation
  28. 2002-02-19 February 19, 2002: Intelligence Analysts Discuss Merits of Sending Wilson to Niger
  29. 2002-02-20 February 20, 2002: CIA Provides Joseph Wilson with Talking Points for His Trip to Niger
  30. 2002-02-21 February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002: Former Ambassador Visits Niger to Investigate Allegations that Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium
  31. 2002-02-24 February 24, 2002: US General Visits Niger; Finds No Evidence that Uranium Could be Diverted to Iraq
  32. 2002-03-01 March 1, 2002: State Department Intelligence Memo Argues It Is ‘Unlikely’ That Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Niger
  33. 2002-03-04 March 4-5, 2002: Ambassador Reports No Evidence of Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
  34. 2002-03-04 March 4, 2002: INR Memo Casts Doubts on Alleged Uranium Deal between Iraq and Niger
  35. 2002-03-05 March 5, 2002: Vice President’s Office Updated on Niger Issue
  36. 2002-03-06 (March 6, 2002): Plame Wilson Reads Report on Husband’s Trip to Niger
  37. 2002-03-08 March 8, 2002: CIA Alerts White House, Other Agencies that Wilson Found No Evidence of Iraq Uranium Purchase
  38. 2002-03-24 March 24, 2002: Despite Lack of Evidence, Cheney Says Iraq Pursuing Nuclear Weapons
  39. 2002-03-25 March 25, 2002: CIA Distributes SISMI’s Third Intelligence Report on Alleged Niger-Iraq Uranium Deal
  40. 2002-09-09 September 9, 2002: Italian Intelligence Head Has Unusual Meeting with US Deputy National Security Adviser, Snubs CIA Director
  41. 2002-09-10 September 10-11, 2002: First Draft ‘Scarlett Dossier’ Makes Varying Claims about Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
  42. 2002-09-11 September 11, 2002: Bush Speechwriters Almost Insert Uranium Allegation in UN Speech
  43. 2002-09-12 September 12, 2002: Italian Magazine Reports Iraq Obtained Uranium from Nigeria
  44. 2002-09-16 September 16, 2002: ’Scarlett Dossier’ Second Draft Circulated; Repeats Vagaries of Claims over Iraq-Niger Uranium Purchase
  45. 2002-09-24 September 24, 2002: Blair Echoes Dossier’s Unsubstantiated Claims in Speech
  46. 2002-09-24 September 24, 2002: Joseph Wilson Asks CIA to Inform British About His February Trip to Niger
  47. 2002-09-24 September 24, 2002: Final Version of British Intelligence Dossier on Iraqi WMD Released; Same Vagaries of Language about Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims Remain from Earlier Drafts
  48. 2002-09-24 September 24, 2002: Tenet Briefs Senate Intel Committee on National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq
  49. 2002-09-25 September 25, 2002: British Newspaper Reports Iraq Contacted Multiple African Countries in Search of Uranium
  50. 2002-10-01 October 1, 2002: US Intelligence Completes National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq