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Niger Plame

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  1. 2002-10-02 October 2, 2002: CIA Deputy Director Tells Congress Agency Doubts British Africa-Uranium Claim
  2. 2002-10-04 October 4, 2002: National Intelligence Officer Tells Congress He Doubts British Africa-Uranium Claim
  3. 2002-10-05 October 5, 2002: CIA Warns White House Not to Include Africa-Uranium Allegation in Cincinnati Speech
  4. 2002-10-06 October 6, 2002: CIA Again Warns White House Not to Include Africa-Uranium Allegation in Cincinnati Speech
  5. 2002-10-07 After October 7, 2002: State Department Neoconservative Bars Dissenting Analysts from Attending Meetings on Iraq
  6. 2002-10-07 After October 7, 2002: Administration Neoconservatives Purge Intelligence Community of Undesirables
  7. 2002-10-07 Afternoon October 7, 2002: Italian Journalist Agrees to Buy Iraq-Niger Uranium Documents if Corroborated
  8. 2002-10-08 October 8-9, 2002: Italian Journalist Thinks Niger Documents Are Fakes
  9. 2002-10-09 October 9, 2002: US Officials Receive Copies of Iraq-Niger Documents, Quickly Doubt Their Authenticity
  10. 2002-10-13 October 13, 2002: Wilson Recommends Aggressive Disarmament, Inspections for Iraq to Avoid War
  11. 2002-10-15 October 15, 2002: State Department Distributes Niger Documents to Other US Intelligence Agencies; Bizarre Document Alleging Alliance of Muslim Countries Surfaces for First Time
  12. 2002-10-16 October 16, 2002 and After: Italian Journalist Learns Iraq-Niger Story Unlikely; Editor Refuses to Allow Her to Write Story of False Claims
  13. 2002-10-18 October 18, 2002: CIA Releases Executive Briefing on Iraq-Niger Documents, Notes Questionable Claims
  14. 2002-11-22 November 22, 2002: France Informs US State Department that Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Africa
  15. 2002-11-25 November 25, 2002: Report Alleges Niger Uranium Bound for Iraq Being Held in Benin
  16. 2002-12-09 December 9, 2002: Wilson: US on Brink of Launching an ‘Imperial War’
  17. 2002-12-17 December 17, 2002: CIA WINPAC Unit Says Iraq Declaration Failed to Explain Aluminum Tubes and Efforts to Obtain Uranium from Africa
  18. 2002-12-17 December 17, 2002: DHS Team Investigates Claim that Uranium in Benin Port Bound for Iraq; Team Concludes the Allegation Is False
  19. 2002-12-19 December 19, 2002: US Says UN Ignoring Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
  20. 2002-12-23 December 23, 2002: INR Analyst Complains that WINPAC Report Failed to Include INR’s View on Aluminum Tubes and Alleged Efforts to Obtain Uranium from Africa
  21. 2003-01-06 January 6, 2003: IAEA Asks US for Information to Verify Uranium Claims
  22. 2003-01-12 January 12, 2003: State Department Intelligence Analysts Says that ‘Uranium Purchase Agreement Probably Is a Hoax’
  23. 2003-01-16 January 16, 2003: CIA Iraqi Nuclear Specialist Receives Iraq-Niger Uranium Documents
  24. 2003-01-20 January 20, 2003: Bush Misinforms Congress about Iraqi Attempts to Acquire Uranium
  25. 2003-01-23 January 23, 2003: New York Times Publishes Op-ed by Rice on Iraq
  26. 2003-01-23 January 23, 2003: Wolfowitz: Iraq Failed to Note ‘Efforts to Procure Uranium From Abroad’
  27. 2003-01-23 January 23, 2003: US Accuses Iraq of Trying to Procure Foreign Uranium
  28. 2003-01-24 January 24, 2003: US Intel Memo Supports Allegation that Iraq Sought Uranium from Africa
  29. 2003-01-26 January 26, 2003: Colin Powell Asserts Iraq Trying to Obtain Uranium and Equipment to Produce Nuclear Weapon
  30. 2003-01-27 January 27, 2003: CIA Director Apparently Fails to Vet State of Union Address, Allows Uranium Claim to Be Included
  31. 2003-01-27 January 27, 2003: Uranium in Benin Warehouse Meant for France, not Iraq
  32. 2003-01-28 January 28-29, 2003: CIA Official ‘Dumbfounded’ at Bush’s Claims
  33. 2003-01-28 January 28-29, 2003: CIA Analyst, Former Ambassador Bemused by President’s Claim of Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
  34. 2003-01-28 After (9:30 pm) January 28, 2003: French Shocked at Bush’s Claim that Iraq Sought Uranium from Africa; Launches Another Investigation Which Again Turns up Nothing
  35. 2003-01-28 January 28, 2003: White House Complains Iraq Did Not Report Effort to Acquire Uranium
  36. 2003-01-28 9:01 pm January 28, 2003: President Bush Gives His 2003 State of the Union Address
  37. 2003-01-29 January 29, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Saddam Recently Sought Uranium in Africa
  38. 2003-01-29 January 29, 2003: Joseph Wilson Wants White House to Correct the Record with Regard to Uranium-from-Africa Allegation
  39. 2003-02-04 February 4, 2003: IAEA Receives Iraq-Niger Documents, Talking Points
  40. 2003-02-05 February 5, 2003 and After: Media Reaction to Powell’s Speech Overwhelmingly Positive, Less So among Skeptical Nations
  41. 2003-02-05 February 5, 2003: Plame Wilson ‘Deeply Upset’ at Powell’s UN Presentation
  42. 2003-02-05 After February 5, 2003: Wilson: Powell’s UN Presentation Unconvincing, Final Proof of Complicity with Administration Neoconservatives
  43. 2003-02-05 February 5, 2003: US Provides IAEA with Copy of Niger Documents
  44. 2003-02-05 February 5, 2003: Powell Gives Fraudulent Presentation About Iraqi WMDs to UN
  45. 2003-02-13 February 13, 2003: Wilson: Imperial Vision of US Neoconservatives Driving War with Iraq
  46. 2003-02-17 February 17, 2003: International Atomic Energy Agency Scientist Concludes Niger Documents Are Fraudulent
  47. 2003-02-28 February 28, 2003: Wilson Explains ‘Shock and Awe’ Strategy, Rationale for ‘Re-growing the Middle East’
  48. 2003-03-03 March 3, 2003: Joseph Wilson: US Intention in Middle East Is to Install ‘Vassal Regimes That Will Control Restive Populations’
  49. 2003-03-04 March 4, 2003: France Informs US that Previous French Assessment Regarding Africa-Uranium Allegation Was Based on Forged Documents
  50. 2003-03-05 March 5, 2003: ABC Panel Discussion on Iraq Marred by Accusations of Racism, ‘Appeasement’