And Who Is Simon Dodge?
Emptywheel and carpetbaggerreport have been asking questions about Simon Dodge. From carpetbaggerreport"And who is Simon Dodge? I’m glad you asked.Nico explained a bit about the analyst’s background.Three months before President Bush uttered his infamous 16 words, claiming there was evidence
that Saddam Hussein was building a nuclear weapon, a State Department analyst named Simon
Dodge had determined that the evidence for the claim was likely fraudulent.Dodge emailed his assessment to fellow intelligence analysts in October 2002, and then again in
January 2003 (two weeks before Bush’s State of the Union), saying the documents supposedly from
Niger were “probably a hoax” and “clearly a forgery.”
According to Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), the State
Department is now refusing to let Dodge speak to Waxman’s staff, despite the fact that Dodge has
indicated he is “willing to cooperate fully” with the investigation."http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10708.htmlHmmmmm.This makes me think of an old song...Lies Rule Now/but Justice Remains/Sharpening Teeth And Claws/Her Flesh It Is Wasted/Her Skin It
Is Torn/But She Still Has Some Strength In Her JawsThose jaws are closin' round Condi about now, I reckon.Then it's down to George, Dick, and Karl. And then? Treasure of the Sierra Madre time... Last one
under the bus turn the lights off.
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Emptywheel and carpetbaggerreport have been asking questions about Simon Dodge. From carpetbaggerreport"And who is Simon Dodge? I’m glad you asked.Nico explained a bit about the analyst’s background.Three months before President Bush uttered his infamous 16 words, claiming there was evidence
that Saddam Hussein was building a nuclear weapon, a State Department analyst named Simon
Dodge had determined that the evidence for the claim was likely fraudulent.Dodge emailed his assessment to fellow intelligence analysts in October 2002, and then again in
January 2003 (two weeks before Bush’s State of the Union), saying the documents supposedly from
Niger were “probably a hoax” and “clearly a forgery.”
According to Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), the State
Department is now refusing to let Dodge speak to Waxman’s staff, despite the fact that Dodge has
indicated he is “willing to cooperate fully” with the investigation."http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10708.htmlHmmmmm.This makes me think of an old song...Lies Rule Now/but Justice Remains/Sharpening Teeth And Claws/Her Flesh It Is Wasted/Her Skin It
Is Torn/But She Still Has Some Strength In Her JawsThose jaws are closin' round Condi about now, I reckon.Then it's down to George, Dick, and Karl. And then? Treasure of the Sierra Madre time... Last one
under the bus turn the lights off.
