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16 Words: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -- From Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address When NO weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed... The Plame affair concerns allegations that government officials revealed classified employment information about Valerie E. Wilson (née Valerie Elise Plame; also known as "Valerie Plame") indicating that she was a covert operative of the United States CIA investigating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Mrs. Wilson's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, alleges that members of the George W. Bush administration leaked his wife's covert identity to the press as "political retribution" for his criticizing the administration in his New York Times editorial published on 6 July 2003. More on LeakGate: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm

16 Words: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -- From Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address When NO weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed... The Plame affair concerns allegations that government officials revealed classified employment information about Valerie E. Wilson (née Valerie Elise Plame; also known as "Valerie Plame") indicating that she was a covert operative of the United States CIA investigating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Mrs. Wilson's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, alleges that members of the George W. Bush administration leaked his wife's covert identity to the press as "political retribution" for his criticizing the administration in his New York Times editorial published on 6 July 2003. More on LeakGate: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm