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Joe Wilson, Liar.

Bill Hobbs over at HobbsOnline [1] is one of many who over the weekend, posted notes regarding the liar, Joe Wilson. the AP report [2] Bill links to, says in part:

“French and British intelligence separately told the United States about possible Iraqi attempts to buy uranium in the African nation of Niger, the report said. The report from France is significant not only because Paris opposed the Iraq war but also because Niger is a former French colony and French companies control uranium production there.

Joseph Wilson, a retired U.S. diplomat the CIA sent to investigate the Niger story, also found evidence of Iraqi contacts with Nigerien officials, the report said. ”

Dan Drezner is following this one [3]… a little outside his usual realm… but he tackles it with his usual fine talent. He quotes a WaPo write up:

“Wilson’s assertions — both about what he found in Niger and what the Bush administration did with the information — were undermined yesterday in a bipartisan Senate intelligence committee report.

The panel found that Wilson’s report, rather than debunking intelligence about purported uranium sales to Iraq, as he has said, bolstered the case for most intelligence analysts. And contrary to Wilson’s assertions and even the government’s previous statements, the CIA did not tell the White House it had qualms about the reliability of the Africa intelligence that made its way into 16 fateful words in President Bush’s January 2003 State of the Union address….

The report also said Wilson provided misleading information to The Washington Post last June. He said then that he concluded the Niger intelligence was based on documents that had clearly been forged because “the dates were wrong and the names were wrong.”

“Committee staff asked how the former ambassador could have come to the conclusion that the ‘dates were wrong and the names were wrong’ when he had never seen the CIA reports and had no knowledge of what names and dates were in the reports,” the Senate panel said. Wilson told the panel he may have been confused and may have “misspoken” to reporters. The documents — purported sales agreements between Niger and Iraq — were not in U.S. hands until eight months after Wilson made his trip to Niger. ”

So, not only are the conclusions WIlson projects inaccurate, it’s proven he flat out lied about it. But of course, what do the Democrats trust? Ah, yes, the word of a proven liar.

I really don’t have much to add, here.
Then again, I don’t really need to, do I?
All I need to say is:
Another “Bush Lied” myth dies.