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[[Seymour M. Hersh]] [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030331fa_fact1 wrote] in the March 24, 2003, ''The New Yorker'' Magazine:
:"Then the story fell apart. On March 7th, [[Mohamed ElBaradei]], the director-general of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], in Vienna, told the [[U.N. Security Council]] that the documents involving the Niger-Iraq uranium sale were fakes. 'The I.A.E.A. has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts, that these documents . . . are in fact not authentic,' ElBaradei said."
:"One senior I.A.E.A. official went further. He told [Hersh], 'These documents are so bad that I cannot imagine that they came from a serious intelligence agency. It depresses me, given the low quality of the documents, that it was not stopped. At the level it reached, I would have expected more checking.'"
==SourceWatch Resources==
*[[arms control]]
*[[Bush administration lies that led to war]]
*[[Bush's 16 words]]
*Craig Unger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/features/general/articles/060606fege02 "The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed,"] ''Vanity Fair'', June 6, 2006: "The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful 'black propaganda' campaign with links to the White House."
[[category:scandals]][[category:Treasongate]][[Category:Iraq]][[Category:Niger]][[category:war/peace]][[category:arms control and disarmament]]
