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"A multi-billionaire shopping center magnate and real estate developer, CEO of the Sembler Company,<ref>[http://www.sembler.com/ Sembler.com.]</ref> and former ambassador to Australia, Nauru, and Italy, Sembler was also chairman of the [[Scooter Libby]] Defense Trust.<ref>[http://www.scooterlibby.com/ ScooterLibby.com.]</ref> His tenure in Rome was coincident with a series of rather dubious goings-on connected to the [[yellowcake forgery|Niger uranium forgeries]],<ref>[http://cryptome.org/niger-docs.htm 27 July 2003. More forged Nigerien documents published in Italy 27 July 2003,] Cryptome.org.</ref> including secret back channel meetings between leading [[neocon]]s in the [[Pentagon]], [[Iran]]ian arms dealer and [[Iran-Contra]] figure [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]],<ref>Laura Rozen, [http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/07/three_days_in_rome.html "Three Days in Rome,"] ''MotherJones'', July/August 2006 (issue).</ref> and convicted spy [[Larry Franklin]],<ref>Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5857 "Larry Franklinand the Axis of Espionage. The arrest of a Pentagon analyst who spied for Israel is just the beginning,"] ''Antiwar.com'', May 6, 2005.</ref> who was caught red-handed<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2005/franklin_indictment_04aug2005.htm Larry Franklin indictment, August 4, 2005,] GlobalSecurity.org.</ref> funneling classified top secret information to [[Israel]]i embassy personnel<ref>Jerry Markon, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100501608_pf.html "Defense Analyst Guilty in Israeli Espionage Case,"] ''Washington Post'', October 6, 2005.</ref> via two officials<ref>Robert Dreyfuss, [http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2005/08/09/bigger_than_aipac.php "Bigger Than AIPAC,"] ''TomPaine.com'', August 9, 2005.</ref> of [[AIPAC]], the powerful pro-Israel [[lobbying]] group," Justin Raimondo wrote August 24, 2007, at ''Antiwar.com''.<ref name="JR">Justin Raimondo, [http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=11498 "Home Front 'Surge'. War Party's ad campaign will boomerang,"] ''Antiwar.com'', August 24, 2007.</ref> "As Joshua Micah Marshall put it:<ref>Joshua Micah Marshall, [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007185.php ''Talking Points Memo'',] December 6, 2005.</ref>