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Bush's "16 Words" on Iraq & Uranium:

He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn't Lying
Two intelligence investigations show Bush had plenty of reason to believe what he said in his 2003 State of the Union Address.
http://www.factcheck.org/article222.html

See the Analysis:

..."Both the Butler report and the Senate Intelligence Committee report make clear that Bush's 16 words weren't based on the fake documents. The British didn't even see them until after issuing the reports -- based on other sources -- that Bush quoted in his 16 words.

But discovery of the Italian fraud did trigger a belated reassessment of the Iraq/Niger story by the CIA. Once the CIA was certain that the Italian documents were forgeries, it said in an internal memorandum that "we no longer believe that there is sufficient other reporting to conclude that Iraq pursued uranium from abroad."

But that wasn't until June 17, 2003 -- nearly five months after Bush's 16 words."....