Simon Dodge is an obscure nuclear intelligence analyst in the State Department and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Ca) on the trial of the Italian Job wants to talk to him. But his boss, Secretary Rice, who herself is ignoring a subpoena to testify before Waxman's Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is refusing to let him speak to committee staff despite his own willingness to do so. Dodge apparently determined three months before the Charlatan's sixteen words to Congress about Saddam seeking bomb materials that the Niger connection was a likely hoax. He forwarded his conclusion by e-mail to members of the intelligence community on January 13, 2003, two weeks before the State of the Union address. Chairman Waxman sent a letter to the Secretary of State today telling her not to impede the investigation and requesting more documentation. The obvious question is, did Condi know about the assessment and if so, what did she do with the information.
Now everybody, except perhaps Christopher Hitchens, knows the Niger story was a put up job done with the help of fascistic elements of Italian military intelligence. The story is a classic example of black propaganda similar to what the notorious masonic cell, Propaganda Due (P2) successfully used against the Red Brigades in Italy as part of the "strategia della tensione". If that fantastic scenario can be authenticated, then impeachment should be a "slam dunk".