On the contrary, from the start we shared the confusion of other intelligence agencies about the dossier, until we declared it was not credible.

The SISMI had no role in the fabrication of the dossier on the sale of Niger uranium to Saddam Hussein 's regime.

The dossier was passed to the United States via a journalist for the Panorama weekly, who left it at the US embassy in Rome, and it was delivered to the French intelligence services by Rocco Martino.

Confusion arises out of two things, either out of intelligence or ignorance.

It was a very easy choice for me. He has the intelligence, wherewithal, calmness and thorough thinking process for this job.

Parochialism, poor information architectures, and bureaucratic confusion should not be included amongst the reasons to squirrel away intelligence that we need by cognizant analysts throughout the community.