As I have opined countless times on TalkLeft, all roads lead back to the White House Iraq Group.

On to the Niger docs, from Jason:

The State Department officials said they were asked by Fitzgerald how important they thought the Niger uranium claims were in making a case for war. He also asked them why they doubted the authenticity of the Niger documents, why the reports appeared to be dubious, if they knew how Wilson was picked to investigate it, whether they heard about his verbal report upon his return, how and why the INR memo was prepared, and whether it was done in response to Wilson's claims about the Niger intelligence or so officials could find out how Wilson was chosen for the trip, and why any reference to his wife was made in the memo.

The one downer in Jason's article:

There is no indication that Fitzgerald is investigating Cheney.

Maybe that will change after Libby's case is over and he has no more 5th Amendment privilege. Hopefully, media appeals over Libby's lawyers' intended supboenas won't result in delaying that date past the expiration of the statute of limitations for Cheney.

Update: The AP reports Libby's lawyers filed sealed documents today announcing they want classified information brought before the jury, which could delay proceedings even longer. [Via Raw Story.]

In the filings made under seal in federal court, lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby put the judge and prosecutors on notice that they want a jury to hear evidence the government now says is classified.

Their action puts the Libby case on a dual track -- one public, the other secret -- that often can delay criminal cases from going to trial.

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