Perhaps the first is the "forged Niger documents."
But of the many stories that should not have died, another is just as important. It is the Iraqi peace offer prior to the invasion and the subsequent harassment of the man who made it public, Imad Hage. It has become much more interesting in the last 2 years, in light of recent events (Plame, Rove, Libby, no WMD) and has piqued my curiosity, and it will pique yours, too. I'm sure the Gold Star families and Cindy Sheehan are interested. I think Patrick Fitzgerald should be interested, also. It's from November 2003.
It involves the reported Iraqi peace offer prior to the invasion and the harassment of the pricipals - Hage (and Michael Maloof?).
One of the overlooked threads in this story is harassment of Imad Hage. He was threatened with arrest for an old gun charge right after he went public in November 2003 detailing his involvement in an Iraqi peace offer prior to the invasion. With all that's happened, this makes his story MORE credible, not less. Especially since the gun complaint was filed in May 2003.
Who was behind the gun charge in May 2003? After all, the gun was in his checked luggage and he had been allowed to leave after surrendering it...a few MONTHS earlier.
Was neocon Michael Maloof 'plamed' also? I don't know. It's a relevent question, I think. It's interesting he lost his security clearance in May.
For right leaning balance... The National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/comment/apostolou200311190848.asp
From the left... Counterpunch:
http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/111003_thwarted_iraqi_peace_proposals.htm
Newsweek provides more details on the Imad Hage angle:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3606110/
Salon:
http://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/11/07/iraq/print.html
Original NYTimes Risen piece:
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines03/1106-02.htm
I know, I know it was partially covered in this diary...
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/4/8/231839/2192
...but it's still VERY timely.