Ray McGovern: Niger Documents an Inside Job

In Falls Church Sunday, Ray McGovern said his group [VIPS] is nearing the conclusion of an independent investigation into the origins of the fake Niger paper. "He said indications already point to the fact that the forgery was produced in the U.S., perhaps from among former U.S. government officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandals. He said the investigation results could be made public within a few months. "It was an inside job," he charged.

Seymour Hersh speculated about a year ago that the Niger documents might be an inside job. Josh Marshall has also been investigating: "It was at State that the docs kept seeming to gain new life." "The evidence is circumstantial. But all of it points to Bolton's as, shall we say, the invisible hands." But Ray McGovern may have evidence pointing to members of Bush's administration.