FRENCH PERFIDY

Man, what a redundant headline. Contained in this this fascinating intel wrap-up is this tantalizing bit:

The intelligence officials offered a tantalizing coda for conspiracy-mongers. They said the "crude forgery" received by U.N. weapons inspectors suggesting the Iraqis were trying to buy uranium from Niger as part of their nuclear program was originally put in intelligence channels by France. The officials wouldn't speculate on French motives.

Hmmm...it couldn't be to make the Bush administration look bad, could it? Nah. The French are our allies...they'd never do anything like that.

Right.

(from InstaPundit)