The push to war continues with massive public relations. Behind the scenes, the Secretary of Defense continues his mild probe to find out about a purported Iraq deal for Niger uranium.
March 10-16, 2003:

March 10, 2003 – CIA headquarters receives copies of the Iraq Nuclear Verification Office (INVO’s) March 3 assessment of the Niger uranium documents. (Libby trial document DX64.9, before)

 
The assessment, of course, is that the documents are unreliable.

March 11, 2003 – CIA faxes a report and memo to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in a prompt response to his ...   more »