AP's Pete Yost and Supposed Intelligence

An Open Letter to:

Jack Stokes
Director of Media Relations
Associated Press

Dear Mr. Stokes:

In an article of May 14, 2006, entitled "Cheney the Focus of CIA Leak Court Filing," AP writer PETE YOST wrote the following in regard to Bush administration claims that Iraq had made attempts to acquire uranium yellowcake from Niger:

"The Bush administration used the intelligence on supposed efforts by Iraq to acquire uranium from Africa to bolster its case for going to war."

I ask, to which "intelligence" is Mr. Yost referring? It has been established that, at the time, the Administration knew the documents regarding yellowcake were highly dubious. Many people suspect that the Administration had a hand in having the documents created by a third party.

I hope you will draw this critique to the attention of Mr. Yost. Perhaps the sentence should have more accurately read, "The Bush administration used the supposed intelligence on supposed efforts by Iraq to acquire uranium from Africa to bolster its case for going to war."

Thank you for your consideration.