It is widely believed that the forgeries about Niger on which Joseph Wilson rode to fame, and then denied disclosing, were French. You may therefore be interested to know that Chirac and Villepin are at the middle of a major case of planted forgeries in in France. A relative of  pro—Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud who was in the employ of French intel seems to be the author of a forgery circulated by Chirac and Villepin to harm their rival, Sarkozy.  h/t Instapundit Clarice Feldman   4 30 06(Read Full Post)