brooke, downing and clarridge

Richard Sale's piece says:

"They said that Fitzgerald is looking into such individuals as former CIA agent, Duane Claridge, military consultant to the Iraqi National Congress, Gen. Wayne Downing, another military consultant for INC, and Francis Brooke, head of INC's Washingfton office in an effort to determine if they played any role in the forgeriese or their dissiemination. Also iIncluded in this group is long-time neoconservative Michael Ledeen, these federal sources said."

Justin Raimondo had already fingered Ledeen and Clarridge:

"Previous versions of the report (the italian parliamentary report) were redacted and had all the names removed, though it was possible to guess who was involved. This version names Michael Ledeen as the conduit for the report and indicates that former CIA officers Duane Clarridge and Alan Wolf were the principal forgers. All three had business interests with Chalabi."

but Downing and Brooke are new names (Wolf is dead) - so i figured i would take Sale's observations at face value and take a closer look at Downing and Brooke and Clarridge

separately, raimondo says:

"Whoever forged these documents and introduced them into the American intelligence stream is guilty of violating this law:

"Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully– (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."

And this law:

"If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."

Furthermore, the conspiracy charge applies equally to the unauthorized dissemination of classified information to persons not entitled to receive it... Add to this charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, and the total number of the indicted and their prospective years in the hoosegow begins to add up."

so these people might be in some trouble. lets take a closer look - ive put them in separate posts - francis brooke here, duane clarridge here and wayne downing here (again, this is all assuming that Richard Sales is on the money.)

(and to be clear - this is all separate from hannah and wurmser and hadley and fleitz and libby and rove and bolton and rice and cheney)