Source of Forged Niger-Iraq Uranium Documents Identified - New York Times

Source of Forged Niger-Iraq Uranium Documents Identified - New York Times: "Italy's spymaster identified an Italian occasional spy named Rocco Martino on Thursday as the disseminator of forged documents that described efforts by Iraq to buy uranium ore from Niger for a nuclear weapons program, three lawmakers said Thursday."

Without taking a stand on what the truth might be, the article points out:

"La Repubblica said General Pollari had held a meeting on Sept. 9, 2002, with Stephen J. Hadley, then the deputy national security adviser. Mr. Hadley, now the national security adviser, has said that he met General Pollari on that date, but that they did not discuss the Niger-Iraq issue."

Of course no documents, forged or otherwise, were traded, I'm sure.