Very interesting developments on the Iraq uranium front. You might want to sit down when you read this article.

It seems Joseph C. Wilson IV, best known for his 'investigation' of the claims that Saddam attempted to purchase uranium from Nigeria (and for being married to a spook), was not exactly forthcoming regarding the content of his report. It now turns out that his report actually bolstered the uranium claim.

I'm rather late to this party so instead of reinventing the wheel, I'm just going to send you to some fine analysis of this bombshell: Power Line and Captain Ed.

One more noteworthy item: Not only did Wilson mischaracterize his own report, he also gave incorrect information to the media regarding evidence he had never even seen:

The report also said Wilson provided misleading information to The Washington Post last June. He said then that he concluded the Niger intelligence was based on documents that had clearly been forged because "the dates were wrong and the names were wrong."

"Committee staff asked how the former ambassador could have come to the conclusion that the 'dates were wrong and the names were wrong' when he had never seen the CIA reports and had no knowledge of what names and dates were in the reports," the Senate panel said. Wilson told the panel he may have been confused and may have "misspoken" to reporters. The documents -- purported sales agreements between Niger and Iraq -- were not in U.S. hands until eight months after Wilson made his trip to Niger.

He knew the truth yet spoke the opposite, but he was just confused or perhaps merely mispoke. No need to bring up the 'L' word.

(Hat-tip to Kevin Patrick)