On July 7, 2003, the day after former Ambassador Joe Wilson’s claim challenging the Saddam/Niger uranium connection, “As the voice of an unnamed ‘senior Administration official,’ [National Security Advisor] Condi [Rice] appeared to blame the CIA [for the misinformation], saying, ‘Knowing all that we know now, the reference to Iraq’s attempt to acquire uranium from Africa should not have been included in the [January 28, 2003] State of the Union speech.'”
– Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 321