Bill Luti

The existence of a June 2002 memo—revealing that intelligence from the INC was being sent directly to the offices of Dick Cheney and William Luti—is reported in the December 15 issue of Newsweek magazine, which also reports that Francis Brooke, a DC lobbyist for the INC, admits having supplied Cheney's office with information pertaining to Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and Saddam's supposed ties to terrorists. [ Newsweek, 12/15/03 Sources: Memo, Francis Brooke] Brooke had previously worked for the Rendon Group, “a shadowy CIA-connected public-relations firm.” [ Mother Jones, 1/04] However, an unnamed Cheney aid interviewed by the same magazine flatly denies that his boss' office had received raw intelligence on Iraq.

[Newsweek, 12/15/03 Sources: Unnamed staff aid of Dick Cheney's office]

People and organizations involved: William Luti, Francis Brooke, Dick Cheney