Don't be ridiculous. They had agents to do that kind of work.
Wilson, the Amabassador, and the General were selected because they had extensive, high-level contacts in business and government. Specifically, Wilson has such experience and contacts with both Iraqis and Nigeriens.
Precisely. So why did Joe Wilson go to Nigeria?
Wilson, the Amabassador, and the General were selected because they had extensive, high-level contacts in business and government. Specifically, Wilson has such experience and contacts with both Iraqis and Nigeriens.
And all he did with his "experience and contacts" was to drink sweet tea, ask a few questions of folks who had a vested interest in lying to Joe Wilson. That's by his own admission. And then he wrote a widely circulated report that said "there's no yellowcake," thereby contradicting the reports of those agents who (through real intel work) had concluded otherwise. The sheer arrogant incompetence of Joe Wilson's "investigation" and "report" is stunning.
And dear Ms. Plame recommended her husband for just that job.
I should have mentioned that one other motive for "outing" Plame that I've heard is that it was an attempt by the Bush administration to put her at risk of physical harm or even to get her killed. I think anyone who believes that has been watching too many made-for-TV movies. It's as bad or worse than the "Hillary killed Vincent Foster" theories.