And keep in mind that CBS bumped a story by Ed Bradley that was going to cover (deceitfully, from the articles I've read describing the content) the forged memo business and was going to assert (falsely) that the Bush administration "relied" on the forged documents to make the "erroneous" claim of Iraq seeking yellowcake in Niger, hence we went to war on a false basis--the CBS story was set to breathlessly inform the public.
Note that Wilson himself gave people to think that one reason he was commissioned to sally forth to Niger and sip tea was on the basis of the forged memos. A tale many in the media were pleased to repeat when the fact is the memos came to light in October 2002, after his trip in February 2002.
What did Wilson know about the forged Niger documents and when did he know it?
Now CBS is in a spot where they have shelved the story since they realize now we're not going to sit by idly while they broadcast outright false anti-Bush propaganda.
Word is that lib blogger Josh Marshall was a "consultant" on that project. I am pretty sure I've heard before he's a conduit to Wilson himself.
It seems of piece.
Excellent summary of the related events.
When the Wilson/Plame fiasco hit the MSM news last summer, many of us pointed out that this had been blogging along on the left wing blog sites for months. Then the NY Slimes decided to make the blogged lies and spins front page news.
"Word is that lib blogger Josh Marshall was a "consultant" on that project. I am pretty sure I've heard before he's a conduit to Wilson himself."
The Wilson/Plame lies/spin blogging is very similiar to the Burkett/? blogs lies before CBS picked up on them.