To: lugsoul
"Anyone open to the possibility that the 'Wilson falsely claimed Cheney sent him' spin is just that - spin?"
Again, I think two similar but different issues are being conflated. The claim is that Wilson lied in denying his wife played a role in his getting the Niger assignment, not in claiming that Cheney was the one who chose him. As I said in my other post, I think the idea that Cheney picked Wilson for the trip, or knew about him being chosen, was perhaps injected into the story in media reports, not necessarily by Wilson himself. I just re-read Tenet's 7/11/03 press release, and he says the CIA's WMD group decided to investigate the uranium issue "on their own initiative," and makes no mention of Cheney as being the one who got the ball rolling.
To: Steve_Seattle
"The claim is that Wilson lied in denying his wife played a role in his getting the Niger assignment, not in claiming that Cheney was the one who chose him."
Then you aren't reading the WSJ or listening to Ken Mehlman or reading the RNC press releases. They all claim Wilson lied in claiming Cheney sent him.
45 posted on
07/13/2005 2:54:23 PM PDT by
lugsoul
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