Posted on 07/14/2005 7:56:52 AM PDT by paltz
That's gonna leave a mark...
Good find.
As Ann Coulter said in her piece yesterday, the title of that op-ed is a hoot. What I didn't find in Africa? Polar bears? Penguins? Hockey players? The list is endless!
bttt, I'm sure the NY Times will want to reprint this
Thanks for posting this. Looks like all of us will have to circumvent the "media" for the truth.
Wilson lied to the government. Should he go to jail like Martha Stuart?
There's so much smoke Joe and Val MUST be trying to hide something.....Wonder what it is?
Evidence of Niger uranium trade 'years before war' (What Wilson couldn't learn sipping tea)
Financial Times by way of Iraq News (Laurie Mylroie) ^ | June 27 2004 | Mark Huband
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161490/posts
>>>Joe Wilson: “[W]hat They Did, What The Office Of The Vice President Did, And, In Fact, I Believe Now From Mr. Libby’s Statement, It Was Probably The Vice President Himself ...” (CNN’s “Late Edition,” 8/3/03)
The full quote from that interview provides a different picture.
WILSON: Well, look, it's absolutely true that neither the vice president nor Dr. Rice nor even George Tenet knew that I was traveling to Niger.
What they did, what the office of the vice president did, and, in fact, I believe now from Mr. Libby's statement, it was probably the vice president himself...
BLITZER: Scooter Libby is the chief of staff for the vice president.
WILSON: Scooter Libby.
They asked essentially that we follow up on this report -- that the agency follow up on the report. So it was a question that went to the CIA briefer from the Office of the Vice President. The CIA, at the operational level, made a determination that the best way to answer this serious question was to send somebody out there who knew something about both the uranium business and those Niger officials that were in office at the time these reported documents were executed.
PING, you had questions about quotes regarding Wilson and Cheney.
The little quote from Late Edition is an impressive editing job - they left out the statement immediately following where Wilson says Cheney didn't even know he was going.
If they have to twist like this to support their #1 charge, doesn't anyone wonder why?
Great stuff.
Any quotes where he comes out and says his wife sent him?
This guy is an unbelievable fraud.
The list is endless!
Hehehe...it sure is! let's see: what else did he not find in Africa? I know! The truth! Joe Wilson: Liar, liar, pants on fire!! Hehehe!!
But I'm sure I could do some creative editing, like the quotes in this post, to make it look like he said his wife sent him.
I know I'll get called a lib for saying this - like I was yesterday - but I'm really amazed that no one here is bothered by GOP officials lying through their teeth for political purposes.
I am sure that Wilson had official orders, which paid his expenses. As a USG bureaucrat for 36 years and one who has dealt with the Agency, I can assure you that his wife is the one who suggested him. That's the way the bureaucracy works. There is no way that he would have been selected for the trip without someone inside putting forth his name. She may not have signed the orders, but she was the determinant influence.
Wilson must have left the State Department under a cloud. He was fairly young, had an ambassadorship under his belt (albeit a small African country) and was Charge' in Baghdad during the invasion of Kuwait, a high profile assignment. Why did he leave after only 22 years and seemingly with more responsible postions ahead? He must have screwed up in his subsequent one year posting to the NSC or more damaging info came to light in terms of the April Glaspie contretemps. She was his boss.
Seems there are many folks who would have known of his credentials for such a trip.
But that's okay. The fact - indisputable fact - of my post above is that someone at the RNC is lying through their teeth about what Wilson said, using one of the most blatant selective edits I have ever seen. Strange that no one here wonders why.
Yes. In Fact, His Wife Suggested Him For 1999 Trip, As Well. “The former ambassador had traveled previously to Niger on the CIA’s behalf … The former ambassador was selected for the 1999 trip after his wife mentioned to her supervisors that her husband was planning a business trip to Niger in the near future and might be willing to use his contacts in the region …” (Select Committee On Intelligence, “Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community’s Prewar Intelligence Assessments On Iraq,” U.S. Senate, 7/7/04)
Seems there are many folks who would have known of his credentials for such a trip.
I doubt it. I served on an Agency advisory board after I retired from the USG. My assignment was the result of someone in the Agency who knew me personally. You can have some credentials (along with the requisite security clearances), but it is who you know, more that what you know. Plame volunteered her retired husband and the Agency approved him because he had the contacts and security clearance. I am sure others could have fit that bill, but Wilson had the advantage of his wife on the inside who could influence her supervisors.
But that's okay. The fact - indisputable fact - of my post above is that someone at the RNC is lying through their teeth about what Wilson said, using one of the most blatant selective edits I have ever seen. Strange that no one here wonders why.
Specifically, what is someone at the RNC "lying through their teeth" about? What blatant selective edit?
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