Scandal!

National Review Online ^ | July 11, 2003 | Clifford D. May

[Dog]

Wilson has just been outed...

He was an outspoken opponent of U.S. military intervention in Iraq.

He's an "adjunct scholar" at the Middle East Institute — which advocates for Saudi interests. The March 1, 2002 issue of the Saudi government-weekly Ain-Al Yaqeen lists the MEI as an "Islamic research institutes supported by the Kingdom."

He's a vehement opponent of the Bush administration which, he wrote in the March 3, 2003 edition of the left-wing Nation magazine, has "imperial ambitions." Under President Bush, he added, the world worries that "America has entered one of it periods of historical madness."

[MEG33]

They love controversy?=ratings?

[PhiKapMom]

Bumping your #41 and reminding people that Wilson worked for Sen Al Gore and Speaker Foley in the late 80's!

[mabelkitty]

Check this out from ABC's very own website.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html

[Mo1]

In other words, Wilson is no disinterested career diplomat — he's a pro-Saudi, leftist partisan with an ax to grind. And too many in the media are helping him and allies grind it.

BINGO!

Thanks for the ping Mike

[mabelkitty]

Transcript from July 9th show



Now, the story was an old one and the president’s intel was bad. But the Democratic candidates casting stones were always privy to top-level intelligence briefing, and yet they never once raised a question about the intel that they and the president received on this matter. They are, of course, now playing dumb. And they are acting as if they were the real victims of the president’s evil designs.

Hey, Joe Lieberman sits on the Armed Services Committee. John Kerry is on the Foreign Relations Committee. Dennis Kucinich sits on the National Subcommittee of Government Reform. Bob Graham is the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. And Dick Gephardt actually led the House Democrats for years and he’s calling himself an expert on foreign affairs.

Now, all of these gentlemen, every one of them, had access to the top-secret briefings that Congress gets any time they want it. And I know because I was there. And I got those briefings when I was in Congress all the time. If the president was misled, so were they. And since Congress has oversight responsibilities over our intel community, the real question the press needs to ask tonight is, what did these Democrats in Congress know and when did they know it?

Scarborough transcript, July 9.

Isn't Hillary on the Intel committee?

[Peach]

Good homework on Wilson. The left is salivating that based on one bit of intelligence, they can hang this popular president.

[Peach]

Please tell me Hillary is NOT on the intel committe?

Scarborough has a good message here - excellent point.

[Mo1]

You beat me -- I just pinged you to this thread! Now I wonder if the "mainstream" press is going to pick up on the TRUTH?

They may not report the truth .. but I'm guessing they will drop it before they look like the liberals that they are

[Peach]

committe=committee

[Dog]

What we have here is a scandal brewed up in the parlors of DC. A little known internet site publishes a quote from a "CIA SPY" who claims to have met the President and sat in on meetings while the uranium story was discussed...then it turns was a plant.

Then Sunday the NY Times publishes a op-ed piece from a Joseph C. Wilson doing a hachet job on VP Cheney using the uranium story as cover.

It seems Wesley Clark was named C-in-C US Armed Forces Europe in 1997 and the same Joseph C. Wilson served on the staff of C-in-C U.S. Armed Forces Europe as a Political Advisor..until 1997.

This reeks of a DNC..dirty trick..

[MEG33]

Read the Note...interesting ..they are giving free airtime to an ad that hasn't been paid for.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

This is my hunch.

Thompson got caught by Freepers... if he hadn't, this whole "scandal" wouldn't have been pushed to the forefront, right now. The networks are being propelled by the whispers in Washington, right?

The Wilson story has been out for awhile, and it didn't cause that much of a stir. Where is the rest of the information? Where is the strong evidence that backs up Wilson's assertions?

If this is true, then the Democrats are using their BIG gun (ha! It isn't much to look at!) right now, instead of later. And, this will die down. The public will not tolerate this same drum beat for a year, will they? There has to be another bombshell for this to continue. And, I don't think there is one to find!

Blair was cleared in the Parliment's investigation. Bush doesn't have as much to worry about as the leftists want people to believe. Blair bolster's Bush's case. Powell answered the reporters' questions yesterday. If Bush ignores this... it will have to die out soon.

Your thoughts? Have I missed something?

[Dog]

Read what Note and what AD??

[MEG33]

It's a dem full court press and repeated all day on TV.

[Mo1]

This reeks of a DNC..dirty trick..

You beat it does

Thanks for the info on Wilson and Clark .. it sure is getting interesting

[PhiKapMom]

This reeks of a DNC..dirty trick..

It sure does and all with the backing of the Clintons who are calling the shots at DNC with their lapdog in charge!

Thompson sure opened up the bottle and the genie got out! His apology actually made it worse and sent all of us scurrying for info!

I put on CNBC so as not to get made at the media and up popped Leahy just now! I turned my TV off!

[Dog]

What AD??

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941353/posts

Who is...AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV
The Middle East Institute ^ | unknown | AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV


Posted on 07/06/2003 4:06 PM PDT by harpu


AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV


Ambassador Wilson is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development.


Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clinton’s historic trip to Africa in March 1998

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941353/posts

[Eva]

The Whitehouse may have admitted that the British claim was untrue, but not that the British made the claim, which is what Bush said in the STOU. The Bush bashers are lying again.
When will the Democrats learn that lying doesn't pay big dividends?