[lit-ideas] Re: WaPo: Wilson Lied, Plame's Career Died
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:36:32 +0100
Oh sorry -- I misunderstood the "lie" charge.
>claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had
> debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that
> his report had circulated to senior administration officials.
this claim was false? He hadn't debunked them? or, he had
but his report hadn't been circulated to senior admin? (Or,
*both*?)
-- this WAPO writer isn't much good.
Judy
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From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:16 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] WaPo: Wilson Lied, Plame's Career Died
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083101460_pf.html
>
> It follows that one of the most sensational charges leveled
> against the Bush White House -- that it orchestrated the
> leak of Ms. Plame's identity to ruin her career and thus
> punish Mr. Wilson -- is untrue. The partisan clamor that
> followed the raising of that allegation by Mr. Wilson in the
> summer of 2003 led to the appointment of a special
> prosecutor, a costly and prolonged investigation, and the
> indictment of Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I.
> Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of perjury. All of that
> might have been avoided had Mr. Armitage's identity been
> known three years ago.
>
> <snip>
>
> Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most
> responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr.
> Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive
> charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had
> debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that
> his report had circulated to senior administration officials.
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