[lit-ideas] Re: WaPo: Wilson Lied, Plame's Career Died
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 01:15:50 +0100
Eric,
What's the source on Wilson 'falsely claiming' that he had debunked the
Iraqi uranium shopping? This after all is of more importance.
As for Armitage being the primary source, it's still a fact that Libby and
(it appears) Rove confirmed Plame's CIA status.
Simon
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From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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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