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March 17, 2007
The Wilson-Plame controversy marches on
[ UPDATE: At this end of this post is video of Victoria Toensing, drafter of the Act which defines whether or not a CIA agent is covert, attempting to answer questions put to her by Rep Henry Waxman. You have to see it to appreciate that this really is a show trial. ]
Andy McCarthy notes that Valerie Plame was outed by a Russian spy over ten years ago, according to the news media which now uncritically report her version of events.
It is the contention made in a 2005 brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit by the Times along with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, AP, Newsweek, Reuters America, the Washington Post, the Tribune Company (which publishes the Los Angeles Times and the Baltimore Sun, among other papers), and the White House Correspondents . . . in an attempt to quash subpoenas issued to journalists — the argument being that if Mrs. Wilson's cover had already been blown, there could have been no crime when an administration official (who we now know to be Richard Armitage, not Scooter Libby) leaked her identity to journalist Robert Novak, and thus there was no need to compel reporters to reveal their sources.. . . How can it be possible that a leak in 2002 "jeopardized and even destroyed entire networks of foreign agents" associated with Mrs. Wilson's covert assignment when, by the media's own account to a federal court, those networks had to have been blown for years?
From a damning timeline which confirms that Joe Wilson thought Saddam had WMDs (and would use them on US troops if we invaded) up to the end of the war (based on his own op-eds):
The US invaded Iraq in mid-March and after searching for six weeks, admitted they had not found any stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. So Mr. Bush was suddenly very vulnerable to criticism on the subject. Even though Mr. Wilson had continually contended that Saddam had WMD.Read the rest.And, coincidentally…
May 2003: Joe Wilson began to "advise" the Kerry for President campaign.
Wilson… said he has long been a Kerry supporter and has contributed $2,000 to the campaign this year. He said he has been advising Kerry on foreign policy for about five months and will campaign for Kerry, including a trip to New Hampshire… — David Tirrell-Wysocki, "Former Ambassador Wilson Endorses Kerry In Presidential Race,” The Associated Press, 10/23/03
Five months prior to October 2, 2003 would be May 2, 2003. What happened on that date?
Judith | 03/17/07 at 09:31 PM | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea
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