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March 20, 2007
The Wilson-Plame controversy continues
Byron York says that Plame's testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is slightly different from her testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
As part of its probe into pre-war intelligence, the committee interviewed Valerie Plame Wilson for the portions of the committee’s report dealing with the Niger uranium matter. At that time, as now, the question of how the CIA chose Joseph Wilson for the Niger trip was a subject of great interest. But Missouri Republican Sen. Christopher Bond, vice chairman of the committee, says Mrs. Wilson did not tell the committee about the young junior officer, the call from the vice president’s office, or the passing CIA official who suggested Joseph Wilson’s name.“Friday was the first time we have ever heard that story,” Sen. Bond said in a statement to National Review Sunday evening. “Obviously if we had, we would have included it in the report. If Ms. Wilson’s memory of events has improved and she would now like to change her testimony, I’m sure the committee staff would be happy to re-interview her.”
Bond disputes several other contentions of Ms Plame as well.
Clifford May says:
Bob Novak has consistently maintained that when he referred to Plame as a “CIA operative” in his column he did not mean to imply she was covert – on the contrary, he would not have named her had he believed that. I see no reason to doubt Novak on this.And surely Novak’s source, Richard Armitage, would not knowingly reveal the name of a CIA agent he believed had covert status. Armitage may be a gossip but he is not a traitor: He would not intentionally do anything that might endanger the lives of American spies and their contacts.
So I ask again: If Armitage and Novak did not believe Plame was (or had formerly been) undercover, where did that idea come from? The answer: It was first raised in a story by The Nation’s David Corn. And the only source named in that story is Joe Wilson, who had a close relation with Corn and with The Nation.
Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:20 AM | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea
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