Wilson admitted he "misspoke." He said his wife had nothing to do with his appointment. A lie. He said he based his decision on the forgeries, yet they weren't available until 8 months later. A lie He said his report debunked the Niger story, meanwhile the CIA considered his report more of a confirmation. Another lie.
On 7/12/06, Dana Tierney wrote: > yet again I am tempted to ask someone where they get their news. In my world > it is far from demonstrated that Wilson got everything wrong. In fact, it > really seems to me that you are buying into a lot of well, since you mention > the term, hysterical name-calling. Who is making ad hominem attacks in this > picture? That's usually the side that can't win the argument on the facts. > > Personally, I don't think the recommendation from his wife is a problem. If > she were really trying for a boondoggle, you'd think she would have tried for > Tahiti or at least Dubai. It may well be that they originally met because > they were both were representing the United States in the same part of the > world. It's another example of the current administration trying to delegate > responsibility. Perhaps his wife recommended him, but the recommendation was > accepted. > > Also, in my world, the fact that someone is likely to receive a light > sentence and perhaps ultimately to be pardoned does not mean that they did > nothing wrong. I will agree that in the larger scheme of things (thousands > dead over a knowing misrepresentation) the outing of Valerie Plame is rather > minor. However it is no less outrageous for all of that, and is merely a > small-scale symptom of the same disease -- cynical contempt for those who > serve this country. > > Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
