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March 07, 2007

Libby Verdict Does Not Vindicate Wilson's Lies

by Jonathan R. at 07:49 AM

Recall the Washington Post from 2004:

Wilson's assertions -- both about what he found in Niger and what the Bush administration did with the information -- were undermined yesterday in a bipartisan Senate intelligence committee report.

The panel found that Wilson's report, rather than debunking intelligence about purported uranium sales to Iraq, as he has said, bolstered the case for most intelligence analysts. And contrary to Wilson's assertions and even the government's previous statements, the CIA did not tell the White House it had qualms about the reliability of the Africa intelligence that made its way into 16 fateful words in President Bush's January 2003 State of the Union address.

Here's the Libby case in a nutshell:

The CIA is at war with the White House
Valerie Plame sends her husband, an anti-Bush partisan, on a trip to Niger
Wilson comes back and writes an op-ed in the NY Times
Wilson's claims are mostly debunked
White House asks: what idiot at CIA sent this idiot Wilson on this mission?
White House says: some idiot at CIA (not covert) sent her husband on this mission and he got the analysis all wrong
Wilson's efforts to undermine the White House are hailed as essential to democracy
White House's efforts to demonstrate that nepotism does not compensate for Wilson's ineptitude are assailed as political intimidation
Moral of the story: liberals can assault conservative opinions with impunity, but not vice versa

UPDATE: By Mark Noonan: And the mercilessness of the Democrats! So far, both Reid and Edwards have issued demands that President Bush pledge not to pardon Libby. A minor, procedural issue for a crime that didn't happen, and they wan't Libby to pay and pay and pay...while Marc Rich enjoys his criminal proceeds, and Berger will get his security clearance back in 2009.

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Comments

Wrong.

Wilson didn't lie.

Libby lied.

That's what that whole court thing was about.

Posted by: PM at March 7, 2007 08:14 AM

Are you kidding? Joe Wilson is nothing but a walking, talking lie...he lied about who selected him for the Niger mission; he lied about what he found there; he lied about documents he never saw; he lied about whether there was a White House plan to "out" his wife...he's been lying from day one...and you on the left just refuse to see it. You do realise that he only wrote his NYTimes OP-Ed AFTER he became a Kerry advisor, aren't you? In other words, your brave war critic only became such when he hitched his partisan star to John Kerry.

Posted by: Mark Noonan at March 7, 2007 11:30 AM