A neighbor's view of Valerie Wilson's 'outing'

Live Journal ^ | 7-26-05 | Christopher Wolf

[STARWISE]

Tuesday 26th July 2005 (18h58) :

A neighbor’s view of Valerie Wilson’s ’outing’

Joe and Valerie Wilson are my next door neighbors in a hilly neighborhood just west of Georgetown. We moved in within months of each other seven years ago, attracted to our respective houses by the view of the Capitol in the distance and the Washington Monument in the foreground. The patriotic view is stirring.

I have another view from my window, of a neighbor who is a working, devoted mother of 5-year-old twins, a volunteer for charities, a woman active in her church, and a caring person. Soft-spoken, self-effacing and very private, Valerie is very easy to label "the lovely woman next door."

To some, I am known as Joe and Valerie’s lawyer, a fact that has surfaced by my occasional statements on their behalf. The Wilsons don’t need a lawyer for any pending proceeding; I am simply helping them understand some of the technicalities of the criminal investigation and collecting facts for any eventual civil suit. Before Robert Novak’s column, I was simply their friend and neighbor, a role that will continue long after the White House leak matter is over.

'What do you do?'
CIA LEAK UNFOLDS

2002

February: Joe Wilson, a former foreign service officer and diplomat who had served in Niger and Iraq, is sent to Niger by CIA to investigate rumors Saddam Hussein had tried to purchase enriched "yellowcake" uranium from the African country.

Feb. 22: Wilson tells CIA and State Department the rumors are "unequivocally wrong."

2003

January: President Bush in State of the Union speech says: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

June 10: A memo for undersecretary of State refers to Valerie Plame as ....

Rest at link

[STARWISE]

Blogs and articles in a similar vein are breaking out all over .. like a RASH. *The Plan* has commenced .. dark ops throttled up.

[ikka]

is sent to Niger by HIS WIFE ...

There, I fixed it.

[STARWISE]

Roger, that.

[wildcatf4f3]

A dead give-away should have been the shoephone

[STARWISE]

THREAD Ping!!

Christopher Wolf

Hardball with Chris Matthews -MSNBC News (07/18/2005)

Christopher Wolf was a featured guest discussing the leak of information identifying Valerie Wilson as an agent for the C.I.A. Related Individuals: CHRISTOPHER WOLF Related Practice Areas: Litigation

http://www.proskauer.com/news_publications/itn/data/001491

[Mo1]

His lawyer is his next door neighbor?

Wilson couldn't get any other lawyer to help him?

[mystery-ak]

I don't understand the connection....why is he involved?

[Sam Hill]

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007

KERRY, JOHN F     VIA KERRY-EDWARDS 2004 INC. GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND
	10/22/2004	2000.00	24981710973

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKANER ROSE LLP/ATTORNEY

GORE, AL     VIA GORE 2000 INC
	03/11/1999	1000.00	20990085083

KERRY, JOHN F     VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC
	05/20/2004	1000.00	24981240024
	06/09/2004	1000.00	24971372033

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKANER ROSE/ATTORNEY

FROST, MARTIN     VIA MARTIN FROST CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
	10/08/2004	250.00	24962661837

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

LEAHY, PATRICK     VIA LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE
	10/22/2003	250.00	24020072782

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP/ATTORNEY

GAY AND LESBIAN VICTORY FUND
	12/30/2003	500.00	24990306668
	10/08/2004	250.00	24971888544
	12/27/2004	5000.00	25990026329

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKAUER ROSE/PARTNER

WOOLARD, CATHEREN M     VIA FRIENDS OF CATHY WOOLARD, INC
	06/04/2004	250.00	24961743236

WOLF, CHRISTOPHER
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
PROSKEUR ROSE/ATTORNEY

SHRIVER, MARK KENNEDY     VIA CITIZENS FOR MARK SHRIVER
	09/05/2002	500.00	22992110654

[nuffsenuff]

That pretty sums it up, huh?

[podkane]

I don't understand the connection....why is he involved?

It's spin baby... it's whoever gets ahead with the PR offensive. Wilson's probably upset that someone in the beltway suggested that he had to depend on his wife to get a job. It's coming from the publicist, trust me.

[Mo1]

interesting MSNBC calls Christopher Wolf "a pioneer in Internet law." And, indeed, Chris was involved in the earliest matters involving the Internet, helping to make new law for new technologies. He was trial counsel for the old MCI in a three-month-long jury trial involving a failed joint venture for Internet-related equipment, where MCI won a complete victory. He represented The Washington Post in a high-profile challenge to reporters' use of the Internet, winning summary judgment. He represented the recording industry in the first successful lawsuits against online piracy. And he was among the first lawyers to litigate domain name disputes, jurisdictional issues and the limits to online and e-mail marketing. A more recent case involved a trademark law challenge to the use of Google "adwords" for marketing purposes.

[CedarDave]

He represented The Washington Post in a high-profile challenge to reporters' use of the Internet, winning summary judgment.

Does this refer to the WP's suit against Jim and FR where the post also won a summary judgement?

[Dems_R_Losers]

Wow, there's a dead giveaway...the "Kerry Legal and Accounting Compliance Fund" is something only very serious donors give to -- it's the fund that would have handled any recount and post-election disputes such as Gore pulled in 2000. These funds create a legal way for donors to exceed the $2000 limit on direct campaign contributions.

Maybe it was this guy who hooked Wilson up with Chris Lehane and the Kerry campaign.

[Mo1]

I have no idea

[Sam Hill]

Possibly. But don't forget that Wilson worked in the Congressional offices of both Al Gore and Tom Foley in 1985-1986.

He knows his way around enough without anybody's help, I suspect.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, Sam.

That shows the connection and relationship. It ain't just being a neighbor.

[Sam Hill]

Our hero.

[STARWISE]

I just knew he was gay ...

[CedarDave]

Reference posts #11 and 12

[Sam Hill]

"Does this refer to the WP's suit against Jim and FR where the post also won a summary judgement?"

No. In a way it's the other way around. The WP was sued by someone else for copyright infringement:

"In an early Internet-related case, Proskauer -- with Chris serving as lead counsel -- obtained summary judgment on behalf of The Washington Post and two of its reporters in a federal lawsuit brought by the Religious Technology Center alleging copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets and involving important First Amendment issues."

http://tinyurl.com/9s34m