Democrats subvert war intelligence(threatened national security?)

http://worldnetdaily.com/ ^ | December 23, 2003 | J. Michael Waller Insight

[lugsoul]

I don't think there is any doubt that there was a concerted effort among various high-ranking officials to discredit Joe Wilson. Many of them have apparently admitted as much. Scooter apparently kept a dossier on the guy (if that gets into evidence in the trial, it will be very interesting). Do I believe they intended to out his wife? I don't know. Do I believe they intended to use the "his CIA wife sent him on the trip" to help discredit him? Absolutely. Even Novak says as much.

It cracks me up when this gets portrayed as the WH 'needed to mount a defense against Wilson's withering attack.' Right. I still believe they would have been much better off to just dismiss the guy as partisan and partially informed and ignore him.

[pinz-n-needlez]

They played into his illusions of grandiosity...

I wonder how much the White House knew then about the things we're just putting together now.

Was it more important to set the record straight and risk giving him a platform?

Thanks,
Pinz