[Shermy]

For example, when asked how he “knew” that the Intelligence Community had rejected the possibility of a Niger-Iraq uranium deal, as he wrote in his book, he told Committee staff that his assertion may have involved “a little literary flair.”

[bitt]

a shame that this will never get any play...maybe W can address it in the debates, along with several other slanderous issues...

[Fedora]

"he told Committee staff that his assertion may have involved “a little literary flair.”"

Yeah, a little fictional flair. Thanks for the ping!

[cyncooper]

I've got a little literary flair I'd like to lay on Joe Wilson, but I don't want to be banned.

LOL

[okie01]

In retrospect, two further conclusions might be drawn:

1. Ms. Plame subsequently had access to the forged documents and shared them with her husband!. One might also reasonably suspect that she may have shared CIA intel documents with Andrea Mitchell.

2. Joseph C. Wilson IV was acting as a Democrat operative from at least the time he wrote the op-ed for the NY Times. And the Democrats are absolutely desperate to avoid that fact becoming public knowledge. They are counting on the mainstream media not to blow their oh-so-transparent cover concerning Wilson.

Further, whether Wilson was acting as a Democrat operative (or on behalf of the Saudis or others) when he actually visited Niger is uncertain -- but a distinct possibility.

In a just world, there would be ample room for prosecution of both Wilsons...and, perhaps, others.