Could you please clarify, in simple wordage what J. Wilson supposedly lied about?
See post #9.
You should look at response #9. At the same time keep in mind that Wilson began lieing when he answered his wife's question "Honey, what time is it".
The answer is here (and about two dozen other articles posted on FR):
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173183/posts
From the Washington Post
“The (SENATE) report states that a CIA official told the Senate committee that Plame "offered up" Wilson's name for the Niger trip, then on Feb. 12, 2002, sent a memo to a deputy chief in the CIA's Directorate of Operations saying her husband "has good relations with both the PM [prime minister] and the former Minister of Mines (not to mention lots of French contacts), both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity." The next day, the operations official cabled an overseas officer seeking concurrence with the idea of sending Wilson, the report said.”
A lie …“Wilson has asserted that his wife was not involved in the decision to send him to Niger. “
A lie… “The (SENATE) report also said Wilson provided misleading information to The Washington Post last June. He said then that he concluded the Niger intelligence was based on documents that had clearly been forged because "the dates were wrong and the names were wrong."
Explanation of this lie … "Committee staff asked how the former ambassador could have come to the conclusion that the 'dates were wrong and the names were wrong' when he had never seen the CIA reports and had no knowledge of what names and dates were in the reports," the Senate panel said. Wilson told the panel he may have been confused and may have "misspoken" to reporters. The documents -- purported sales agreements between Niger and Iraq -- were not in U.S. hands until eight months after Wilson made his trip to Niger.
From article in the Washington Post. CLICK HERE
These thing aren’t really that hard to find.
Here's a good summary:http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/337paflu.asp
Read the article. that would help you find your answer.
Could you please clarify, in simple wordage what J. Wilson supposedly lied about?
Not just Wilson, but before he wrote his op-ed his story was being pushed by an anonymous CIA official in newspaper stories.
Wilson stated he was sent at the request of the VP: False
Wilson stated the President and VP were briefed on Wilson's trip to Niger: False
Wilson stated he was sent by the CIA, implying from the highest levels: False (the counter-proliferation group--his wife's group--sent him at their own initiative)
Wilson stated he found Iraq had not bought yellowcake from Niger, proving the "16 words" were wrong: False (He continues even in this letter to ignore the attribution in the SOTU to "British Intelligence")
Wilson states his wife's name was given to reporters as retribution for his writing his op-ed in the New York Times: False
There's more, but that's for starters.
"Could you please clarify, in simple wordage what J. Wilson supposedly lied about?"
He lied about his wife. He lied about what he proved. He lied about the meeting where he was hired. He lied about what Bush said. He lied that the British intelligence was based on the forged documents. He lied about what he knows about the forgeries (he used the words "literary flair" when pressed). He lies even about what the report says, hoping you'll not read it - his tactic is to focus on the attached comments of Sen. Roberts. He lied that the NYTimes article he penned was the first time he went public - he leaked to US and British press before that.
He omits that he became a a Kerry campaign advisor in May 2003, approximate time he first started his leaks.
I suspect, besides politics, his hemming and hawing is to create an fictive history to hide one possible and probable event - his wife is his source for much of his info, and that's a no no.