[Cicero]

A very enjoyable read. She almost had me convinced that maybe Plame sent her husband on a propaganda junket on her own authority.

But if the CIA paid his expenses, somebody at a higher level must have approved this ridiculous and possibly criminal appointment. Who?

Who was the CIA official who was complicit in this deliberate attempt to undermine the Bush war effort by an amateur who had no business doing the job he was given to do? Tenet has denied responsibility. But surely some Friend of Bill's who was in on the plot, possibly Tenet himself. Certainly Tenet worked hard to undermine the Iraqi war before he was fired.

[photodawg]

It may not be that complex. Wifey only suggested that he go to provide "information" in case needed by the Vice Pres. office, not at their direction. Being dems dedicated to defeating Bush, this was just opportunistic political expediency on their part. When exposed for what he was, Wilson, good lib that he is, hid behind his wife's coat tails. Good bureaucrat that she was, she then hid behind the CIA. No written orders for mission, no written report of findings or investigation, just come back and start undermining the Pres. and the British Gov't. Is this analysis plausible?