Thanks!
One other point I have wondered about: what kinds of information did Plame have access to within the CIA and in her (supposed) position with Counterproliferation?
Was she in a position to pass information on to Wilson as ammunition in his public posturing and statements against President Bush and the administration, was it part of a plan by divisions of the CIA to force the WH/Administration to address particular areas they were ignoring, or maybe as retribution?
The MSM are dupes most of the time. I don't think it would be that hard to lead them to certain conclusions. (I state the obvious!)
>>>>what kinds of information did Plame have access to within the CIA and in her (supposed) position with Counterproliferation? >>>>>
I've been wondering this myself....
They bought off Scott Ritter pretty effectively, which allowed Saddam to do what he wanted with WMD. Clinton even helped out with withdrawing all of the inspectors, didn't he? (And all the OIl-for-Food money to spead around to friends)
Is it just coincidence that Plame worked the WMD desk? Could she have been funneling info in both directions? Did Saddam use that info to hide the weapons he did have? (And it does seem more and more like CIA is compromised with political operatives.)
It's interesting that of all of the opposing arguments that might be made for the Iraq war, WMD is the one the left settled on across the board. Even though they were fine with Clinton's bombing during impeachment, which was rationalized with WMD arguments.
So I have to wonder if they're all playing this game together, tracking WMD, hiding WMD, and knowing that it's safe to rail about it. Wilson seems to know many of the bad people who know the other bad people in the know. Plame is only one person removed from all of that.
Kind of makes me wonder who was setting up whom.... Could it be that WIlson fell into a trap that the wily Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld team designed? =:-0
Pinz