Plame demanded, in an oh so COVERT way, that Wilson be sent./ She hadn't the power to send him, but made sure and certain that he WAS sent there.
Whilst there, Wilson, in his own words, sat around drinking tea with a few old pals, came back home, wrote a worthless report for the CIA,wrote a Bush-bashing op-ed for the N.Y. Times, wrote a book to discredit the president his administration, Tony Blair and his people ( including England's spy team ), went to work for John F'in Kerry, and has spent the last two years going on T.V. to try to bring down President Bush.
Okay, now tell me, again, WHY are you "standing up" for this guy.
Calm down, sparkplug. I'm not "standing up" for Wilson. But nothing is gained by exaggerating the facts, which Horowitz (a man I greatly respect) is doing in his article.
From everything I can glean, Wilson came back with evidence that appeared to bolster the President's position. Only later did he lie about his findings.
But saying flatly that Plame sent Wilson is just untrue, and saying this discredits our position. Yes, Plame recommended her husband because she thought the uranium story was "crazy," but ultimately a person of higher authority made the call. But, as Novak originally wondered, why would someone in the administration send an a skeptical enemy to investigate the uranium claim? And as Rove confirmed, they didn't.