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Was Joe Wison Himself A "Leak" Source in Revealing Plame's CIA Identity?
FreeRepublic.com, Conversation with Victor Davis Hanson, Posts re David Corn, et al. ^ | 7/17/05 | FReetheSheeples

Posted on 07/17/2005 7:20:26 PM PDT by FReethesheeples

Could minor Ambassador Joe Wilson himself have been the source in blowing his own Wife's "cover" (even if she had not been a covert CIA agent at the time of the alleged "leaks")?

It is distinctly possible, (though it may be unlikely that Joe Wilson himself directly was NY Times Judith Miller's source), since Joe Wilson himself evidently routinely bragged openly to strangers about her CIA employment, prior to such "cover" being "blown" in the press.

Here's an example of Joe's apparently routine and open bragging about Valerie being a "CIA agent," which became known directly to me over a year ago:

He certainly bragged about it per a famous and highly reliable source's (named below) account of his own face-to-face encounter with Amb. Joe Wilson prior to Valerie Plame's "outing" as a CIA agent/employee.

Based upon a personal conversation (we were in a small group eating; it was NOT an "off the record") I had with eminent historian Victor Davis Hanson (we were at a luncheon table together during a trip to Europe), it appeared entirely possible that Joe Wilson himself was the (or one source, if not the original one) possible source in revealing his own wife's status as a CIA agent or employee.

Victor Davis Hanson (Wilson presumably knew Victor Davis Hanson wrote regularly for NRO (National Review Online), had done OpEds for the Wall street Journal, and other publications, and had his own Website with a widespread following) said he (VDH) & Joe Wilson were both in the same "Green Room" before a televised debate-discussion on Iraq, etc. and Joe first warned the TV make-up person not to get powder on his $14,000 Rolex watch, then he bragged to Victor about several things (possessions and trips to Aspen, etc.), like his expensive car (I think it was a Mercedes), and then bragged about his beautiful ("hot") wife who, Joe Wilson said (braggingly) was a CIA operative.

I asked Victor Davis Hanson Why he didn't write up this account.(?) He replied that Joe Wilson would probably simply deny it, since only he (VDH) & Joe Wilson were in the Green Room together before the broadcast.

However, it is now easy to surmise that Joe Wilson is a crass, materialistic, self-promoting, vain, egotistical, bragaddocio-opportunist, so this account is perfectly consistent with Valerie Plame's TWO photo shoots in Vanity Fair.


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To: adam_az
If anyone committed a crime leaking, my guess is it was Valerie Plame leaking top secret data to Miller for years.

I believe i heard that Plame is still in the CIA(at a different type of job), shouldn't they have removed her totally? I mean, hell she believed the uranium story was bogus before we even investigated it, then asked that her husband go to check it out. HMMM maybe she shouldn't be in there sounds pretty incompetent to me.

21 posted on 07/17/2005 7:34:15 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

Thanks, my friend!

;^)

I am a rather very good speller, beleive it or not, but a terrible TYPIST, (seemingly "dyslexic" typist or quite uncoordinated typist).

I can spell, but I CANNOT type!

FReegards,


22 posted on 07/17/2005 7:35:26 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: rlmorel

Thanks, you too!


23 posted on 07/17/2005 7:36:02 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: freeangel

Thanks for your perceptive and accurate comments.


24 posted on 07/17/2005 7:36:32 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: FReethesheeples

Anybody:

HAS JOE WILSON EVER TESTIFIED UNDER OATH TO THE GRAND JURY?


25 posted on 07/17/2005 7:37:26 PM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: Keith in Iowa

Yes, BillyBob, you did suggest this earlier, and you are quite perceptive,

--- & I also opied this exact story to your Post (& pinged you, I think).

Bravo for you, buddy!


26 posted on 07/17/2005 7:38:41 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: Ron in Acreage

Yes!

That is a great and highly relevant story: Mandy Grunwald, Matt Cooper's wife is a notable * famous Hillary Staffer.

Notice, I didn't say Joe was Matt Cooper's likely primary soruce either.

Thanks for adding to the discussion, Mandy Grunwald's role or at least influence on her husband's "spin" deserves to be examined.


27 posted on 07/17/2005 7:41:30 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: Echo Talon

I agree with your point: Plame may (or may not be) be (somewhere) in the CIA, but she is also a Vanity Fair Magazine Model (twice).


28 posted on 07/17/2005 7:43:12 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: linkinpunk

Good question:

"Has Joe Wilson testified under oath to the Grand Jury?"

Kudos!


29 posted on 07/17/2005 7:44:07 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Thank you again, BillyBob!


30 posted on 07/17/2005 7:44:33 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: carola

I defer to your perceptive description of Joe Wilson as being a "jerk."

Kudos.


31 posted on 07/17/2005 7:45:24 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: Alia

Re; "None of this could have happened without higher-up CIA or state-dept approval."

Intriguing and plausible comment.

Thanks for your contribution.


32 posted on 07/17/2005 7:47:45 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: FReethesheeples

yep, but her judgment is so poor, I feel that she shouldn't be serving this country in any capacity at the CIA.


33 posted on 07/17/2005 7:48:16 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

Good for you, Champ!


34 posted on 07/17/2005 7:48:28 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: FReethesheeples

It's been my gut reaction from the git-go that Wilson and Plame did the "outing," with a mind to disrupt the 2004 Election into the bargain.


36 posted on 07/17/2005 7:51:39 PM PDT by Solamente
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To: Echo Talon; adam_az

"If anyone committed a crime leaking, my guess is it was Valerie Plame leaking top secret data to Miller for years."

Intriguing comment(s) and response.

Please add more info adam_az, if you can. Thanks for any further illumination on this or Links.


37 posted on 07/17/2005 7:51:48 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Gonzales appears to be quite WEAK on Property rights!)
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To: Ron in Acreage

We refer to her as Manly Grunwald.


38 posted on 07/17/2005 7:53:35 PM PDT by secret garden (There's no place like home!)
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To: mickeysplane

you've never been on the team.


39 posted on 07/17/2005 7:54:58 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (It's the borders stupid! "ALLEN IN 08")
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To: FReethesheeples

"Was Joe Wison Himself A "Leak" Source in Revealing Plame's CIA Identity?"

Yes


40 posted on 07/17/2005 7:55:06 PM PDT by Checkers
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