JOE WILSON GETS BY WITH "A LITTLE LITERARY FLAIR" [It's Called Lying]

"Joe Wilson misled the American public about who sent him to Niger, he misled the American public about what he found when he was there, he misled the American public about which documents he did or did not look at, he misled the American public about who at the White House or in the Administration may or may not have seen his documents. When asked to explain himself he said he sometimes used 'literary flair.' He then appeared in a big spread in Vanity Fair magazine. Talking about this he said I'm wondering who is going to play me in the TV movie. This is not somebody who has got a good record of being a source of accurate information." RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, CNN's "Late Edition," 7/17/05

Wilson Has Admitted He Used "Literary Flair" When Supporting His Various Claims:

"On At Least Two Occasions [Wilson] Admitted [To The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence] That He Had No Direct Knowledge To Support Some Of His Claims And That He Was Drawing On Either Unrelated Past Experiences Or No Information At All." (Matthew Continetti, "'A Little Literary Flair,'" The Weekly Standard, 7/26/04)

Chairman Of The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Sen. Pat Roberts, (R-KS): "[W]hen Asked How He 'Knew' That The Intelligence Community Had Rejected The Possibility Of A Niger-Iraq Uranium Deal ... [Wilson] Told Committee Staff That His Assertion [That There Was No Deal] May Have Involved 'A Little Literary Flair.'" (Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessments On Iraq," 7/7/04)

The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof Met With Wilson And Discussed His Trip To Niger:

"Shortly Before [Kristof's May 6, 2003 Op-Ed], Wilson Had Met Kristof At A Senate Democratic Policy Committee Conference In The Capital. As Wilson Later Recounted To Vanity Fair, He Told Kristof About His Trip To Niger Over Breakfast The Next Morning, And Said 'Kristof Could Write About It, But Not Name Him.'" (Matthew Continetti, "'A Little Literary Flair,'" The Weekly Standard, 7/26/04)

Kristof Wrote In An Op-Ed That "The Vice President's Office Asked For An Investigation Of The Uranium Deal":

Kristof: "I'm Told By A Person Involved In The Niger Caper That More Than A Year Ago The Vice President's Office Asked For An Investigation Of The Uranium Deal ..." (Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed, "Missing In Action: Truth," The New York Times, 5/6/03)

The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Reported That The Vice President Was Not Briefed On Wilson's Report. "Conclusion 14. The Central Intelligence Agency should have told the Vice President and other senior policymakers that it had sent someone to Niger to look into the alleged Iraq-Niger uranium deal and it should have briefed the Vice President on the former ambassador's findings." (Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessments On Iraq," 7/7/04)

Kristof Later Stated "People Directly Involved In the Niger Deal" Told Him That The Vice President Did Receive Information On Wilson's Trip:

Kristof On National Public Radio: "[I] Do Know From Talking To People Directly Involved In The Niger Deal That Information Did Go To The Vice President's Office And Did Go To The National Security Staff In The White House And Went To The Top Of The CIA." (NPR's "Fresh Air," 6/25/03)

CIA Director George Tenet: "In An Effort To Inquire About Certain Reports Involving Niger, CIA's Counter-Proliferation Experts, On Their Own Initiative, Asked An Individual With Ties To The Region To Make A Visit To See What He Could Learn." (Central Intelligence Agency, "Statement By George J. Tenet, Director Of Central Intelligence," Press Release, 7/11/03)

Kristof: "Also Claimed That It Was Reported To The CIA That "The Information [On The Niger Deal] Was Unequivocally Wrong And That The Documents Had Been Forged"

Kristof: "In February 2002, According To Someone Present At The Meetings, That Envoy Reported To The CIA And State Department That The Information Was Unequivocally Wrong And That The Documents Had Been Forged." (Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed, "Missing In Action: Truth," The New York Times, 5/6/03)

Chairman Of The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, Pat Roberts (R-KS): "At The Time The Former Ambassador Traveled To Niger, The Intelligence Community Did Not Have In Its Possession Any Actual Documents On The Alleged Niger-Iraq Uranium Deal, Only Second Hand Reporting Of The Deal. The Former Ambassador's Comments To Reporters ... Could Not Have Been Based On The Former Ambassador's Actual Experiences Because The Intelligence Community Did Not Have The Documents At The Time Of The Ambassador's Trip." (Select Committe e On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments On Iraq," U.S. Senate, 7/7/04)

Senate Intelligence Committee Unanimously Concluded That Wilson's Report "Lent More Credibility" To CIA Reports On Iraqi Attempts To Purchase Uranium From Africa. "Conclusion 13. The report on the former ambassador's trip to Niger, disseminated in March 2002, did not change any analysts' assessments of the Iraq-Niger uranium deal. For most analysts, the information in the report lent more credibility to the original Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports on the uranium deal, but the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) analysts believed that the report supported their assessment that Niger was unlikely to be willing or able to sell uranium to Iraq." (Select Commit tee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments On Iraq," U.S. Senate, 7/7/04)

Walter Pincus Of The Washington Post Reported That The Niger Documents Had Been Forged:

Pincus Reported: "During His Trip, The CIA's Envoy Spoke With The President Of Niger And Other Niger Officials Mentioned As Being Involved In The Iraqi Effort, Some Of Whose Signatures Purportedly Appeared On The Documents." (Walter Pincus, "CIA Did Not Share Doubt On Iraq Data," The Washington Post, 6/12/03)

Pincus Also Reported: "After Returning To The United States, The Envoy Reported To The CIA That The Uranium-Purchase Story Was False, The Sources Said. Among The Envoy's Conclusions Was That The Documents May Have Been Forged Because The 'Dates Were Wrong And The Names Were Wrong,' The Former U.S. Government Official Said." (Walter Pincus, "CIA Did Not Share Doubt On Iraq Data," The Washington Post, 6/12/03)

Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Unanimous Report: "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." (Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessments On Iraq, 7/7/04)

Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Unanimous Report: "The Former Ambassador Said That He May Have 'Misspoken' To The Reporter When He Said He Concluded The Documents Were 'Forged.'" (Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessments On Iraq, 7/7/04)

"The [Senate Select Committee On Intelligence] Report Also Said Wilson Provided Misleading Information To The Washington Post Last June [12, 2003]." (Susan Schmidt, "Plame's Input Is Cited On Niger Mission," The Washington Post, 7/10/04)

In June 2003, The New Republic Reported The "Former Ambassador" Confirmed His Report Was Sent To the Vice President's Office And That The Niger Story Was "A Flat-Out Lie":

"The CIA Circulated The Ambassador's Report To The Vice President's Office, The Ambassador Confirms To TNR [The New Republic]. But, After A British Dossier Was Released In September [2002] Detailing The Purported Uranium Purchase, Administration Officials Began Citing It Anyway, Culminating In Its Inclusion In The [2003] State Of The Union. 'They Knew The Niger Story Was A Flat-Out Lie,' The Former Ambassador Tells TNR." (Spencer Ackerman and John B. Judis, "The First Casualty," The New Republic, 6/30/03)

The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Reported That The Vice President Was Not Briefed On Wilson's Report. (Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, "Report On The U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessments On Iraq," 7/7/04)

The Butler Report Claimed That The President's State Of the Union Statement On Uranium From Africa, "Was Well-Founded." "We conclude that, on the basis of the intelligence assessments at the time, covering both Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the statements on Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from Africa in the Government's dossier, and by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, were well-founded. By extension, we conclude also that the statement in President Bush's State of the Union Address of 28 January 2003 that: 'The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.' was well-founded." (The Rt. Hon. The Lord Butler Of Bro ckwell, "Review Of Intelligence, On Weapons Of Mass Destruction," 7/14/04) WILSON RECEIVED A "TRUTH-TELLING AWARD" FROM THE LIBERAL PUBLICATION THE NATION

In October 2003, Wilson Received A $10,000 Prize For Winning The Nation Institute's Truth-Telling Award:

"Wilson ... Accepted The First-Ever Ron Ridenhour Award For Truth-Telling, Along With The Award's $10,000 Prize." (Matthew Continetti, "'A Little Literary Flair,'" The Weekly Standard, 7/26/04)

Save this info to answer the critics.

AND .. EVERYTIME YOU SEE SOME LAME-BRAINED IDIOT ON TV LYING ABOUT THIS INFORMATION - GET BUSY AND SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND TELL THEM THE TRUTH - and cite what newspaper and what reporter - ARMED WITH THIS INFORMATION YOU CAN STUN THE MEDIA WITH THE FACT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON [they think you're too stupid].

If enough of us are sending the media emails showing them we know the truth - just like the other "gates" they have foisted upon us - this thing will collapse the very same way.

Remember .. if you can't send the msg immediately .. don't sweat it .. just write down the talking heads' name and a couple of notes about what they said - and send the msg later. We cannot allow the media to dump another "forgery" upon us.

NOW!! Let's get busy!!

And all God's people replied..."AMEN!"

Good work RNC and cyberant. I can not understand why this is still a story. Other than the left wing ass hats pushing it.

Rush said they are treating this the very same way they did Rathergate - they refuse to admit they don't have anything against Rove .. because their hatred is such that they cannot admit defeat.

These people are SICK!

The lies we already know about are bad enough, and this sordid mess is full of potential revelations that will embarrass the 'Rats and the MSM to no end. OK, I know most of them are beyond embarrassment, but still it is important to get the facts out. Help!!! We need an all-out research and public info effort from everyone here who can possibly contribute - this is far bigger than Rathergate, bad as that was!! Here are a few of my own questions, and I'm just getting started in reading up on this stuff:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1445326/posts?page=15#15

The question is whether Wilson will be subpoenaed to testify befor the Grand Jury by the special prosecutor?

That would be the next step that could be taken.

I'm still amazed by how many in the media still refer to Wilson, as the man who exposed the Niger/uranium/16-word fraud. Even one of Wilson's biographical descriptions includes these terms. These people are pathological.

"... still refer to Wilson, as the man who exposed the Niger/uranium/16-word fraud."

Which means the media is in denial that Wilson is such a liar .. because if they admit Wilson is a liar .. they are admitting they were supporting and defending a liar.

It's the same as the Rather-gate mess .. none of the media wanted to admit Rather forged documents to ruin Bush.

What they don't realize is that the public knows what's going on and is not buying this load of baloney from the media.

Will [Wilson] be subpoenaed to testify befor[e] the Grand Jury [?]

A little "A LITTLE LITERARY FLAIR" there could go a long, long way. Three to seven years maybe.

Help me here. President Bush truthfully states the findings of British Intelligence and he's called a liar. Joe Wilson misrepresents his mission to Africa and he's a "whistle blower"? Man, I just don't get it.

The question is , where did Wilson get 200 million in 1998.

Was it from the French governed yellow cake operation in Niger. Was he paid to say, " things are secure here in downtown Niger" while Muslim governments glowed in the dark?

That would be a wowy moment?

calling "The Nation" a liberal publication is an understatement; its purpose was, and seemingly continues to be, the spread of socialist or preferably communist doctrine.

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