Senator Questions Bolton Role in CIA Leak Probe (Bolton's form accurate)

Fox News ^ | 7/27/05 | na

[Mo1]

Hmmmmm ... the mole ??

[kcvl]

(Ed) Bradley interviews Wilson, who says that he found nothing in Niger to indicate that any purchase agreement had been signed or executed. Bradley then speaks with the former director of the Department of State's intelligence bureau (intelligence and research), Greg Thielmann, who explains why he concluded that Iraq was not attempting to reconstitute its nuclear program. In March 2002, Bradley reported, the White House received Thielmann's report, titled "Niger: Sale of Uranium Is Unlikely."

[kcvl]

It is not known whether Thielmann's colleague at INR, John Kokal, also voiced concerns about similar issues. We will never know, because tragically, Kokal's shoeless body was discovered in a 20 feet window well, 8 floors below the top of the State Department building early in the evening of November 7th. Contrary to what the State Department said about Kokal, senior State Department sources report that not only was the diplomat a top Iraq specialist, he regularly briefed Secretary of State Colin Powell.

[Mo1]

OMG

[Lone Red Ranger]

Ah, but the damage was done...This little bit of data may not even resurface and the public has already formed opinions on Bolton. When the recess is over and the confirmation hearings begin in earnest, the congressman will call home to their districts...And what will their constituents be saying?

Whatever they heard last.

100% full-strength focued sunshine is the only thing that's going to clean up this mess.

[NathanBookman]

What confirmation hearings?