[ex-snook]

"My column of July 14, 2003, asked why the CIA in 2002 sent Wilson, a critic of President Bush, to Niger to investigate an Italian intelligence report of attempted Iraqi uranium purchases."

Mr Novak you have been a critic of President Bush so are you to be trusted to tell the truth?

The story is not Wilson, his wife, press agents or other diversions. The story is his Niger report.

[cyncooper]

"My column of July 14, 2003, asked why the CIA in 2002 sent Wilson, a critic of President Bush, to Niger to investigate an Italian intelligence report of attempted Iraqi uranium purchases."

Mr Novak you have been a critic of President Bush so are you to be trusted to tell the truth?

The story is not Wilson, his wife, press agents or other diversions. The story is his Niger report.

Of course it's about his Niger "report" and why he was sent and why he was lying about it.

Novak performed a valuable service by finding out why anti-Bush activist Wilson was sent to Niger, period. On that reporting Novak has been shown to have been 100% accurate.