Posted on 08/01/2005 8:03:10 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
One of the most puzzling aspects of the CIA leak case has had to do with the name of the exposed officer. Why did syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak identify her as Valerie Plame when he exposed her link to the CIA in July 2003 when she had been known for years both at the intelligence agency and in her personal life by her married name, Valerie Wilson?
Novak offered a possible explanation for the disconnect on Monday, suggesting in his column that he could have obtained Wilson's maiden name from the directory "Who's Who in America," which used that name in identifying her as the wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador.
Novak did not explicitly cite the directory as his source. Nor was it his first public reference to the "Who's Who" listing. In a column in October 2003, three months after he had first disclosed Valerie Wilson's name and her role, Novak cited the published listing as evidence that Wilson's identity was "no secret."
But in drawing renewed attention to the published listing, Novak seemed to suggest more directly than ever that the scrutiny that has focused on which of his sources had provided him the name might have been misplaced and that he might well have figured it out by himself.
Any request that he should have withheld Wilson's name from his column of July 14, 2003, would have been "meaningless" once he had been told she was married to Joseph Wilson, Novak wrote on Monday, because she was openly listed in the directory. But Novak also wrote that he would never have used Valerie Wilson's name had anyone from the CIA told him that doing so would endanger her or anyone else.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Who cares?
But who's giving certain info to Who's Who? I think it goes back to Joe WIlson.
Who's on First . . .
No, the leak was from Wilson. The headline wants to deflect attention away from that.
This is to much. Valerie Plame's name was listed in Who's Who in 2003. Bwhahahahahahahahaha. The dimocRATS at DU must be wringing their little hands. Hehehehehehe.
God forgive me...I take such perverse delight in their pain. It's almost unhealthy...almost. :-)
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Ping )))))) FABulous news.
This was big news...back in October 2003.
that's when Novak said he found it in Who's Who.
Looks like the NYTimes is building its escape route for the Rove/Plame story.
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What will be the NYTimes' exit strategy for Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation? Will they not report his findings?
PLEASE let Joe Wilson be one of them!
Connecting dots is a tedious, time-consuming job and the Times has been very, very busy, don't you know. It's only been two years, for cryin' out loud.
You were drawing their attention to this tidbit by November, 2003, as I recall.
Who told the most lies in this investigation?.... = Joe Wilson
Ummm ... 2 + 2 = 4
Do they think Norvak or we are that stupid ??
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