Lies of Joe Wilson, Part V: Senior CIA Analyst Corrects the Record

CIA Press Release ^ | November 28, 2003 | Stu Cohen

[Cautor]

I'm not surprised his book of lies is tanking. Liberals don't read, and they're cheap as all get out. And I would expect Wilson to lie about his book sales.

As to Jacqueline C. Wilson--I don't know who she is. Seems I've heard it said Wilson married twice before marrying Valerie, but his bio only lists a wife named Susan Dale Otchis whom he divorced in 1986. Maybe someone can help out on this point.

If you search for 2700 Virginia Avenue NW Washington DC, you will find hits for the Watergate West apartment complex. I found several sales of apartments there. Can't say about rent, but about any house in the DC area would start at about $2,000/month and go up. I wouldn't be surprised to see rental in the Watergate in the several $K/month range.

[unsycophant]

I think it was more to do with the CIA being mad about Cheney and the WH "interfering" in the CIA's domain.

BTW: No one ever mentions that Wilson was still married when he began dating Plame. It is only relevant because it says something about their characters.

[kabar]

Isn't Jacqueline C. Wilson his second wife's name? The age seems about right. Why in the world would she be listed? Did she buy the house for them? That is very weird!

That is indeed strange. The Vanity Fair article stated,

"The Wilsons live in the Palisades, an affluent neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on the fringe of Georgetown. In winter, when the trees have no leaves, the back of their house has a stunning view of the Washington Monument. They’d first seen the house in 1998, when it was still being built, and they had instantly fallen in love with it. Even so, Plame took some persuading before they made an offer. “She’s very frugal,” explains Wilson. “My brother who’s in real estate had to fly in from the West Coast and explained that a mortgage could cost less than our rented apartment in the Watergate.” Plame also told Wilson that she’d be moving with him into the new house only as his wife."<.p

Records show that Wilson and his second wife, Jacqueline, to whom he was married for 12 years, were divorced in 1998. By the mid-90s, Wilson says, that relationship had pretty much disintegrated. “Separate bedrooms-and I was playing a lot of golf,” he says."

This does get curiouser and curiouser. How did they come up with the money for the house (they were renting at the Watergate) and were they (Valerie) the first occupants? Since Wilson got divorced in 1998, it is odd that she would be listed as the owner of the property.

[kabar]

The Vanity Fair article goes into some detail on Wilson's three marriages. He met his second wife, Jaqueline, in Burundi. She was working at the French Embassy as the cultural counselor. It is more than a coincidence that his first wife left him while they were in Burundi. Wilson stated that "Susan decided she'd had about enough of me and left." It sounds like Wilson was fooling around and got caught.

[Fedora]

Jacqueline was Wilson's second wife, before Valerie, who is his third (the first was Susan Otchis). During the tail end of their marriage Jacqueline was a registered foreign lobbyist for the Presidency of Gabon, where Wilson had a good relationship with President Omar Bongo. The Vanity Fair article mentions Wilson and Plame were renting an apartment in the Watergate before moving into their Palisades home, which is the 4612 Charleston adress. Records filed with the DOJ to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act list Jacqueline living at 6104 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Glen Echo, MD 20812 as of June 17, 1998 and 6120 Shady Oak Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817 in 2002. Now there was a period from 1997 to 1998 when Wilson was still married to Jacqueline but seeing Valerie, which may explain why Jacqueline is also listed at that address: apparently Jacqueline was living there while Wilson had moved in with Valerie. However, here's what's odd about that: a Washington Post article from October 8, 1998 lists this among home sales recorded recently by the District Department of Finance and Revenue, Recorder of Deeds Division, and supplied to the Post by the real estate information service First American Real Estate Solutions (formerly Experian):

"CHARLESTON TER., 4612-Barry Zuckerman Properties to Joseph C. IV and Valerie E. Wilson, $735,000."

So the house was bought in Wilson and Valerie's name, but Jacqueline was living there?

BTW, Jacqueline's 1998 foreign lobbyist registration form mentions this:

$100,000.00 received prior to registration on June 17, 1998

Maybe that's part of how Wilson augmented his income to pay for the home--in which case, though, it seems odd he and Valerie ended up with the home instead of Jacqueline.

[Fedora]

This does get curiouser and curiouser.

It sure does. I've also wondered about whether Wilson still has some financial ties with his ex-wife, since they both seemed to remain on good terms with Omar Bongo after the divorce.

[Cautor]

Thanks a bunch. I'm learning a lot. Wonder why the MSM never tells us these interesting tidbits?

[Cautor]

Again, thanks for this information. Wilson is quite the man about town. And Val, running around with a married man and all that. We thought she was just a discreet young lady trying to lay low and protect her deep cover from snoopers like Novak.

[Sacajaweau]

After Wilson put out his July 6th article, why did he have his "friend" pounce on Novak as he was walking down the street, ask him what he thought of Wilson and report back to Wilson? The only reason I can see is that Wilson knew that Novak knew Valerie before they got married and Novak also knew that she worked at the CIA.

I think Novak wrote his July 14th article on instinct and used the word CIA "Operative" to flush Joe out (make him honest). I do not believe Novak ever knew that Valerie was "Jane Bond" until Wilson spilled the beans. Joe fell into his own trap. He wanted Novak to "just shut up" about his wife and more or less threatened him. Novak did a good job of exposing not one but two "Operatives"...two Dem Operatives.

[Cautor]

You make some interesting points. The timeline seems to support such a scenario. Thanks for offering you thoughts.

[palmer]

Checked the internet archive and saw that Wilson was added to the MEI site around Jan 24, 2003 (he wasn't there as of Dec 2, 2002). You can get to his resume by starting here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mideasti.org and then clicking on the date you want to get the MEI home page for that date (e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20030124214504/http://mideasti.org/), then click on Media Resources for the bios (e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20030206081047/mideasti.org/html/media.html)

Can't figure out when/if the resume was removed since the archive didn't seem to keep up with the MEI site past 2004. But his bio was there in 2004 (http://web.archive.org/web/20040430153322/http://www.mideasti.org/about/about_experts_alpha.html#JWilson) and it's gone now (http://www.mideasti.org/about/about_experts_alpha.html)

[mosquitobite]

Resolution Trust Corp of Whitewater fame??

[piasa]

ping

[Fedora]

Yes--Whitewater and S&L fame.

[piasa]

thanks for the ping

[piasa]

Ever notice how no one ever mentions that Herman Cohen was bopping about Niger in August 2003? I think he would have been Wilson's predecessor or boss in the 90s... he was Asst US Secretary for African Affairs in the 90s; sometime later after the Wilson scandal popped he travels to Niger- he is currently, I think, a consultant who is a registered agent of Niger's government and a number of other African countries.

There was a report he was there to deliver a warning message to Niger on the part of the Bush admin but I suspect that is a bogus claim and he was there for other reasons.

Cohen was involved in some dealings in Angola.

Know of any connections to Nigerflap personalities or leftwing groups associated with Wilson?

[Fedora]

Know of any connections to Nigerflap personalities or leftwing groups associated with Wilson?

Not offhand, but I'll keep an eye out. I'm looking into some other aspects of Wilson's African activity right now.