[okie01]

Joe Wilson and his pals have done a tremendous disservice to every aspect of the public understanding of intelligence agencies, WMDs, and the Iraq war. I would hope that Valerie Plame is ashamed to show her face anywhere in the CIA, maybe that's why she took a year off, because any of her colleagues who are not themselves left-wing moonbats should thoroughly despise her and Joe. By hijacking the national debate to make it all about the "16 words" and Niger uranium...

One would think that Plame played a role, perhaps a major role, in the preparation of this particular NIE. At the very least, she would have been familiar with the consensus that Saddam had WMD.

As nuffsenuff pointed out on another thread, it's probable that Miss Valerie shared her knowledge about Iraqi WMD with husband Joe. Certainly, from October, 2002 thru February, 2003, Wilson was an outspoken proponent of Saddam's store of WMD.

Then, in a fit of partisan opportunism, this pair of "public servants" ignored any and every responsibility they had regarding national security...and began vigorously promoting a lie.

Traitorous? Yes, but not treason. Criminal? Perhaps, but prosecution is unlikely. Despicable? Oh, yes, definitely! Joe and Valerie are nothing more than liars and ingrates. A pair of certified losers. Yet, the MSM treats them like royalty...

[nuffsenuff]

Holy Ridiculously Under-Reported by the MSM Goldmine, Batman!

More than ever I am convinced that Plame and her Husband took classified information on the inherent "doubts" of any intelligence estimate and used it to try to curry favor with the Dems.

And once again I reiterate that this is EXACTLY the strategy the memo written by someone on Rockefeller's staff outlined.