Special Report: Was The Wilson Affair A CIA Plot?

GOP USA ^ | October 24, 2005 | By Cliff Kincaid

[Texas Songwriter]

Could it be possible thet Kerry, who dismissed Wilson after the special prosecutor was appointed, have been in the mix? You gotta believe that Wilson 'discussed' the plan with Kerry.

[faithincowboys]

Absolutely, Jim. They had wilson do a half-assed trip to Niger-- a fixed recon mission. Then once the invasion happened, if no WMD turned up, Wilson was the point man for the WH lied. Wilson proceeded to say he was sent because Cheney sent him. The WH was goaded into playing politics as usual. They had to respond, they had to set the record straight...they couldn't do that without mentioning Valerie P.

[faithincowboys]

The thing I'd most like to know is what Valerie P., as a member of the WMD unit at the Agency, said Saddam had. Since she's been outed, the American people are entitled to know what she claimed he had. Since nothing has turned up, Miss Wilson also "lied."

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wow, I didn't know the CIA was so much out of control to the point of running covert operations against the President. This sounds like the stuff they would do in third world countries to undermine and bring down elected officials.

The morale of the story here is: Get rid of the Democrats as soon as you can or they'll conspire against you.

[Alberta's Child]

Get rid of the Democrats as soon as you can or they'll conspire against you.

That's right to the point, I'd say. LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yeah, well, too late now. Maybe it's never too late when it comes to get rid of these buggers, lol.

[jw777]

i have no idea. i guess that's where Bush trusted too much.

[kabar]

The CIA has been out of control ever since Tenet took over. He was totally unqualified for the position. Tenet was a creature of Congress, which is why the CIA became politicized.

George Tenet is the type of guy that real hardcore CIA officers typically love to hate: a lifelong politico with no experience doing intelligence work who waltzes in at the behest of a president and takes over the show.

Tenet was a well-connected Senate staffer who never ran anything larger than a Senate staff committee before becoming the Deputy CIA Director. George J. Tenet was sworn in as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 3 July 1995. As the principal deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence, he has responsibilities in the Intelligence Community and for the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Mr. Tenet previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council. In this position, he served as National Security Advisor Anthony Lake's principal intelligence advisor. He has coordinated Presidential Decision Directives on "Intelligence Priorities," "Security Policy Coordination," "U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness," and "U.S. Policy on Remote Sensing Space Capabilities." He was responsible for coordinating all interagency activities concerning covert action.

Prior to serving at the National Security Council, he served on President Clinton's national security transition team. In this capacity, he coordinated the evaluation of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Mr. Tenet also served as Staff Director for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for over four years under the chairmanship of Senator David C. Boren managing the activities of a bipartisan staff of 40 professionals. He was responsible for coordinating all of the committee's oversight and legislative activities including the strengthening of covert action reporting requirements, the creation of a statutory Inspector General at CIA, and the introduction of comprehensive legislation to reorganize U.S. intelligence.

Mr. Tenet came to the committee from Senator John Heinz's staff in August of 1985, as designee to the Vice Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy. He served in this capacity through 1986. From 1986 until he was appointed Staff Director, Mr. Tenet directed the committee's oversight of all arms control negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States, culminating in the preparation of a report to the U.S. Senate on "The Ability of U.S. Intelligence to Monitor the Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty."

In 1976 he received a B.S.F.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and an M.I.A. from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University in 1978.

[Wuli]

Jim, my reply became so lengthy, I posted it at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509007/posts