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No I don't think there was anything substantial in it. We know there wasn't, now.

But at the time, Plame didn't know that-the CIA didn't know it (according to them).

So I think it's very relevant to ask, WHY didn't Plame make sure Wilson's report was given attention?

Wasn't that the whole point of going, to find out one way or the other? He made a conclusion, came back with it, and his own wife, who sent him on the trip---disregarded it.

NOBODY CARED. Why? His own wife didn't care what his findings were, to the degree that his oral report was never conveyed to any other levels.

Yet Wilson claims he went around Washington trying to get "the administration" to take note of it. Why would they, if Plame and the CIA didn't think it important?

"Yet Wilson claims he went around Washington trying to get "the administration" to take note of it. Why would they, if Plame and the CIA didn't think it important?"

It's just one more hole in his story. But the media never fact-check anything that Wilson says. Nor do they examine it for coherence or probability.

Take one small matter: Wilson claimed he interviewed "dozens" of people during his investigation. I would very much like to know who those "dozens" of people were, whether Wilson took any notes, and whether any notes were turned over to the CIA. Wilson was there only eight days, he was also engaged in personal business, so I question how many people he actually interviewed, and in what depth.

I've been involved in hiring processes, and it takes a long time just to schedule interviews with dozens of people, not to mention doing the interviews themselves. Was it humanly possible to do "dozens" of bona fide interviews in the available time? And why would Wilson or the CIA think you could get any good information by doing this kind of an investigation? What incentive would people have to talk to Wilson? These are fundamental, basic questions, and to my knowledge, NO ONE in the media has ever asked them.

In my opinion, the prima facie evidence is that Wilson conducted a token, half-assed investigation that provided no solid information about anything, which is why his report died in the CIA bureaucracy and never even got to Cheney. And who were all these people in Washington that Wilson claims he talked to, pleading to read his report? Has anyone ever checked that out? Have any of these people been identified? Not to my knowledge.