_February 2002: Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson is asked by the Bush administration to travel to Niger to check out an intelligence report that Niger sold yellowcake uranium to Iraq in the late 1990s for use in nuclear weapons.
They forgot a few things:
JANUARY 2002 : (JWR REPORTS : HAARLEM, NY : SANDY BERGER, BRUCE LINDSAY, BILL RICHARDSON, CHERYL MILLS, JOHN PODESTA & MAGGIE WILLIAMS ATTENDED MEETING IN CLINTON'S OFFICE) To: Howlin An article from the Jewish World Review, January 2002 describes a two hour meeting at Bill Clinton's office in Harlem in which Sandy Berger participated, the purpose of which meeting was to shore up Bill's image. Here is a quote from the article . This meeting was also reported by the NYT.
There they were -- not all, but many of the familiar faces and voices (some participated via telephone) of the Clinton years: Maggie Williams, then Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, and now Bill's; confidante Bruce Lindsay; former national security advisor Sandy Berger; former energy secretary Bill Richardson; former deputy White House counsel Cheryl Mills; former Chief of Staff John D. Podesta and more.
128 posted on 07/21/2004 10:22:29 PM PDT by dano1
JANUARY 8, 2002 : (US SENATOR ROCKEFELLER IS IN SYRIA) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Monday received the US senator J. Rockefeller and members of the accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf.
Discussions dealt with results implied by the incidents of September 11, 2001 in the US at the regional and international levels.
The President stressed that fighting terrorism should be based on analyzing reasons behind it, noting that the already debated concept of terrorism is a terrorism which is too far from Islamic values.
He explained that Syria's ancient history shows commitment of its peoples to divine religions. A matter which restores Syria's stability. Senator Rockefeller expressed happiness to meet with President Bashar al-Assad. He said he feels content after talking to President Bashar al-Assad not only about Syria but about the ME region as a whole.
Senator Rockefeller also stressed the need of deeper understanding of the Arab culture and civilization and of Muslims. ---------------- "Al-Assad confers with US Senator ," Syria-USA, Politics, 1/8/2002 , http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020108/2002010817.html
JANUARY 9?, 2002 : (US SENATORS DURBIN, PRICE & DIVES TRAVEL TO SYRIA)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Tuesday received W Owens and members of the US Senate: Richard Durban, David Price and Jim Dives and members of their accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf. Discussions dealt with the reflections of September11 incidents at the US on various regional and international issues. Al-Assad confers with the US Senate delegation [No Rockefeller] Syria-USA, Politics, 1/9/2002 , http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020109/2002010919.html
JANUARY 10, 2002 : (AL-RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA : ROCKEFELLER) The Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on late Tuesday night in al-Riyadh met with a US Senate delegation led by Senator John Rockefeller. US diplomatic sources said that the members of the delegation discussed with Saudi Arabia's crown prince ME peace process developments and other conditions at the regional and international levels and relations between Saudi Arabia and the US. ------ "Saudi crown prince confers with US senator," Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 1/10/2002 , http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020110/2002011008.html
FEBRUARY 1, 2002 : (BEGINNING DATE FOR SAVING WHITE HOUSE MESSAGES REFERRED TO IN 2003 WILSON LEAK PROBE...)
FEBRUARY 2002 : (WILSON CAMPAIGN DONATION TO HILLARY CLINTON) Wilson donated $1,000 to Senator Hillary Clinton’s (D-NY) PAC just before leaving for Niger in February 2002- (Center For Responsive Politics, www.opensecrets.org , Accessed 9/29/03; Political Money Line, www.tray.com, Accessed 9/30/03; FOX’s “Fox And Friends,” 9/30/03) via - "SAY IT AIN’T SO JOES? Joe Lieberman & Joe Wilson Make Bold Assertions That Facts Don’t Support, "RNC Research, Republican National Committee, October 5, 2003
FEBRUARY 12, 2002 : (PLAME SENDS A MEMO TO A DEPUTY CHIEF IN THE CIA'S DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS CONCERNING HER HUSBAND- JOSEPH WILSON ) "...The report states that a CIA official told the Senate committee that Plame "offered up" Wilson's name for the Niger trip, then on Feb. 12, 2002, sent a memo to a deputy chief in the CIA's Directorate of Operations saying her husband "has good relations with both the PM [prime minister] and the former Minister of Mines (not to mention lots of French contacts), both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity." The next day, the operations official cabled an overseas officer seeking concurrence with the idea of sending Wilson, the report said. - by Sue? in the Washington Post, July 2004 via 36 posted on 07/10/2004 3:18:38 PM PDT by Shermy
FEBRUARY 13, 2002 : (DEPUTY CHIEF IN THE CIA'S DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS CABLES AN OVERSEAS OFFICER SEEKING CONCURANCE WITH THE IDEA OF SENDING WILSON TO NIGER)- by ?Sue Schmidt? in the Washington Post, July 2004 via 36 posted on 07/10/2004 3:18:38 PM PDT by Shermy
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Excellent!!!
I can't understand why some would think ANY of this is boring !)
Could you 're-do' the timeline posted earlier and insert this?