Posted on 11/23/2005 7:00:36 AM PST by conservativecorner
In violation of CIA regulations that bar contact with reporters without permission, Joseph Wilson's agency-employed wife Valerie Plame apparently accompanied him to a breakfast meeting with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof in which they discussed the ambassador's controversial mission to Niger one month before Plame allegedly was "outed" by Robert Novak.
In a WND column, investigative reporter Jack Cashill points to a "stunning admission" by Wilson in a January 2004 Vanity Fair magazine story that apparently has been overlooked.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
ROFL!
There also seems to be a missing player within, somebody had to give cover and nod for this mission, and it had to come from people with authority and ability to orchestrated the theme.
I still contend that an elected liberal dim was involved from the beginning and still left to be exposed.
Unclassified report from CIA Iraq WMD Program as of June 2001
Thank you and bttt.
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Iraq
Saddam's goals remain to reassert his rule over the Kurds in northern Iraq, undermine all UN restrictions on his military capabilities, and make Iraq the predominant military and economic power in the Persian Gulf and the Arab world. The on-going UN sanctions and US military presence continue to be the keys to restraining Saddam's ambitions. Indeed, years of UN sanctions, embargoes, and inspections, combined with US and Coalition military actions, have significantly degraded Iraq's military capabilities. Saddam's military forces are much smaller and weaker than those he had in 1991. Manpower and equipment shortages, a problematic logistics system, and fragile military morale remain major shortcomings. Saddam's paranoia and lack of trust – and related oppression and mistreatment – extend to the military, and are a drain on military effectiveness.
Nevertheless, Iraq's ground forces continue to be one of the most formidable within the region. They can move rapidly and pose a threat to Iraq's neighbors. Baghdad's air and air defense forces retain only a marginal defensive capability. The Air Force cannot effectively project air power outside Iraq's borders. Still, Saddam continues to threaten Coalition forces in the No Fly Zones, and remains committed to interfering with Coalition military operations monitoring his military activities.
Iraq retains a residual level of WMD and missile capabilities. The lack of intrusive inspection and disarmament mechanisms permits Baghdad to enhance these programs. Iraq probably retains limited numbers of SCUD-variant missiles, launchers, and warheads capable of delivering biological and chemical agents. Baghdad continues work on short-range (150 km) liquid and solid propellant missiles allowed by UNSCR 687 and can use this expertise for future long range missile development. Iraq may also have begun to reconstitute chemical and biological weapons programs.
Despite the damage done to Iraq's missile infrastructure during the Gulf War and Operation Desert Fox, Iraq may have ambitions for longer-range missiles, including an ICBM. Depending on the success of acquisition efforts and the degree of foreign support, it is possible that Iraq could develop and test an ICBM capable of reaching the US by 2015.
Saddam's regime will continue to pose political and military challenges to Coalition interests. Should sanctions be removed formally or become ineffective, Iraq will move quickly to expand its WMD and missile capabilities, develop a more capable strategic air defense system, and improve other conventional force capabilities. Saddam is intent on acquiring a large inventory of WMD and modernizing and expanding his fleet of tanks, combat aircraft, and artillery guns. While Iraq would still have to grapple with shortcomings in training and military leadership, such a modernized and expanded force would allow Saddam to increasingly threaten regional stability and ultimately, the global economy.
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Joe Wilson was on John Kerry's payroll and his website was hosted and paid for by Kerry
Joe Wilson has two (2) ex-wives - his pension is only $50,000 a year - before he pays alimony, etc.
Yet he bought a $750,000 home on about $35,000 net pension
Joe Wilson claims he was involved in business deals in Africa as a "consultant" - including Niger
What does Niger have to export that would be worth brokering?
Did the expenses the CIA paid to Joe Wilson finance his own business trip to Niger and sales to enemies of America?
See Jay Rockefeller's exposed "memo" - A clear blueprint on democrats attacking GW on everything and anything -
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Slick Willie & Hillary are in this up to their necks
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Yes the Iraq section hardly presents the appearance of what the liberals have been claiming that President Bush had already decided to remove Saddam.
So one does have to wonder what Jay Rockefeller was really doing in Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in Jan 2002.
What is not said under Iraq but given under Terrorism appears to go against what the liberals have been claiming all these years, Sunni Islamic extremists links to Bin Ladin, of which Saddam fits the profile. There was no greater Sunni Islamic extremist than Saddam.
"Terrorism
If Bin Ladin is killed or captured, there is no identified successor capable of rallying so many divergent nationalities, interests, and groups to create the kind of cohesion he fostered amongst Sunni Islamic extremists around the world. Bin Ladin is synonymous with Al Qaida, and the media attention he has garnered, along with his charisma and other attributes, have made him an inspirational rallying-point for like-minded extremists. With Bin Ladin's removal, the network most likely will eventually fragment under various lieutenants pursuing differing agendas with differing priorities."
Totally agree. So who is protecting Joe Wilson the III, his woman, and his company, from being investigated by a 'special prosecutor' or even within Congress, is there anybody left out there that can explain this insanity?
Hillary fired all the conservative and moderate federal prosecutors at the DOJ and embedded radical leftists
State Dept. and other agencies were most likely give the WH Travel Office exit also
Today these creeps infest and fight against GE & Cheney every day
Witness the jerk who worked for SoS Colin Powell at State that screamed that GW & Cheney have "highjacked" foreign policy
Of course he is now just another Richard Clarke, Joe Wilson, Begala, Mad Allbright, algore, Slick Willie, Sandy Burglar, etc. has been crook and liar selling ghost-written garbage books
During the Afghanistan War more leftie journalists were killed or executed by the Taliban and Al Qaeda than American and coalition troops
Now in Iraq the American and foreign press kisses up to the terrorists in their coverage and even meets with terrorists to get photos and story material
In effect - the media is now a greedy cowardly ally of Al Qaeda and other terrorists
They are no longer targeted or killed - by their new Islamic partners in terror
They have joined cnn which partnered with Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War for exclusive friendly broadcast rights from Bagdad
One of my all time favorites. Vintage Foggy Bottom. Nobody ever explained to these arrogant pin-striped gasbags that it is the President who decides on what the foreign policy will be, not Foggy Bottom--whose job it is to see to it that policy is carried out.
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Love your font colors, and your font.
They are perfect!
GOOD post!
Bump!
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I love the pictures and did when I had dial up.
I now have Comcast. hooray.
Plus we need to stop fighting among ourselves and concentrate on those trashy Wilsons.
You're absolutely right. We need to keep our priorities straight. I just have so much fight in me...unlike liberals who like to fight about everything!! Thanks for putting me back on the straight and narrow.
Thanks for the ping!
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