[MineralMan]

Well, once again, NewSmax writes a misleading headline, then doesn't really look at the Washington Post story as it is. It was not a complimentary story with regard to Bush.

You can read it yourself here. I didn't notice a link to the original story at NewSmax. Here's the WaPo link. Go read it yourself and see how NewSmax distorted their article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800895.html

[edpc]

Mr. Wilson originally claimed in a 2003 New York Times op-ed and in conversations with numerous reporters that he had debunked a report that Iraq was seeking to purchase uranium from Niger and that Mr. Bush's subsequent inclusion of that allegation in his State of the Union address showed that he had deliberately "twisted" intelligence "to exaggerate the Iraq threat." The material that Mr. Bush ordered declassified established, as have several subsequent investigations, that Mr. Wilson was the one guilty of twisting the truth. In fact, his report supported the conclusion that Iraq had sought uranium.

Mr. Wilson subsequently claimed that the White House set out to punish him for his supposed whistle-blowing by deliberately blowing the cover of his wife, Valerie Plame, who he said was an undercover CIA operative. This prompted the investigation by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald. After more than 2 1/2 years of investigation, Mr. Fitzgerald has reported no evidence to support Mr. Wilson's charge. In last week's court filings, he stated that Mr. Bush did not authorize the leak of Ms. Plame's identity. Mr. Libby's motive in allegedly disclosing her name to reporters, Mr. Fitzgerald said, was to disprove yet another false assertion, that Mr. Wilson had been dispatched to Niger by Mr. Cheney. In fact Mr. Wilson was recommended for the trip by his wife.

I'm not the least bit fooled into thinking The WaPo gang is on the Bush bandwagon. However, it doesn't look as though Wilson has as many friends in the DC media as he'd like.

[conservative blonde]

I don't agree with you. I read the story from the WaPo and while not "complimentary" to Bush, it is pretty middle of the road which is not their ususal reporting position. The article is not complimentary to Wilson at all and does validate the truth that Bush was authorized to declassify sensitive material. So, this could not have been a "leak." What I don't understand and no one seems to write about is that even after Libby gave this information to Judith Miller at the NYT, they never ran the story. So, this is all just a DemocRAT tempest in a teapot. As the WaPo story says eventually the White House held a briefing for all the media. Probably because Miller never filed the story.

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the links. I was looking for the article myself, but couldn't find it

[Sprite518]

I just read your link. What are you talking about? The last line in the article sums it up.

[js1138]

The only thing I see in the original article that is negative toward Bush is that his handling of the affair was clumsy.

I think Bush plays rope-a-dope with the press, allowing them to saw off the limb they sit on. I think many hot democrat issues will evaporate just in time for this November.