After seeing that black and white photo of the Wilsons in Time magazine, I think it's unlikely that either one of them is capable of plotting the destruction of a sitting president and the nullification of a legitimate election which is what was attempted by this Wilson-to-Niger/covert-agent-Plame-revealed.
There is a cabal of media, political party operatives, Clinton hold-overs in sensitive areas of intelligence agencies. None of our allies trusts these agencies.
I don't think foreign/unfriendlies can be left out of the mix, and not just Islamic unfriendlies. Every day the French media and pols are trying to suppress information about the machinations of French pols/moneymen/military/intelligence (particularly, industrial spying) --- it's a mare's nest at the Palace.
Does anyone have that creepy photo of old Joe looking befuddled and Valerie in pajamas and bunny slippers looking distraught? Two drama queens.
There is so much more to this than the media dimwits can even grasp. Chris Matthews' take on events has more to do with his juvenile devotion to the screenplay for "The Godfather," with him as Michael, than to any facts he has dug up on his own.
That is one of the more cheering aspects of our political culture to our enemies. The undeviating course the media takes to contain and suppress what is really going on.
I checked out CQ - good information. Interesting how the most important fact in Novak's article is overlooked by the media. I agree that wilson/plame aren't capable but others used them to take the opportunity to attempt to smear this administration. It is still going on, and the spinning is intense. Wilson/plame made out okay, but in my opinion we might be seeing the beginnings of the biggest backfire in politics. The next election is right around the corner.
The living must be good that fitz stayed on the dole this long for nothing.
One more thought. Why would MSNBC ride the dying horse of Matthews for so long when his primary objective has been the non-story of plamegate? With just 360,000 viewers, wouldn't a suffering organization bite the bullet and shake things up? All I see is a general re-re-resurfacing of the rotor instead of a replacement knowing that it is below spec.