Wilson writes that six days before Novak's Plame column appeared, an unnamed FRIEND of his approached Novak on a Washington, D.C., street near George Washington University and accompanied the columnist for a couple blocks. Novak didn't know that the friend knew Wilson as the two engaged in conversation about the Niger affair. The friend asked Novak what he thought of Wilson.
Novak responded, "Wilson's an asshole. The CIA sent him. His wife, Valerie, works for the CIA. She's a weapons of mass destruction specialist. She sent him," and then the two parted.
The friend immediately called Wilson, and Wilson got in touch with Novak two days later.
Seems the "friend" plays both sides. Approaches Novak then runs to Wilson. From Novak's October 1, 2003, column: "I was curious why a high-ranking official in President Bill Clinton's National Security Council (NSC) was given this assignment. Wilson had become a vocal opponent of President Bush's policies in Iraq after contributing to Al Gore in the last election cycle and John Kerry in this one. "
From the October 2, 2003, edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports:
NOVAK: "On Monday, I began to report on something that I thought was very curious. Why was it that ambassador Wilson, who had no particular experience in weapons of mass destruction, and was a sharp critic of the Iraqi policy of President Bush and, also, had been a high-ranking official in the Clinton White House, who had contributed politically to Democrats -- some Republicans, but mostly Democrats -- why was he being selected? "
"I asked this question to a senior Bush administration official, and he said that he believed that the assignment was suggested by an employee at the CIA in the counterproliferation office who happened to be ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200508050005
Remember: ...the NY Times editorial, which was volunteered by Joe Wilson and allowed by the CIA. - He published his op-ed anyway. How seriously did Wilson and the CIA, take her security?
The Boston Globe went on the spy mission of their own with the discovery of Plame's bogus company: Brewster-Jennings...add to the "party mix" Contributions to Gore and Kerry.
Who's the Friend?
That's it!
Thanks for finding it
I wonder which one of them 'started' that converstion about Niger. Perhaps this 'friend' was fishing?
"I asked this question to a senior Bush administration official, and he said that he believed that the assignment was suggested by an employee at the CIA in the counterproliferation office who happened to be ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame."
And I wonder if that phrase was actually SPOKEN by the "senior Bush administration official," or was that something that Novak had found out on his own.
And thanks SO much, fight; I knew I remember something like this, but couldn't find it! I love FR!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664251/posts?page=66#66
fight_truth_decay found that!
We're all wondering which VIPs turncoat that was.