As I said the first time, this synopsis will come as no great revelation to informed Freepers, but I think it could be useful for educating your less-informed friends and relatives about the Plame affair.
The "big picture" of the Plame thing has never been properly presented, hance most of the general public is ignorant of the ridiculousness of the whole thing. This article is an attempt to fight such ignorance. If you like it, please forward it to your friends and relatives. Thanks.
excellent analysis
Very good. Hope you don't mind if I pass this on.
Bookmarked it. Thanks.
"educating your less-informed friends and relatives about the Plame affair."
Like my son who believed about a year ago that Rove had already left the WH over this and Cheney was next. Sigh... he reads the left wing blogs and believes them, but then, he lives in California so even though it's probably a losing battle I'll send this to him.
Thanks...it's hard to make sense of something so senseless but I think you did a good job.
Thanks bump
to be read later.
Deserves to be posted again. I actually think Wilson and Plame should be brought up on charges of fraud and misuse of public funds.
Bookmarked. Thank you for sharing your hard work!
Well done! :)
Fitzgerald is a moron.
Gotta feel sorry for Libby. Bet his legal fees are daunting.
BUMP!
bttt
Good points and makes sense. Unfortunatatly Fitz doesn't.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Thanks. I've forwarded to non-freepers for their information.
Since there is no evidence that Plame was covert, and there is no evidence even hinting that President Bush terminated Plame's non-existant covert status, the entire discussion in this item is hypothetical and moot. In fact, this stated "reason" is completely immaterial to the Plame case, and might even mislead uninformed readers.
Yes, I know that it is tempting to rebut arguments from the left, no matter how unfounded and idiotic those arguments may be, but IMHO #4 is a non-sequitur that does little, if anything, to add to the already strong and relevant arguments in the rest of the piece.
It is amazing when you compare the media reaction to a real national security threat-- like Sandy Burglar's destruction of vital national security documents-- to this non-event.
Great job debunking the Plame Shame.
There is even a bigger picture.
This wasn't the first time Joe went to Niger to 'spy' for the CIA.
He was asked to do the same during the Clinton adminstration.
The situation was almost exactly the same.
He was going to Libya on 'company business'.
The CIA was trying to find out if Niger was selling yellowcake ore to Saddam.
Since Joe was going, and had plenty of contacts there (he was a close friend and business partner of the President of Niger), he was asked to 'spy' for the CIA.
All expenses paid, no non-disclosure agreements to sign.
Makes sense. Who would think he was a spy? In Niger?
Here's the BIG PICTURE.
That 'company business' that Joe was on. JC Wilson Ventures, Intl.
The reason he was going to Niger in the first place.
Guess what his company does, and why he had to be there.
They are brokers for foreign nationals. They specifically were the broker (and Joe was the primary handler on these deals) for the sales of yellowcake ore for the President of Niger.
Each time, Saddam somehow purchased large quantities of yellowcake ore. (likely through Libya)