[PhiKapMom]

This is Wilson's biography! Note that he went to work for Foreign Service under Carter. Looks like a lot of the Carter appointees to Foreign service are turning out to be bad apples.

AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV

Ambassador Wilson is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development.

Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clinton’s historic trip to Africa in March 1998.

Ambassador Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghdad, Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. During “Desert Shield” he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of “Desert Storm.”

Ambassador Wilson was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service from 1976 until 1998. His early assignments included Niamey, Niger, 1976-1978; Lome, Togo, 1978-79; the State Department Bureau of African Affairs, 1979-1981; and Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1982.

In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission in Bujumbura, Burundi. In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, Congo, 1986-88, prior to his assignment to Baghdad.

Ambassador Wilson was raised in California and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1972. He is a graduate of the Senior Seminar (1992), the most advanced International Affairs training offered by the U.S. Government. He speaks fluent French.

Ambassador Wilson holds the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, the University of California, Santa Barbara Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the American Foreign Service Association William R. Rivkin Award. Additionally, he has been decorated as a Commander in the Order of the Equatorial Star by the Government of Gabon and as an Admiral in the El Paso Navy by the El Paso County Commissioners.

He is married to the former Valerie Plame and has two sons and two daughters.

[PhiKapMom]

Here is the tie-in to the RATs from his own biography:

"In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow."

[EllaMinnow]

"In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley"

I think that Wilson should always be identified as "former aide to Al Gore" instead of "ambassador." It tells us all we need to know about his agenda.

[hoosiermama]

First, for those of us that have been in and out the last coupleof days will one of you list step by step what happened and post it on a thread for all. THe comments have gotten too combersome to weed through. People need the facts presently simply.

Second, I've been thinking there are four possibility with this Terrance J. Willenson fellow:
1, He doesn't exist; has never existed and is just a cop out by DT. Goal: DT is in CYA mode.
2. He exist and is a solo "con" artist. If so he has some major psychosis and this is not the only news agency he has conned. A police sketch of him should be circulated, and everyone who has had contact with him should come forward. The con is getting some "jollies" from his success/power!

3. He exists and is a member of an organized group. Most of the above applies that he would also hit on other agencies, but he would not be the only one doing so. There would be a ring of "sources" providing false information to many agencies. This should be a warning to all journalist. to get several sources and cross check the data. Goal: to destroy what "they" consider the opposition.


4. He is a "Paid" plant. (There may be others) SImilar to 3. but he is not actually one of them. (His life may be in danger or he may be the target of blackmail. OR He may be doing this for pay). In this senerio he is a pawn, manipulating the other pieces on the board. In this case, he may have actually tried to come forward or "retire" We may or may not find his body.

[hoosiermama]

Just got back! GREAT JOB!

[piasa]

That says a lot about him, Carter empoloyee and a Gorebot to boot.

[piasa]

That says a lot about him, Carter appointee and a Gorebot to boot.