Was it really a secret that Joe Wilson's wife worked for the CIA? (AWESOME Dirt On Joe Wilson!)

National Review ^ | September 29, 2003 | Clifford D. May

[dirtboy]

If Wilson said this...

Did some Googleing. Looks like Wilson did say that. Methinks that Wilson is now subject to possible criminal prosecution for making a false charge.

[mewzilla]

Not to mention a slander suit.

[Pubbie]

Ok, I just posted your story in Frontpage news.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[Redcoat LI]

It seems like Wilson has personal issues with Rove,and he is riding this for that purpose. The Rats and the media picked up on this and are going to run with it.Wilson is the weak link,the more light is shed on him,the weaker the case becomes.In the end,he won't get Rove,they won't get Bush,and this guy can slink away into the gutter,from whence he came.

[leadpenny]

Thanks JVb. It's beginning to look like Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers might be fidgeting in their graves after seeing the antics of these amatuers (Wilson and his dem enablers, I mean).

[ravingnutter]

Why is Novak getting the kid glove treatment?

Because Novak never said administration officials gave him that info. Click here for the info

This whole scandal was cooked up by the leftists who twisted Novak's words.

[prairiebreeze]

Bookmarking for later read

Prairie

[reegs]

I can just see Wilson sitting, sipping sweet green tea in the embasssy, chatting with the Nigerians:

Joe Wilson: So, has Saddam contacted you about purchasing uranium?

Nigerian (suspicious): Should he have?

Joe Wilson: No, it would be bad for your country if he did.

Nigerian: No, we have not had contact with Saddam about uranium!

[Let's Roll]

Letting it be known that Wilson's wife is CIA only lends credibility to Wilson's criticism of the Administration. Wilson is the one with the motive, not the WH.

[LibFreeUSA]

Why do the RATS always play the game as if it were for keeps - take no prisoners style, and constantly on the attack, never caring how they look in the process, just so long as they keep trying to drive their point home.

Our side (Republicans / even the non-RINOs) are more concerned about appearing 'likable' and 'gentlemanly', than driving home a point on a consitant, and 'attacking' mode.

I'm tired of this crap!

Let's call a spade a spade.

These RATS are "UNPATRIOTIC"!!! and don't give a damn about supporting direct and unilateral actions to protect our national security.

[Toespi]

"At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs."

If this is an exact quote, one should ask, who is "WE."

[mattdono]

Well, this whole thing is a farce anyway. Here is the text of the law that supposedly has been violated.

Sec. 421. - Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources

(a) Disclosure of information by persons having or having had access to classified information that identifies covert agent

Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified information

Whoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identify of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents

Whoever, in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's classified intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(d) Imposition of consecutive sentences

A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment

[Emphasis added].

This law applies to covert operatives. Now, up to this point, I have read nothing that asserts Wilson's wife as being a covert operative. She is an analyst. I don't know the CIAs particular career track, but analysts are typically analysts for a reason. Perhaps they don't have the skills or savvy needed for field work? Perhaps their area of expertise is of an analytic (hence, the job title) rather than an operational level?

Either way, nothing about this seems to be anything more than an opportunity for the President's political opponents.

[Pubbie]

Somebody needs to e-mail this to Rush and Hannity because the network news certainly isn't going to cast Jumpin Joe in a bad light...

[mattdono]

You're right of course...anyone have the email addresses handy?

Also, I meant to include the source...here it is

[Pubbie]

Do a google search, you'll find their shows easily.

[iceskater]

bookmark to read later

[Republican Red]

Wilson is backtracking now because I think he figured out he could be sued for libel!

"In order to prove defamation, you have to be able to prove that what was said or written about you was false. If the information is true, or if you consented to publication of the material, you will not have a case. However, you may bring an defamatory action if the comments are so reprehensible and false that they effect your reputation in the community or cast aspersions on you."

Sue him for every penny he's got Karl!

[mattdono]

Busy...no time to search, thought another FREEPER might have had them at the ready. I did already fire it off to my local drive-time host.

[geedee]

Man, you're good. If I ever need a "net-nose" to root out some facts for me . . . you've got the job. Great catches, keep on strokin'!