In July Time Magazine Interview, Joe Wilson Said His Wife Had Nothing To Do With Niger Trip

Time Magazine ^ | Thursday, Jul. 17, 2003 | By MATTHEW COOPER, MASSIMO CALABRESI AND JOHN F. DICKERSON

[Pubbie]

"In an interview with TIME, Wilson, who served as an ambassador to Gabon and as a senior American diplomat in Baghdad under the current president's father, angrily said that his wife had nothing to do with his trip to Africa. "That is bulls__t. That is absolutely not the case," Wilson told TIME. "I met with between six and eight analysts and operators from CIA and elsewhere [before the Feb 2002 trip]. None of the people in that meeting did I know, and they took the decision to send me. This is a smear job."

Another Big-Juicy-Lie from Jumpin Joe Wilson; his wife, we now know, had EVERYTHING to do with sending him to Niger.

Also, Wilson NEVER FILED A REPORT to the CIA on his activities in Niger.

[My2Cents]

Wait...He said HIS WIFE had nothing to do with the Niger trip? Maybe he was the one who leaked her name!

[camas]

if he wrote a report it would have been classified so how do you know he didn't write a report.

[Pubbie]

The CIA says he never filed a report, that's why Cheney never heard about Wilson's trip

[Diogenesis]

Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Does this not mean that TIME outed his wife.

So many lies. All from Wilson.

[Sub-Driver]

this guy will be a puddle of gravy by next week...

[ravingnutter]

The agency pointed out that Iraq already had 500 tons of uranium, portions of which came from Niger, according to the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA).

There it is again. The admission that Saddam already had uranium. The original admission from the CIA:

An unsigned CIA memo on Oct. 5 advised that "the CIA had reservations about the British reporting" on Iraq's alleged attempts in Niger, Hadley [No.2 guy on Bush's National Security team] said. A second memo, sent on Oct. 6, elaborated on the CIA's doubts, describing "some weakness in the evidence," such as the fact that Iraq already had a large stock of uranium and probably wouldn't need more, Hadley said.

Source

Whether or not he sought uranium is irrelevant, if he already HAD enough uranium to do the dirty deed. This is driving me crazy....

[Sacajaweau]

Where the hell is the TRUTH in any of this, starting with Wilson's "UNDOCUMENTED" report.

Again, I think this is just a diversion from the Hitlery connection to the arrest of the Guantanamo spies.

There was a big flack about someone connected to terrorism at a Whitehouse function not too long ago. Then it became known that he was also there when Clinton was in office and the story died. Anyone remember this? (Sorry, I'm a little (a lot) off the immediate topic.)

[Southack]

"And some government officials have noted to TIME in interviews, (as well as to syndicated columnist Robert Novak) that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."

An interesting thing to print back in July...

[ravingnutter]

Anyone remember this?

Yes...it was Sami Al-Arian...there are several stories on this page. This CNN story mentions the visit to the WH while Clinton was President.

[Mo1]

if he wrote a report it would have been classified so how do you know he didn't write a report.

Because good old Joe said so in his op-ed piece

http://foi.missouri.edu/terrorintelligence/whatididnt.html

Though I did not file a written report, there should be at least four documents in United States government archives confirming my mission. The documents should include the ambassador's report of my debriefing in Niamey, a separate report written by the embassy staff, a C.I.A. report summing up my trip, and a specific answer from the agency to the office of the vice president (this may have been delivered orally). While I have not seen any of these reports, I have spent enough time in government to know that this is standard operating procedure.

[Williams]

Now this story interests me. If Time Magazine reported his wife's name AND what she did with the CIA, where is the story?
Plus, it's obvious he discussed thsi with time. Why would it matter what the Administration said to Robert Novak?

[JohnnyZ]

Does this not mean that TIME outed his wife.

His wife is a lesbian? Maybe Hillary was the leak . . .

[Revolting cat!]

In July Time Magazine Interview, Joe Wilson Said His Wife Had Nothing To Do With Niger Trip

Can you say "Niger" any more? Arrest him for "Racism"!

[OldFriend]

The uranium NEVER EVER had anything to do with the US......it was always about British intelligence.

[Mo1]

The CIA says he never filed a report, that's why Cheney never heard about Wilson's trip

Also note in Joe's op-ed piece .. that her never saw the orginal memo

http://foi.missouri.edu/terrorintelligence/whatididnt.html

As for the actual memorandum, I never saw it. But news accounts have pointed out that the documents had glaring errors — they were signed, for example, by officials who were no longer in government — and were probably forged. And then there's the fact that Niger formally denied the charges.)

[Pubbie]

This article was written on July 17th, when did Novak write his column???

[VRWC_minion]

I met with between six and eight analysts

THe number 6 keeps coming up. 6 reproters called, 6 analysts ? Also, does anyone think that the gov't would assing 6 to 8 different analysts to talk to one man about an assignment ?

[Mo1]

It came out on July 14


http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20030714.shtml

[Grampa Dave]

This makes Slime a revealer and endangerer of the famous Ms Plame back in July.