I do believe the CIA under George Tenet has not served this President or, more importantly, this nation well. But that is a subject for another day since it deserves a great deal of in-depth scrutiny.
Thanks, great work on this. As far as who got Wilson his assignment to go to Niger, IMHO it was his wife. From the LATimes 10/1/03:
In addition to Wilson's report "a senior CIA official, Alan Foley, told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that he, too, was skeptical of the uranium claim, and said he had urged the NSC's chief weapons proliferation expert, Robert Joseph, to leave it out of the president's speech.
"Wilson's wife works with Foley in the CIA's Nonproliferation Center."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scandal1oct01,1,1890560.story?coll=la-home-leftrail And, IMHO, I think the only reason this got elevated to an actual FBI investigation was because Sen. Schumer was pushing for it.
But, why is Schumer so involved with this. He serves on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Judiciary Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Rules Committee. He is also Ranking Member of the Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee and the Economic Policy Subcommittee. None of this (except maybe administrative oversight) would seem to be related to the issue of CIA leaks.
Schumer is much more known for his penchant for political grandstanding, not devotion to national security issues, yet no one has questioned his motivations. Or who leaked to NBC's Andrea Mitchell that the investigation request was upgraded to an FBI investigation.
Anyway, thanks once again.