[Just mythoughts]

What I can't understand is how they lost control of him.

He exposed himself and the fact that there are some hidden someplace within these government agencies who have an agenda to undermind President Bush and protecting this nation.

Mr. Wilson has destroyed his own credibility, and if he had kept his mouth shut and his words out of print who would have ever know things were not adding up. So makes one wonder if his drama of past weeks was an attempt to divert attention cause he had been found out.

Reason for demand of "Special Counsel" take the focus of answering questions about what really is going on and also attempt to control the investigation by getting one of their own to run it.

[WHBates]

You make some very good points. But the also exposes how unprofessionally this organization is run.

It use to be when the CIA was asked to confirm or deny the name of an agent they would say nothing.

Who has lost credibility is the US when it appears that our own agency is working against our interest. Did they even try to confirm what the Blair goverment was saying about the issue. That is what they should have been doing.

[independentmind]

Reason for demand of "Special Counsel" take the focus of answering questions about what really is going on and also attempt to control the investigation by getting one of their own to run it.

The request for a Special Counsel is motivated by the desire to drag this scandal out until the next presidential election.