"Joe Wilson, "I was sent on a special mission to Niger by Vice President Dick Cheney." "
Lie. Wilson has stated publically that Cheney did NOT know of his trip.
The Senate Committee Report also stated that Wilson reached exactly the same conclusion as the US Ambassador to Niger.
""whom the CIA sent on a brief trip to Niger in February 2002."
That is an outright lie! Wilson's wife sent him to Niger in an attempt to undermine President Bush!"
Odd - since Wilson's wife worked for the CIA and recommended him for the trip to her superiors. Of course, Plame didn't have the authority to send WIlson herself - the decision was made by HER SUPERIORS - i.e., by the CIA. SO you are, in fact, WRONG.
Don't forget the real facts here:
For partisan political reasons, Karl Rove and/or other senior White House personnel KNOWINGLY exposed a NOC. They exposed one of the deepest cover agents the US has - just to play "hard ball" with a critic. They blew her cover - and possibly the cover of other agents as well (she might not be the only one at the same fake 'front' firm).
It's illegal - and it ought to be treason.
Bull. She was an analyst, not a field agent. She was reportedly compromised while in the field by Aldrich Ames, so she had to move to desk work at Langley.
Not Undercover == No Crime.