Our 27 months of hell (Joe Wilson, need I say more?)

L.A. Times ^ | October 29, 2005 | Joe Wilson

[AliVeritas]

AFTER THE two-year smear campaign orchestrated by senior officials in the Bush White House against my wife and me, it is tempting to feel vindicated by Friday's indictment of the vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Between us, Valerie and I have served the United States for nearly 43 years. I was President George H.W. Bush's acting ambassador to Iraq in the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, and I served as ambassador to two African nations for him and President Clinton. Valerie worked undercover for the CIA in several overseas assignments and in areas related to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

But on July 14, 2003, our lives were irrevocably changed. That was the day columnist Robert Novak identified Valerie as an operative, divulging a secret that had been known only to me, her parents and her brother.

Valerie told me later that it was like being hit in the stomach. Twenty years of service had gone down the drain. She immediately started jotting down a checklist of things she needed to do to limit the damage to people she knew and to projects she was working on. She wondered how her friends would feel when they learned that what they thought they knew about her was a lie.

[AliVeritas]

There's a special place for this guy.

[MizSterious]

I don't know. Perhaps even Satan would shun this one. (Not sure where ELSE he might go, though.)

[Cagey]

Someone on the radio last night described Wilson as a "Drama Queen". A fitting description if there ever was one.

[MizSterious]

"...divulging a secret that had been known only to me, her parents and her brother."

But what about those who report him going around cocktail parties introducing her as his "CIA spy wife"?

[MNJohnnie]

Or the Neigbors who knew she worked for the CIA?

[MizSterious]

Surely, they can't all be "her brothers."

[MJY1288]

"Valerie told me later that it was like being hit in the stomach. Twenty years of service had gone down the drain. She immediately started jotting down a checklist of things she needed to do to limit the damage to people she knew and to projects she was working on. She wondered how her friends would feel when they learned that what they thought they knew about her was a lie."

Where is my Violin when I need it

[JennysCool]

Boo Hoo.

Gonna start calling him "Woe Joe."

Also, what's the over/under on a divorce within a year?

[Agent Smith]

Yes, you need to say more...how about BARF ALERT?

[MJY1288]

Looks to me that he is setting the table for a huge Law Suit

[TADSLOS]

Valerie worked undercover for the CIA in several overseas assignments and in areas related to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Key statement. Be careful what you wish for, Joe...

[lillybet]

I bet there was a secret little part of them That wanted the hole world and his aunty to know.

[MizSterious]

Let's hope that it is headed for a civil court. Discovery could be delicious.

[AliVeritas]

Doesn't count... they were democrats. sarc off>

[AmericaUnited]

Lying, pompous scumbags like Wilson ALWAYS over play thier hand. Expect a lawsuit and then defense discovery that will destroy these bozos.

[mortal19440]

But she wasn't covert according to the law. This investigation should have been stopped the minute it was determined that she hadn't been overseas in 7 years. This is classic gotcha on an offense that occurred because of an unneeded investigation.

[Bahbah]

Although there were suggestions that she was behind the decision to send me to Niger, the CIA told Newsday just a week after the Novak article appeared that "she did not recommend her husband to undertake the Niger assignment."

He just can't stop lying, can he? This guy is pathological. So is the LATimes.

[hgro]

One can judge a female by her pick in a husband. Ms Plame wanted and got a hustler that is a liar and an opportunist. He is an example of what constitutes a typical State Department employee. She, showing her extremely poor judgement in picking this loony for a husband, demonstrates the typical CIA employee. The CIA is the government agency assigned to protect the country interests with floozies like Ms. Wilson/Plame? God help us!!

[new yorker 77]

How can anyone so greasy be the hope of the Libs in 2006?

You grab a hold of him and slip right off.