Replies

The difference is Wilson stated on the record that Cheney would know the result of his tea-sipping trip (so what) and therefore "knew" the uranium story was bogus (which it has not been determined to be despite Wilson's claims).

However, Tenet says Wilson's report was not conclusive and the VP was NOT briefed on it.

i don't contest any of that. tenet did indeed correct wilson's false assumption.

what i was speaking to is the matter of the vice president's apparent interest in the reliability of the uranium story. it was that interest that led to wilson's being sent to africa, though some here try to claim that the CIA was just doing this all on their own, without any connection to the white house.

Isn't Wilson the one claiming it was the VP who was the drivig force in this? And so what IF he was? What does that signify to you? The story has not been discreditied and the VP wasn't briefed on Wilson's return trip observations.

Wilson's credibility is shot.

Hang on and I'll be showing what he was saying last fall about Iraq and their attempts to build up their nuclear program----and his statement that Saddam absolutely positively had chemical and biological weapons.

Just a sec.

Here's what Wilson was saying last October. Do I think Saddam had chemical and biological weapons based on his say-so? No. I trust our administration officials based on the credibility they have built up. I note what Wilson says at one time, and then changes his tune apparently for political expediency:

Bush Nuke Basher Admitted Saddam Sought the Bomb

Though former acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq Joseph C. Wilson's op-ed in the Times warned that Bush might have led the U.S. to war "under false pretenses" by ginning up a bogus nuclear threat, he was singing a different tune during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" nine months ago.

~snip~

WILSON: Well, first of all, Sean – just a second. Just let me be very clear. He has chemical weapons.

HANNITY: Right.

WILSON: He has biological weapon capability ...

HANNITY: Right.

WILSON: ... and may have biological weapons. He doesn't have nuclear weapons, to the best of anybody's knowledge, even though he has an aggressive program to try and get them.

HANNITY: He's working hard to get them, but – but, I mean, if we don't ...

WILSON; That's right. [End of Excerpt]