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FR ALERT: 2002 Official Bio of Joseph Wilson mentions his wife
Middle East Institute ^
| 9/30/03
Posted on 09/30/2003 8:57:16 AM PDT by Wolfstar
Following is the official biograph of Amb. Joseph Wilson, copyrighted by The Middle East Institution in 2002. Note that his wife's maiden name is given, although no mention is made of her occupation. Because the bio is copyrighted, the following is an exerpt. Please click the link above to read the entire bio if interested:
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Ambassador Wilson is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development.
Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clintons historic trip to Africa in March 1998.
Ambassador Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghdad, Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. During Desert Shield he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of Desert Storm.
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In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.
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Ambassador Wilson was raised in California and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1972.
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He is married to the former Valerie Plame and has two sons and two daughters.
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Please CLICK HERE for info on the Middle East Institute.<.b> Note that a link to a website for Wilson's own company does not come up on a Google search.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; josephwilson; karlrove; presidentbush; robertnovak; smear; valerieplame
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To: TheStickman
ping for you.
I am laughing now.
You should call in to WORD if they discuss this.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:19:09 AM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: Miss Marple
You deserve the thanks, Miss Marple. I'm sorry I forgot that it was you who mentioned this info the other day, and who inspired me to post the whole bio.
42
posted on
09/30/2003 10:48:55 AM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(NO SECURITY = NO ECONOMY)
To: Wolfstar
Well, you are welcome. Thank you for having the sense to post it as a separate thread!
I have a couple hours this afternoon. I think I will see what other interesting things I can discover. Google is SUCH a handy tool!
To: alnick
How about the White House. From Alberto Gonzales: "We were informed last evening by the Department of Justice that it has opened an investigation into possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee."
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:19:27 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: lugsoul
From Alberto Gonzales: "We were informed last evening by the Department of Justice that it has opened an investigation into possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee."
45
posted on
09/30/2003 11:32:54 AM PDT
by
alnick
To: MizSterious
I'm sorry apparently there is a block. The Wilson-Washington Post report 040303 can be found by using Google and entering:
Wilson washingtonpost
Check entry number 6, or thereabouts; article is archived by reference to term: discuss.wasshingtonpost
46
posted on
09/30/2003 11:49:13 AM PDT
by
gaspar
To: lugsoul
"...and Novak's claim is contradicted by the CIA."Ummmm.............no offense intended, but do you mind quoting your source? Everything I've heard and read has said exactly the opposite.
To: Wolfstar
48
posted on
09/30/2003 12:27:41 PM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: alnick
Your torturing of the language is Clintonesque. That says possible unauthorized disclosures. Not a possible undercover CIA agent.
49
posted on
09/30/2003 12:27:43 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: visualops
No one is claiming that it was a secret she was married to Wilson. The secret is that she was CIA.
50
posted on
09/30/2003 12:29:02 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: nutmeg
I emailed CNS News about it (the bio is posted online 3 places). The guy wrote me back thanking me, so it's just a matter of time before it's all over. Tonight it'll be on Fox.
51
posted on
09/30/2003 12:30:59 PM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: RightOnline
The White House says she is (was) an undercover CIA agent.
I've seen about 20 press reports like this: H"owever, in the July 14 article, Novak wrote that Plame "is an agency operative on weapons of mass destruction." Novak said Monday that he will not reveal the names of his sources. Other CIA sources told CNN on Monday that Plame was an operative who ran agents in the field."
The ONLY person claiming she was a mere analyst is NOVAK, and this contradicts his own column.
52
posted on
09/30/2003 12:32:50 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: Wolfstar
I don't think it was her name as much as it was her job classification. To reveal the name of a CIA "operative" is considered a crime - because that designation would be considered classified information.
However, Novak has said that she was just an analyst at the CIA - not an operative. And .. Novak said the CIA told him that information.
53
posted on
09/30/2003 12:47:53 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(America - The Greatest Nation on the Face of the Earth)
To: lugsoul
Sorry, but it has not been made clear yet whether she was covert or not. She may have been, and I'm on record stating that Novak is not in a position to know one way or another because if she was/is covert, the CIA is not going to just tell Novak. They'd deny it.
But it's still an open question. You don't have to like that I pointed that out, but that's just the way it is.
54
posted on
09/30/2003 1:13:48 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: lugsoul
lug...I guess I have to follow you around FR today and correct you.
Please read Cliff May's piece on NRO, HERE. I have excerpted a pertainent passage for convenience.
<excerpt>
On July 14, Robert Novak wrote a column in the Post and other newspapers naming Mr. Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA operative.
That wasn't news to me. I had been told that but not by anyone working in the White House. Rather, I learned it from someone who formerly worked in the government and he mentioned it in an offhand manner, leading me to infer it was something that insiders were well aware of.
</excerpt>
Look, it is ok for you to not the like and disagree the President. It is ok that you want to be here on FR to malign the President. However, it is not ok for you to continually accuse everyone of spinning and make outlandish and totally unsupported statements.
I don't mind the debate with you. We have done this before. However, your debate tactic of accusing others of spin, buying the liberal democrat party line of attacking the President, and not offering SOURCED evidence to support your claims is getting a little old.
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posted on
09/30/2003 1:24:12 PM PDT
by
mattdono
To: lugsoul
The White House says she is (was) an undercover CIA agent. Again, wrong. You are stating something that is simply not correct. The White House Counsel said:
We were informed last evening by the Department of Justice that it has opened an investigation into possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee.
They didn't say that she was or wasn't. They said that there is an investigation into whether a possible unauthorized disclosure occurred.
56
posted on
09/30/2003 1:27:30 PM PDT
by
mattdono
To: lugsoul
The deal is she used her maiden name at work. So if you know your wife works for the CIA under her maiden name, why on earth reveal her maiden name in your bio? It's completely unnecessary. That's the point.
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posted on
09/30/2003 3:43:11 PM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: mattdono
Now you are just lying, mattdono. I haven't attacked the President at all. I haven't said he had anything to do with this at all. And if someone in his admin had something to do with it, I hope he nails their hide to the wall. BUT, you have a bunch of people running around here repeating things like "she was merely an analyst" and "Novak didn't hear it from anyone at the White House" and those things are categorically untrue. Do you think the CIA would ask for an investigation if someone revealed the name of a non-covert analyst who everyone knew worked for them?
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posted on
10/01/2003 7:36:15 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: mattdono
What do you think undercover means? Where did the White House say she was an "alleged" undercover employee? Oh, yeah - they didn't.
59
posted on
10/01/2003 7:37:13 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: visualops
From Novak himself:
"A big question is her duties at Langley. I regret that I referred to her in my column as an "operative," a word I have lavished on hack politicians for more than 40 years. While the CIA refuses to publicly define her status, the official contact says she is "covered" -- working under the guise of another agency."
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posted on
10/01/2003 7:43:43 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
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