[cyncooper]

Note how, between February and July, Wilson's story morphs from no mention during the Moyers interview, to a phone call to State to voice concern, then a statement indicating that he's OK with everything as long as the Administration admitted its SOUA mistake, to the above quote with its suggestion of danger to kids, to where we are today.

Excellent work.

I would add this anti-war column written by one Joseph Wilson in The Nation:

Republic or Empire?

Issue date of The Nation is March 3, but note, web posted on February 13, 2003.

This dovetails with your post-SOTU/pre-NY Times no mention of any concern regarding the representations made by President Bush in his speech in reference to uranium and Africa.

Also, I'm sure you see that Wilson writing in The Nation means it is no surprise that it is David Corn that starts the drumbeat about the "outing" of Plame.

[Wolfstar]

Thank you SO much for the link to that early piece in The Nation by Wilson. I had not seen it before. Yep, he missed another golden opportunity to state his concerns openly to a friendly audience. The obvious conclusion to draw is that he didn't have any such concerns initially, but that it became a convenient excuse to insert himself into the controversy that arose from the SOUA.

Other FReepers have said they think there is a wider story here, and they may well be right. But at least insofar as the thread that winds through to eruption of the current "leak" controversy, it looks like Wilson, Pincus, Corn, and probably Wilson's wife are the key players.