Small Potatoes
Something doesn't smell right with the idea that Plame was outed because the WH was tricking the media, the congress, and the public into ignoring the report from Wilson on Iraq's attempted purchase of yellowcake. I don't buy the theory that Plame was outed simply because the WH knew the Niger story was a lie. A lot of folks knew it was a lie in March 2003, some sooner. How would "outing" Plame protect a lie already known?
Around the world many news agencies, blogs, and papers were reporting the Niger documents were faked. Anyone blogging, surfing, reading, or stumbling around online for news would have come across a few reports of the lie, months before Wilson put it in print. On March 24, 2003 Seymour Hersh reported in the The New Yorker that Mohamed ElBaradei on March 7, 2003 told the UN Security Council the Niger story was a fake.
ElBaradei was given the documents in February and he and his team concluded almost immediately the documents were false, with signatures of a Niger foreign minister who had not been in office since 1989, outdated letterhead, incorrect names of Nigerian officials, etc. How does an administration so effective and efficient it can steal two presidential elections, pull off an inside 9/11, have Mossad & CIA at their elbow, but fail at producing one set of simple forged letters?
Wilson's op-ed on the Niger yellowcake was published July 6, 2003 in the NYT. Hardly news to anyone reading anything relevant before July. More questions, when I misspend time on the matter, is why would the CIA send Wilson if he wasn't going to play their way? Why would Wilson wait until July to go public if the mention of Niger yellowcake in Bush's January SOTU speech bothered him, as he states? What would it benefit the WH to "out" Plame? Was the "outing" revenge? Revenge for what, for Wilson reporting what was already old news from El Baradei and Hersh? Seems the WH "outing" only made the original lie a shiny sparkling glare in the national bauble.
Regardless how stupid some believe Bush to be, those faceless directors offstage are anything but. Remember the agency Plame works/worked for and that it's job is deceit. Regardless who goes down in this Niger Wilson Plame Rove Scooter-gate, the US is still committed to years of occupation in the Middle East, billions have disappeared, billions have been made in profit, the nation is literally bleeding to debt and death. Bush, Cheney, Rove, Scooter, Wilson, Plame are small potatoes.
One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven potato more. Bush Cheney soda cracker, Rove blossom boo, Judy Scooter, soda cracker out goes Y-O-U!
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As one who was reading overseas news, blogs and more specifically, Hersh, I find the whole game puzzling. Wilson waited too long, and says very little. The msm characterization and descriptions of Valerie's job don't add up. Judy Miller in jail is a wild card play. Novak remains standing, controversial articles proudly displayed.
Dubya is much slicker than Willy ever was, and Team Bush takes no prisoners.
This is one for Brother Cadfael.
Kathy F.
Thx a lot, Kate! I was fairly satisfied with my cursory understanding of issues, events, players, and timelines. Now it's all up in the air for me, like a gust of wind blew over the card table. I'm immersed, if not mired, in hours of reading on such sites as talkleft, firedoglake, perrspectives (great resource linkage!), findlaw, etc. and ad nauseum. I just hope Fitzgerald stays safe and sound if he's as good as they say, and, I have to wonder why Condi's name has not been mentioned since she was in the WH Iraq Group and played her part in hyping the threat of WMDs.
dus7
Hmmm. Maybe they want to reserve Condi for the 2008 face-off with Hillary. I can't imagine those two running but ... if the GOP is as damaged politically as some think they may believe Condi can pull off a win, thinking that Blacks would vote Condi just coz she be Black.
The whole Wilson/Plame is a scam, distracting from something else, much worse and completely unrelated. As for Fitzgerald - I don't trust anyone spending this much time and tax money on anything that will not benefit we the people. Maybe he's the Ken Starr of this era. The neocon version of an intern and semen stain but with spies and intrigue, as conservative presidents don't have sex after they're elected. :)
Having just heard MSNBC break the news that bush ratings are in the toilet even more with a rating of only 2% of black voters supporting Bush I agree Condasleeza is being kept in the wings to try to garner some Black Votes. They can't seem to make up their minds to either supress the black vote as they did in the last election or try to court the black voter.
After this poll I see a very difficult time for any black voter to get to the polls and actually vote in the next elections.
I have voted all my life but I no longer believe it means anything or will change the things in the system that need changing.
I don't plan to vote again until the process is honest and the candidates worthy. Imagine how frightened pols would be if they gave an election and nobody came. They gauge our sheepability on how many continue to place faith in a vote.
There was a link on WRH that talked about the company that Plame worked at having to shut down as well because of the exposure. From what I remember about the story, it said hidden comp was supposed to be watching over the nukes in some of the previous USSR states. Infact if I remember correctly they were the only people actively watching these nukes. Have you seen anything about this?
Matt
I saw the same story on WRH but nothing further. It seems to me after the fall of the USSR the Russians cooperated with international bodies in regard to tracking their nukes, etc. but I'd have to research to see exactly how that was done.
http://www.rense.com/general68/nukee.htm
Here is another story about the nukes and the CIA Plame-Gate
Matt,
Thanks but I'm reluctant to believe most information from rense and I'm not sure about Madsen yet.
That story reads too tinfoil for even myself to believe without some proof or documentation. Getting blackmarket nuke materials from Ozersk to outside Rocky Flats is a stretch.
There was a commission set up with IAEA, Russia, US, etc. to supposedly account for the USSR's nukes. The only way Russia could receive US aid was accountability for nuclear material. I know there are criminals but organized crime prefers drugs, gambling, prostitution, extortion, etc. and other markets.
I'm beginning to question if Madsen and Rense are purveyors of disinformation.
Cheney and Libby can make billions in defense stock market deals and opium trafficking - they don't need the risk of blackmarket nukes.
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