Joe Wilson-Related Quote of The Day
"[O]ne must be forgiven for wondering what any of this gigantic fuss can possibly be about. I know some apparently sensible people who are prepared to believe, still, that a Machiavellian cabal in the White House wanted to punish Joseph Wilson by exposing his wife to embarrassment and even to danger. So strong is this belief that it envisages Karl Rove (say) deciding to accomplish the foul deed by tipping off Robert Novak, one of the most anti-Iraq-war and pro-CIA journalists in the capital, as if he were precisely the pliant tool one would select for the dastardly work. And then, presumably to thicken the plot, Mr. Novak calls the CIA to confirm, as it readily did, that Ms. Plame was in the agency's employ."
--Christopher Hitchens in today's Opinion Journal
posted by Lowell Brown at 8:20 AM
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This is classic liberal dissembling; talk about "facts" but never present any. I wouldn't be bucking for a spot on Air America, Charlemange, there's almost no future.
These are the facts I'm aware of:
The non-partisan Annenberg Fact Check disputes Mr. Wilson's main point (Bush lied, bush lied....). If you don't consider Annenberg reliable (after all, Cheney once uttered their name), hit the original source: The Senate Committee on Intelligence
The solidly liberal Washington Post notes the Mr. Wilson's status as a whistleblower is "unwarranted."
The CIA has never confirmed that Valerie Plame "WMD" Wilson was undercover in the last five years or had her identity being actively protected.
As far as Kinsley's opinion that Fitzgerald is a disciplined prosecutor, I can only wondwer how he justified an endictment concerning statements on a case that had no crime committed. I'm not a lawyer, but my Dad is, and one cannot prosecute for perjury unless an actual crime is being concealed or obfuscated. That's a kind of "discipline" we haven't seen since Clinton was president.
Posted by nanobrewer
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