John, a couple of things. Wilson himself said in a recent article, that about his 1st date with his wife, she TOLD him she was CIA. If an agent were under cover, WHY would she say that to ANYONE until she was sure he/she had a right to know?
Karen, do you have a link to that quote. I recall him saying they had some unknown number of "dates" before she told him and he was permitted to know it because, at the time, his work within the Clinton administration gave him sufficient security clearance to be told. But you may have some other information. Let me take a look.
On the information about Wilson's bio, I don't know that. If you have a link, again, send it to me. I'll be happy to read it. The fact the CIA sent the charge to the Justice Dept and called in Dana Priest of the Post to reveal it, suggests it was extremely serious.
As for the slowness charge, that relates to the failure of the White House, as of July 14th when this was first revealed, to investigate the matter. That leads me to believe that folk like Chuck Hagel who've intimated it comes from Cheney's office, are right.
As for how the Bush people could handle it better, they could, rather than slime Wilson, devote their attention to (a) determining who did it, (b) making that public, and (c) make certain people are no longer taken revenge shots at because their intelligence findings don't match the wishes of the VP. Not hard. |
