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Secret_Agent_Man
I'm a bit surprised to see this pop up again, and surprised that Slave is so obviously wrong -- and/or that he buys the whole idea that Wilson's wife being in the CIA would be a "motive" for him to slant his report. [Slave's incorrectness is usually more cleverly disguised.]
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One mo' time - since we've seemed to lose sight of how this whole thing transpired.
1) When Joe Wilson came out swinging as the "retired diplomat who had reported negatively to the CIA in 2002 on alleged Iraq efforts to buy uranium yellowcake from Niger" it was widely questioned
why (A) an Al Gore supporter, (b) an avid opponent of the war and (c) a former member of Clinton's NSC would be given such a sensitive assignment by the CIA and unbeknownst to Tenet.
2) Lo and behold, we find out that he got the assignment on the sole recommendation of his wife. Thus, she presented him with a grand opportunity to make a spectacle of himself.
His "motive" for slanting the report is clear - he has changed his stance from public-servant to anti-Bush partisan hack.
The question was and is one of
access.
