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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
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.
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I'm sure it had nothing to do with his experience:
"Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, He was one of the principal architecs of President Clinton's historic trip to Africa in March 1998.
Ambassador Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1998 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghdad, Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. During ''Desert Shield'' he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of 'Desert Storm.'
Ambassador Wilson was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service from 1976 until 1998. His early assignments included Niamey, Niger, 1976-1978; Lome, Togo, 1978-79; the State Department Brueau of African Affairs, 1979-1981; and Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1982.
In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission in Bujumbura, Burundi. In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, Congo, 1986-88, prior to his assignment to Baghdad."
http://www.cpsag.com/our_team/wilson.html
Or his personal relationships with several of the key players in Niger in power when the uranium ore transactions took place. If that's what you mean by "access", I'll accept that.
Now let's get to the nitty-gritty: What would your reaction be if the criminal acts committed by the current administration had been committed by the Clinton White House?
