Joe Wilson Responds
to Bob "GOP Partisan The Traitor" Novak
We have a received a response from Ambassador Joe Wilson to the
latest partisan lies, deceptions and distortions from Bob "Who
Cares If I Betray America, I am Republican First" Novak.
Here is the statement from Ambassador Wilson:
"Robert Novak, some other commentators and the Administration
continue
to try to completely distort the role that Valerie Wilson played
with
respect to Ambassador Wilson's trip to Niger. The facts are beyond
dispute. The Office of the Vice President requested that the
CIA investigate
reports of alleged uranium purchases by Iraq from Niger. The
CIA setup
a meeting to respond to the Vice President's inquiry. Another
CIA
official, not Valerie Wilson, suggested to Valerie Wilson's supervisor
that
the Ambassador attend that meeting. That other CIA official made
the
recommendation because that official was familiar with the Ambassador's
vast experience in Niger and knew of a previous trip to Africa
concerning uranium matters that had been undertaken by the Ambassador
on behalf
of the CIA in 1999. Valerie Wilson's supervisor subsequently
asked her
to relay a request from him to the Ambassador that he would like
the
Ambassador to attend the meeting at the CIA. Valerie Wilson did
not
participate in the meeting.
As the CIA itself has officially confirmed, Valerie Wilson did
not
send Ambassador Wilson to Niger and she neither suggested him
nor
recommended him for the trip. Furthermore, the Ambassador agreed
to travel to
Niger pro bono with only his travel expenses being paid."
Ambassador Joe Wilson on July 13, 2006
It is also worth noting that, as the Los
Angeles Times clarifies,
Novak has curiously not yet revealed the so-called "primary" source
for his outing of a CIA operative specializing in the tracking
of the illicit sales and transactions involving WMDs.
In putting the interests of his loyalty to the Bush Administration
above the interests and national security of the nation, Novak
will not name his "primary" source, even though our ability
to counter WMDs was compromised for an act of thuggish vengeance
and exercise of cynical intimidation.
"But in clearing the air this week," notes the LA
Times, "Novak
chose not to clear up the identity of his primary source, saying
that he did not think it appropriate to do so because that person
had declined to come forward voluntarily."
For ongoing updates on the PlameGate investigation, please read
http://www.buzzflash.com.
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