[ExI] plamegate: the plot thickens

[spike]

> Olga Bourlin:

> ... I thought it was 
> especially despicable of Powell to disappear from the scene 
> after he acted so traitorously - after he took advantage of 
> the trust many people had in him; it seemed to me that Powell 
> seemed to have more credibility than a lot of other people in 
> the Bush administration, and he suckered them in ...):
> 
> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060411_bush_leak_plame_libby_powell/

> Olga

Olga, did you notice the date on the report you cited?  Everything about
this case that was written before this past Friday, 25 May 2007 is probably
wrong.  On Friday, Senator Christopher Bond released a memo written on 12
Feb 2002, by none other than Valerie Plame Wilson, CIA employee, suggesting
and recommending her husband Joe Wilson for a trip to Niger.

Plame-Wilson testified under oath, referring to her husband:"I did not
recommend him. I did not suggest him."  Her memo of 12 Feb 2002 is quoted at
the end of this post.

Preliminary conclusions, based on Friday's bombshell: 

	- Valerie Plame Wilson was not outed by evil Bushies, she outed
herself.  She is a perjurer and obstructer of justice for allowing Libby to
come to trial.

	- Scooter Libby was telling the truth when he said he didn't recall
who told him Plame was Wilson's wife, but thought it common knowledge and
may have heard it from a reporter.  That memo explains why the reporters
knew about it.  


Plame's memo changes everything:

Iraq-related Nuclear Report Makes a Splash.

The report forwarded below has prompted me to send this on to you and
request your comments and opinion. Briefly, it seems that Niger has signed a
contract with Iraq to sell them uranium. The IC [Intelligence Community] is
getting spun up about this for obvious reasons. The embassy in Niamey has
taken the position that this report can't be true - they have such cozy
relations with the GON [Government of Niger] that they would know if
something like this transpired.

So where do I fit in? As you may recall, [redacted] of CP/[office 2]
recently approached my husband to possibly use his contacts in Niger to
investigate [a separate Niger matter]. After many fits and starts,
[redacted] finally advised that the station wished to pursue this with
liaison. My husband is willing to help, if it makes sense, but no problem if
not. End of story.

Now, with this report, it is clear that the IC is still wondering what is
going on. my husband has good relations with both the PM and the former
minister of mines, not to mention lots of French contacts, both of whom
could possibly shed light on this sort of activity. To be frank with you, I
was somewhat embarrassed by the agency's sloppy work last go-round, and I am
hesitant to suggest anything again. However, [my husband] may be in a
position to assist. Therefore, request your thoughts on what, if anything,
to pursue here. Thank you for your time on this.

(end quote of Plame memo)



So now what do you think?

spike