Her husband was out saying "I went to Africa and found no yellowcake connection" - not that his lack of finding it meant it didn't exist, just that he could not corroborate it, but still it was an important revelation....
....important IF, as he suggested, he was "the man" on such issues, which he represented himself to be, and his basis for that representation was that he, after all, was "the man" the CIA sent to Africa to research the story.....
Except that the only reason the CIA sent him was that his wife, a high-level desk jockey within the CIA (NOT an undercover agent), got him the job.
Do you not see why that's relevant? The fact that the only reason they sent him was that his wife got him the job is relevant to whether he's the authority on the question at hand. He is NOT "the man" with respect to African terror connections - he's just a guy with a wife in a high place.
That's all Cheney said, there was a clear reason to do so, and she manned a desk- why the fuss?
2007-03-19 10:19:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
She was called covert because she was Level 4?
Stuff that was Level 4 10 years ago is on tv now.
Level 4 ain't ****.
2007-03-19 11:29:14 · update #1
I heard she worked at the Cafeteria in the CIA building
2007-03-19 10:22:15 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, there was no connection to Sadam and the buying of yellow cake. This was proved to be false. Joe Wilson was right. That's fact.
Plame had no authority to send her husband to Africa so to say she sent him is also false. She stated under oath that she had nothing to do with her husband being sent to Africa and nothing has been brought forward to suggest otherwise.
Cheney was pissed that Joe Wilson was disputing the very Intel the Bush administration was using to justify invading Iraq. It is not a far stretch to suggest he and Rove cooked up this plot to discredit Joe Wilson by outing his covert CIA operative wife. It's hard to argue with facts my friends. This one is not going to go away.
2007-03-19 10:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by itsdabigbadwolf 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You tell me. She was covert NOT Undercover. The Intel Undercover Act applies to "Undercover" agents Not covert. Good play on words by her attorney though. If the DA had anything someone would have been brought up on Federal charges ...........
2007-03-19 10:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are right and now that the libs had their little hissy fit before Congress and found out that plame was a nobody, we will probably only hear teeny tantrums like we do with "impeach bush", knowing darn well they can't do a dam.n thing about it. No legal grounds times two.
2007-03-19 10:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It was all just playing politics.
The Wilsons wanted to be celebrities. And now they are.
They are loved in Hollywood, and are making deals about a movie on "Action Hero Valerie Plame".
2007-03-19 10:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by wolf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋