Karl Rove Won't Be Frog-Marched Across White House Lawn
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I have said much over a very long period of time about former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his charge that his CIA analyst-wife Valerie Plame Wilson was outed by the White House in retaliation against Wilson.
Wilson went public with his dispute with the White House over the crucial pre-war question: Was Saddam Hussein seeking nuke-bomb material in Africa?
The Washington Post revealed last week that the person who actually leaked Valerie Plame's name was Richard Armitage, a former State Department official who was not entirely onboard with the Bush administration's plans to invade Iraq. Hardly someone who would out her to punish her husband.
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Today The Washington Post editorial page said the following:
"It now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials."
The paper then picked up on a point I have been trying to make for months:
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"He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife."
Wilson knew this, and The Post accuses Wilson directly by saying:
"He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously."
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It is unfortunate. But so much for Joe Wilson and frog-marching Karl Rove across the White House lawn.
On some days they really hit the nail on the head over there at The Post.
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