To talk about Valerie at all means the WH was out to smear Wilson

[bribri16]

Simple as that.

[salinen]

1. I shouldn't know the name

of a C.I.A. operative.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. They had another motive as well, and that was to destroy Plame's....

...global network that was tracking materials that can be used to build WMDs. Plame's network knew that Iraq didn't have any WMDs, and the NeoCons had to silence that part of the CIA.

Smearing Wilson was the cover story.

[Mythsaje]

3. Exactly!

It was a two-prong attack, distraction and benefit to the administration in one fell swoop.

[jojo54]

4. You got that right.

Damn, I don't think we've ever had such sneaky, slimy, snaky people in office before.

[zinndependence]

5. nixon?

[Ce qui la baise]

6. Yep, they are criminals

[newyawker99]

9. Hi Ce qui la baise!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Welcome to DU

[Dylan Garcia]

7. The MSM finally got into the game; smelling blood in the water.

The pigs are coming home to roost.

[zapp]

8. They hate truth. Simple as that.

[snippy]

10. The Court of Appeal's opinion referred to "the plot against Wilson."

See this post. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1925356&mesg_id=1925704