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Originally posted by sgtclub
As we have discussed, I don't agree with the action, but it is not clear whether this was per se illegal. As for Wilson being right, I'm not sure how you can continue to unambiguously assert this, given the reporting done by FT and the fact that the UK still stands by it.
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I mean that Wilson was right about the larger question -- we now know that Iraq did not have a nuclear program, and the only question left is how embarrassed those who suggested otherwise should now be: very, or somewhat.
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I have not read the report in depth and have not read the memo, but from what I understand the memo does not say "I, Plume, hereby recommend my husband." Rather, it says something like "My husband has X experience in this area." Perhaps the Senate Dems do not view this as a per se recommendation. This was discussed on Special Report last night, and even Mort Kondrache (Roll Call) and Mara Liason (NPR) find this dubious.
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I have read the report and so much of it is redacted that I can't tell what each side is thinking. I have not followed the coverage of this. It baffles me that conservatives would want to dwell on this story, since whether Wilson was lying or not about how he got the gig, he went to Niger, came back and said there was no basis for the uranium scare, and now has been proved right. The people who are trying to trash him are so caught up in the fight that they have lost all perspective.
