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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That would suggest that (1) Wilson didn't know, and told the truth, or (2) Wilson lied.
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Agreed
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As you say, neither one has much to do with anything. It doesn't affect the legality of the leaking of Plame's name, and it doesn't change the fact that Wilson was right about the Niger angle and many others were wrong.
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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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If there is such a memo, it's hard for me to understand why Senate Democrats wouldn't agree with the three Republicans who wrote separately to trash Wilson. Roberts seemed to acknowledge that there were disagreements about what happened.
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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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