Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Move Along, People, Nothing to See Here...
Well, the New York Times is satisfied.
According to Neil A. Lewis, the admission by former deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage that he was Robert Novak's source for the information that Valerie Plame Wilson was a Central Intelligence Agency officer "ends what has been a tantalizing mystery".
Retribution by the White House for Joseph Wilson's Op-Ed in the Times? No, no, no -- that's only something "some administration critics" say. The White House, according to Lewis, was concerned only with articles written by Nicholas Kristof and Walter Pincus, and only "wanted to know how much of a role [Plame] had in selecting [Wilson] for the assignment."
So there you go--nothing to see, all a big misunderstanding...
...conveniently explained now, after the Wilsons file a civil suit, which entitles them to discovery.
Now, presumably, the White House and its employees in the press sit back and wait to see if the American people buy this load of dung. (Answer: Of course they will.)
According to Neil A. Lewis, the admission by former deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage that he was Robert Novak's source for the information that Valerie Plame Wilson was a Central Intelligence Agency officer "ends what has been a tantalizing mystery".
Retribution by the White House for Joseph Wilson's Op-Ed in the Times? No, no, no -- that's only something "some administration critics" say. The White House, according to Lewis, was concerned only with articles written by Nicholas Kristof and Walter Pincus, and only "wanted to know how much of a role [Plame] had in selecting [Wilson] for the assignment."
So there you go--nothing to see, all a big misunderstanding...
...conveniently explained now, after the Wilsons file a civil suit, which entitles them to discovery.
Now, presumably, the White House and its employees in the press sit back and wait to see if the American people buy this load of dung. (Answer: Of course they will.)
