in a nutshell:
Diplomat Wilson was sent by Bush to Niger (he was their US rep there in the past) to investigate if yellow cake was moved to Iraq for processing for the lead up to the war.. What he found was yellow cake forgeries (stamps were fake among other issues with their authenticity.)
He reported this to Bush and was later pissed off that despite his report the prez used the yellow cake to bolster his war drumming effort at the state of the Union (pretty shure SOTU)
well a short time after he expressed his views via Times opt opinion that the niger operation was a bust....
then after this he was lambasted by several reporters (if you want to call them reporters) that he was partisan (he donated to both parties i believe) and that he was incompetent etc...
later "Novak the Great " drops the big one.. he outlines wilsons wife somehow appointed her husband to the niger probe.. (a discrediting tactic - very smart i might add) He also exposed her indentity as a CIA operative. (not so smart was even told not to..)
The Times i think did a follow up story and found out more from a source of theirs.. (maybe same as novaks maybe another noone knows) the current reporters are protecting that source/ sources (illegally i might add but hey its their lives they want to go down for contempt go for it..)
IMO I think wilson was punished for his not so flattering remarks about the Yellow cake disinformation spilled to the american people.. Only problem was that they didn't cover their tracks like say a Nixon or Regan or Slick Willie admins and this crap imo leads right into bush's cabinet or a underling of a senior cabinet member..
Whoever leaked the original testimony on wilsons wife imo wll fry { Intelligence Identies Protection Act - 10 year sentence felony}(and rightfully so..)
Hence the big bloated "you will reveal your sources inquisition" when novak has been in secret meetings (smart man) to avoid the times reporters same fate..
Then we get Gannon thrown into the mix:
Read for yourself....
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/9/191334/0754warning: this is a dumbocrat blog but even dumbcrats are right some of the time.. (It also has pretty much the whole story on one page)
Read it then google information in it to check its accuracy; from my inspection it is fairly accurate .... use google to get tons of info on this topic from a wide selection of sites to get the whole picture if your interested...
As a republican I say this overzealous response to wilson's wife for political means is plain arse wrong.. This is real national security stuff here ...
I say roast all parties involved with novak first he's the muckraker catalyst. (he did the dammage not the times) Then cook the NY times poeple (for contempt) for a a seceond serving of crow.. And gannon last but not least as a thanksgiving turkey... (or fairy princess if you have seen some of his gay escort service websites)
DoctorYo
