Don't Forget Jeff Gannon's Interview with Joe Wilson

[boston bean]

Wilson Talks about Niger Mission; Blasts Bush Foreign Policy
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
October 28, 2003

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Ambassador Joe Wilson, the man at the heart of the White House/CIA leak controversy, recently sat down with Talon News for an exclusive interview to discuss his mission to Africa to investigate Iraq's desire to purchase uranium for weapons, the leak of his wife's position within the CIA, the foreign policy of President Bush and his administration, and a host of other issues.

Below is Part 1 of the exclusive Talon News interview with Ambassador Joe Wilson.

Background: In February 2002, former Ambassador Joe Wilson was sent to Niger by the CIA to investigate allegations that Iraq had tried to buy uranium. He says that he told the administration that the allegations were probably false. In the January 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush made reference to British intelligence that differed with Wilson's conclusion. The subsequent controversy over the "16 words" was the result of the former ambassador's July article in The New York Times that accused the White House of exaggerating the threat posed by Iraq. A week later, columnist Robert Novak published the name of Wilson's wife, identifying Valerie Plame as a CIA operative. Wilson accused the Bush administration of leaking his wife's name to Novak.

TN: Regarding the mission to Niger to investigate the possibility of Iraq purchasing uranium to develop nuclear weapons, why were you selected to go?

http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/nw03/talonnews/1003/102803-wilson.htm

[ClusterFreak]

1. I like the opening line about Wilson sat down with "Talon News"

...it makes the uninitiated think of a professional news organization...then you think, oh yeah, "Talon News" means a man-whore-plagiarist-right-wing-financed-and-security-cleared-Rovian-plant-straight-from-the-very-fires-of-hell"...oh yeah, that Talon News.

:rofl:

[boston bean]

2. I can't find part two though, I wish I could, that is the part where he

supposedly showed a secret CIA memo to Wilson about Valerie being with CIA.

[Botany]

3. Now who would send Jeff to Wilson?

Karl??????? :rofl:

[Straight Shooter]

4. Why is the interview "exclusive"?

Had not Joe Wilson already given prior interviews?

Why would Wilson bother speaking with Talon News anyway? I don't dispute it, but it does seem to be a waste of time and effort.

[boston bean]

5. I would agree, but this is the interview that prompted, i believe,

jeff gannon getting subpoena'd (sp) to the grand jury. Does anyone have the second half of this interview?

[boston bean]

6. never mind me, i found it, low and behold at the top of the page! n/t