Mona Charen says the CIA should be investigated

[Catherine Vincent]

She is upset the CIA and Fitzgerald is picking on her precious Bush! :eyes:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen120205.asp
And there is the peculiar story of Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame. The CIA permitted Wilson to publish an op-ed about his mission to Niger in order to damage the president though the agency knew a) that Wilson's claims in the op-ed were quite different from his verbal report about the trip, and b) that the identity of Wilson's wife (who was, after all, the expert on WMDs) would probably come to light. Toensing, who has urged the Congress to investigate the CIA, further notes that Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of Scooter Libby includes this allegation in paragraph 5: "On or about June 9, 2003, a number of classified documents from the CIA were faxed to the Office of the Vice President. . . . The documents, which were marked as classified, discussed, among other things, Wilson and his trip to Niger, but did not mention Wilson by name. After receiving these documents, Libby and one or more other persons . . . handwrote the names 'Wilson' and 'Joe Wilson' on the documents." Sinister? But at this time, Wilson was actively talking to the press and would publish his own op-ed in July.

The CIA is no longer in the business of political assassination. It has, however, moved on to character assassination. The oversight committees of the Congress would do well to investigate.

[Canuckistanian]

1. "Character assassination"???

Suurre, like they treated Wilson with respect.

And whose "character" got assasinated, exactly? Wilson faulted the whole administration for using false evidence. Which has proven to be totally correct.

If they have some evidence that Wilson was wrong, let them bring it forward. Specific evidence, mind you, not just the personal opinions of a few politicians in an appendix of a whitewash report.