Two exhaustive government reports came out last week showing that it is the president’s lionized accuser, and not Mr. Bush, who has been having trouble with the truth.
Contrary to his indignant claim that “Valerie had nothing to do with the matter” of selecting him for the African trip, the Senate published testimony that his C.I.A. wife had “offered up his name” and printed her memo to her boss that “my husband has good relations” with Niger officials and “lots of French contacts.” Further destroying his credibility, Wilson now insists this strong pitch did not constitute a recommendation.
More important, it now turns out that senators believe his report to the C.I.A. after visiting Niger actually bolstered the case that Saddam sought
Oh, That WMD Program
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