Yes, yes, I know Libby got the news from Cheney. (Any such discussion was legal, since both are cleared.) But who clued in Cheney?
Most seem to believe that Cheney talked to someone with a CIA background; a few observers have even suggested who that someone might be. But I've always been troubled by the use of "Valerie Plame," since her name has been "Valerie Wilson" for quite some time. A serving CIA officer would have given the veep current data.
Thus, I offer an alternative theory.
According to a number of reports, Valerie Wilson/Plame's CIA status was among the treasure trove of goodies that spy Aldritch Ames handed over to the Russians. The Russians had no motive to expose her; she never spied on them. I propose that a document deriving from the Ames revelation made its way into neocon circles -- probably by way of Mossad, which penetrated the Russian apparat long ago. Any such documentation, being roughly a decade old, would have used the name "Plame."
Does the indictment deep-six this theory? Consider this excerpt:
On or about June 12, 2003, LIBBY was advised by the Vice President of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in the Counterproliferation Divison. LIBBY understood that the Vice President had learned this information from the CIA.Perhaps I'm just being obstinate, but I don't see how these words settle the matter. What does the term "understood" mean in this context? Did Libby make an inference, or did he hear a direct statement? Keep in mind that his primary goal has been to protect both Cheney and the neocon network.
2 comments:
Ames' info made its way to the neocons not by the Mossad but thru some Eastern block connection which may include the Italian secret fascist group--remember that the neocons are bottomline very close to subscribing to nazi idealogy which the Mossad shuns.
Don't forget that members from the Mossad visited both the CIA and the FBI and told them a full month in advance about the 9/11 upcoming attack and were turned away. The Mossad isn't in cohoots with the necons--they are too stupid and incompetent for the Mossad to deal with--and wouldn't share this info with the neocons.
As an American citizen, I am embarrassed to be represented by a low class, village idiot and his cronies. Texas' powerful conservatives and industrialists are continuing to wreak havoc on the rest of the country ever since Kennedy's assasination in 1963.
It's a shame that so many corporations have their HQ in Texas and are also in the policy of screwing over their customers. But that's a different subject completely.
Hey, Joe, we did read your theory. We just didn't know where to go with it. Still don't. It's for sure all any of us have seen in this affair is only the tip of the iceberg. Mossad? Italians? Bulgarians? CIA? (and which of the jockeying elements in the CIA?)
What we need is a few medieval Grand Inquisitors to get at the truth. Or maybe we're stuck in a Pynchon novel, where the more you learn the more confused you are.
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