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Edited on Sun Jul-17-05 10:16 PM by bunny planet
Chicago Sun-Times
October 5, 2003
Wilsons give it up for Gore
Author: Robert Novak
Section: EDITORIAL
Page: 29
Index Terms:
NEWSpoliticsNATIONAL GOVERNMENT COMMENTARY
Article Text:
On the same day in 1999 that retired diplomat Joseph Wilson was returned $1,000 of $2,000 he contributed to Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore a month earlier because it exceeded the federal limit, his CIA-employee wife gave $1,000 to Gore using a fictitious identification for herself.
In making her April 22, 1999, contribution, Valerie E. Wilson identified herself as an "analyst" with "Brewster-Jennings & Associates." No such firm is listed anywhere, but the late Brewster Jennings was president of Socony-Vacuum oil company a half-century ago. Any CIA employee working under "nonofficial cover" always is listed with a real firm, never an imaginary one.
A footnote: In July, when he revealed himself as author of a report commissioned by the CIA, Wilson sought a book agent. After being turned down by a prominent agent, he has now found one.
Daschle runs again
Senate Democratic Leader Thomas Daschle ended months of speculation last week by informing close supporters that he will seek re-election for a fourth term in South Dakota next year.
Daschle's supporters are confident former Rep. John Thune will not be the Republican Senate candidate despite White House pleas for him to run. A Daschle-Thune contest is a tossup according to polls, but Daschle would be prohibitively favored against anybody else.
A footnote: According to close associates, Daschle nearly announced his candidacy for president this year but decided against it because his wife Linda, a prominent Washington lobbyist, would be subject to personal attacks.
Copyright 2003 Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.
I left in the part about Daschle, only because of the ironic bit about his not running for President because his wife might be subject to personal attacks.
It seems Novak had not done all he was instructed to do in his original July article outing Plame, he had to make sure that Brewster Jennings was outed thoroughly by mentioning them in this editorial. He couldn't find the company, so she couldn't really have been a non-official cover as he intimates. More ass covering by Novakula going on here, the company was listed with Dun and Bradstreet if he had bothered to look.
Seems the purpose of this little blurb is to try and discredit Plame's 'story' of being a non-official cover, and just in case everyone didn't already know, blow the cover on the cover company she worked for. Notice the slimy she got a 'bookdeal' innuendo as well, the inference being that she is just cashing in and was never really doing important work for national security, she just wants her 15 minutes now that she's out from behind her 'desk-jockey' job.
Yes, Novak certainly is a douchebag of liberty.
On edit, I see Novakula is smearing Wilson for his bookdeal, not Valerie.
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