Wilson: CHENEY "THE SOB Is Behind Efforts To Block Valerie From Discussing Her Work For The CIA"

[kpete]

An Interview With Joseph Wilson
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Monday 04 June 2007

In a recent interview, former US Ambassador Joseph Wilson told me that he and his wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, both strongly feel that Vice President Dick Cheney is behind efforts to block her from discussing her work for the Central Intelligence Agency before 2002 in a memoir to be published in October. The memoir is titled "Fair Game." Plame Wilson's undercover CIA identity was leaked to a handful of reporters by senior Bush administration officials. She and her husband believe the leak was retaliation after he spoke out against the White House concerning Iraq.

In July 2003, Wilson wrote an op-ed article in the New York Times, accusing the Bush administration of twisting prewar Iraq intelligence in an effort to win public support for a US-led invasion of that country.

Upon reviewing her manuscript, the CIA told Plame Wilson she cannot disclose that she worked for the agency prior to 2002 - even though it is public information and has been entered into the Congressional Record. Last week, Plame Wilson and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, sued the CIA in US District Court in New York for unconstitutionally interfering with her rights to free speech.

"This is Richard Cheney's last attempt to try to stifle free speech in this country, and we'll beat the son of a bitch on that too, if we have to," Wilson told me in a 30-minute interview at his office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. "We will find the work-around to make sure this happens - that she will be able to tell her story, so that somebody other than Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Rich Armitage and Karl Rove can talk about her."

more at:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060407A.shtml

[H2O Man]

1. Yep.

I agree.

[originalpckelly]

2. How long has he been holding this up in business hours?

I know :spank: but I just couldn't help myself.
:rofl:

They need to get rid of Leopold, but this looks like a good story anyway.

K & R

[tridim]

5. Still at it I see

and it's still not funny in the least. You should have trusted your instincts and given it a freaking rest.

[WiseButAngrySara]

3. What evil thing is he not behind in this administration? I hope

Joe does "beat the son of a bitch" !

[dchill]

4. K

R

[KansDem]

6. Why would the VP be concerned about the work of a desk jockey...

...that the whole world knew worked for the CIA?

Do I need the "sarcasm" smilie?

[Tempest]

7. Print the sections of the book on the Internets

Once it's out there in the public domain, it can get included in the book.

[Grandrose]

8. K&R

Wilson is right! :kick: and recommend.

[Canuckistanian]

9. K&R

Getting a little too close to the bottom.