> > What are your thoughts on Valerie Plame committing perjury during the trial? > > > valerie plame committing perjury? Do tell. I am always amazed at the > rationalizations of neo-cons.
You may not like the source I'm going to cite so I'll take out any potential offensive language and lay the facts as I read them: In 2004 she swore under oath that she did not recommend or suggest her husband for the trip to Nigeria. At that time there was a senate report that quoted a section of her memo to her superiors. At the time of the hearing she said that the quote was being taken out of context. At the end of may the senate released another report on pre-war Iraq intelligence and on page 205 (page 210 of the PDF) of the 226 page document you can find the entire memo. I've pasted it below for your review but how is it possible that she could have been taken out of context? She does say that someone else approached her husband about the trip, however she also pushes his credentials in the third, suggesting him as someone with good ties to the government with French contacts as well. This begs the question, did she lie when she said she did not suggest him for the trip? Quoted memo below: The report forwarded below has prompted me to send this on to you and request your comments and opinion. Briefly, it seems that Niger has signed a contract with Iraq to sell them uranium. The IC [Intelligence Community] is getting spun up about this for obvious reasons. The embassy in Niamey has taken the position that this report can't be true they have such cozy relations with the GON [Government of Niger] that they would know if something like this transpired. So where do I fit in? As you may recall, [redacted] of CP/[office 2] recently approached my husband to possibly use his contacts in Niger to investigate [a separate Niger matter]. After many fits and starts, [redacted] finally advised that the station wished to pursue this with liaison. My husband is willing to help, if it makes sense, but no problem if not. End of story. Now, with this report, it is clear that the IC is still wondering what is going on my husband has good relations with both the PM and the former minister of mines, not to mention lots of French contacts, both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity. To be frank with you, I was somewhat embarrassed by the agency's sloppy work last go-round, and I am hesitant to suggest anything again. However, [my husband] may be in a position to assist. Therefore, request your thoughts on what, if anything, to pursue here. Thank you for your time on this. Article sources: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjRkMjU3YmQ2MzIwZjhhNDkwYWE3NWI1ZjhhZmRkMmY= http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840202/posts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237686 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
