Bush Seemingly Implicated in Effort to Discredit Joseph Wilson Say Internet Writers

In case you have not heard the news, there is a new charge from two Internet analysts that G. W. Bush may be implicated in efforts to discredit Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the man who reported that the African country of Niger had no role in selling so-called yellow cake to Iraq. (For details on this, see other on-line articles readily available.) Part of the effort to undercut Mr. Wilson was an alleged campaign to "out" Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA agent.

If the allegations are true, Bush, at a minimum, knew of the efforts to discredit Wilson. This would put the lie to all past Bush public statements to the contrary. While explosive, I must say this would not surprise me. The American public and the world are still awaiting confirmation, of course. But the allegations are reasonable, and very likely credible. You can read more from Jason Leopold and Marc Ash here:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107Z.shtml