Reply #41: Other's I've wondered about

[pat_k]

Back in mid-October, Bloomberg reported that Catherine Martin, Jennifer Millerwise, Jim Wilkinson had been questioned (bios below). Then there was a retraction on Wilkinson. It struck me as a bit strange at the time.

I've been speculating on whether any of these folks (Martin, Millerwise, or Wilkinson) could be cooperating. All have deep connections with the PNACons. Wilkinson could have had some exposure to reality during his tenure with Franks.

Any thoughts?

Here's some background.

From http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1017-02.htm

that Fitzgerald has questioned Cheney's communications adviser Catherine Martin and former spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise and ex-White House aide Jim Wilkinson about the vice president's knowledge of the anti-Wilson campaign and his dealings on it with Libby, his chief of staff, the people said. The information came from multiple sources, who requested anonymity because of the secrecy and political sensitivity of the investigation.

From http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=1236401

Please Note: Bloomberg News issued a correction to its story from Monday that former White House official Jim Wilkinson was questioned by Fitzgerald. According to Bloomberg, "Wilkinson has said he was not questioned."

Martin
Texas roots

2005 Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director for Policy and Planning

2001 to 2004 Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs.

Bio

Interesting mention in this article

Wilkinson
Texas roots "protege of Karen Hughes" jobs with Dick Army, Rumsfeld, Rice. Tasked with WHIG group's "A Grave and Gathering Danger: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Nuclear Weapons." (despite best efforts to gin up the case, director for counterproliferation Robert Joseph and Rice never published the paper because it "was not strong enough."

2004 Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications.

2003 Director of Strategic Communications for General Tommy Franks at U.S. Central Command. At Central Command, Mr. Wilkinson coordinated the command's strategic communications activities throughout its 25-nation area of responsibility, including those related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mr. Wilkinson served as General Tommy R. Franks' principal spokesman and managed the U.S. military's public affairs activities in the region.

January 2001 through November 2002 Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Planning.

Managed the White House Coalition Information Center for the war against terrorism.

2000 Spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during the 2000 presidential transition.

From 1992 through 2000, Mr. Wilkinson worked in Congress for U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey

B.B.A. in finance from the University of Texas at Arlington and his M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. Wilkinson also attended Weatherford Junior College in Weatherford, Texas, and Tarrant County Junior College in Fort Worth, Texas. Wilkinson also serves as an officer in the US Navy Reserves.

Millerwise

January 2005 named Director of Public Affairs at the CIA (back to Goss)

Deputy Communications Director for Bush-Cheney 2004.

2001 to 2003 Deputy Assistant for Communications and Press Secretary to Vice President Dick Cheney

2001 Assistant Press Secretary in the White House Office of the Press Secretary.

Regional Press Coordinator for the Republican National Committee's Victory 2000.

Mrs. Millerwise Dyck was the Press Secretary for Congressman Porter Goss (FL)

Served under Ari Fleischer at the House Ways and Means Committee, and on the staff of Senator Spencer Abraham (MI).

Degree in Business Administration and Political Science from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.