Reply #91: I keep coming back to Valerie...

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What if it were Valerie who was the primary target? Sure, they wanted to get Wilson, but what if this were a "two-fer"?

Think about it for a minute .You have Cheney & Libby nagging the CIA agents for more info, and subtly or non-subtly asking them to cherry-pick the intel. You have Valerie, whom these folks have said over and over again had a "desk" at Langley, so ipso facto, she wasn't covert (wrong, but that's their story and goddamn it, they're sticking to it).

So, she had a desk at Langley. And she was working on...guess what? WMDs! Could she have been one of the agents Cheney/Libby tried to micromanage and she told them basically to fuck off? Not only was she a FEMALE, but she knew more than they ever would about the subject. And she was trying to thwart their Excellent Adventure.

Now comes her husband, Joe. They're already pissed at Valerie, and here he is mouthing off, first in private, then publicly. Perfect! This is their big chance to get back at that blonde bitch who thinks she knows it all, and stick a knife in the problematic Joe Wilson at the same time.

Obviously, this is just speculation, but it makes a sort of evil sense, from these thugs' POV.