Reply #23: Interesting Bits About Wurmser

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“Those close to the investigation say that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has been told that David Wurmser, then a Middle East adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, met with Cheney and his chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in June 2003 and told him that Plame set up the Wilson trip.”

http://dailykos.com/story/2005/10/24/153827/80


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“From Fleitz's own testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on April 7, 2005:

FREDERICK FLEITZ: My name is Frederick Fleitz, I'm a CI
officer on detail to John Bolton's staff as a Special Assistant, I've been on detail since August 2001. I've been a CI officer for nineteen years, and I came the, a CI WINPAC, the Weapons Intelligence Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Center. I've done some work in WMD, most of my work has been on international organizations,...

WINPAC. Sound familiar? It should, because Scooter Libby told Judy Miller that Valerie "Flame" worked for WINPAC, which we now know was inaccurate information. Also, from emptywheel's diary on Fleitz we know that it is possible that Fleitz, despite working in a different office Plame, may still have known of her identity (maybe only enough to get the name wrong?).” cont.

So, let's follow the logic regarding Wurmser so far:

* Wurmser worked within the office that helped create the phony Niger documents
* Wurmser then is moved to State to help Bolton push for the war in a Department headed by the more moderate Colin Powell
* When Joe Wilson begins discrediting the yellowcake accusations, the Neocons probably get nervous that the faked documents will be tracked back to them. Wurmser learns from Fleitz that Wilson's wife works at CIA
* Wurmser, believing that Plame worked with Fleitz at CIA, tells Scooter that Valerie Plame/Flame worked at WINPAC
* Scooter passes this inaccurate information on to Judy Miller, who dutifully jots it down in her notes. Cont.

These events take place in May/June 2003. It was not until mid-September 2003 that Wurmser was moved over Cheney's office as Middle East adviser.”

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/24/153827/80