Great info on Wilson affair from CIA analyst's perspective

[LastDemocratInSC]

From washingtonpost.com:

"Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, will be online Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. ET, to discuss the intelligence leak, the misuse of intelligence and the need to protect CIA operatives."

The log of this online chat is a great read. Goodman has insider knowledge and insider connections and brings up some very interesting new points about this whole affair that only someone with his background could know.

I don't know how long the Post retains these "chats", so get it while it's still hot!

You can read the whole thing from beginning to end at this link:

http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_politics_goodman100103.htm

[Girlfriday]

1. Great post!

Thanks, LastDemocrat! :thumbsup:

[WoodrowFan]

2. A couple especially good questions or responses to RW talking points.

Charlotte, NC: Some Bush apologists claim that the status of Wilson's wife as a CIA operative was well known in Washington. Do you have any specific information on this? Do you know of other instances where other operative's identities and work was well known?

Mel Goodman: I've worked in Washington for the past 38 years, including 24 years at the CIA...and I know Ambassador Wilson....and I did not know that his wife was an agency employee. Let's face it....this was targetted information as part of a political vendetta....a pure act of revenge...again, no more and no less.

Manassas, VA: You're all wrong on this. Joseph Wilson has committed the high crime of slander and thus treason against Karl Rove and President George W. Bush. In doing so, Wilson has undermined the war on terrorism, effectively putting a gun to the head of each CIA agent and each soldier fighting against Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. It's time for Wilson to be investigated and sent to Guantanamo so he can't do any more damage to President Bush's war on terrorism and reelection. Thank you.

Mel Goodman: You have put the wrong end of the binoculars to your eyes and thus can not see anything that is in front of you. Turn your binoculars around and refocus. Thank you.

[sable302]

9. hmmmm 'Slander' and 'Treason'

didn't somebody write books by those titles?

[hlthe2b]

3. The only Freeper comment I saw:

Manassas, VA: You're all wrong on this. Joseph Wilson has committed the high crime of slander and thus treason against Karl Rove and President George W. Bush. In doing so, Wilson has undermined the war on terrorism, effectively putting a gun to the head of each CIA agent and each soldier fighting against Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. It's time for Wilson to be investigated and sent to Guantanamo so he can't do any more damage to President Bush's war on terrorism and reelection. Thank you.

Mel Goodman: You have put the wrong end of the binoculars to your eyes and thus can not see anything that is in front of you. Turn your binoculars around and refocus. Thank you.


:evilgrin:!!!

[Cush]

4. Lol, on NOvak

"Novak was merely what the Bolsheviks used to call a "useful idiot" in this case."

[Booberdawg]

5. Very long but interesting

A couple snips:

A freeper going off the deep end:eyes:

Manassas, VA: You're all wrong on this. Joseph Wilson has committed the high crime of slander and thus treason against Karl Rove and President George W. Bush. In doing so, Wilson has undermined the war on terrorism, effectively putting a gun to the head of each CIA agent and each soldier fighting against Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. It's time for Wilson to be investigated and sent to Guantanamo so he can't do any more damage to President Bush's war on terrorism and reelection. Thank you.

Mel Goodman: You have put the wrong end of the binoculars to your eyes and thus can not see anything that is in front of you. Turn your binoculars around and refocus. Thank you




Bethesda Maryland: Can you give us your best guess as to how this whole incident will end? Will the White House "get away with it"?

Mel Goodman: The "incident" will end when the leakers are identified. The White House will make the matter worse by dragging it out, which is the lesson of every political coverup in history. I don't think that the Bush administration will "get away" with it. The anger out there is palpable and bipartisan.




New York, N.Y.: What are the chances of actually finding out who all the players are?

Mel Goodman: The chances are far better than the current conventional wisdom has it.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. My favorite part...

New York, N.Y.: What are the chances of actually finding out who all the players are?

Mel Goodman: The chances are far better than the current conventional wisdom has it.

[proud patriot]

7. My favorite part of this whole discussion

Is Mr. Goodman connect Rove To Ashcroft ..

He stated the Rove was a consultant to Ashcroft ...

Can you say conflict of intrest

[OBrien]

8. excellant read

thanks for pointing it out

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

10. Thanks! Another "online chat" from Bob Baer

(author of "See No Evil" & "Sleeping with the Enemy") which is nowhere near as complete as Mel Goodman's.

http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20031001008/tscript.htm