You keep asserting this as if it were actually proven to be true, when all of the data available suggests the opposite (why, in other words, would the CIA refer to the DOJ for prosecution, and the DOJ acquiesce and start the investigation, otherwise?)

Your willingness to assert that talking point in the absence of facts calls your veracity into question.

I am not repeating anyone's talking points but just looking at the facts and reaching reasonable conclusions. Joe Wilson has been playing this for his own personal benefit far more than the benefit of our country.

British intelligence was the source of the Nigeria claim and it was credible. Wilson botched his mission in a grand style and I doubt he would have been sent if not for his wife being involved.

The issue of the "outing" is dead. No charges have been filed or will be filed because no crime was committed. She wasn't covert.

Referring something for an investigation and being unhappy about it is not proof of a crime either.

To some degree I, like yourself, am gauging credibility based upon certain intangible factors. In my case Wilson's behavior ruins his credibility, he acts like a celebrity rather than a public servant who has been wronged. To me and many others he has no credibility.

You are wrong: the balance of the evidence is that Wilson was right, and that Plame was serving undercover at some point during the last 5 years (for a quick summary, see Wikipedia's page on the Legal Issues in the case).

You can repeat these talking points all you want, but the fact that the CIA referred the matter to the DOJ, and that former CIA agents were unanimous in their disapproval pretty much shows which position is more credible.

If you have something to say I would like to hear it. If you just want to throw insults save your breath.

Joe Wilson mislead the American public about what he found in Nigeria, I don't think that is disputed. His wife was not covert, I don't think that is disputed. How can you defend yourself from political slander other than tell the truth about Wilson, his wife, and the lies he told?

Your thoughts concerning this are appreciated but your guesses about my leisure time are silly.

Hmmmm.

By all indications, the Office of the Vice President did not in fact send Joe Wilson to Niger and had never seen his report until the Nick Kristoff column in the NYT.

Uh where do you get that from? The CIA has directly said and IIRC has memos showing that the OVP asked them to investigate the Niger claim. Their response was to send Wilson.

Wow.

Lay off the doobies, dude. Some people simply shouldn't smoke pot.

Jurors in the Scooter Libby trial say they spent a week just laying out the evidence, and their guil...

As to Scooter himself, he may be the scapegoat (indeed there's a funny piece up on As A Dodo which suggests he'll be buried at the Lee Majors Church of the Fall Guy) but he certainly had a role in the scandal, which he played to the full.