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December 12, 2005
Rely on the French? (Oui, Monsieur Wilson!)
Speaking somewhat rhetorically about the notion that the United States was "warned" by France (about phony intel), Glenn asked recently, "Would you have relied on the French?" No. And I certainly wouldn't have relied on Wilson either. Not in light of what's coming out now (albeit in bits and pieces). If this thought-provoking piece in The American Thinker has it right, Wilson may have even been a French agent provocateur (or damned close to it). A few excerpts: There are an amazing number of French fingerprints all over the Plame-Wilson affair. While it is not easy to penetrate the dark fog of lies, there is a highly consistent pattern pointing to French government involvement with a Watergate-style assault on the American Presidency, fronted by Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.There's a lot more about Wilson's French connections, including these tantalizing tidbits: There's certainly more than enough there for Wilson to flunk my smell test. The piece continues: What about France and Wilson? While we do not know all the facts, there is no question that Joseph Wilson has acted precisely as we might expect from an agent provocateur. He worked fervently to undermine the Bush White House with plainly false accusations, putting the Niger forgery to very good use. Joe Wilson calls himself a business agent for unnamed “African mining companies.” We can reasonably guess that he made those contacts during his several postings in Francophone West Africa, possibly when he was Ambassador to Gabon, another former French colony, at the culmination of his State Department career.The conclusion? Wilson's a real pro: Is all that tangled enough for you? Keep in mind that the whole affair may be a classic disinformation campaign, run by the pros who make their living doing just that. Just as Watergate showed how Mark Felt learned how to make damaging leaks from J. Edgar Hoover, the modus operandi of the Plame-Wilson affair reflects professional intelligence methods.Rely on the French? Well, yes. posted by Eric on 12.12.05 at 11:00 PM |
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