Joe Wilson is all upset because he claims Valerie did not suggest him for his Niger trip, but someone else at the CIA asked her to make a request him (which is not consistent with the memo she wrote praising his experience for the trip, and also with the Senate report which discussed how the entire Intelligence Community thought sending Joe was a waste of time and redundant to the other two investigations going on in Niger). You know what – in the grand scheme of things who the hell cares?

From where I sit Val suggesting Joe for the trip could easily be as accurate and truthful as Joe Wilson debunking Niger forgeries (as he said he did so many times in 2003). Which is why this entire fiasco is such a joke. Wilson had to admit under oath to the US Senate he did not debunk any forgeries, the entire foundation of his anti-Bush screeds (which in turn were his entry fee into a Kerry Administration). If Valerie only passed the request on and that confused some people in the State Department who blabbed to the media then that is all that happened – no attempt to get back at whacky joe (the guy is Class A Irrelevant). Someone wrote in internal memo to Collin Powell on Valerie’s role in Joe’s trip and the author of that memo is one Marc Grossman, long time friend of Joe Wilson. That is on the record Joe. So if you are upset with what happened to your wife go yell at your pal. It wass not Bush or any one else. Wilson cannot honestly blame Noval for accurately reporting the misinformation passed to him which came from Marc Grossman! Open your eyes Joe – no one is buying your act any more. You seem to be suffering from paranoid delusions that the world cares what you think.

Addendum: You have to laugh at the pretzel logic the left is whipping itself through to hold onto Fitzmas. Check this out:

A key national security principle for dealing with narrow life-or-death secrets, such as the identity of an undercover CIA officer, is compartmentalization. It’s not just whether officials have the appropriate level of security clearance; they also must have a “need to know.”

The fact that political guru Rove was a source on Plame’s identity for at least two reporters – columnist Novak and Time magazine correspondent Matthew Cooper – suggests that George W. Bush’s White House had put political damage control ahead of national security.

Well, another answer could be that her status was not compartmentalized, she was not undercover and there was no ‘need to know’ condition on her employment. Or it could be a massive conspiracy out to end the world and bring back the Nazis! Tough call there (OMG!).