Faith, Beer, and Other Things That Interest Geoff

Bob Novak Gloats Over Wilson and the Yellowcake

Since Wilson gave him a hard time, we must appreciate this Novak article. He mentions how Wilson actually accumulated evidence for the assertion. He also mentions that the Democrats on the Intelligence committee agree with the facts. You need to read his last two paragraphs:

''While there was no dispute with the underlying facts,'' Chairman Roberts wrote separately, ''my Democrat colleagues refused to allow'' two conclusions in the report. The first conclusion merely said that Wilson was sent to Niger at his wife's suggestion. The second conclusion is devastating: ''Rather than speaking publicly about his actual experiences during his inquiry of the Niger issue, the former ambassador seems to have included information he learned from press accounts and from his beliefs about how the Intelligence Community would have or should have handled the information he provided.''

The normally mild Roberts is harsh in his condemnation: ''Time and again, Joe Wilson told anyone who would listen that the president had lied to the American people, that the vice president had lied, and that he had 'debunked' the claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa. . . . [N]ot only did he NOT 'debunk' the claim, he actually gave some intelligence analysts even more reason to believe that it may be true.'' Roberts called it ''important'' for the committee to declare much of what Wilson said ''had no basis in fact.'' In response, Democrats were silent.

Hey Bob, don't forget the media establishment either. They're pretty silent as well.