Everyone seems to assume that Wilson was the target of the Plame outing, but what if Plame herself was the target? What if Plame, in her CIA work on WMDs, was getting close to uncovering whomever committed the Niger uranium forgeries?
Want to see a strong, well-thought-out argument for this possibility? Look at this post by Tex at antiwar.com.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2460
Tex explains that Plame-as-target answers two key questions:
- why Fitzgerald's probe into the outing of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame has led him to the Niger forgeries.
- why Fitzgerald's existing authority covers the Niger forgeries.
I remember that on this past Sunday's MTP Frank Rich said something like: Wilson would have been like a flea to the White House (not an exact quote). The heavy-handed response to Wilson by the White House did not make sense to Rich. But if Plame was uncovering the forgeries, I doubt that the White House would have seen her as a flea. Agree?