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A Right-Wing Smear is Gathering Steam
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July 22, 2004
Los Angeles Times
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White
House officials went after me and my wife, a CIA operative, after I
questioned their claim that Saddam was pursuing nuclear weapons. Here's
how they did it, and why it was so important to them.
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy
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Sept.14, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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What I Didn’t Find in Africa
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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How Saddam Thinks
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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White
House officials went after me and my wife, a CIA operative, after I
questioned their claim that Saddam was pursuing nuclear weapons. Here's
how they did it, and why it was so important to them.
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy
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Sept.14, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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What I Didn’t Find in Africa
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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How Saddam Thinks
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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White
House officials went after me and my wife, a CIA operative, after I
questioned their claim that Saddam was pursuing nuclear weapons. Here's
how they did it, and why it was so important to them.
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy
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Sept.14, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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What I Didn’t Find in Africa
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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How Saddam Thinks
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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White
House officials went after me and my wife, a CIA operative, after I
questioned their claim that Saddam was pursuing nuclear weapons. Here's
how they did it, and why it was so important to them.
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy
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Sept.14, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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What I Didn’t Find in Africa
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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How Saddam Thinks
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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White
House officials went after me and my wife, a CIA operative, after I
questioned their claim that Saddam was pursuing nuclear weapons. Here's
how they did it, and why it was so important to them.
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy
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Sept.14, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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How Saddam Thinks
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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May 2, 2004
San Jose Mercury News
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San Jose Mercury News
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What I Didn’t Find in Africa
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July 6, 2003
New York Times
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Iraq May See U.S. as Latest in Line of Conquerors
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April 6, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
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Republic or Empire?
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March 3, 2003
The Nation
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A "Big Cat" With Nothing to Lose
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Feb. 6, 2003
Los Angeles Times
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Oct. 13, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
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With
fearless insight and disarming candor, Ambassador Joseph Wilson
recounts more than two decades in the U. S. Foreign Service under
presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton—from
Angola to Iraq to Bosnia to Niger. Whether fostering peaceful
democratization in African nations or facing down Saddam Hussein just
days before the first Gulf War or accompanying Bill Clinton on his
historic 1998 African tour, Wilson vividly chronicles history in the
making. And on page after compellingly narrated page, he demonstrates
the courage of his convictions in the face of volatile situations,
violent conflicts, and vindictive governments.
As the acting ambassador to
Iraq, Wilson was the last American official to meet with Saddam before
Desert Storm in 1990. He successfully parried the dictator’s
threats to use American hostages as human shields against U.S. bombing
and was given a patriot’s welcome by President George H. W. Bush
on his homecoming. Yet today he finds himself in a battle with his own
government.
Why? Because he called a lie a lie.
When President George W. Bush claimed in the now notorious sixteen words in his 2003 State of the Union address
that “Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of
uranium from Africa,” Wilson could not stand by silently. For at
the request of the CIA he himself had traveled to Niger the previous
year and found no evidence to support the rumor of a uranium deal. In a
New York Times op-ed, “What I Didn’t Find in Africa,”
he told the nation about that trip and his findings. The White House
retaliated viciously. Seeking revenge against Wilson and trying to
intimidate intelligence professionals who had begun telling reporters
of prewar pressure to skew their analyses of the threat posed by Iraq,
senior administration officials did the unthinkable: They disclosed the
undercover status of Wilson’s wife, CIA operative Valerie Plame,
to members of the press. Columnist Robert Novak then published the leak, blew Plame’s cover, and abetted the administration’s possible violation of federal law.
But
Wilson still wouldn’t back down. He withstood the personal
attacks and called on the White House to acknowledge the truth about
the sixteen words. In televised interviews and newspaper commentaries
he argued that the administration had fabricated much more than the
uranium claim, indeed had manipulated intelligence to bolster its case
for invading Iraq. Now he continues his fight in this groundbreaking
book as he reveals the dangers to the nation bred by officials in a
war-hungry White House—Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul
Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Karl
Rove, and George W. Bush himself—in an alarming attempt to impose
their will.
Yet
Wilson maintains faith in his fellow citizens and the American ideals
he represented for two decades abroad. With inspiring fervor he urges
all Americans to become involved in the vigorous process of democracy,
for ultimately, he argues, the strength of the nation lies in the will
of its people.
April 30, 2004
$26.00
544 pages
Maps, 16 pages of Photos, Timelines, and Newspaper Commentaries by Ambassador Joseph Wilson
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