Wilson Wacks Woodward

Reuter's has a quote from Joseph Wilson again stepping in for his wife and making the same point I made yesterday about Woodward's self serving statements about Plame when he had a vested interest in the outcome. Reuters has some rather interesting facts to go along with Wilson's statements. Thanks to Shakespeare's Sister for the link.

Joseph Wilson, the husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, called on Thursday for an inquiry by The Washington Post into the conduct of journalist Bob Woodward, who repeatedly criticized the leak investigation without disclosing his own involvement.


"It certainly gives the appearance of a conflict of interest. He was taking an advocacy position when he was a party to it," Wilson said.


[…]Wilson, a former ambassador turned White House critic, told Reuters that The Washington Post should reveal the name of Woodward's source, and conduct an inquiry to determine why he withheld the information for more than two years from his editors and the federal prosecutor. Before publicly disclosing his involvement in the leak case on Wednesday, Woodward was a frequent critic of Fitzgerald's investigation in television and radio appearances. Woodward has described the case as laughable and Fitzgerald's behavior as "disgraceful" and has referred to him as "a junkyard dog."


One day before Libby was charged, Woodward said he saw no evidence of criminal intent.

Woodward has been playing with fire. Fitzgerald the "junkyard dog" may just have something with which to bite Woodward.