Wilson-Plame-Novak-Rove Timeline

Blogs For Bush directs attention to The Wilson-Plame-Novak-Rove Blame Game Timeline at FactCheck.org.

Timeline Notable: July 7, 2003 – White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer retracts the 16-word yellowcake claim from the State of the Union address, calling the President's statement "incorrect."

It was a mistake for the WH to issue a retraction. The statement may not have been conclusive enough, but it was certainly not "incorrect". The "16 words" were later vindicated by the Senate Committee Report and the Butler Report. Bush opponents and Joe Wilson sympathizers try to trumpet a "hyped case for war" as the underlying story of Novak/Plame/Rove.

LynZee

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