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<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born November 6, 1949) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from Niger in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. <ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry," ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004, abstract (original article unavailable) at http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-695535/Spouse-of-outed-CIA-officer.html#abstract</ref>. He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262885 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:27:03Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born November 6, 1949) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from Niger in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. <ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry," ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004, abstract (original article unavailable) at http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-695535/Spouse-of-outed-CIA-officer.html#abstract.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262883 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:26:19Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born November 6, 1949) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from Niger in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. <ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004, abstract (original article unavailable) at http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-695535/Spouse-of-outed-CIA-officer.html#abstract.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Joseph_Wilson&diff=262872 Talk:Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:16:51Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>==Templates, Notices, Categories and such....==<br /> <br /> Take note of who is placing those on articles, as you may not remove anything placed there by an Administrator, okay? I realize you are working on the article, Tim. We don't allow lots of things that WP does, but then we don't allow a Mobocracy of users that is allowed to run people off either.....;-) --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 14:43, 8 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Ed Poor:<br /> <br /> Here are the links for the (so far) two images I want to use for Joseph Wilson's article:<br /> <br /> http://i18.tinypic.com/4koe843.jpg<br /> <br /> http://i13.tinypic.com/5046hxi.jpg<br /> <br /> Thanks! Tim Osman</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262866 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:13:41Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from Niger in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. <ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262865 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:13:04Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from Niger in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. <ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <small><references/></small></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Yellowcake&diff=262863 Yellowcake 2007-08-08T19:12:50Z

<p>TimOsman: New page: <B>Yellowcake</B> is "the product of the uranium extraction (milling) process; early production methods resulted in a bright yellow compound, hence the name yellowcake. The material is a m...</p> <hr /> <div><B>Yellowcake</B> is "the product of the uranium extraction (milling) process; early production methods resulted in a bright yellow compound, hence the name yellowcake. The material is a mixture of uranium oxides that can vary in proportion and in color from yellow to orange to dark green (blackish) depending at which temperature the material was dried (level of hydration and impurities). Higher drying temperatures produce a darker, less soluble material. Yellowcake is commonly referred to as U3O8 and is assayed as pounds U3O8 equivalent. This fine powder is packaged in drums and sent to a conversion plant that produces uranium hexafluoride (UF6) as the next step in the manufacture of nuclear fuel." <ref> http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/yellowcake.html, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Yellowcake" (2007).</ref><br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262855 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:03:20Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on July 6, 2003, four months after the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election. {{who says}}<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. (See ''Who's Who'' biography).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262854 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:02:43Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election. {{who says}}<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1949 to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. (See ''Who's Who'' biography).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262853 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:02:18Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election. {{who says}}<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. (See ''Who's Who'' biography).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Al_Gore&diff=262851 Al Gore 2007-08-08T19:01:20Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{President<br /> |image=Al_Gore_2.jpg<br /> |seq=45<br /> |office=vice<br /> |term_start=January 20, 1993<br /> |term_end=January 20, 2001<br /> |party=Democratic<br /> |pres=Bill Clinton<br /> |previous=Dan Quayle<br /> |next=Dick Cheney<br /> |birth_date=March 31, 1948<br /> |birth_place=Washington, D.C.<br /> |death_date=<br /> |death_place=<br /> |spouse=Tipper Gore<br /> |spouse2= <br /> |religion=Baptist<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Albert "Al" A. Gore, Jr.''' was the 45th [[Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993-2001) succeeding [[Dan Quayle]] and succeeded by [[Dick Cheney]], following service in the [[House of Representatives]] and the [[Senate]], spanning 1977-85 and 1985-93, respectively.<br /> <br /> In his early life, Al Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) Vanderbilt University. <br /> He also served in the [[United States Army]], and worked as a war correspondant during the [[Vietnam War]]. <ref>William V. Kennedy, ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. [http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html]</ref><br /> <br /> He is married to activist [[Tipper Gore]].<br /> <br /> In his Senate career, he proposed bills to fund the Internet and chaired panels on environmental issues. <br /> <br /> He is an author noted for his books ''Earth in the Balance'' and ''[[Assault on Reason]]''.<br /> <br /> ==Vice Presidency==<br /> The [[Democratic Party]] selected him for Vice President on the 1992 ticket. The Democrats were victorious and he was sworn in on January 20, 1993.<br /> ==Campaign for the Presidency== <br /> As is customary with Vice Presidents, he was nominated to the [[Democratic]] ticket for the 2000 Presidential election. Gore lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore received more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes. Gore contested the results in Florida. On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the Presidency.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000 2000 Presidential Election Results]</ref>.<br /> <br /> [[Image:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|left|thumb|150 px|Al Gore, [[2004]]]]<br /> In the spring of 2000 Gore told the International Press Institute in Boston,<br /> <br /> :"For all of my career, I have believed that America has a responsibility to lead in the world. ...we must also recognize that there is ...a set of threats that affect us all and that transcend political borders....we need a foreign policy that addresses the classic security threats -- and understands the new ones as well....We need to pursue a policy of "forward engagement" -- addressing problems early in their development before they become crises; addressing them as close to the source of the problem as possible" <ref>[http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0900/ijpe/pj52gore.htm ''A New Security Agenda for the Global Age''], Al Gore, Speech to the International Press Institute, Boston MA, April 30, 2000. Retreived from U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs.</ref><br /> <br /> Gore contemplates a dark horse bid for the [[2008_Presidential_Election|2008 Democratic Presidential]] nomination, he appears to have been downgraded from an [[Alpha male]] to a [[Beta male]] by ''Newsweek'' magazine. <ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18881794/site/newsweek/page/0/ Betas Rule], By Jennie Yabroff, ''Newsweek'', June 4, 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> ==Post politics==<br /> Gore has started an investment firm to invest in environmentally sustainable technology and industries, a cable channel (Current TV), and is an adviser to [[Google]]. He also starred in a keynote presentation about the supposed climate crisis, "[[An Inconvenient Truth]]," which won an [[Oscar]]. Al Gore is also mentioned as a possible [[2008]] presidential candidate. His famous sentence: "I used to be the next president of United States of America."<br /> <br /> == Criticism ==<br /> [[Image:Al Gore October 2006.jpg|thumb|150 px|Al Gore at the XPrize Executive Summit, October 19, [[2006]]]]<br /> Al Gore has recently received criticism for his alleged hypocrisy on environmental issues. When it was discovered that Gore's utility bill is 20 times higher than the average American's<ref>[http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2007/02/26/al-gore-hypocrite/ Al Gore, Hypocrite]</ref> many of his detractors accused him of not living up to his own standards. Gore's defenders claim that the majority of that power came from 'green', or environmentally friendly, power sources such as solar and wind power. These power sources are much more expensive than traditional power sources such as coal and nuclear power. From The Tennessean:<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> "Gore purchased 108 blocks of "green power" for each of the past three months, according to a summary of the bills.<br /> <br /> That's a total of $432 a month Gore paid extra for solar or other renewable energy sources.<br /> <br /> The green power Gore purchased in those three months is equivalent to recycling 2.48 million aluminum cans or 286,092 pounds of newspaper, according to comparison figures on NES' Web site."<ref>[http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/NEWS01/702270382]</ref><br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Also, some conservatives have pointed to Gore's use of a private jet while spreading the message about the dangers of [[global warming]].<ref>[http://www.gnn.tv/articles/2332/More_Inconvenient_Truths_About_Al_Gore More Inconvenient Truths About Al Gore]</ref><br /> <br /> Attention has also been called to Gore's profits from mining royalties. Specifically, the mining of zinc adjacent to his property he leased in Tennessee, which has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances into the environment.<ref>[http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770316074 Tennessee Mine Enriched Gore, Scarred Land]</ref> The mine has been closed since 2003. The new owner Strategic Resource Acquisition is planning to re-open the mine. From The Tennessean (3/12/07):<br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> 'Last week, Gore sent a letter asking the company to work with Earthworks, a national [[Environmentalist|environmental group]], to make sure the operation doesn’t damage the environment.<br /> <br /> “We would like for you to engage with us in a process to ensure that the mine becomes a global example of environmental best practices,” Gore wrote.'<br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> However, this was after he had already made $500,000 from the mining operations.<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> [[Previous Breaking News/Al Gore|Articles about '''Al Gore''' from previous "Breaking News"]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/><br /> <br /> <br /> {{USVicePresidents}}<br /> [[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States|Gore, Al]]<br /> [[category:liberal activists]]<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Gore, Al}}</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262850 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T19:00:44Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election. {{who says}}<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. (See ''Who's Who'' biography).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election.<ref>Wilson, ''The Politics of Truth'' 278-80, 282; cf.] [http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Joe_Wilson.php</ref>. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==Diplomatic career==<br /> <br /> Wilson served in the U.S. Foreign Service from January 1976 through 1998, with postings in five different African nations between 1976 and 1988.<br /> <br /> From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], telling him in very clear terms to "get out of Kuwait." Wilson next served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, and subsequently helped direct Africa policy for the United States National Security Council during the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]].<br /> <br /> '''Diplomatic postings:'''<br /> <br /> *1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger<br /> *1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo<br /> *1979–1981: Administrative Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.<br /> *1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa<br /> *1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi<br /> *1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative Tom Foley<br /> *1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<br /> *1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq<br /> *1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe<br /> *1995–1997: Political Adviser to Commander in Chief U.S. Armed Forces, Europe EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany<br /> *1997–1998: Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (USA)|National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:TimOsman&diff=262840 User talk:TimOsman 2007-08-08T18:53:45Z

<p>TimOsman: /* Getting used to CP... */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Welcome|sig=<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 23:50, 7 August 2007 (EDT)}}<br /> <br /> == Please! ==<br /> <br /> Use the links above to check our CP Manual of Style. Do not wikifi dates! Do not copy anything from Wikipedia! If you need help, just ask...ok? --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 23:51, 7 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Style==<br /> <br /> Please do not sign your edits on the article space, use the article's discussion page to show the changes/additions you have made. Do not attached a "work in progress" tag to the article, either. We understand if you cannot write a brilliant article in one shot, come back later to keep adding useful information! [[User:Jallen|<font color="#4d4d4d">Jallen</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Jallen|talk]]</sup> 14:21, 8 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Getting used to CP... ==<br /> <br /> Another thing we do here, is we don't encourage "ping-ponging" of conversations. If I leave you a message here, your page is watched, and I expect to see a reply here, not on my page. That way the entire conversation is complete and in one place, the easier to jog one's memory about what was said, eh? As you can see, we do not have a work in progress template (we try to avoid templates here) so just note the fact you are working on an article in the edit notes before you save whatever you have done. Thanks. --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 14:38, 8 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> <B>Understood! Thanks for the advice...I am just getting my feel around here and sometimes I will ask to be steered in the "right" direction!<br /> <br /> Now - is there anyway someone can help me upload images? As soon as I can do it, I can make the articles I am contributing to much, much better and more fuller in content.</B><br /> <br /> Tim Osman</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:TimOsman&diff=262837 User talk:TimOsman 2007-08-08T18:53:23Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Welcome|sig=<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 23:50, 7 August 2007 (EDT)}}<br /> <br /> == Please! ==<br /> <br /> Use the links above to check our CP Manual of Style. Do not wikifi dates! Do not copy anything from Wikipedia! If you need help, just ask...ok? --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 23:51, 7 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Style==<br /> <br /> Please do not sign your edits on the article space, use the article's discussion page to show the changes/additions you have made. Do not attached a "work in progress" tag to the article, either. We understand if you cannot write a brilliant article in one shot, come back later to keep adding useful information! [[User:Jallen|<font color="#4d4d4d">Jallen</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Jallen|talk]]</sup> 14:21, 8 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Getting used to CP... ==<br /> <br /> Another thing we do here, is we don't encourage "ping-ponging" of conversations. If I leave you a message here, your page is watched, and I expect to see a reply here, not on my page. That way the entire conversation is complete and in one place, the easier to jog one's memory about what was said, eh? As you can see, we do not have a work in progress template (we try to avoid templates here) so just note the fact you are working on an article in the edit notes before you save whatever you have done. Thanks. --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 14:38, 8 August 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Understood! Thanks for the advice...I am just getting my feel around here and sometimes I will ask to be steered in the "right" direction!<br /> <br /> Now - is there anyway someone can help me upload images? As soon as I can do it, I can make the articles I am contributing to much, much better and more fuller in content.<br /> <br /> Tim Osman</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262831 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:51:05Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election. {{who says}}<br /> <br /> ==Biographical Information==<br /> <br /> Wilson was born in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], to Joseph Charles Wilson III and Phyllis (Finnell) Wilson. On his father's side, the Wilson's uncle is [[Pete Wilson]], former United States Senator and Governor of California. He is married to his third wife, the former [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Elise Plame]], and their two children, twins Trevor Rolph and Samantha Finnell Diana, born in 2000. (See ''Who's Who'' biography).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' January 2004.</ref><br /> <br /> The Vietnam protests of the 1960s, when Wilson was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, galvanized him along with much of that generation and "pitted parents against kids in [his] family just as it did in many households around the country."<br /> <br /> For a year midway in his career as a diplomat (1985–1986), Wilson served as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator [[Al Gore]] and Representative [[Tom Foley]]; his working for Democrats was simply a matter of "happenstance." Although Wilson claimed to have been a Republican who crossed to the Democrats because of the Plame Affair, in fact Wilson was a longtime Democrat. ).<ref>Vicky Ward, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/01/plame200401?printable=true&currentPage=all "Double Exposure"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 2004.</ref> That experience helped him to achieve his position as Special Assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senior Director for African Affairs at the [[National Security Council]], over a decade later (1997-98), during which he arranged the first trip of President Clinton to Africa. That was the final position that he held upon retiring from government service, in 1998. It was as a "private citizen" with extensive knowledge and experience of Africa, and specifically of Niger, that he was tapped to travel there again on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in February 2002; he returned in March 2002. Also as a "private citizen," in 2000, Wilson had donated $2,000 to Vice President Gore’s presidential campaign and $1,000 to [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign, but he voted for Gore and Lieberman in the general election.<ref>Wilson, ''The Politics of Truth'' 278-80, 282; cf.] [http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Joe_Wilson.php</ref>. In 2003 Wilson began to support and formally endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, donating $2,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and served as an advisor to and speechwriter for the campaign in 2003 and 2004.<ref> http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040214-120835-4661r.htm "Spouse of Outed CIA Officer Signs On with Kerry,"] ''[[The Washington Times]],'' February 14, 2004.</ref> He has made contributions to the campaigns of Democratic candidates, such as Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts and Congressman [[Charles B. Rangel]] of New York, and to Republican Congressman [[Ed Royce]] of California.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=wilson&txtState=DC&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=&txt2004=&txt2002=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=2&Cycle1=2000&Cycle2=1998&Cycle3=&Page=2 Joseph C. Wilson search] at ''opensecrets.org''.</ref><br /> <br /> After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson supported activist groups like Win Without War, a coalition of far leftwing groups united in opposition to the Iraq War. On July 16, 2007, the [[Drudge Report]] reported that Wilson supports [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in the 2008 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262822 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:43:48Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'', July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262819 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:43:33Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262816 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:42:57Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262814 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:42:17Z

<p>TimOsman: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref><br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <references/></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262808 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:40:17Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <small><references/></small><br /> <br /> <ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262807 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:39:51Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator [[John F. Kerry]] in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <small><references/></small><br /> <br /> <ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262805 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:39:17Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> <small><references/></small><br /> <br /> <ref>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''The New York Times'' July 6, 2003.</ref></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262777 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:15:01Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262775 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:11:14Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> <B>Work in Progress</B></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262773 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T18:10:04Z

<p>TimOsman: Bio of Joseph C. Wilson, by Tim Osman. Wholly the work of Tim Osman, Sourced by Tim Osman.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]][[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush administration]] of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> <B>Work in Progress</B></div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262298 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T00:52:24Z

<p>TimOsman: Wilson, Joseph C.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administratio. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.<br /> <br /> --- Work in Progress ---<br /> <br /> ==Controversy over Wilson's trip to Niger==<br /> <br /> In late February of 2002, Wilson was sent to [[Niger]] on behalf of the CIA to investigate the possibility that [[Saddam Hussein]] had a deal to buy enriched [[uranium]] [[yellowcake]]. Wilson met with the current Ambassador, Owens-Kirkpatrick, at the embassy, and was informed that she had already debunked that story. However, they agreed Wilson would interview dozens of officials who had been in the Niger government when the deal had supposedly taken place. Wilson ultimately concluded "it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place."[See Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]]. The account given by Wilson in his "timeline" entitled "Events Surrounding the 'Sixteen Words' and the Disclosure of the Undercover Status of CIA Operative Valerie Plame, Wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson.”<br /> <br /> Wilson and his wife have maintained that the CIA asked Wilson - without any input from Plame - to go to Niger and investigate the yellowcake claim. However, a CIA memo, shown here, details (in the circled portion) that Plame lied under oath when she told a House committee that she had no connection with Wilson's selection. The memo, written by Bush critic Carl Ford, Jr., states otherwise:<br /> <br /> [[Image:Plame Memo2.jpg|thumb|right|A CIA memo proves Valerie Plame Wilson's input in the selection of her husband to go to Niger.]]<br /> <br /> Notes: Niger/Iraq uranium meeting CIA 2/19/02<br /> <br /> Meeting apparently convened by Valerie Wilson, a CIA WMD managerial type and the wife of Amb. Joe Wilson, with the idea that the agency and the larger USG could dispatch Joe to Niger to use his contacts there to sort out the Niger/Iraq uranium sale question. Joe went to Niger in late 1999 in regard to Niger's uranium program, apparently with CIA support.<br /> <br /> The "Report of the Selection Committee on Intelligence on Prewar Intelligence Assessments about Postwar Iraq," released after the Democrats took control of Congress, states (page 211): <br /> <br /> “Some CPD officials could not recall how the office decided to contact the former ambassador, however, interviews and documents provided to the Committee indicate that his wife, a CPD employee, suggested his name for the trip. The CPD reports officer told Committee staff that the former ambassador's wife "offered up his name" and a memorandum to the Deputy Chief of the CPD on February 12, 2002, from the former ambassador's wife says, "my husband has good relations with both the PM [prime minister] and the former Minister of Mines (not to mention lots of French contacts), both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity.”<br /> <br /> [See Report of the Selection Committee on Intelligence on Prewar Intelligence Assessments about Postwar Iraq, http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf]<br /> <br /> Even The Washington Post noted that Plame was deeply involved in the selection of Wilson. <br /> <br /> “Former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, dispatched by the CIA in February 2002 to investigate reports that Iraq sought to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program with uranium from Africa, was specifically recommended for the mission by his wife, a CIA employee, contrary to what he has said publicly.<br /> <br /> “Wilson last year launched a public firestorm with his accusations that the administration had manipulated intelligence to build a case for war. He has said that his trip to Niger should have laid to rest any notion that Iraq sought uranium there and has said his findings were ignored by the White House. <br /> <br /> “Wilson's assertions -- both about what he found in Niger and what the Bush administration did with the information -- were undermined yesterday in a bipartisan Senate intelligence committee report. <br /> <br /> “The panel found that Wilson's report, rather than debunking intelligence about purported uranium sales to Iraq, as he has said, bolstered the case for most intelligence analysts. And contrary to Wilson's assertions and even the government's previous statements, the CIA did not tell the White House it had qualms about the reliability of the Africa intelligence that made its way into 16 fateful words in President Bush's January 2003 State of the Union address.”<br /> <br /> [See "Plame's Input Is Cited on Niger Mission <br /> Report Disputes Wilson's Claims on Trip, Wife's Role," The Washington Post, 10 July 2004, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39834-2004Jul9.html]<br /> <br /> But, according to the U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee Report, Wilson also reported that, although former [[Niger]]ien prime minister [[Ibrahim Assane Mayaki]] was unaware of any pending sales contract with Iraq, an Iraqi delegation had approached Mayaki in June 1999, expressing an interest in "expanding commercial relations."  Mayaki believed this overture may have meant that they wanted to purchase yellowcake uranium –– one of Niger’s few exports –– but claimed that he refused to discuss any trade issues at all due to active UN sanctions on Iraq, and so steered the conversation in another direction.<ref>''{{PDFlink|[http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq]}}'', ''intelligence.senate.gov'' [[July 7]], [[2004]]; cf. {{PDFlink|[http://intelligence.senate.gov/108301.pdf Version of Report with "Additional Views,"]|24.1&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]}} [[July 9]], [[2004]]; both accessed [[September 13]], [[2006]].</ref><br /> <br /> The controversy surrounding Wilson began with President Bush's 2003 [[State of the Union Address]],<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030128-19.html 2003 State of the Union Address]</ref> containing his now-infamous "[[September Dossier|16 words]]" in which he stated that "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."<ref>See, e.g, [http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0307/bush.16.words/content2.html 16 Words (CNN)] and "previous" link as provided by CNN.com.</ref> Documents unrelated to Wilson's trip and finding Iraq had made a yellowcake overture had been obtained by the U.S. Embassy in Rome on [[October 9]][[2002]], and distributed throughout the U.S. intelligence community shortly thereafter, but not passed on to the IAEA until [[February 3]][[2003]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Two months later, [[Yellowcake forgery|documents]] suggesting that Iraq had tried to buy 500 tons of uranium from Niger, were judged to be "obvious" forgeries by the [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]].<ref>See the "Timeline" entitled "Events surrounding the 'Sixteen Words' and the Disclosure of the Undercover Status of CIA Operative Valerie Plame, Wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson," 452-54 in Wilson, ''The Politics of Truth.” In his article, and in his book and subsequent statements, Wilson asserts that the President knew that the “16 words were false” – an allegation which the nonpartisan site Factcheck.org discussed and proved that Bush was not lying:<br /> <br /> <ref name=factcheck>[http://www.factcheck.org/article222.html "Bush’s `16 Words on Iraq and Uranium: He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn’t Lying,"] ''Factcheck.org'' [[July 26]], [[2004]], accessed [[July 26]], [[2007]].</ref><br /> <br /> It was discovered, however, that Wilson told people that he was sent to Niger by Office of Vice President Dick Cheney. In fact, through a governmental investigation, Wilson got the position from his wife, former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, who continually holds to the story that Cheney’s office sent her husband, despite a memo and various reports from those inside the CIA. Aside from Wilson's and Plame’s arguments, the "Report of the Selection Committee on Intelligence on Prewar Intelligence Assessments about Postwar Iraq," stated 1) that Plame and Wilson lied when they said that Plame was not the source of getting her husband sent to Niger, and 2) that a memo from the CIA proves Plame lied under oath before the US House Committee hearing on the alleged leak of her name.<br /> <br /> <ref name=intelcmte>[http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf "Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Prewar Intelligence Assessments about Postwar Iraq,"] ''US Senate Intelligence Committee Report'' [[July 26]], [[2004]], accessed [[July 10]], [[2007]].</ref><br /> <br /> <ref name=plamecheck>[http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzUyMzgyZmVjZDUzYWRjYTU2YmM1MWEwZDYzNTI3OGQ="] ''Fact Checking Valerie Plame Wilson, Part 1'' [[May 25]], [[2007]], accessed [[July 10]], [[2007]].</ref><br /> <br /> Shortly thereafter, columnist [[Robert Novak]], while writing on the choice of Wilson for the Niger mission, disclosed that Wilson's wife, [[Valerie Plame]], worked for the [[CIA]]. In his column of [[July 14]], [[2003]], Novak states: "Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me that Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate the Italian report. The CIA says its [[counter-proliferation|counterproliferation]] officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him. 'I will not answer any question about my wife,' Wilson told me."<ref>[[Robert Novak]], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102000874.html "Mission to Niger,"] ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[July 14]], [[2003]]:A21; posted online, [[October 20]], [[2005]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2003]].</ref> On the Tucker Carlson Show on MSNBC, 18 July 2007, Novak divulged - for the first time - the shocking revelation that pro-Soviet spy Aldrich Ames had revealed Plame's name as a CIA operative years earlier - and for that reason her covert status was ended in 1996. The law that covers the exposing of a covert agent’s name allows for five years after the service ends, which means that the leaking of Plame’s name in 2003 came two years after she was protected.<br /> <br /> The question remains: why has Wilson and Plame lied about the selection of Wilson for the Niger mission? After all, no matter why he was selected, he did go on the mission. The problem is, that if Plame did recommend her husband and this was the reason behind the selection, she could be prosecuted for violating strict government nepotism laws. Cliff Kincaid of the AIM Media Monitor wrote,<br /> <br /> “One of the fascinating questions about the Valerie Plame affair is why Joseph Wilson lied about his wife's role in sending him on that mission to investigate the Iraq-uranium link. In his own book, ironically titled, The Politics of Truth, Wilson admits that if she played such a role, that might be a violation of federal nepotism laws. Of course, the special prosecutor is not investigating that. But Herbert Romerstein, a former professional staff member of the House Intelligence Committee, says there is another reason. And that is that her involvement in sending her husband on a CIA mission to Africa meant that when Wilson went public about it, foreign intelligence services would investigate all of his family members for possible CIA connections. Those intelligence services would not simply assume that he went on the mission because he was a former diplomat. They would investigate his wife. And that would inevitably lead to unraveling the facts about Valerie Wilson, or Valerie Plame, and her involvement with the CIA.”<br /> <br /> <ref name=wilsonoped>Cliff Kincaid, [http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3879_0_2_0_C/" Why Did Joseph Wilson Lie?,” Accuracy in Media Media Monitor, [[2 August 2005,"]] [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[July 24]], [[2007]].</ref> <br /> <br /> Additionally, the “leaking” of Plame’s name, could not have been a crime unless she was undercover – a fact which was confirmed to have ended in 2001, two years before Novak reported on Plame’s existence. Novak’s column set off a mad scramble inside the US government and the media to find the alleged leaker. Wilson intimated – without any proof – that Presidential advisor [[Karl Rove]] was behind the leak; Wilson demanded that Rove be arrested and “frog marched” out of his White House office. To this day, Rove has not been indicted for any role in the leak of Plame’s name, an episode referred to by some as “Plamegate.” In response to the story, Democrats demanded that a Special Prosecutor be named to find the leaker. [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]] recused himself from the case, and it was left to Deputy Attorney General [[James Comey]] to name [[Patrick J. Fitzgerald]] as the Special Prosecutor, to discover who leaked the name and if it was a crime.<br /> <br /> On or about September 26, 2003, the Department of Justice authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) to commence a criminal investigation into the possible unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding the disclosure of [[Valerie Plame|Valerie Wilson]]’s affiliation with the CIA to various reporters in the spring of 2003. Although he has never spoken publicly, Fitzgerald received the name of the true leaker – Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of State – very early in the investigation. Instead of ending his investigation, Fitzgerald continued on, looking for those who had little or nothing to do with the leak, including several people inside the White House. In the end, Fitzgerald got an indictment against Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, Irving Lewis “Scooter” Libby, for perjury and obstruction of justice. During the trial, Fitzgerald never claimed that Libby was the leaker; however, on March 6, 2007, Libby was convicted of four of the five counts against him. <ref>Neil A. Lewis, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/washington/07libby.html "Libby Guilty of Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case,"] [[New York Times]], [[March 6]], [[2007]], accessed [[July 27]], [[2007]].</ref> On July 2, 2007, President Bush commuted Libby’s prison sentence but left his $250,000 fine intact.<br /> <br /> In August 2006, after years of controversial speculation and an ongoing [[grand jury]] investigation, the general public learned from news reports and advance word of the book ''Hubris', by [[Michael Isikoff]] and [[David Corn]], that Novak's "primary source" of this information for his column of 14 July 2003 was former Deputy Secretary of State [[Richard L. Armitage]].<ref name=armitageny>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/washington/30armitage.html | title=Source of C.I.A. Leak Said to Admit Role | author=Neil A. Lewis|publisher=New York Times|date=August 30, 2006}}</ref> Since that public disclosure, Novak has disputed several details of Armitage's account made in the latter's subsequent media interviews.<ref>[[Robert Novak]], [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2006/09/14/armitages_leak "Armitage's Leak,"] ''[http://www.townhall.com TownHall.com]'' [[September 14]], [[2006]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref><br /> <br /> Mr. Wilson's verbal report to the CIA seemed to confirm Iraq's desire to open negotiations with Niger, possibly involving uranium. The July 11, 2003 [[CIA]] Statement by Director [[George Tenet]]<ref name=CIATenet20030711>[https://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr07112003.html "CIA Statement"] by Director [[George Tenent]]</ref> states: <blockquote>The same former official also said that in June 1999 a businessman approached him and insisted that the former official meet with an Iraqi delegation to discuss “expanding commercial relations” between Iraq and Niger. The former official interpreted the overture as an attempt to discuss uranium sales.</blockquote> When asked to respond this on October 5, 2003 on [[Meet the Press]] with [[Tim Russert]],<ref name=wilsonmtp20031005>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3131258/ "Meet the Press"]</ref> Mr Wilson said:<blockquote>An intermediary came to this official, and said, “I want you to meet with these guys. They’re interested in talking about expanding commercial relations.” The person who talked to me said, “Red flags went up immediately, I thought of U.N. Security Council sanctions, I thought of all sorts of other reasons why we didn’t want to have any meeting. I declined the meeting,” and this was out of the country, on the margins of an OIC meeting. So it was a meeting that did not take place. And at one point during the conversation, this official kind of looked up in the sky and plumbing his conscience, looked back and said, “You know, maybe they might have wanted to talk about uranium.”</blockquote> To the CIA personnel debriefing Mr. Wilson (he provided no written report from his eight day mission), this represented confirmation which was at odds with Mr. Wilson's title, "What I didn't find in Africa.”</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262297 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T00:47:14Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administratio. During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262296 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T00:46:38Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262295 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T00:46:04Z

<p>TimOsman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush administration]] of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.</div>

TimOsman https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Wilson&diff=262294 Joseph Wilson 2007-08-08T00:45:52Z

<p>TimOsman: New page: {{Current|date=August 2007}} '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born November 61949) is a retired diplomat of the United States Foreign Service, who was posted to African nat...</p> <hr /> <div>{{Current|date=August 2007}}<br /> <br /> '''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]][[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush administration]] of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.</div>

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