Just to make sure we're all on the same page, let's consider the some assertions by Joseph C. Wilson IV, and how they do or do not comport with the related sections of the report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), dated July 7, 2004, on the Intelligence Community's prewar assessments on Iraq. Note:    [R] = Redacted, that is, the bits the Government does want you to see.             CPD = CIA's Directorate of Operations Counterproliferation Division First Wilson assertion: His wife did not recommend him to the CIA for the trip to Niger. SSCI report page 39: ([R]) 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...(Read Full Post)