We all know what happened to Valerie Plame when Joe Wilson called Bushco's bluff on Iraq's pursuit of yellowcake.
What we haven't heard much about is a longtime CIA operative I've cleverly identified only as Mr.X, who was fired in 2004 and has filed a lawsuit alleging that:
his dismissal was punishment for his reports questioning the agency's assumptions on a series of weapons-related matters. Among other things, he charged that he had been the target of retaliation for his refusal to go along with the agency's intelligence conclusions.
Ah, punishment and retaliation,the standard-issue Bushco treatment for the unpatriotic who dare question their lies. There are two critical components to nuclear weaponhood: uranium oxide (yellowcake) and centrifuges, which are used to turn uranium into fuel for nuclear weapons.
The Wilsons paid their price for helping knock down the yellowcake purchase. Mr. X alleges he paid the price for reporting Iraq was ready to sell its centrifuges.
What reality-based "drivel" was Mr. X peddling in the agency?
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