| ...those defending the officials at the center of Fitzgerald's probe have advanced numerous falsehoods and distortions. As Media Matters for America documents below, the media have not only failed to challenge many of these claims, but also repeated them...Falsehood: It is legally significant whether the leakers disclosed Plame's name in their conversations with reporters...Falsehood: Wilson said that Cheney sent him to Niger...Falsehood: Plame suggested Wilson for the trip to Niger...Falsehood: Wilson was not qualified to investigate the Niger claims...Falsehood: Plame's CIA employment was widely known...Falsehood: Fitzgerald must prove that Plame's covert status was leaked...Falsehood: Fitzgerald's investigation was originally limited to possible violation of 1982 law...Falsehood: Leak investigation is the result of partisan motivations... |
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