John Shaw: “Ambassador Joe Wilson's cover has been blown. He has proclaimed to be a truth-teller, but he has been thoroughly…”

“Ambassador Joe Wilson's cover has been blown. He has proclaimed to be a truth-teller, but he has been thoroughly discredited. You may recall, Mr. Speaker, that Ambassador Wilson said President Bush was lying when in the State of the Union address he said the British Government learned that Saddam Hussein sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Last week's bipartisan Senate Select Intelligence Committee report concluded that it actually is Wilson who has been telling us lies. We now know for certain that Wilson was wrong and that Bush's statement was entirely accurate. In September 2003, an independent British parliamentary committee looked into the matter and determined that the claim made by the British intelligence was in fact reasonable. In recent days, the Financial Times has reported that illicit sales of uranium from Niger were indeed being negotiated with Iraq as well as four other states. According to the Financial Times, human and electronic intelligence sources from a number of countries picked up repeated discussions of an illicit trade in uranium from Niger. One of the customers discussed by the traders was Iraq. There is more. The Senate report says fairly bluntly that Wilson lied to the media.”