"She was a covert officer. She said that repeatedly. Mike Hayden said it."
"Our assertion is, our position is, that these acts were acts of private political revenge, they were far outside the scope of their public duties and indeed, if anything, there were an abuse of the pu..."
"I think most objective observers would think that her testimony was clear, concise, persuasive, and compelling."
"To smear Sheehan rather than hear her is un-American and undemocratic."
"Before the hunger crisis, what did we know about Niger? A murky connection between Saddam, uranium, the CIA and a mystery leading to the White House."
"There would be only one reason for Saddam Hussein to be purchasing uranium yellowcake from Niger and that would be to resuscitate his nuclear weapons program. It was important to check it out."
"Clearly, it was a decision the CIA made. And they made it because, again, I had spent a lot of time with the most senior officials in Niger over the previous decade, and developed a considerable amoun..."
"The fact remains, if you kind of look at this from a number of different angles, you can't get out from under the fact that the French mining company is the organization that is the only organization ..."
"It's really a very simple story. A legitimate question was raised. A citizen with particular expertise went out and attempted to answer the question, as did others. The answers were ignored."
"Karl Rove should be fired and that the White House is -- quote -- "involved in a web of lies" in the scandal that outted Wilson's CIA agent wife."
"his wife's CIA cover was blown. Now former Ambassador Joe Wilson wants Karl Rove fired even if he didn't break the law."
"Well, it strikes me that it's typical of a Rove-type operation -- slime and defend is what it's called in the past."