I have a new story up about reaction to Valerie Plame Wilson’s testimony before the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform. You’ll remember Mrs. Wilson testified that in February 2002, a young junior officer who worked for her at the CIA came to her, “very upset,” after a call from the vice president’s office asking about reports of an alleged Iraqi purchase of uranium in Niger. “As she was telling me what had just happened, someone passed by, another officer heard this,” Mrs. Wilson testified. “He knew that Joe had already — my husband — had already gone on some CIA missions previously to deal with other nuclear matters. And he suggested, ‘Well, why don’t we send Joe?’”
That, Mrs. Wilson testified, was the beginning of her husband’s mission to Africa. But it turns out that Mrs. Wilson was also questioned about these events during the investigation into the Niger uranium matter by the Senate Intelligence Committee. And Sunday night, Sen. Christopher Bond, vice chairman of the committee, said in a statement that Mrs. Wilson did not tell the committee about the junior officer, the call from the vice president’s office, or the passing CIA official:
“Friday was the first time we have ever heard that story,” Sen. Bond said in a statement to National Review Sunday evening. “Obviously if we had, we would have included it in the report. If Ms. Wilson’s memory of events has improved and she would now like to change her testimony, I’m sure the committee staff would be happy to re-interview her.”