Diplomat accuses Bush admin. of leaking wife's CIA status.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/22/journalists.subpoena/index.html

And has published a book - "The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir."




"......Wilson, a longtime career Foreign Service officer with expertise in African affairs, believes his wife's name was leaked by Bush administration officials in retaliation for his criticism of the administration.

He recounts what he thinks happened in his book "The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir," published in April.

Wilson visited Niger in early 2002 on behalf of the CIA to investigate reports alleging Iraq had tried to buy significant quantities of "yellowcake" uranium ore there and in other African countries. He said he found the reports groundless.

Almost a year after Wilson delivered his findings to the CIA, President Bush cited the African uranium connection in his 2003 State of the Union address as evidence Iraq was trying to restart its nuclear weapons program.

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa," Bush said in the address. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog group, later said the British report was based in part on forged documents.

Last July, Wilson wrote an op-ed article for The New York Times suggesting officials allowed the information to be included in Bush's speech to bolster the case for war even though they knew it was suspect."