Ambassador Joe Wilson has died

The former ambassador who travel to Niger and shot down the lies put forward by the Bush administration over nuclear weapons being created in Iraq has died. 

He wrote a piece for the New York Times entitled “What I didn’t find in Africa”. It was the beginning of what would become “Plamegate”, the attempt to destroy his reputation through his wife, former CIA agent and current New Mexico congressional candidate, Valerie Plame, by outing her work with the CIA and putting her and her (now) ex-husband in danger. The effect would cost her her job with the CIA and a conviction for White House staffer Scooter Libby, which would later be commuted by George W. Bush. The good news out of that was that the truth would come out about the ridiculous foray into Iraq that we are stuck with to this day and the lies that precipitated with it. The journey for the ambassador, however, would not be easy. 

At a time when a whistle blower is risking everything to try to save the United States, we have lost a true patriot who blew the lid off of a lawless administration prosecuting a case for a stupid war. I hope this reminds us all of what is truly at stake here. I hope the whistle blower also holds as true as the ambassador did. 

RIP Joe Wilson. 

Here is an announcement from NBC News. 

NBC News confirms that Ambassador Joe Wilson, ex-husband of Valerie Plame, has died. He was 69 years old.