Exhibit 402: Dick Cheney on Media-Mongering

Government Exhibit 402 is a clipping of Joseph Wilson's New York Times op-ed piece, published July 6, 2003. Wilson's article challenges the administration's public characterization of intelligence about alleged Iraqi attempts to buy uranium in Africa. The clipping shows Vice President Cheney's handwritten notes: "Have they done this sort of thing before? Send an Amb. to answer a question? Do we ordinarily send people out pro bono to work for us? Or did his wife send him on a junket?" Wilson's wife is Valerie Plame, who worked for the CIA.

Download PDF: Exhibit 402: Cheney's Notes on Wilson's Op-Ed Article

Source: NPR/National Security Archive