97^th in continuing blog series on the administration push to war. The administration finally succeeds in planting its purported news item, that Joe Wilson was sent to Africa by his wife, which it has been pushing for a few weeks behind the scenes.
July 10-14, 2003:

July 10, 2003 – Robert Novak holds a conversation with Joseph Wilson and asks for confirmation regarding Wilson’s wife and Wilson’s trip to Africa. Wilson does not provide the confirmation; Novak apologizes for some of his statements.

Same day – Lewis Libby calls Tim Russert to ...   more »