Ari Fleischer

WHIG Coordinates Campaign to Discredit Joseph Wilson, Leading to Plame Leak

2003-07-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Following Joseph Wilson’s July 6, 2003 New York Times op-ed ‘What I Didn’t Find in Africa’ exposing the false Niger uranium claims, the White House Iraq Group immediately mobilizes to discredit Wilson and his findings. WHIG members Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, both regular …

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Bartlett and Fleischer Establish Rapid Response Media Coordination Infrastructure

2002-08-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett and Press Secretary Ari Fleischer establish systematic rapid response coordination with television network reporters and executives to ensure synchronized administration messaging during the Iraq campaign rollout. Building on Bartlett’s 2000 …

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