That is the title of the recent book by Joseph Wilson. He is the retired diplomat, with long experience in Africa, who did a favor for the CIA. He checked out a report that Iraq had purchased uranium in Niger. Like other investigators, Wilson determined the report was untrue.
Neverthless, President Bush cited the report in his State of the Union speech. That prompted Wilson to write an Op-Ed for the New York Times saying the Niger story was unfounded. Which prompted the White House, in turn, to leak to several newspeople the fact that Wilson's wife was a CIA operative. One, Robert Novak, published the leak.
(It is a violation of law to blow the cover of a CIA agent and the Justice Department has a semi-independent attorney trying to find out who did the deed.
I have five bucks saying the report won't come out until after the November elections.)
Wilson, understanding that the White House was not just punishing him but warning others to refrain from undermining the Administration, responded with the book.
I have read it. I wish Wilson had told me less about his diplomatic career. I also wish its editors had been more focused; they let Wilson wander.
On the plus side, Wilson is very strong on the strengths and weaknesses of US diplomacy in the Mideast in recent years. He is particularly sharp on our policy toward Israel. And he has some insights into the role of TV and newspapers in contemporary politics.
Having written this, I can now return the book to the Albuquerque Public Library, that blessed institution.