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Born 1949

California

Former U.S. ambassador who questioned the Bush administration's reasons for invading Iraq in 2003

"The problem really is a war which has us invading, conquering, and then subsequently occupying Iraq may not achieve that liberation that we're talking about."

Joseph Wilson in an interview with Bill Moyers.

In February 2002 former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson went to Africa on a mission for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was sent to investigate claims that Iraq had tried to acquire uranium, a rare, radioactive element that can be used to create nuclear weapons, from the African nation of Niger. Wilson determined that the claims were false and reported his findings to the CIA and the Bush administration.

In the months leading up to the 2003 Iraq War, however, White House officials repeatedly mentioned the uranium story in...