Not to mention that nowhere in the article, so far as I can see, does it spell out how Wilson's statements were discredited. You'd think somewhere the reporter(s) might mention the fact that Karl Rove in fact was alerting the reporter that Joe Wilson is a liar. Isn't it odd how they forget that little fact? They dutifully report Joe Wilson's "assertions" that "challenge" the administration but leave out those details where he was show to be, shall we say, not credible.
The non sequitor behind this whole "scandal" is the premise that Rove's mentioning that Wilson's wife played a role in getting him the Niger assignment somehow "smears," "threatens," or "punishes" Wilson. How does providing a relatively innocuous piece of true information constitute a "smear"?
Especially since that is the interpretation (Rove was trying to wave him off a bad story) explicit in Matt Cooper's own email!