Bush mentioned in his 2003 State of the Union address that British Intelligence had made that claim, a claim which the Brits stand by to this day.
So.... Is Henderson a pathological liar or simply a clueless incompetent? I am going with "clueless incompetent" based on this line:
"And he did it secretly."
No serious columnist uses lazy, utterly meaningless phrases like that one, especially to describe a White House advisor's act of taking phone calls from reporters. And Rove was even kind enough to warn one reporter (Cooper) to be wary of (Kerry operative) Joe Wilson's story!
It has now been known for over a year that Wilson is a brazen liar with a political agenda, but Henderson proceeds as if he hasn't heard about it yet. Yeah - - I'm going with Henderson as a clueless incompetent.
Ahem, he actually said that Plame was the reason for Wilson going to Niger. Meaning that this idiot is calling Wilson a LIAR! Wilson claimed he was sent by the VP.