"Bush may not be perfect, but he is no Clinton."
I know. I know. That's why the whole concept of the story never made any sense. Why would the WH attack Wilson? He was quite unimportant. It the WH had an enemies list Wilson would be way, way down it.
The WH was attacking Wilson's story (not Wilson personally), i.e., the insinuation that the VP was behind his trip to Niger and that the WH then ignored his findings, i.e., manipulated intelligence and lied to the public in order to invade Iraq. Pretty serious charges, which were unfounded.