This is the simple essence of the story. He was sent there by his wife. It was a low level decision within the CIA. There was no involvement from anyone in the Bush administration in the decision to send him there. It was simple nepotism.
I think it must have been more than simple nepotism. Wilson went out and goaded the administration. The very administration which he allegedly represented on a mission to Niger. That is not what an ambassador does when he comes home to report findings. No, he went over with his predetermined report already in mind and a plan as to how to deliver his contrivance to provoke a response in the media and in the government. My question is now , "Was he in cahoots with some in the media then, or did it just evolve"? "Were democrats in from the beginning or were they just parasites which 'latched on' to anything that might be spun into something to harm conservatism"?
The reason I put these questions out is because, Before the War Kennedy and others were out saying plans for the war was hatched up in Crawford, Texas. How could he have made such a bold statement, unless someone like Powell had defected to the dems and planted such a thought.
No, this was more than nepotism. This seems like a carefully executed plan. Either that, or I am moving into an area of paranoia I don't want to go further.