Is that the official word now? That the CIA sent Wislon? I thought he went on his own accord. Why would the CIA send a non-CIA person to Niger to check this out?
In the world of government organizations...you work for one boss...one agency. You take orders from that agency. For the wife who was the chief and manager over the tasking....to select and order the husband to go...meant that Joe actually worked for the CIA. Joe may deny this all he wants....but he had only one bosss...and apparently that was via the CIA....and as stupid as it sounds...his wife was somewhere in this entire tasking. I can't think of another receipe like this...that would end in anything but a mess. Whenever you involve a husband and wife...its usually a screwed-up situation.