No, he didn't; he asked his briefer for more detail and the CIA went into overdrive.
When the VP asks for additional information you don't have that means just that. Not that it matters either way. The MSM will not notice.
You mean the CIA with major resources devoted to counter proliferation intel did not have any permanent 'feet on the street' in a country that is one of the world's largest exporters of uranium?
If they had to rely on sending a washed up former diplomat to beg for information from retired Niger officials, heads should roll. For what we're spending we should have people in place inside the Ministry of whatever in Niger that conducts uranium sales who can tell us to the damn ounce what was sold to whom and who else tried to buy.