Except maybe her husband was her cover for a trip to Niger.
I still blame it all on Mr. Wilson and whomever put forth all of the now-seemingly false intel for the 8 years prior to the war/invasion. Wag the Dog intel.
Val gal was a willing pawn IMO but I do agree that her hubby most likely orchestrated his charitable sleuthing. These that opposed the removal of Saddam appeared to be a global network. Personally I believe that those 'Soviet' advisers that high tailed it out of Iraq early on are responsible for the missing WMD's.