[. . .A bipartisan investigation by the Senate intelligence committee subsequently established that all of these (Wilson's) claims were false — and that Mr. Wilson was recommended for the Niger trip by Ms. Plame, his wife. . .Mr. Wilson's case has besmirched nearly everyone it touched. The former ambassador will be remembered as a blowhard. . .]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602020.html
Too true . . thanks. Never saw that.