Ummm...Wilson is not in the State Dept., he is a CEO of a company. The CIA asked him to check out the Niger story.
Sorry for the error. Strike the second sentence of my post number 12. The first sentence stands!
Although the State Dept still needs a good scrubbing. Waaaay too many Clintonistas.
How much was he paid to go to Niger from the CIA slush fund?
How influential was his wife in obtaining that assignment for him?-
"I spent the next eight days drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people: current government officials, former government officials, people associated with the country's uranium business."