"Mr. Lifesayer" was such a fine upstanding US official, that he continued his fine service by leaking intel to the press... even to the point of actually penning his own article. That's NOT responsible behavior, it's egotistical behavior.
If he genuinely thought his report's - make that alleged report since it doesn't seem he made one- his report's value was overlooked or ignored and felt that dangerous, he should have sought some other internal way to address the issue. But as an individual who isn't even in government anymore, he wasn't in a position to know what other intelligence said on the matter. He had no "need to know."
I'm still not convinced he actually went to Niger as his self-written article dwelt rather long on trying to set the stage like some sort of travel brochure; it read like he was making a sales pitch.
And what's this with the wife, a supposed "Agency" WMD operative? Valerie Plame? Why would any self-respecting weapons specialist marry a Goron? Since when do CIA staff e send out their own non-CIA spouses on info-gathering vacations?
Is her name Valerie Plame, or Valerie Wilson, or Valerie Plame-Wilson?
Exactly.