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I could swear that I read a report on FR that said that Wilson stopped and met with Jacqueline on his famous investigative trip. To me it was obvious he was acting as an agent against the US government under the "control" of his former spouse.

Does anybody remember the citation where he met with his former wife on that trip?

Haven't been able to find that info, but I found something interesting here. Scroll down to Saturday, Oct 11, 2003 - Joseph Wilson The Bongo Connection.

Key Phrases:

She is FARA-registered for Gabon - the Presidency itself: The registrant contacted U.S. Government officials on behalf of the foreign principal concerning Gabon's aids programs and travelled to central Africa concerning health issues. $8,000.00 for the six month period ending June 30,2002 Other outfits registered for Gabon declare far more generous rewards. And Bongo is the only client for which she is FARA-registered.
Neither Joseph Wilson nor his company is registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

More at the link, some in French which I can't translate, we may need piasa's assistance on that part.

I still have not been able to find anything on his wife, but I found this strange story:

Mr Chekou ought to have known, as they originated from Niger's Rome embassy when he was ambassador. But when I saw him at his home in a suburb of Niger's capital, Niamey, he claimed he knew nothing.
Western intelligence claims an "under-paid African diplomat" sold the forgeries to Italian intelligence for a few thousand dollars. The Italians were said to have passed the information to MI6, who passed it to the US, though Britain denies this, saying it did not see the fake documents until this year.
Source

Although some of this doesn't square with the story we have already, Martino claimed the documents came from the embassy, so the Chekou link to the Niger Embassy is interesting.

Its eavesdropping work brought to light a hotline between Niger Ambassador Adamou Chekou (today advisor to Niger President Tandja Mamadou) and Iraqi diplomats in Rome, specifically with Wissam al-Zahawiah, Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See.

Holy See? As in Vatican? Where Vincent Cannistraro is the security advisor? Hmmm...

Too bad I can't find anything on the other two, Chekou and Zahawiah, other than copies of this story.