A good take on the Wilson assignment to "find out" if Saddam had purchased uranium from Africa can be found here. The CIA is rotten to its core and Bush needs to have the balls to deal with it, balls he has consistently demonstrated he does not have. This "scandal" is entirely of his own making, created by his inability to control subordinates, his refusal to demand that orders be followed, and his adamant refusal to wreak revenge when people try to wreck him. He has a track record that means nobody gets punished politically. The country is paying for it.