[fintstone]

Most of your "points" have no point. Just a bunch of unrelated facts. For example, whether or not there are 400 tons of yellowcake in Niger does not mean that Iraq did not attempt to purchase 400 tons or whatever amount was available. As far as specific numbered points refuted by the initial article, the following is a good example:

Originally posted by techweenie
13. When Wilson came in to the CIA offices to talk about what he knew -- in response to the memo -- his wife was briefly in the meeting, but left (indicating to the dispassionate observer that she was not that involved in the whole thing). He said: “She definitely had not proposed that I make the trip.” In fact, it's not clear a 'trip' was even planned at that time.

14. About a week later, Wilson was asked to go to Niger.

15. When he came back to make his report, again, his wife was not present at the meeting.

From the initial article:

The unanimously approved report said, ''interviews and documents provided to the Committee indicate that his wife, a CPD (CIA counterproliferation division) employee, suggested his name for the trip.'' That's what I reported, and what Wilson flatly denied and still does.

Plame sent out an internal CIA memo saying ''my husband has good relations with both the PM [prime minister] and the former Minister of Mines (not to mention lots of French contacts), both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity.'' A State Department analyst told the committee about an inter-agency meeting in 2002 that was ''apparently convened by [Wilson's] wife, who had the idea to dispatch [him] to use his contacts to sort out the Iraq-Niger uranium issue.''