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Note that Wilson is the Kerry campaign staffer who was exposed in the 911 commission findings; according to various pajama people, after the findings came out concerning Niger and Iraq and making Wilson look foolish, or should I say more foolish, the Kerry campaign quickly purged its web site of references to Wilson. Maybe we should inspect the Niger forgeries for odd kerning...

FR's Shermy noted in reference to the excerpt below that " Wilson makes another anonymous appearance" - certainly the description fits Wilson] :

JUNE 29, 2003 : (US OFFICIAL, POSSIBLY AMBASSADOR JOE WILSON, JOINS THE ATTACK AGAINST THE UK WAR EFFORT) A high-ranking American official who investigated claims for the CIA that Iraq was seeking uranium to restart its nuclear programme accused Britain and the US yesterday of deliberately ignoring his findings to make the case for war against Saddam Hussein.
The retired US ambassador said it was all but impossible that British intelligence had not received his report - drawn up by the CIA - which revealed that documents, purporting to show a deal between Iraq and the West African state of Niger, were forgeries.
When he saw similar claims in Britain's dossier on Iraq last September, he even went as far as telling CIA officials that they needed to alert their British counterparts to his investigation. ...
...The former diplomat - who had served as an ambassador in Africa - had been approached by the CIA in February 2002 to carry out a "discreet" task....
--- "Ministers Knew War Papers Were Forged, Says Diplomat," Independent, June 29, 2003 -- via "Joseph Wilson, Niger, Uranium and Bush’s Famous Sixteen Words: Evolution of a Confused Story," FreeRepublic's Shermy, April 16, 2004, Posted on 04/16/2004 1:01:46 PM PDT by Shermy

JULY 13, 2003 : (UK FOREIGN MINISTER STRAW REPEATS THAT BRITISH INTEL DID NOT RELATE TO THE FORGED NIGER DOCUMENTS) Foreign Minister Jack Straw specifies, again, that the British intelligence did not relate to the fraudulent Niger documents. -- FreeRepublic's Shermy, commenting on Straw defends UK uranium evidence , http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/12/sprj.irq.uk.uranium.straw/index.html
-- "Joseph Wilson, Niger, Uranium and Bush’s Famous Sixteen Words: Evolution of a Confused Story," FreeRepublic's Shermy, April 16, 2004, Posted on 04/16/2004 1:01:46 PM PDT by Shermy

AUGUST 2003 : (NIGERFLAP: FORMER AMBASSADOR JOE WILSON GETS A BOOK DEAL) In August, Wilson got his book deal. -- "The Rise and Decline of Joe Wilson," by Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard, 05/17/2004