The Wilson "Lie" claim

According to John Fund, who failed to graduate from CSUS, page 46 of the Senate report refutes Joe Wilson's statement on Niger. I don't see it. It says the intel he provided was good and there was no evidence of attempting to get yellowcake after 1999, which mever materialized into an actual purchase. This is precisely what Wilson said. Hello?

"I spent the next eight days drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people: current government officials, former government officials, people associated with the country's uranium business. It did not take long to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place.

Given the structure of the consortiums that operated the mines," Wilson wrote in the now infamous op-ed, "it would be exceedingly difficult for Niger to transfer uranium to Iraq. Niger's uranium business consists of two mines, Somair and Cominak, which are run by French, Spanish, Japanese, German and Nigerian interests. If the government wanted to remove uranium from a mine, it would have to notify the consortium, which in turn is strictly monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Moreover, because the two mines are closely regulated, quasi-governmental entities, selling uranium would require the approval of the minister of mines, the prime minister and probably the president. In short, there's simply too much oversight over too small an industry for a sale to have transpired."

As could be expected critics focused on the tea as proof he wasn't trying, as if interviewing key people for eight days is nothing.