Well, I hesitated to say anything, waiting to hear more, knowing someone had to be lying. The Nation actually broke this story a while back, but it was largely ignored until now.
My thoughts on it are that this is probably politically motivated (Wilson was a critic of the Bush administration and even wrote for The Nation, a magazine unmatched for its hatred of the Bush administration. I know, I know - don't attack the messenger (link via Joshua Claybourn), but still, there is some value in knowing the source of what you're reading. Don't base your counter-argument on it, but keep it in the back of your mind that propaganda is not an objective source.
One thing is really ironic about all these calls for an independent counsel however. That law expired back in 1999. I remember getting letters from Ralph Nader telling me to urge my Congressmen to let it expire; it was a bad law. Sure enough, Paul Gigot nailed it when he said that the Democrats would ditch this law when it was turned against one of their own (Bill Clinton). Here they go again: Democrats want Republicans to be held accountable, but want to be able to get away with their own acts of corruption. Dems, the independent counsel is supposed to be independent. You're making a mockery of that concept.