Wilson's becoming demagogic here:
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Well, "the Committee didn't bother to ask the CIA," Wilson said. And they "misquoted" a CIA reports officer, who, Wilson went on, has since "written a letter" revising his comments and disavowing that the ambassador's wife had anything to do with his trip to Niger. Unfortunately, however, the report's officer's wife "won't let him" publish the letter, "because they are afraid."
The crowd hissed.
Wilson's credibility is under attack, he said, because the RNC wants the American public to "be very, very afraid." He will have none of this, however. He will not "allow that climate of fear to enter our debates."
The crowd cheered.
"Does this campaign against me not give the appearance of interference in an ongoing criminal investigation?" He paused.
Nooooo!!!!
"That's exactly what it is," Wilson said.
Can you blame them? Big media has soft pedaled all coverage
...stood up and delivered Wilson's second standing ovation of the day. He waved. He even took a bow.
Role of the lifetime. BTW, he may still be a Kerry advisor, or camp follower, distant enough for plausible denials of connection, like Sand Berger's so-called "informal" status.
Yep, I've seen him playing the demagogue elsewhere, too.
BTW, the Robert Borosage described here as introducing Wilson is an old associate of the Communist front groups the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), the Project for National Security, and the Center for National Security Studies (CNSS), the latter two being leaders of the anti-intelligence lobby now represented by people like Wilson. In its early days in the Church Committee era CNSS featured lectures by people like Victor Marchetti, Morton Halperin, Anthony Lake (then Church's legislative aide), and--surprise, surprise, surprise--Walter Pincus.