N'afọ 1980, Wilson gụrụ akwụkwọ ozi Associated Press nke na-akọwa ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ na-agba ọsọ site na Soviet na Afghanistan. Ndị Kọmunist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan weghaara ike n'oge Saur Revolution ma rịọ ndị Soviet Union ka ha nyere aka igbochi nguzogide sitere na Mujahideen. Dị ka onye edemede akụkọ ndụ George Crile nke Atọ si kwuo, Wilson kpọrọ ndị ọrụ nke United States House Committee on Appropriations na-emeso "ndokwa ojii" ma rịọ ka a na-amụba okpukpu abụọ maka Afghanistan. N'ihi na a họpụtara Wilson na House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (nke na-ahụ maka ịkwụ ụgwọ ọrụ CIA), arịrịọ ya gafere. Ajụjụ: Olee kọmitii a họpụtara Wilson?
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