A shekara ta 1980, Wilson ya karanta wani sakon Associated Press a kan wayoyin majalisa da ke bayyana 'yan gudun hijirar da ke tserewa daga Afghanistan da Soviet ta mamaye. Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kwaminisanci ta Afghanistan ta karbi iko a lokacin juyin juya halin Saur kuma ta nemi Soviet Union ta taimaka wajen kawar da juriya daga Mujahideen. A cewar marubucin tarihin George Crile III, Wilson ya kira ma'aikatan Kwamitin Majalisar Dattijai na Amurka da ke kula da "baƙar fata" kuma ya bukaci a ninka lamuni na biyu don Afghanistan. Saboda Wilson an kira shi ne kawai zuwa Kwamitin Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dattijai (wanda ke da alhakin tallafawa ayyukan CIA), an nemi bukatarsa. Tambaya: Wane kwamiti ne aka kira Wilson?
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