Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1980, Wilson ya karanta wani sakon Associated Press game da wayoyin majalisa da ke bayyana 'yan gudun hijirar da ke tserewa daga Afghanistan da Soviet ta mamaye. Jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ta Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Afghanistan ta karbi iko a lokacin juyin juya halin Saur.
kuma ya nemi Tarayyar Soviet ta taimaka wajen murkushe juriya daga Mujahideen. A cewar marubucin tarihin George Crile III, Wilson ya kira ma'aikatan kwamitin Majalisar Dokokin Amurka kan Kudade da ke hulda da "kudaden baƙar fata" kuma ya nemi a ninka adadin kudade na Afghanistan sau biyu. Saboda Wilson kawai an kira shi ne ga Kwamitin Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dattijai (wanda ke da alhakin kudade na ayyukan CIA), an yi amfani da bukatarsa.