What Wilson Didnt Say About Africa: Joseph Wilson's Silent Partners
Wilson had worked as an aide to Gore from 1985 to 1986 and had developed a friendly relationship with him. Wilson says Gore was the first person outside the State Department to contact him expressing support when he was caught in Iraq in the middle of the diplomatic crisis leading up to the Gulf War. In 1997 Gore recommended Wilson to President Clinton to help him plan a trip to Africa. When Wilson began publicly opposing Bushs Iraq policy in 2002, Gore was still considered a potential candidate in the 2004 election. Gores speeches were then being sponsored by the antiwar group Moveon.org, which Wilson would support in September 2003 in an attempt to petition Congress against appropriating funds for Iraq operations.28 Moveon.org was financed by billionaire George Soros,29 who had business interests encompassing, among other things, the BTC Pipeline that Mohammed Alamoudis Delta Oil was helping build.30 Later, after Gore announced in December 2002 that he would not be running in the 2004 campaign,31 Moveon.org began supporting John Kerrys campaign.32 Wilson began advising Kerrys campaign on foreign policy matters around May 2003, several months prior to his public entry into the Niger uranium controversy.33
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[Source for Footnote] 28: Wilson, The Politics of Truth, 63-65, 163-164, 239-240, 280-282, 376-377, 389, 442
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