I smell desperation.
I also sense that, whatever scheme is being run out of the CIA, Wilkerson is a party to it.
That conclusion may, or may not, make Wilkerson suspect #1 for the "not a partisan gunslinger" role in Novak's story.
Its insular and secret workings were efficient and swift not unlike the decision-making one would associate more with a dictatorship than a democracy. This furtive process was camouflaged neatly by the dysfunction and inefficiency of the formal decision-making process, where decisions, if they were reached at all, had to wend their way through the bureaucracy, with its dissenters, obstructionists and "guardians of the turf."
I guess he wasn't happy that they WORKED AROUND the entrenched denisons of State.
Wilkerson is loose with the tongue.
Now challenged he's dropping the Laroucheian "cabal" meme. Did he do it to gain moonbat support? Now he criticizes post war activities but hey, who doesn't?
Noticeably he popped up with his mini rants just before Fitzgerald's (previous) deadline...was he in fear?
Today Newsweek speculates Armitage as source one. Could be, he's in a position similar to Wilkerson under Powell, but I'm sticking with Wilkerson. He's got a big mouth.