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Joseph Wilson: “Let's say if it was just out of spite or for revenge, it is really truly despicable.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2003
Let's say if it was just out of spite or for revenge, it is really truly despicable.

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Joseph Wilson criticizes the potential motives behind the leak of his wife's identity as a CIA operative.

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