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books and check my Web site and show up wherever | speak. It’ s a safety
valve for them, on how far things are going.”
“Are you saying that the intelligence community has allowed you
to function because you know more than any of them?"
“Exactly .. .”
On my return fight the next morning, | found myself reminiscing
about the 1987-88 TV season, when | had been a writer and on-air
commentator on 7he Wilton North Report, a nightly satirical hour on the
Fox network that lasted only 21 shows. Critics blamed the hosts, a pair of
disc jockeys who were not untalented but who were deliberately chosen
for their inoffensiveness.
| had previously suggested as host Conan O’ Brien, a writer on the
show who also did the audience warm-ups. “No,” said the producer,
“he’ s not professional enough.” Ellen DeGeneres? “Too dykey.” Chris
rock? “Too raw.” Rosie O' Donnell? “Who wants to look at her every
night?” Richard Belzer? “Too reptilian.” Belzer is a conspiracy researcher
as well as a comedian and actor, but little did he ever dream that
ultimately he—his reptilian self—could be the culmination of his own
investigation.
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