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Either the only witness, Wade's buddy Jack (Jim True), or a third party--perhaps at the behest of the town's capitalist overlord (Holmes Osborne).
Perhaps the most questionable piece of networking is one that Fowler testified he couldn't recall, but which documents revealed for the first time yesterday strongly confirm: namely, contacting the CIA at the behest of Roger Tamraz, an international financier "with a questionable reputation" (says the Times ) who was angling for Clinton administration support for a proposed Caspian region oil pipeline, and who had given the Democrats $300,000.
(Answer: For the same reason they're flinging themselves into mosh pits at the behest of radical documentary filmmakers; because they're running to get attention.)
Later, Steele changed her story, saying Willey had told her that the president had "made a pass" at her only weeks after the alleged incident and that she had lied at Willey's behest.
Thus when Jordan says that Currie called him to ask him for help in finding Lewinsky a job in New York, there is every reason to think he is telling the truth--and it's at least plausible that Currie was calling at her own behest, not Clinton's.