This is the same guy who helped accuse Gore of saying he invented the internet, defended the vote-counting protests in Florida. He's also the guy who pissed off reporters over the way he handled press coverage (or cover-up) for Iraq. In a year when the GOP NEEDS a friendly press, this could really backfire on them.
The original story came out in the NY Observer
http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage5.aspand Joe Conason runs an analysis in his column
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/10/22/wilkinson/index.html