Bill Berkowitz writes Wead in the Rose Garden, background on author Doug Wead.

Most of Doug Wead’s political career has been spent out of the public eye. Except for a failed run for an Arizona congressional seat in the early nineties, he’s generally worked behind the scenes, first serving President George H.W. Bush and later, advising George W. He’s generally avoided the headlines in the mainstream press. Last month, however, Wead came charging into the hot glare of the media spotlight. When you scratch beneath Doug Wead’s surface you find an Assemblies of God minister who divorced his wife, a man involved with pyramid schemes, televangelizing faith healers and the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church.