 Wisner was unsuccessful in convincing Mubarak to do so.Four days later, after a day in which Mubarak allies took violent reprisal against democracy activists, Wisner spoke to a security conference in Europe and called it "crucial" that Mubarak stay on in the interest of "stability".The State Department immediately disavowed his comments and said Wisner had not been serving as an envoy but as a conduit for certain administration views.