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My jaw is literally hanging open with shock at the gall displayed by the comments in an article I read today about Watergate.
Full story is here http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/richard_nixon. It discusses the reaction of some former aides to Richard Nixon on the admission by a former FBI agent that he was the Watergate informant "Deep Throat"
A few choice quotes for your reading pleasure:
- G. Gordon Liddy, a Nixon operative who engineered the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Campaign headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington, and served four and a half years in jail for it, said Wednesday that Felt "violated the ethics of the law enforcement profession."
- Chuck Colson, the head of White House communications in 1972, said Felt could have helped America avoid a wrenching political crisis, the ripple effect of which was felt in the country for decades, if he had gone through proper channels.
"Mark Felt could have stopped Watergate," said Colson, who served time in jail and is now an evangelical Christian broadcaster. "He was in a position of that kind of influence. Instead, he goes out and basically undermines the administration."
- Former Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan, in an appearance on MSNBC television, bluntly said Felt was a "traitor."
I pride myself on my cynicism, but even I can't believe what I read today... |
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