On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Michael Pollak wrote:
> The one thing in this that really reminds of Watergate is how the thing
> they got for they didn't even have to do. Nixon didn't need that burglary
> to beat McGovern. And they didn't need to do this.
Although if the other McGovern, Ray McGovern of VIPS -- Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity -- is right about the "hundred" guys who could have come out to join Wilson and didn't, maybe they did:
URL: http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/
October 20, 2005
Cheney's Chickens Come Home to Roost
by Ray McGovern
<snip>
I asked Wilson when he intended to go public; in a couple of weeks, was
the answer.
Wilson then turned dead serious and, with considerable emphasis, told
me the White House had already launched a full-court press in an
effort to dredge up dirt on him. He added, "When I do speak out, they
are going to go after me big time. I don't know the precise nature the
retaliation will take, but I can tell you now it will be swift and
vindictive. They cannot afford to have people thinking they can escape
unscathed if they spill the beans on the dishonesty undergirding this
war." (Sad to say, the White House approach has worked. There are
perhaps a hundred of my former CIA colleagues who know about the lies;
none not one has been able to summon the courage to go public.)
<end excerpt>
Michael