In the book he is quoted as saying something like “It is ludicrous and a total fabrication that I would spy on the State Department.”
Perhaps ten years ago, Admiral Moorer was involved in buying military hardware (as a private citizen) and shipping them to other countries. He claimed (in some magazine article) it was for their museums! He was quoted saying the EXACT same thing “It is ludicrous and a total fabrication that I would sell military hardware to foreign countries!”
When I saw the more recent quote I remembered him from the book and I must have remembered the quote as well, as I found the book on the shelf and compared the two - they were word for word!
The Center for Strategic and International Studies was apparently founded by CIA official Ray Cline, father-in-lawn to Stefan Halper. Admiral Moorer was a leading member, along with General William B. Taylor, George Will, Morris Leibman (the Chicago lawyer Al Haig selected to choose defense lawyers for Nixon), James Woolsey, Kissinger, Brzinsky, Mort Zuckerman, James Schlesinger. Al Haig seems to have been close to General William B. Taylor. They were West Point classmates along with Fred Buzhardt. Silent Coup fingers Al Haig, Bob Woodward, Thomas Moorer and Fred Buzhardt as the major players in Nixon’s demise.