He was a Federal Law Enforcment agent who took an oath to uphold the law. Leaking a story to the press does not fall under "doing his job". If he new of illegal activity he should have done his duty and had them arrested to stand trial for their actions. If he didnt have the balls to do his duty he should have walked. What he did was spineless and self serving.
"W. Mark Felt and Edward Miller (Reagan, 1981; clemency for authorizing FBI agents to break into Vietnam protestors' offices without warrants)"
He was a Federal Law Enforcment agent who took an oath to uphold the law. Leaking a story to the press does not fall under "doing his job". If he new of illegal activity he should have done his duty and had them arrested to stand trial for their actions. If he didnt have the balls to do his duty he should have walked. What he did was spineless and self serving.
***The motive was REVENGE, to defame Nixon - that is why the "story" went to the MEDIA already hostile to Nixon(e.g., Washinton Post) and not through investigating and prosecuting channels.
Nixon was associated with the UnAmerican Activities investigation which outed communists and spies in the State Department, and in particular, communist spy Alger Hess.
Through the era a congressional investigation was quick-time revised by leftists (communists) for the mindless. Facts and truths deceptively inverted so that a legitimate investigation became a "witchhunt" and the exposed villains glorified as "victims." The investigation of William Clinton was another "witchhunt." I have no doubt that the combined abuses of power and other violations covertly made by both first lady Hillary Clinton and president William Clinton weigh so far heavier compared to what transpired in the Nixon administration. The communist defaming/vilifying code word/mantra was "Nixon is a crook." Leftist defamation mantras aired by the willing MEDIA characterized McCarthy as the "evil" instead of focusing on the REAL THREAT of subversive communists dedicated by virtue of their Marxist ideology to overthrow, destroy the founding precepts for governance of the United States. (ala the ACLU, et al)
Leftists always heavily arm themselves with the poison of prescripted rhetoric. How often have we heard the cloned-chorus of vilifying mantras which are false assertions, e.g., "Bush lied..." Of course, false assertions still do not detract from the TRUTH that Clinton committed PERJURY and lied face to face (on TV) to nearly every American. (Bush acted on information generally accepted as valid, and there is no LIE in acting on a reasonable assumption.)
The communists, the ACLU, pseudo-liberals and willing fools, Media and Hollywood leftists, et al, hated Nixon because Nixon successfully prosecuted communist spy Alger Hess, a high official in the State Dept. Be assured, the leftist mandate was to destroy Nixon to vindicate Hess. Alger Hess was a communist spy and Nixon exposed him.
Refer to the writings of both Ronald Radosh and David Horowitz for a truthful and factual history of the times to counter leftist revisionist propaganda persistently aired by the MSM.
Self serving? What did he gain by this, lets go down the list: Fame? NO Popularity? NO Money? NO.... so we can rule out self serving. As far as doing his job by reporting to the correct officials - HIS BOSS, THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENT OF THE FBI, was also in bed with Nixon and the clan. There is very little he could have done other than take the action he did. At the time, the press was still mostly impartial and the WHOLE story would make it out.
SSgt Tim