To: kingattax
From the article:
Woodward said Felt helped The Post at a time of tense relations between the White House and much of the FBI hierarchy. He said the Watergate break-in came shortly after the death of legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Felt's mentor, and that Felt and other bureau officials wanted to see an FBI veteran promoted to succeed Hoover.
Felt himself had hopes that he would be the next FBI director, but Nixon instead appointed an administration insider, assistant attorney general L. Patrick Gray, to the post.
Hmmm.... You have to wonder: Did Felt feel slighted for being passed over for promotion by Nixon and pass on the info to Woodward and Bernstein, not out of duty and honor, but out of revenge?
58 posted on
05/31/2005 2:38:56 PM PDT by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
To: Celtjew Libertarian
Did Felt feel slighted for being passed over for promotion by Nixon and pass on the info to Woodward and Bernstein, not out of duty and honor, but out of revenge?Payback is a bitch. However, if it was Felt, he ought to have just done his job of taking care of the criminals instead of running to the press.
64 posted on
05/31/2005 2:40:30 PM PDT by
Bella_Bru
(In Mercuristan, such questions are not tolerated.)
To: Celtjew Libertarian
115 posted on
05/31/2005 2:52:10 PM PDT by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Celtjew Libertarian
It certainly looks like revenge. A revenge that threw this nation into a turmoil we are still dealing with. The aftermath of Watergate has caused Americans to have deep mistrust of their government and has caused a feeding frenzy among the press continually looking for the next Watergate. I see this man as anything but a hero.
132 posted on
05/31/2005 2:58:42 PM PDT by
armymarinedad
(Character makes you draw a line in the dirt.)
To: Celtjew Libertarian; onyx; Howlin
Hmmm.... You have to wonder: Did Felt feel slighted for being passed over for promotion by Nixon and pass on the info to Woodward and Bernstein, not out of duty and honor, but out of revenge? If the info in that article is true
Sure sounds like revenge to me
222 posted on
05/31/2005 3:27:52 PM PDT by
Mo1
(Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
To: Celtjew Libertarian
You have to wonder: Did Felt feel slighted for being passed over for promotion by Nixon and pass on the info to Woodward and Bernstein, not out of duty and honor, but out of revenge? Seems plausible to me. I'd like to know Felt's political affiliation. My guess = Dim.
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