[Liz]

Besides his slavish fanaticism to his own self-serving ambitions, what was Felt's hidden agenda? It is no small consideration that the post-Nixon nation saw the horrific rise of liberalism---and the juggernaut to tolerate every idiocy the left wing could concoct. Felt's disturbing motivation was solely to satisfy his vainglorious ambitions, not the good of the country. No wonder Felt was passed over for promotion. The FBI had his number, alright. Any other agent would be prosecuted for violating his oath of loyalty to the USA as an FBI agent.

[Route101]

"Liberals Lionize Leaker".....Me thinks it should read..."Conservatives take a leak on liberals and their leaker"

[SkyPilot]

Liz,

The MSM's arms are pretty sore from patting themselves on the back (again) for Watergate this week.

I sense, however, that the public is not as enthused with the Felt family as they are. There were polls on sites (including AOL, ABC, and CBS) that showed large percentages (as high as 48%) thought Felt was a "villain or traitor." Pretty strong stuff.

The Felt family has been so ham fisted in their approach to asking for "money that we deserve" it is mind boggling.

Bob Woodward was on TV and he was cringing when he was asked about the family's shameless demands for dollars. You could see the "journalistic pride" wash right out of his power tie.

[expatguy]

News Agencies in Malaysia are claiming that he is being hailed as a hero to the American people.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[lionheart 247365]

I just love listening to the liberals explaining the difference between Mark Felt and Linda Tripp and how they justify the difference .

Linda Tripp first went to the athorities with the info
while Felt went to the media . This telles me Felt had his own agenda .. .. ..

[kabar]

It is no small consideration that the post-Nixon nation saw the horrific rise of liberalism---and the juggernaut to tolerate every idiocy the left wing could concoct.

Liberalism's best eras were FDR and the 1930s followed by the 1960s and LBJ. Ford served out the rest of Nixon's term followed by Jimmy Carter's disastrous four years. Reagan entered in 1980 and we have essentially been on a conservative roll ever since.

[Fresh Wind]

This is all about drumming up "impeach Bush" fever.

[shhrubbery!]

If Felt were a true American hero who wanted to put a stop to government law-breaking, he would have tipped reporters to J. Edgar Hoover's many violations of citizens' civil rights, including the wiretapping of Martin Luther King.

Question:

Anybody know to whom Pat Buchanan was referring Wednesday night on the Scarborough show, when he said a previous high government official had provided reporters with FBI surveillance tapes of Martin Luther King --tapes which were extremely raw (in more than one sense) exposures of MLK in VERY comprising positions?

Buchanan said that although those reporters chose not to run the story, the fact remains that this official had illegally leaked sensitive FBI information to the press.

Buchanan said he was not going to reveal the name of the leaker becaue "it was too old and too long ago."

Who was this official? Robert Kennedy? J. Edgar Hoover? Lyndon Johnson?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The MSM look at government informers as heros fighting corruption and threats against our Constitution!

Er.. well. . . .

Don't forget the bitterness of the MSM against the book, Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House by a retired FBI agent, Gary Aldrich.

The very few (one? ABC's Brinkley show) MSM outlets that permitted Mr. Aldrich to appear did so by greeting him with hostility and followed his appearance with Clintonoids screaming personal attacks.

[mickie]

This "story" has wiped Issicolf(sp), Washington Post and the Koran off the front page.

How convenient.

[af_vet_1981]

What is the difference between Mark Felt and Jonathan Pollard, other than Pollard is in prison and their ages ?

[texson66]

G. Gordon Liddy said it best. Felt failed as an FBI agent in that if he had incriminating evidence he should have brought it to a grand jury, not leak it to the press.

Felt probably also had personal reasons for doing what he did too. (like not being Director of the FBI)

I blame the press (Washlesspost)and the "MSM" here too. They certainly had a political agenda.

Felt and the Post are both stinkers, not heroes as the Left believes (ever notice how much Felt's daughter looks and acts like Jane Fonda!)

[BillM]

Linda Tripp was a leaker. How did the liberal press treat her?

[Big Horn]

Felt is a back stabber, coward sneak thief, greedy, dishonorable pot licker.