[dmz]

It was dumb, but it wasn’t blackmail unless Haldeman expressly threatened to expose Letterman’s past.
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Ummmm, wasn’t the “screenplay” exactly that, exposing Letterman’s past (as in the affairs he had with his staffers)?

[justlurking]

Sure, but he offered it to Dave. If he didn’t explicitly threaten to give it to someone else, did he attempt extortion?