Precisely the reason I raised the question. And he's also Republican. It's not hard for me to suspect a tightly knit liberal collection that maintains it's own secret files...for decades perhaps.
Naa, I wasn't referring to anything about GW particularly. But something that would hurt his family. Hurt a friend.
Leftist ideology is way more poisonous than even I realized if it willingly ignores connections at the peril of national security. Of course, that was SOP prior 9-11. And yes, they do hate Bush. Still, a tangible payoff sounds more likely to me, given human nature.
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