My desire that he be charged is just that - a desire.
Right now, the most important thing is to realize how the "historians" and "investigative reporters" have been trained now... some examples from earlier postings at FR:
Nice to see how the Investigative Journalism classes at UofI can really get to the bottom of things...
From another of their web sites:
http://deepthroatuncovered.com/ How students solved one of America's top mysteries
After a four-year investigation, students at the University of Illinois have determined the identity of Deep Throat, the most elusive, anonymous news source in history: Fred Fielding, deputy counsel to former President Richard Nixon
Updated 11/21/2003: Fielding's denial story segment; "The chain of command" clue; class contributions
Wrong yet again...
Amazing.
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More amazing is the supreme confidence these academics have in their results.
These are the type of people who are writing "history books" now - "investigating" such things as Jefferson's sex life, etc. ,as well as seeking out stories for Newsweak, CBS 60min, and the NYSlimes.
It is important for us to to recognize their enormous fallibility.
I've decided to archive that page before it the evidence of their incompetence gets "lost"
Apparently the fatal error of one of the class attempts:
http://www.comm.uiuc.edu/spike/deepthroat/10.html "After reaching a conclusion that Throat was in the White House, the students pursued a direct approach. They got the official Congressional Directories for 1972 and 1973, which together listed 72 names of officials in the executive office of the president in order of rank."
Since Felt wasn't WH staff, they wasted their time on 72 others instead of where the pay dirt was.
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Like I say, though, I'm far more hopeful (than convinced) that this is true for a way to demean "journalists" and their "professors" and "schools" than I am for the story, now. It would also vindicate Nixon's judgement - and that, I've always respected even when that resulted in his getting fried, essentially, merely for being loyal to his friends.