[Black Tooth]

I think it may go further than her just suggesting that. He may have been in possession of many files before and after Hoovers death. I think it's known that Gandy gave him boxes of files within just days of Hoover's death, and some files have come up missing, I believe. In any event, it's my feeling that there may be a few in D.C. that have been in that town a long time, that are quietly watching this event unfold, and maybe hoping it just goes away, with out any further surprises.

[I. M. Trenchant]

I don't dispute, for a second, that you are correct in your surmise. I just wonder if, in principle, it is a good idea for the Admninistration to allow this blatant crime by a 2IC at the FBI to stand unprosecuted. Valerie Plame was not, after all, physically harmed by the leaks to the reporters who are now on the griddle in her case, but Felt, probably unwittingly (as Peggy Noonan pointed out in her most recent column in support of Ben Stein's comments about the Cambodian genocide), greased the slide into the Cambodian Communist massacre, something that would not have happened in the absence of Watergate. Former CIA Director Tenet (and others who received their Presidential Medals of Freedom) are safely secured in a 'lock box', but there must be many 2IC's and 3IC's etc. in the CIA who, like Felt, are roiled and could be tempted to cop-a-plea as Kerry scouts his impeachment proceedings against 'W', looking for a whistleblower who is ready to provide the Democrats with the meat that is currently missing in the Blair Cabinet Report sandwich.