This is one of those exceedingly rare times that I’m actually embarrassed for the writer of an article. You can almost hear this obsequious toady sniveling as he types this ridiculous whitewashing of an indefensibly cowardly act. Even a significant portion of the Kennedy worshipping NYTimes readership is calling him out in the comments.
Neal Gabler was only writing this for his friends; not for 'the public' and certainly not for any serious historical or journalistic purpose.