Thompson, Woodward, and Watergate
by Ryan Sager
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 2:30 PM
updated Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 2:31 PM
Further on that Bob Woodward attack on Fred Thompson yesterday, I should have noted that in his interview with Jay Leno recently, Mr. Thompson was explicit about not taking credit for uncovering the fact that Nixon has taped Oval Office conversations:
FRED THOMPSON: "…asking a man by the name of Alexander Butterfield is there a taping system in the White House, and of course he answered yes."
JAY LENO: "And nobody had known this before this point?"
FRED THOMPSON: "No. The staff came up with that. And we revealed it there in a public hearing. And the fight over that of course led to the President's resignation shortly before he probably would have been impeached. So quite a lesson for a young man of 30."
So, Mr. Thompson may wrongly get credit on this front from time to time — but it's not credit he's claimed.
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