Run on Thompson Watergate Memoir
by Ryan Sager
Thu, 5 Jul 2007 at 12:14 PM
updated Thu, 5 Jul 2007 at 12:23 PM
Over at Amazon.com, there seems to be a bit of a run on Fred Thompson's Watergate memoir, "At That Point in Time." The price for used copies (the only kind available) is more than $184.
Perhaps rival campaigns or reporters are hoping more stories like this one fall out:
The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight -- asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system -- he telephoned Nixon's lawyer.
Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information public. In his all-but-forgotten Watergate memoir, "At That Point in Time," Thompson said he acted with "no authority" in divulging the committee's knowledge of the tapes, which provided the evidence that led to Nixon's resignation. It was one of many Thompson leaks to the Nixon team, according to a former investigator for Democrats on the committee, Scott Armstrong , who remains upset at Thompson's actions.
Fred Thompson as Nixon mole — not exactly the image the Thompson campaign wants to project.
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