"When the media win a court case, we all hear about the victory; when they lose, “the issue” (in the words of the New York Times upon one such...
Media’s Legal Victories
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William Rusher
Lessons of Watergate
"Watergate teaches us, too, the virtues of having politicians, rather than mere managers and technicians, operating the levers of ultimate power....
Security vs. Rights in Government
"It is entirely proper to remove an employee from a government job if he is demonstrably a security risk, without requiring the government to prove...
Conflicted Loyalty in Espionage
"Every man feels a natural distaste for exposing others whose crimes, however great, seem after all no greater to him than the crimes of the one...
Roy Cohn’s Alienation
"Few appointments were ever better calculated to arouse resentment on all sides. Everybody over 26 resented Cohn's youth. Everybody less clever …...
Spy Scandal Irony
"General Taylor, we have all enjoyed your witty remarks on the vicissitudes of ‘our party,' and the medal you evidently feel Senator McCarthy has...
Confession and Betrayal
"A break with Communism, and an offer to “tell all,” is fundamentally inconsistent with a determination to avoid naming names..." Source: Special...