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The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, and the CIA | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

Not sure if you've seen this yet Lisa, but it's one of those that make you go... hmmmm....

Note that the lawyer was the first one to ask Scotty if outing Plame was treason...

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/16326502.htm

by spiderleaf (spiderleaf at gmail dot com) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 03:34:54 PM EST

Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

Hmmm indeed. Unlike Gary Webb's case, where his family had known for a long time he was severely depressed, this one really does reek:

Friends and associates expressed disbelief at the news of Sanford's death and that it was ruled a suicide, saying Sanford seemed happy and had made many plans for this week and in coming months. Mills said he and Sanford recently decided to open a shared law office to serve Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, something Sanford was looking forward to doing.
He and Sanford spoke on the phone "around four or five times a day," Mills said, and the two had just spoken on Thursday, "tweaking a marketing plan" for their new law practice before Mills went out of town for the Christmas holiday.
"I just don't know what happened since Thursday. There was nothing on the horizon there to know this was going to happen," Mills said. "We were going to get together this week."
Mills said he had spoken to Sanford's wife, Paula, and that she also was in shock. He said Sanford, a father of two, was a devoted family man.
"This is a horrible thing for his family. He would never have intentionally put his family through that trauma. Something's not right, it doesn't make sense."

Indeed.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 03:39:39 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

Not only do the police appear to have no evidence that it was a suicide, but they may actually have a motive for disliking him themselves. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports "In 2005, Sanford and Wells represented John Maurer, a homeless man who ran afoul of a Santa Cruz city ordinance banning profane and aggressive panhandling when he wore a small sign slurring the city's police".

I hope this one is investigated properly.

by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 06:19:15 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

This was the passage that concerns me!

Mills said Sanford decided in recent years to add journalism to his many occupations.
Almost immediately, he caused a stir after he joined the White House Press Corps in 2005, making waves as the first reporter to ask then-White House press secretary Scott McClellan whether the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plame's name might be considered an act of treason.
"There has been a lot of speculation concerning the meaning of the underlying statute and the grand jury investigation concerning Mr. Rove," Sanford asked. "The question is, have the legal counsel to the White House or White House staff reviewed the statute in sufficient specificity to determine whether a violation of that statute would, in effect, constitute treason?"

Wow.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 06:30:16 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

I agree. I was only noting that the local cops have a reason to be disinterested in the investigation. The Rove treason bit you have pointed to is a possible motive for someone to want to harm Sanford. Not that I'm saying that was what happened.

by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 06:57:19 PM EST
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Re: The Real History of Gerald Ford, Watergate, an (none / 0)

I see, and good point!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 08:37:25 PM EST
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