Did Nixon Try To Assassinate A Reporter?

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A dying journalist. He has one final assignment: Find out if President Richard Nixon ordered him assassinated.

That's what occurred at the end of the life of the infamous columnist Jack Anderson, one of the most influential Washington reporters of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. This intriguing and poignant tale is recounted by Mark Feldstein, a former investigative correspondent for CNN and ABC (and onetime Anderson intern) in his marvelous new book, Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture.

First, some background: After writing for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes during World War II, Anderson hit Washington, DC, and eventually became a "legman" for Drew Pearson, whose muckraking "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column was carried by more newspapers than any other column at the time. Over the course of the next three decades, Richard Nixon would be a constant target of the column as he rose from House member to senator to vice president to president. (Pearson and Anderson's discovery of a Nixon slush fund in 1952 led to Nixon's famous "Checkers" speech.)

Many of you are too young to remember Nixon and the Watergate scandal. He was famous for his "dirty tricks" against the opposition party, which led to the huge Watergate scandal which forced him to resign his office.

Nixon was not all bad. He got us out of Vietnam finally, and opened up trade relations with China.

I'm of the opinion that ALL presidents have probably had some dirty secrets that have been covered up. Some of them reach the light of day, sometimes years later.

For those of you who are interested in history, this is an interesting read.

G.Gordon Liddy admitted that Anderson was on his hit list, but that he was never given the final OK. This information is everywhere---just google "Jack Anderson Liddy" and hundreds of results will pop up. Liddy is a despicable human being. Hero to many misguided conservatives.

reply to post by erumisato

Thanks for the info.

I will indeed google G. Gordon Liddy.

Prescott Bush was Richard Nixon's handler from the very start of his political career. Nixon's soul was bought and paid for.

Considering how "Tricky Dick" ascended to the Presidency, there is no way he was free to do as he pleased. Nixon said something during the 18 minute gap on the tapes and was banished by TPTB.

The only one running loose during the Nixon Administration was George H.W. Bush. Nixon said so himself.