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Portions of Kennedy FBI File May Stay Family Secret
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 12) -- What secrets still remain about one of America's most famous public figures? Before the FBI releases 3,000 pages of its file on Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, the family of the late political icon will have a chance to review them and make its case to keep some portions from being made public. The release of this first installment of Kennedy's file comes in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests made following the senator's death from brain cancer in 2009 at the age of 77. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Ted Kennedy's family will have the opportunity to ...
Teddy Kennedy's Memoir: He Spent His Life Atoning for Kopechne's Death
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics Daily"Atonement is a process that never ends.'' – Edward M. Kennedy in his forthcoming memoir, "True Compass.'' Even the quick summary of Teddy Kennedy's new memoir in Thursday's New York Times contains about 12 different headlines. But because we all, like the book's author, are only human, the absolute top of the news from the 532-page tome is that Kennedy says he barely knew poor Mary Jo Kopechne, and had not been carrying on with her on the night she died, or any other time. ...
Kennedy Memoir: Chappaquiddick Actions 'Inexcusable'
By Cliff Foster - Politics DailyThe late Sen. Edward Kennedy expressed remorse over the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, said he accepted the findings of the Warren Commission, and told Bill Clinton he would stand by him after the former president confessed to his affair with Monica Lewinsky, according to Kennedy's soon-to-be released memoir. The New York Times obtained a copy of the 532-page book, "True Compass," scheduled to be published Sept. 14. In it, Kennedy, who died Aug. 25 at age 77, talked about his battle against the brain cancer that claimed his life and his "self-destructive drinking." Among other issues cited by ...
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