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Jerry Ford OKed Warrantless Wiretaps in U.S., Memo Reveals
By Andrew Becker - Politics DailyPresident Gerald Ford secretly authorized the use of warrantless domestic wiretaps for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes soon after coming into office, according to a declassified document. The Dec. 19, 1974 White House memorandum, marked Top Secret/Exclusively Eyes Only and signed by Ford, gave then-Attorney General William B. Saxbe and his successors in office authorization "to approve, without prior judicial warrants, specific electronic surveillance within the United States which may be requested by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." ...
White House Spokesman Who Resigned Over Nixon Pardon Is Dead at 87
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJerald terHorst, the White House press secretary who held the job only 30 days and quit when Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, has died. He was 87. His son Peter said terHorst died of congestive heart failure at a North Carolina retirement community, CNN reported. A former newspaper reporter, terHorst took the job of administration spokesman Aug. 9, 1974, after Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal and Ford became president. TerHorst submitted a resignation letter Sept. 8, the same day Ford granted Nixon an unconditional pardon. He wrote about his anger that Ford would pardon Nixon ...
Helen Thomas Supports Hillary
By Ada Calhoun - Politics DailyOn Friday night, Helen Thomas gave a rousing keynote speech for the Women, Action and the Media conference at MIT. We were too far in the back to get good video or photos (we'll post those when we find some), but here are a few things she said that we jotted down: On media bias:"Hillary is getting a bad rap with the media. Obama is walking on water with the media . . . Being racist is more verboten than being anti-woman." On the nine presidents she's covered as a member of the press corps:JFK: "My favorite."LBJ: "Bigger than life."Nixon: "When he had two roads to go down, he always took the ...
Is McCain the New Gerald Ford?
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyIf John McCain is the Republican nominee, he will face a nearly unprecedented breach in his party, one largely of his own making. It was not necessary to anger the Republican base to this degree to pursue whatever philosophy John McCain has pursued over the past decade or so. I say whatever philosophy, because I cannot detect any coherent pattern in it other than a desire to gain the approval of editorial boards.But the problem he faces is now so daunting it is almost unimaginable. To put it in perspective, let's look back at 1976, the year that Reagan pushed Ford all the way to the ...
Ford vs. Reagan: Who You Calling Naive?
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyLot's of fun with the new Gerald Ford book, including, of course, the famous but oh-so-obvious quote that Bill Clinton is a sexual addict who needs help. I'm a little surprised at how much attention that quote got, given its patent obviousness.But my favorite part I've seen so far is Ford's assessment of Reagan's foreign policy views:Ford didn't think much of Reagan. "He considered Reagan a superficial, disengaged, intellectually lazy showman who didn't do his homework and clung to a naive, unrealistic and essentially dangerous world view." Remember, folks, this is coming from the same Gerald ...
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