I heartily second Maarja's views on Bill Leonard's letter. The Post's
"gotcha" article was uncalled for: gratuitous, mean-spirited, not to mention
totally irrelevant to the very great service he has performed for scholars and
citizens everywhere.
I can only hope that Mr. Aid sleeps well at night now, knowing the closet
is bare, while the Washington Post just has, by publishing such
"non-journalism," continues to fill its own closet to the brim with the kinds of
stories that threaten to destroy Ben Bradlee's once-great paper. As for the
woman who "tipped" them off, she should be mortally ashamed of her grade-school
"nanny-nanny-foo-foo" behavior. Perhaps the Post should start digging into
HER background; I'm sure they can find something - a long-overdue book perhaps?
The wrong fork used at a dinner party? Tsk-tsk! Stop the presses.
Margaret Shannon
Senior Research Historian
Washington Historical Research
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