Caspar Weinberger
Oliver Kamm, in an admiring piece on the late Caspar Weinberger, notes:Weinberger's political career was overshadowed by the Iran-Contra scandal
Which is a polite way of putting it, at best. Weinberger's role in that has never become clear, mainly because disgracefully President Bush gave him pardon before he was to stand trial. That pardon speaks volumes, for most of the evidence suggests he knew about it and lied about that.
Oliver quotes Weinbergers's memoirs, where he talks of the "rule of law having strong defenders" and his view that "Y]ou can't have a moral foreign policy if the people cannot control it". These must be the first memoirs in history where the account is of the experiences and views of someone other than the author.
posted by Matthew @ 3/29/2006 05:40:00 PM
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