Trust Me I'm an Expert

Trust Me I'm an Expert

Stanley Kutler says, “Please, I’m a trained historian. I don’t work that way.” And his critics are not trained historians who do work that way? (PATRICIA COHEN, “John Dean’s Role at Issue in Nixon Tapes Feud,” The New York Times, January 31, 2009) Kutler does not answer the substantive charges. He undermines his own position by claiming personal privilege.

Some persons within the Nixon administration were too willing to participate in discrediting the President. Dean, McCord, and others had pivotal positions and did not support the President as others in the administration did. Why were Dean and McCord so anxious to give up their boss? According to Colodny the first break-in (there were two) was to retrieve an address book with Dean’s phone number in it. How does Kutler explain that?

The last thing a “pre-eminent historian” will admit is “I’m wrong.” In some circles, prestige trumps truth. Is this one?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/washington/01kutler.html?_r=1&sq=john%20dean&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all

John Dean’s Role at Issue in Nixon Tapes Feud
By PATRICIA COHEN
New York Times
Published: January 31, 2009