http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jerry_ze_080325_1974_3a_hillary_lost_j.htmI have...seen Hillary Clinton and her former Yale law professor both in tears at a campaign rally here in my home state of Connecticut. Her tearful professor said how proud he was that his former student was likely to become our next President. Hillary responded in tears. My own reaction was of regret that, when I terminated her employment on the Nixon impeachment staff, I had not reported her unethical practices to the appropriate bar associations.
Hillary as I knew her in 1974
At the time of Watergate I had overall supervisory authority over the House Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Inquiry staff that included Hillary Rodham -- who was later to become First Lady in the Clinton White House. During that period I kept a private diary of the behind the scenes congressional activities. My original tape recordings of the diary and other materials related to the Nixon impeachment provided the basis for my prior book Without Honor and are now available for inspection in the George Washington University Library.
After President Nixon's resignation a young lawyer, who shared an office with Hillary, confided in me that he was dismayed by her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel -- as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon. In my diary of August 12, 1974 I noted the following: "John Labovitz apologized to me for the fact that months ago he and Hillary had lied to me
Labovitz said. 'That came from Yale.' I said "You mean Burke Marshall ' Labovitz said, 'Yes.' His apology was significant to me, not because it was a revelation but because of his contrition."
At that time Hillary Rodham was 27 years old. She had obtained a position on our committee staff through the political patronage of her former Yale law school professor Burke Marshall and Senator Ted Kennedy. Eventually, because of a number of her unethical practices I decided that I could not recommend her for any subsequent position of public or private trust...Her patron, Burke Marshal, had previously been Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under Robert Kennedy. During the Kennedy administration Washington insiders jokingly characterized him as the Chief counsel to the Irish Mafia. After becoming a Yale professor he also became Senator Ted Kennedy's lawyer at the time of Chappaquidick -- as well as Kennedy's chief political strategist. As a result, some of his colleagues often described him as the Attorney General in waiting of the Camelot government in exile. In addition to getting Hillary a job on the Nixon impeachment inquiry staff, Kennedy and Marshall had also persuaded Rodino to place two other close friends of Marshall in top positions on our staff. One was John Doar; who had been Marshall's deputy in the Justice Department "" whom Rodino appointed to head the impeachment inquiry staff. The other was Bernard Nussbaum, who had served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York "" who was placed in charge of conducting the actual investigation of Nixon's malfeasance.
THE ARTICLE CONTINUES--A DAMNING INDICTMENT OF PAST ACTIONS AND A GUIDE TO CURRENT DLC POLICIES WHICH HAVE SO HAMSTRUNG OUR COUNTRY IN THESE LAST 8 YEARS!
Authors Website: http://www.jzeifman.com
Authors Bio: During World War II he enlisted in the Navy at age 17, completed a Navy officers training program at Harvard, and eventually served in the North Atlantic theater. After the war, he served as a communications officer on USS Missouri BB63 on Cold War missions to Turkey, Greece, Italy and North Africa, headed by Secretary of State James Byrnes. He later received an A.B. from Harvard, then attended New York University School of Law, and received a J.D. He later practiced law in South Nyack, New York and was also the author State tax publications by Prentice Hall, Inc. His career in politics began in 1958 when he was elected Chairman of the South Nyack Democratic Committee. In 1960 he worked with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in support of the unsuccessful candidacy of Adlai Stevenson. When Senator John F.Kennedy won the nomination they then campaigned in support of his successful campaign for President. In 196I he was recruited by the House Judiciary Committee to serve as counsel to its Special Subcommittee on State Taxation of Interstate Commerce. Until 1972 he also served as chief counsel to its Subcommittee on Civil Rights. Starting in 1973 he served as the Chief Counsel to the full Judiciary Committee during its Nixon impeachment proceedings and the confirmations of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller to serve as Vice Presidents. In 1975 he became a Professor of Law at the University of Santa Clara in California. During that period he also served as a counsel to the local office of Rep. Don Edwards (D CA) as well as a consultant to Governor Jay Hammond of Alaska.In 1980 he retired from academia and returned to Washington to do public interest work on behalf of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and a number of AFL-CIO unions. Starting in 1995 he became the author of books on politics and law. Present Career As Author Books: Without Honor: The Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of President Nixon (1995); Hillary’s Pursuit of Power (2006); Memoirs of a Roosevelt Democrat (to be published in February 2008). Articles: Wall Street Journal; Washington Times; Insight Magazine; NewsMax; National Ledger; World Net Daily; New York Post.
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