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- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: Packwood's Attacks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.164248.23735@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <1992Dec18.200337.15930@hpcvca.cv.hp.com> <1992Dec19.052043.28442@reed.edu> <1992Dec20.020844.21145@reed.edu> <1992Dec20.071335.735@reed.edu> <TROST.92Dec20224459@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:42:48 GMT
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- trost@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Bill Trost) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec20.020844.21145@reed.edu> sharvy@reed.edu (V Headshape) writes:
- > It's curious and suggestive that the story broke 1 month after the
- > election. Is there any information on whether the timing is sheer
- > lucky coincidence for Packwood?
-
- >In article <1992Dec20.071335.735@reed.edu> nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) replies:
- > The Washington Post got enough information to break the story a few
- > days before the election, but they weren't sure about it.
-
- >It also seems like the Post decided not to publish the story at that
- >point because it was too soon before the election, and wouldn't given
- >Packwood a "fair" chance at a response. This may have been at
- >Packwood's behest -- I don't recall it that well.
-
- Packwood denied the Post allegations before the election and, I believe, he went so
- far as to tell the Post that it would be irresponsible of them to publish the story.
-
- allen
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