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Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy D.C. whodunit
By NANCY BENAC
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Washington loves a who-
dunit. And the latest one
comes with the stunning
plot twist of a leak from the
famously buttoned-up Su-
preme Court.
The publication this past
week of a draft opinion
that said Roe v. Wade, the
landmark 1973 decision
establishing a constitution-
al right to abortion in the
United States, was wrong
from the start and should
be overruled, has set off
sleuthing from every corner
of the capital.
Who could possibly be be-
hind such a glaring breach
of trust? Why did that per-
son choose to leak the
draft? Why did that person
choose a reporter from Po-
litico? Who will investigate
the matter? Will there be
consequences? What will
the court's ultimate opinion
say?
Washington, by nature, ab-
hors a vacuum. So the two Former FBI officials, Mark Felt, left, and Edward S. Miller, appear at a news conference, April 15, 1981, after learning that President
Reagan had pardoned them from their conviction of unauthorized break-ins during the Nixon administration's search for opponents
months before the court during the Vietnam War. Felt revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off Washington Post reporters Bob Wood-
actually issues a final ruling ward and Carl Bernstein in the Watergate investigation and the wrongdoing by President Richard Nixon and his allies.
will be filled with guesses, Associated Press
surmise, false starts — and
maybe even the truth It's an intrigue in the tradi- ton's best-kept secrets for fied documents spirited out roman à clef about a cer-
about who is behind the tion of Watergate's "Deep more than three decades; in a secretary's undergar- tain Southern governor.
leak. Throat" — one of Washing- of Iran-Contra, with classi- ments; of "Primary Colors," a Continued on next page