William Ibershof, the lead prosecutor of the Weathermen in 1972 (and so the Marcia Clark to Bill Ayers’ O.J.), has written a letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to its article on Obama’s association with the domestic terrorist. Ibershof does little beyond add another layer of sediment on top of a story that partisans of the Illinois senator, and evidently two-thirds of voters polled by Fox News, wish to see dead and buried. However, one point he makes merits attention for its historical irony:
I do take issue with the statement in your news article that the Weathermen indictment was dismissed because of “prosecutorial misconduct.” It was dismissed because of illegal activities, including wiretaps, break-ins and mail interceptions, initiated by John N. Mitchell, attorney general at that time, and W. Mark Felt, an F.B.I. assistant director.
So Deep Throat’s incompetence enabled Ayers to escape jail, become a fixture in the radical groves of academia, and then head up an education program endowed by Richard Nixon’s former ambassador to Great Britain.
As Yogi Berra said upon learning of the Jewish mayor of Dublin: Only in America.