Word: gergens
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...have diminished Meese's role. That intervention strained his relations with his old friend Deaver, who devised the plan, but blunted the attempt of Clark's rivals, "the civilians," to grab more power. The tension thickened in February, when Clark tried unsuccessfully to oust Press Spokesman David Gergen against Baker's wishes. Though Clark failed in that effort, his position in the White House is even stronger in the wake of the debate briefing book flap, which reflected unfavorably on Baker and Gergen...
...know how the documents had been acquired. Chief of Staff James Baker readily admitted having seen the book and said he got it from CIA Director William Casey, who was then Reagan's campaign manager. Casey said he had "no recollection" of having seen it. Communications Director David Gergen, who had also helped prepare Reagan for the debate, similarly could not remember ever possessing such Carter papers...
Last week, however, a stack of Carter campaign documents was found by Gergen in his own files, in a section labeled "Afghanistan." They were released by the White House to Washington reporters just two hours before Reagan's press conference, along with the final briefing book presented by the Carter people, Reagan's final briefing book and a few memos. The surprising quantity of the material helped prompt the flurry of questions. Reagan remarked later to aides that he had fumbled his answers about the ethical implications of using an opponent's confidential papers...
...book on Reagan, Gambling with History, by TIME White House Correspondent Laurence Barrett. Barrett wrote that "apparently a Reagan mole in the Carter camp had filched the papers containing the main points" Carter planned to make in the debate. Baker, Stockman, Casey and Communications Director David Gergen, all former Reagan campaign aides, sent Albosta letters explaining what they knew about the papers. Meanwhile, Administration officials debated whether to ask the Justice Department to launch a search for the mole and the book...
Baker said he recalled seeing a book "that was thought to have been given by someone with the Carter campaign." He reckoned that he received it from Casey and passed it on to Gergen and Frank Hodsoll, head of the debate team. Hodsoll, now chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, recalled the book. But Casey claimed to have "no recollection" of it and Gergen hedged, saying that he did not remember "ever receiving or seeing" it but may have seen "some pages...