going back to October 1980, when the CIA's Donald Gregg copied Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for his second debate with Ronald Reagan, smuggled them out of the White House, turned them over to Reagan's campaign team and George Will used them to prepare Reagan for the Second Debate.
Reagan lost the first debate badly, and Carter was well ahead in the polls.
However, Reagan won the second debate, because he knew what Carter was going to say beforehand..("Well, there you go again"
, because of the stolen Carter briefing papers..
This was called "Debate-Gate", and, after "winning" the second debate, Reagan went on to defeat Carter in a close election.
Shouldn't theft of top secret papers from the White House be considered an act of treason?
To this day, I wonder why Donald Gregg, George Will, William Casey and others weren't tried for treason for their roles in "Debate Gate"
Both Donald Gregg and William Casey went on to become deeply involved in the Iran-Contra scandal.
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