Passion for Truth: From Finding JFK's Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill to Impeaching Clinton
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ISBN: 0060198494 / Publisher: HarperCollins, October 2000
A veteran Senator provides insights into the major political controversies that have marked his career, including the Kennedy assassination and President Clinton's impeachment.
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Arlen Specter has encompassed such milestones as originating the Single-Bullet Theory for the Warren Commission; derailing Judge Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination; interrogating Anita Hill; and playing an important role in President Clinton's impeachment proceedings.In this book, Senator Specter analyzes these and other controversies, assessing each through both a legal and a historical lens. Throughout, he tells the truth, naming names, identifying where the system worked and where it failed - and even admits to his own mistakes. This memoir is vintage Specter: thoughtful, provocative, and deeply informative.Specter opens Passion for Truth in 1959, recounting his beginnings as a newly minted assistant district attorney prosecuting union racketeers. He describes his election to the office of district attorney at the age of thirty-five and how he structured what would become the model for the modern prosecutor's office.Elected to the Senate in 1980, Specter continued his tireless fight for crime control and judicial reform at the national level.
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