Years ago, a dear friend who worked for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld invited me to join the two of them at a photography exhibit.

The secretary needed some assistance, having had shoulder surgery. He was loathe to have a lady carry his briefcase. It became my job. We walked through the exhibit of photographs, and he had stories about many of the people whose portraits had been taken.

As we passed the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s portrait on the wall, Rumsfeld commented to me that his friendship with Gerald Ford, who served on the Warren Commission, and his subsequent tenure as Ford’s chief of staff is what convinced him that government conspiracies were impossible.

He said no one in government can keep a secret. They either spill the beans or get exposed.

All these years later, Democrats are learning the lesson Rumsfeld told me. Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame now admits Democrats have told him for 18 months that Joe Biden is not fit to serve a second term. Former........

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