Mr. Anderson, as WFB puts it, "is in the news these days as the principal

transmission belt of government secrets to the public." This often-heated clash turns on questions of what secrets the government and public figures should be able to keep secret. JA: "I think that Lyndon Johnson is neither more divinely appointed nor more sublime than I am." WFB: "Well, he was elected President of the United States, which you haven't yet been." JA: "Well, that is correct. But he has also grossly, flagrantly abused the truth. He has misrepresented what happened." WFB: "Of course. I've been saying that for years." JA: "Well, I thought you might agree with me. But what divine right does he have to do this?...Don't I have as much right to dig out those untruths as he has to issue them?" WFB: "You don't have to dig out anything. I haven't needed--" JA: "Of course you do." WFB: "--to filch his files in order to demonstrate the difference between his public rhetoric--" JA: "Somebody had to." WFB: "--and much of his public behavior."