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Flap Quotes
Politics, publishing, and panic
One flap quote recalls an FBI embassy break-in that officials feared could turn into a Big scandal if it were ever traced back.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds of problems.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
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