Who's Who.

• Author: THREADGILL, SUSAN
• Position: Brief Article

Although "witty" is probably not the first adjective you would apply to Al Gore, he does have a sense of humor. It was in evidence at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York in October:

"And you know I want to acknowledge FEMA Director James Lee Witt who accompanied me here tonight. We travel everywhere together.

"I did think it was effective when I weaved in the real people in the audience and their everyday challenges. Like the woman here tonight whose husband is about to lose his job. She's struggling to get out of public housing and get a job of her own. Hillary Clinton, I want to fight for you."

No wonder George W. Bush advocates a tax cut. He and his wife Laura had an income of $1,610,400 last year. But, actually, that was nothing compared to what the couple raked in during the previous year--a tidy $18,405,524, most of which resulted from the sale of the governor's share in the Texas Rangers for which you may recall he originally paid just $600,000.

Speaking of Hillary, her election to the Senate is bad news for the other senator from New York, Chuck Schumer. He has an even greater thirst for the limelight than the average politician, yet he seems doomed to play his role in the shadow of a star. First Daniel Patrick Moynihan and now Mrs. Clinton.

In our list of Deep Throat suspects identified by Leonard Garment, we neglected to mention Robert Bennett, the senator from Utah. We have a soft spot for Bennett because, unlike most of his colleagues who prefer their cars to be big and fancy gas-guzzlers, he drives a small gas and electric Honda Infiniti that gets 70 mpg. But back to Garment's Deep Throat possibilities. Bennett ran a CIA front called Mullen and Co. where he employed Howard Hunt. At Chuck Colson's request, Bennett let Hunt work part-time at the White House. Bennett has admitted that he knew about the break-in in advance, that he was aware of the later cover-ups, and that he was a source for Bob Woodward. Indeed, he reported to his CIA case officers: "Bob Woodward of The Washington Post interviewed me at great length and on ... numerous occasions. I have told Woodward everything I know about the Watergate case, except the Mullen Company's ties to the CIA." One test of Deep Throat's identity is who has the most to lose by having his name revealed. Bennett, as a conservative Republican senator seems to meet that test better than any of the other suspects.

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