Sedative Withdrawal Made Rehnquist Delusional in '81

Washington Post by Alan Coopperman | Jan. 5, 2007 (News Report)

Files Detail Drug Addiction And FBI's Role in Hearings

The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist took a powerful sedative during his first decade on the Supreme Court and grew so dependent on it that he became delusional and tried to escape from a hospital in his pajamas when he stopped taking the drug in 1981, according to newly released FBI files.

The files also show that during both of Rehnquist's confirmation battles -- when he was first named to the court by President Richard Nixon in 1971 and ... Full Story »

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by Ben Stanfield - Oct. 1, 2008

In one section, he quotes someone saying that only the Republicans used the FBI for political purposes. Then at another point, he quotes a republican saying that the Democrats initiated the specific political FBI requests in this story. The author of the piece does nothing to try to piece together which view is correct, and instead just reports the "he said/she said" story as is.