-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Gore dismisses allegations on marijuana use Updated 12:40 AM ET January 25, 2000 DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - Vice President Al Gore Monday dismissed as old and inaccurate news a report that he was a regular marijuana user when he returned from Vietnam in 1971. In an interview with an NBC affiliate in Iowa on Monday, Gore was asked about a report that he was a daily user while a reporter in Tennessee in his 20s. "This came up in '87 or '88 and I dealt with it a long time ago," Gore said. Gore said he had not smoked since he first ran for public office and flatly denied daily usage. He said he used marijuana "when I came back from Vietnam, yes, but not to that extent." "This is something I dealt with a long time ago. It is old news. When I was young I did things young people do. When I grew up, I put away childish things," Gore told reporters. The allegation that Gore used marijuana daily while working for the Tennessean newspaper was made by John Warnecke, who worked with Gore in the 1970s. Warnecke gave his account to Newsweek reporter Bill Turque for a biography of Gore. It began to leak out after Newsweek last week delayed a planned excerpt of the book, "Inventing Al Gore: A Biography," Warnecke told the Washington Post in an interview from his California home on Monday that he knew Gore "very, very well" as a friend and a next-door neighbor in Nashville and later raised money for his campaigns. The Post quoted him as saying that Gore used marijuana until the week he announced his candidacy for the House in 1976, or about four years later than the vice president has maintained. Warnecke told the Post he gave a different account in 1987, when Gore was gearing up to run for president because Gore repeatedly pressured him to "stonewall" and "not to tell the truth" about their drug use. He said he felt "intimidated" by Gore. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
