So your suggestion, Doug, is that "former Secretary of The Treasury" Paul O'Neill, in revenge for having been fired, has now come out telling a load of lies about the man he worked for as President?

You can't think much of the ethical standards among senior public servants in the US Government, even when, like O'Neill, they are Republicans.

Here's the Daily Telegraph story - you might need to regsister to rad it.

There's one interesting aspect of the story that doesn't mention though(from the Guardian version - which doesn't need registering to access): Mr O'Neill served in the Nixon and Ford administrations before moving on to run the Alcoa aluminium corporation, where he dedicated himself to improving worker safety. He insists he continues to support the wider Republican cause but he is not going to be silenced. He declares: "I'm an old guy, and I'm rich. And there's nothing they can do to hurt me."