Mr Reed is now fighting a federal suit of his own against the Arkansas State Police, accusing the former chief of Governor Clinton's security detail, Buddy Young, of manufacturing criminal indictments against him and his wife, violating the civil rights of the Reeds, and of perjuring himself in testimony. May. The allegations cast Mr Clinton in a bad light. He may lose many friends on the Left, for there can be no doubt that he allowed his state to become the base of operations for the Contras, even as he denounced President Reagan's Contra policy in public. But he will gain no new friends on the Right, for his dealings will only confirm a reputation of relentless opportunism. Worst of all, though, Mr Reed's story has opened up a whole new set of questions about money-laundering in Arkansas in the 1980s.
Suspicions are rampant.
Within a month, a thousand reporters will be combing through the books of ADFA, amazed that such a scandal could have been overlooked in the presidential campaign two years ago.