The year after the Warren Report was issued, Ford published his
own book called Portrait of the Assassin. Ford arranged for John
Stiles, his first campaign manager and Nixon's campaign field
director, to be his assistant while on the Commission. Their
book was essentially a rehash of the Commission's view of Oswald
. It made for dull reading. Consequently, the publisher told
them to spice it up. So they added a section about the report
from Texas of Oswald being an FBI informant. (See this review,
Pt. 7, Section 6) The problem was that at the time the book was
published the records of that Warren Commission executive
sessions were classified. Evidently, Ford had little problem
with violating the law in order to smear Oswald and make a
little money in the process. But in 1973, Nixon chose Ford to
replace Spiro Agnew as his Vice-President. Ford was now
questioned about his use of classified material. He lied under
oath about what he had done. He said he only used material in
the Warren Commission volumes for th