Corroboration, Not Revelation  In January 1969, the labor
attaché at the U.S. embassy in Israel sent a report classified
"confidential" to the State Department. In it, she passed on the
inside information on Israel's ruling Labor Party that she'd
gained by having an over-the-hill politician named Golda Meir
over for dinner. Meir had said that then-Prime Minister Levi
Eshkol would run for re-election that fall. "The tone of her
remarks indicated that any other possibility was too ridiculous
to consider," attaché Margaret Plunkett commented. Eshkol's
health was "perfectly okay," according to Meir. As for Meir
herself, she'd only agreed under pressure from the party to run
again for Knesset. The report would remain classified for at
least 12 years.  Eshkol was actually terribly ill at the time.
The ruling party's inner circle had already chosen Meir as his
successor. He died a month later. In those days, if you wanted
to leak diplomatic documents, you had to copy them one at a
time. Had a would-be whistle-blower