Originally posted by Starlight
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Stefan Halper didn’t steal Carter’s debate prep books for Reagan. A Democrat did.
The implication of the scandal, especially when it first broke, was that Reagan won the debate — and perhaps the presidency itself — because of stolen property. The truth is in my book on the 1980 campaign, “Rendezvous With Destiny.” I painstakingly pursued the facts about the stolen briefing books for months, but I had an advantage: I knew Paul Corbin, who was a friend of mine. And Corbin stole the briefing books and gave them to his new friend, Bill Casey, Reagan’s 1980 campaign manager.
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