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'''Bill Moyers''' (born 1934) was an intimate adviser to President [[Lyndon Johnson]] while the decision was made to commit U.S. forces to the [[Vietnam War]] ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/world/20-years-after-victory-vietnamese-communists-ponder-how-to-celebrate.html 20 Years After Victory, Vietnamese Communists Ponder How to Celebrate], [[The New York Times]]</ref> and leaving hundreds of thousands of survivors permanently maimed or injured.
'''Bill Moyers''' (born 1934) was an intimate adviser to President [[Lyndon Johnson]] while the decision was made to commit U.S. forces to the [[Vietnam War]] ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/world/20-years-after-victory-vietnamese-communists-ponder-how-to-celebrate.html 20 Years After Victory, Vietnamese Communists Ponder How to Celebrate], [[The New York Times]]</ref> and leaving hundreds of thousands of survivors permanently maimed or injured.
==Dirty tricks and civil rights violations=+
==Dirty tricks and civil rights violations==
Two weeks before the [[1964 presidential election]] Johnson instructed [[Bill Moyers]] to transmit an order to the FBI to run checks on numerous members of Goldwater's campaign and [[Senate]] staffs in an effort to obtain derogatory information about their possible sexual aberrations. What Johnson was looking for, Moyers told the FBI, was information about "fags" on Goldwater's staff.<ref>
Two weeks before the [[1964 presidential election]] Johnson instructed [[Bill Moyers]] to transmit an order to the FBI to run checks on numerous members of Goldwater's campaign and [[Senate]] staffs in an effort to obtain derogatory information about their possible sexual aberrations. What Johnson was looking for, Moyers told the FBI, was information about "fags" on Goldwater's staff.<ref>
Eric F. Goldman, ''The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson'', Dell, 1969, p. 299 </ref>
Eric F. Goldman, ''The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson'', Dell, 1969, p. 299 </ref>