Lots of praise for ex-Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer’s tell-all book about what he heard in the Bush White House. “Hilarious,” wonderful, “excellent.” And lots of criticism from Bush loyalists: “high-schoolish, “unimportant,” “little punk.”
The ethical issue isn’t whether it’s a good book, or whether Latimer is a little punk. Ethics means keeping one’s commitments and living up to reasonable expectations. Latimer was privileged to hear lots of things in confidence. And made a commitment, even if implicit, to keep the confidences.
