[wayoutthere]

So it was a direct quote from an article that was wholly consistent with contemporary sources. The only “controversy” is that the quote can’t be independently verified by StackExchange users because the guy died 20 years ago.

[nerdponx]

The top answer even throws shade on the "it doesn't sound like my father" response.

[lostlogin]

Thanks for this - the link is worth following and the top comment well worth reading.

[refurb]

You’re leaving out the fact people who knew him said “That doesn’t sound like something he’d say at all”.

[staticautomatic]

Yeah and Ted Bundy's parents were adamant that he was a sweet boy who would never hurt a soul.

[refurb]

So given the choice between a reporter claiming he said something and the person’s family and coworkers saying he didn’t, you’d go with the reporter?

[doc_gunthrop]

I read the article linked in the SE link you posted and there is nothing about "coworkers". It's only Ehrlichman's children who said it was uncharacteristic of their father.

[Fnoord]

I remember Ramon Reiser defending his child, Hans Reiser. Children and parents are far from unbiased in this sense, and one source is no source.