Almost 30 years ago, there was a bit of a political scandal that hit the media and was fairly big news for about two weeks.
I was indirectly involved, in the sense that I knew what really happened, first hand.
However, those involved asked me and many others to avoid talking to the press, and we did. There were reporters snooping around and trying to get info, but those in the know did an admirable job of not talking.
First of all, this was more of a personal issue - yes, it had to do with sex - and it didn’t really have anything “political” about it, other than there was someone in politics involved and it helped sell newspapers. It had nothing to do with espionage or personal financial gain, etc. Just a sex scandal.
That person was a pretty good friend, and the real story had more to do with love scorned and an attempt at blackmail that backfired - the love scorned leaked a wildly inaccurate story to the press in retaliation when they didn’t get paid off.
I happened to run across a Wikipedia entry regarding this person, and the scandal, and realized that they were still implying the story is true. Although there was the smallest grain of truth to the story, the rest was pure fabrication and lies.
That friend in politics died quite some time ago, as have all of the close friends who asked that the story remain secret. To be honest, until I stumbled across the entry, I had almost forgotten about it.
A part of me would like to go onto Wikipedia and set the record straight - and tell what really happened.
However, another part of me thinks that it was that person’s wish that the story simply fade away; the problem is, it hasn’t faded away and is still being referenced as if it were true.
Is 30 years later enough time to ignore those wishes and come clean with the real story - or should I just forget about it and let the proverbial sleeping dog lie?