The author Mirengoff touts Taylor’s West Point connection as if that means squat. Al Haig and Fred Buzhardt were classmates at West Point and both helped subvert Nixon. See Silent Coup by Len Colodny.
In the book he is quoted as saying something like “It is ludicrous and a total fabrication that I would spy on the State Department.”
Perhaps ten years ago, Admiral Moorer was involved in buying military hardware (as a private citizen) and shipping them to other countries. He claimed (in some magazine article) it was for their museums! He was quoted saying the EXACT same thing “It is ludicrous and a total fabrication that I would sell military hardware to foreign countries!”
When I saw the more recent quote I remembered him from the book and I must have remembered the quote as well, as I found the book on the shelf and compared the two - they were word for word!