George Bush said the "good name" of his long-time confidant had been "dragged through the mud".
Margaret Thatcher elevated her long-time confidant Sir Bernard Ingham, and election adviser Lord Bell; the Blair government raised up party strategist Lord Gould.
He is being held on remand, together with six others, one of whom is a long-time confidant of Olmert.
On April 21st Charles Clarke, a former home secretary, mocked as hypocritical a plea for unity by Ed Balls, the schools secretary and a long-time confidant of Mr Brown.
Last month Israeli police arrested another former mayor of Jerusalem, Uri Lupoliansky, and six others, including a long-time confidant of Olmert, as part of the Holyland investigation.
On its leader page was a piece by US economist Irwin Stelzer - and long-time confidant of Rupert Murdoch - who argued that Britain would be able to trade successfully outside the EU.
The threat posed by such inconvenient truths is well illustrated by the case of Didymus Mutasa, a long-time confidant of Mugabe who left the party with Mujuru and who is a high-profile founding member of ZimPF.
The controversial striker has had problems with most managers and clubs during his brief but highly eventful career, from Internazionale under José Mourinho – who once described Balotelli as unmanageable – to long-time confidant Roberto Mancini at Manchester City.
One long-time confidant is Yitzhak Molcho, a lawyer who was at his side in his first term and whom American diplomats credit with achieving the modest progress that was then eventually made in negotiation with the Palestinians.Mr Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, both say they are ready to resume talks without preconditions.
"We know that the in the last 48 hours he was thinking of the future and perhaps what happened in the last hours, this gave him the conviction," said Gagg, a long-time confidant of Blatter "We had lunch with him yesterday [Monday].
