infamous rather than not famous at all is the roger stone i have known for decades and far from pushing dirt or trading rumors, he was actually expressing his life-long ambition stone wanted to be known maybe he still does, as the master of the dark political arts a primo dirty trickster, the last but still dangerous devotee of richard millhouse nixon there are people known for pulling off schemes that undercut their rivals. i think i know most of the big ones like paul corbin who stole jimmy carter's debate material and got them to his rival, ronald reagan or dick tuck, the vintage democratic trickster who drove candidate, richard nixon berserk. and writing in one report "love this job." what has raised roger stone in the pantheon of the dark arts is his relentlessness. that's what makes this washington figure i've known for