Widely criticized for its conservatism and its opposition to health-care legislation, the American Medical Association is accustomed to attacks from Congressmen, consumer advocates and others outside the organization. Now the A.M.A. is undergoing an attack from within. For the past couple of months, a source nicknamed "Sore Throat" (because of the similarity of his role to that of Watergate's still unidentified "Deep Throat") has been smuggling copies of confidential A.M.A. documents to federal officials and to newsmen around the country. This has been embarrassing the organization—already under study by the Postal Service...
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