He was a friend of and co-author with fellow journalist Jack Anderson and borrowed money to help him when he was in financial trouble.

[1] In 2008 his book With Honor was released about Melvin R. Laird, Richard Nixon's Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973.

Before joining Jack Anderson in 1979, Van Atta was an investigative reporter for Deseret News.

[3] Van Atta worked with Jack Anderson for seven years writing a column in more than 800 newspapers.

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