Is Teddy-The-Tick a Traitorous Bastard?

I caught this linked from QandO, which does a nice job in proposing analysis before knowing the name of the good Senator. I hadn't heard it was Ted until I was appalled by the neutralized report, but I have to say I'm highly skeptical about this.

In his book, which came out this week, Kengor focuses on a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold War that shows that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offered to assist Soviet leaders in formulating a public relations strategy to counter President Reagan's foreign policy and to complicate his re-election efforts.

The letter, dated May 14, 1983, was sent from the head of the KGB to Yuri Andropov, who was then General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Communist Party.

In his letter, KGB head Viktor Chebrikov offered Andropov his interpretation of Kennedy's offer. Former U.S. Sen. John Tunney (D-Calif.) had traveled to Moscow on behalf of Kennedy to seek out a partnership with Andropov and other Soviet officials, Kengor claims in his book.

At one point after President Reagan left office, Tunney acknowledged that he had played the role of intermediary, not only for Kennedy but for other U.S. senators, Kengor said. Moreover, Tunney told the London Times that he had made 15 separate trips to Moscow.

"There's a lot more to be found here," Kengor told Cybercast News Service. "This was a shocking revelation."

It is not evident with whom Tunney actually met in Moscow. But the letter does say that Sen. Kennedy directed Tunney to reach out to "confidential contacts" so Andropov could be alerted to the senator's proposals.

I guess I'll have to wait to hear more on the evidence. This really sounds like more of the psuedo histories of Iraq that we've seen spewed about lately.

Another question, if this is true, will the comrades of Massachusetts hold him accountable? Seeing the tolerance of former page buggerers, I am doubtful.

UPDATE:
The American Thinker points to this 2003 article from Human Events on the topic.