'Nixon unplugged': Secret Watergate testimony unsealed

'Nixon unplugged': Secret Watergate testimony unsealed

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Four months after a judge ordered the June 1975 records unsealed, the government's Nixon Presidential Library was making them available online Thursday. Historians hoped that the testimony would form Nixon's most truthful and thorough account of the circumstances that led to his extraordinary resignation 10 months earlier under threat of impeachment.

"This is Nixon unplugged," said historian Stanley Kutler, a principal figure in the lawsuit that pried open the records. Still, he said, "I have no illusions. Richard Nixon knew how to dodge questions with the best of them. I am sure that

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Richard Nixon's grand jury testimony about the Watergate scandal that destroyed his presidency is finally coming to light.

Well this is some fascinating stuff. Haven't had time to read the testimony yet but I'm sure many of you recall wanting to know every last detail of this investigation.

Now we get to hear it from the horses mouth.

Of course we all know that Nixon knew how to avoid difficult questions and historians are even quoted saying so in the article.

I wonder if any new details not previously known will come to light that may start a new national conversation about "shadow governments" and America's now real problem of peopel running the show behind closed doors.

Thoughts ATS?

~Keeper



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Heck yeah!

I have been waiting for a very long time for the answers to some questions which we didn't even get to hear asked.

This will be quite a learning experience.... thanks for this... I now have some research to do.....

Awesome!

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No problem

It should certainly be a fascinating read.

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This should make for some very interesting reading time.

There are reasons why this guy was nicknamed, "Tricky Dicky," and hopefully this will shed some more light as to why.

I concur with the previous posters, I will now be less productive because of this required reading...Thanks! (I think!)

Here is a particularly telling phrase outlining how differently "justice" is applied to the so-called "elite" than to the rest of us.
Although the people in positions of wealth and power may pretend to play for different teams, it is more of a professional wrestling-esque style theatrical show, where the unwritten rule remains: "Don't worry... we've got your back."

Historians won public access to the transcript over the objections of the Obama administration, which argued in part that too many officials from that era are still alive for secret testimony involving them to be made public

...portions of the testimony that deal with people still living or that are considered still relevant to national security will remain classified for now, possibly to come out after further review, said the National Archives...

In essence, due to the potential of actual legal repercussions of their illegal behavior, this material should not be made public. The mafia is definitely jealous of this type of judicial reasoning!

the Billmeister

Here is the direct link to the archived material:
www.archives.gov...

Cheers,

the Billmeister

Do we really need to read what these records have to say.I thought the Frost interview was the most enlightening part of the nixon event especially when he said the president is exempt from any illegal goings on that he had done. (something to that effect)

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Nice, looking forward to reading that.

Now we gotta wait another 30 years to find out why the Bush administration wanted to murder so many people in the Middle East.


Khar

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What I find most interesting is what Nixon did pales in comparison to what is taken for granted now with politicians. Which is worse, trying to get dirt on your opponent or lying to get into office? I wonder sometimes. Now people actually defend the liar they voted for, blindly enabling them to screw us all.

I watched a lot of the Impeachment Hearings. Don't remember much anymore. Too long ago. Some classes had TV's set up in them with the hearings going.

How do we know this hasn't been heavily edited and censored and then released on the guise of it being "the real testimony?"

Seems like they've had a long time to change details or erase them as they see fit.

Nixon,dodging the grand jury will be fun reading.The Obama administration freaking out over the release of these records is telling.With many of the people involved in Watergate among us I guess they are trying to protect them since many of these guys are GOP bigwigs and we know how sensitive they still are when it comes to Watergate.We still have no good explanation about that 18 min gap on the tape recorder and I doubt we ever will.I will give Tricky Dicky credit he had enough guts to go to the Lincoln memorial and talk to the protestors.No president of the US will ever do that.

Whenever I read about Nixon's crimes they seem so insignificant to me compared with what has happened to America under Bush and Obama.

We've come a long way....

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Whenever I read about Nixon's crimes they seem so insignificant......

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I suggest you need to know more about Nixon, his ties to organized crime, his views on ..., oh, heck, read this book, it'll tell yo more than you want to know and make some of our more recent Presidents seem like rank amateurs.
Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon

Originally posted by Partygirl
Whenever I read about Nixon's crimes they seem so insignificant to me compared with what has happened to America under Bush and Obama.

We've come a long way....

Everyone forgetting about Vietnam & Cambodia?

Originally posted by Kharron
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Nice, looking forward to reading that.

Now we gotta wait another 30 years to find out why the Bush administration wanted to murder so many people in the Middle East.


Khar

I'll spoil that for you right now:

Oil, resources, entended war / occupation, and finally, revenge for Daddy Bush.