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...asked how the pardon would affect the trial of the Watergate cover-up defendants, Buchen replied: "That is the problem of Mr. Jaworski and the judges." It apparently was Buchen who also proposed the dubious choice of Becker as the intermediary with Nixon's aides. Becker, 36, who had worked in the Justice Department in 1966 and 1967 and was later an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, is under federal investigation for income tax evasion. He had previously helped then-Congressman Ford in his ill-advised attempt to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in 1969. Perhaps the only...
...cast aside merely to spare Citizen Nixon further anguish. Most alarmed was Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's staff, which had already lost one of its stars, Counsel Philip Lacovara, 31, who quit because of the Nixon pardon. Hasty calls were placed to Ford's top counsel, Philip Buchen, who professed surprise that any such study was under way. Later he assured the Jaworski prosecutors that no blanket pardons were imminent...
...longtime friend and adviser Buchen said that he simply had "nothing to add" to Ford's Sunday announcement of why he had acted before Nixon was even charged with a crime. At the least, it would seem, Ford should have waited until a jury in the impending trial of six Nixon associates had been sequestered and thus could not be influenced...
Areed will join Philip W. Buchen, the present White House counsel, on a parttime basis until mid-October, when the job will become full-time. The appointment is an open-ended one, but Areeda--who is on leave this year--said that he expects to return to the Law School when he leaves the White House staff...
Areeda will join Philip W. Buchen, the present White House counsel, on a part-time basis until mid-October, when the job will become full-time. The appointment is an open-ended one, but Areeda said that he expects to return to the Law School when he leaves the White House staff...