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...conspiracy was quickly created to conceal the extent of the involvement of the White House and the Nixon committee. The New York Times reported last week that federal investigators have discovered that the principal cover-up conspirators were Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean, Mitchell, Magruder and LaRue. Each one, the investigators contend, has lied to either the prosecutors, to federal investigators, or to other White House officials...
...could such pervasive corruption of ethics start in an Administration of such seemingly square-shooting disciples of law and order? Some of Nixon's critics contend that he set the general pattern in the earliest stages of his political career, when he used some questionable tactics. More important, the closeness of Nixon's first two presidential campaigns, against John Kennedy in 1960 and Hubert Humphrey in 1968, bred an almost paranoid insecurity among Nixon's campaign workers. The slim win over Humphrey was a special shock...
...merely a continuation of longstanding U.S. policy in Indochina and a "meaningful interim action" in salvaging the ceasefire. To argue that the President had the constitutional authority to negotiate the Paris accord but does not have the power to continue the bombing in Cambodia, Rogers insisted, is to contend that "the Constitution contains an automatic self-destruct mechanism designed to destroy what has been so painfully achieved...
...granted immunity, Dean said, he would testify about the involvement of officials "both above and below" him at the White House. There are only three men above Dean in the chain of command: Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, chief of the White House staff-and Nixon. Others at the department contend that since Dean might turn out to be the main architect of the coverup, he should not be allowed to evade punishment...
...following week, Harvard will meet Princeton on the Crimson's home courts to contend for the number two league spot. Asked if he plans any crucial changes in Harvard's training for Princeton, Barnaby said, "We won't do anything crucial. We'll just have...