Word: coverups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...legislators. A mighty politician was certain to lose the power that he had wielded so arrogantly, and others were likely to cut short their careers. Additional Congressmen and Senators wondered anxiously whether they would be named in the expanding investigation. And again, there were worries of a possible coverup, for potential witnesses knew that if they told all, they would risk losing their congressional jobs...
...light of Watergate and its aftermath and My Lai and the coverup, it is critical for the Army to act and act now, quickly and courageously and in support of the old system. The honor code has to be applied to the full letter...
...fresh warning that for a politician, a coverup, or even the appearance of one, can prove more fatal than the original problem. Buried, bad news festers; promptly addressed, it may perhaps be cauterized and survived...
Another brief calm ensued until two weeks ago, when Bessell, hounded by British reporters at his home in California, undermined most of the Thorpe defense. He admitted that his blackmail tale had been a "coverup ... to prevent Scott from standing up in court and making statements about Jeremy. The whole idea was to make Scott shut his mouth...
...involved government officials including Secretary Kissinger are forced to testify, the truth will not be established. The Church Committee should be forced to subpoena these documents and witnesses, and to take the issue to the courts, if necessary to secure them. Its current report is essentially a coverup, and the committee should not be allowed to expire until it has produced the information for which it was established...