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...main impact of Hunt's revised testimony was to incriminate further former Attorney General John Mitchell in the coverup. Hunt claimed for the first time that Liddy, who has resisted all pressure to tell his own story, had told Hunt that "the big man"-meaning Mitchell-"said O.K., and the word is go" to bug Democratic national headquarters. Hunt also conceded that he had received secret payments after his arrest, not merely to meet legal fees but so "that I would not reveal my knowledge of the Watergate affair." Also contradicting his previous testimony, he admitted that...
Pure As Snow. In opening statements, attorneys for Ehrlichman, Mardian and Parkinson made no attempt to deny that there had been a high-level White House coverup. Instead, they argued variously that their clients had been duped by those above them or that their Watergate involvement was insignificant. David Bress, the attorney for Mardian, claimed that Mitchell, 61, had developed "a sort of father-and-son relationship with Mardian," who is 51. Thus Mardian, former head of the Justice Department's Internal Security Division, was misled by Mitchell. "Mardian was as pure as a driven snow," Bress argued...
...from behind the walls of San Clemente the delusion goes on. Richard Nixon is not escaping anything. He has fed his Watergate cancer. He has cast himself for his remaining years as an unrepentant criminal. He must now live a continuing coverup...
...final coverup...
...rationalizations were just a coverup for the larger issue: the equal admission of men and women, the logical next step for an institution whose tradition could no longer be described as exclusively male...