Word: coverups
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...disclosures now burst upon the public: the details of the original Watergate break-in and wiretapping; the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist; the coverup; the use of governmental agencies to harass political opponents; and such juvenile escapades as the so-called enemies list-which in effect really amounted to a list of those not to invite to White House dinners, something that exists tacitly in every Administration. The immature second level of the Nixon White House managed to turn this triviality into another national scandal...
...July 28. On July 31, Haig called me. The "smoking gun" had been found; one of the tapes given to the Special Prosecutor-conversations be tween Nixon and Haldeman less than a week after the Water gate break-in-left no doubt that Nixon was familiar with the coverup; he may in fact have ordered it. Impeachment was now certain, conviction highly probable. Haig's role now-and to some extent mine-was to ease Nixon's decision to resign, to give him the psychological support to do the necessary...
Shakur described the case as the "biggest coverup I've ever seen." He said that in Cambridge police reports. Scalese failed to reveal his firing of a warning shot during the arrest...
Denying any attempted coverup, Paolillo said that it is difficult to judge an officer's actions in hindsight because incidents have a different "smell," during a life and death situation...
Substituting dots, dashes and asterisks for profanity is a maddening hypocrisy. Consequently, "A Good Word for Bad Words" [Dec. 14] was a breath of fresh air. Today's sophisticated reader prefers cusswords to the coverup...