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These reviews were edited and compiled by Dwight L. Cramer, and written by the Crimson staff: Amanda P. Bennett, Andrew P. Corty, Lewis R. Clayton, Robin S. Freedberg, Geoffrey D. Garin, Jeremy L. Halbreich, Thomas H. Lee, H. Jeffrey Leonard, Steven M. Luxenberg, Richard J. Meislin, Peter I. Shapiro, Charles E. Shepard, and Emily Wheeler...
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Sirica's partisan politicking came to an end in 1957 when President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him to the federal bench. By virtue of seniority, he became chief judge for the D.C. district court two years ago. In that position, he could have assigned the Watergate trial to one of 14 other fellow district judges. Instead, Sirica appointed himself to preside over the case...
From the beginning, Presidents have exercised something like Executive privilege, although it did not get that name until Dwight Eisenhower's time. Washington set the precedent by warning Congress that he would not turn over papers that might reveal military secrets or might otherwise be "injurious" to the public. But it is a matter of tradition more than of law, since the Constitution makes no mention of such a presidential right. Says Kurland: "We do not even have a good definition of Executive privilege. It certainly does not mean an individual official's interest-including the President...
Four former Nixon aides, who needed to know where Nixon was at all times, had locator boxes in their offices. They were: H.R. Haldeman, onetime chief of staff; Dwight L. Chapin, onetime presidential appointments secretary; Stephen B. Bull, who assisted Chapin with appointments; and Butterfield, then a Haldeman aide. Butterfield also had on his phone a button that could turn on the microphones in the Cabinet Room. When the locator box indicated that the President had entered the Cabinet Room, Butterfield pressed a switch that started the recording device there. Under the table in the Cabinet Room were two buttons...