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...long provided a fertile setting for satirical novels. The classic of the genre is Henry Adams' Democracy, published in 1880, which bitingly portrayed the social and political corruption of the time. This year has produced Christopher Buckley's The White House Mess, a comedy about Administration intrigue, and John Ehrlichman's The China Card, a thriller loosely based on the China policy of his former boss President Nixon. Particularly since Watergate, journalists have attained star quality, becoming part of the panoply of fictional heroes and villains. Indeed, Regrets Only hit Washington at the same time as the movie version...
...running the presidency. Meese, Baker, Deaver, sounding -- and often acting -- like an infield in the American League, now will be part of the lore that includes Nicolay and Hay, who served Lincoln, Colonel House, who advised Wilson, Kennedy's Irish Mafia and the infamous Berlin Wall, Haldeman and Ehrlichman, Nixon's unfortunate duo who ended up in jail...
...assistant to Henry A. Kissinger '50 when the latter was National Security advisor, was a victim of wiretapping illegally authorized by then-President Richard M. Nixon and Kissinger in the early days of Nixon's presidency. During the case, Shattuck obtained depositions from Nixon, Kissinger, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Attorney General John Mitchell. Included in these was an eight-hour session with Nixon at his San Clemente estate. After two years of hearings, the court ruled in favor of Halperin, but because of rules stipulating immunity of federal officials, no damages were awarded. Much of the evidence from...
Asked how he would reform the prison system if he were given the opportunity. Ehrlichman said he would first attempt to solve the overcrowding problem. "Where I was, barracks built for 40 were housing 65," he said...
...also indicated his support of alternative forms of sentencing "to harness people for social good" Ehrlichman had asked to provide free legal counsel to Indian tribes in Arizona in lieu of a prison term, but had been denied that option...