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...issued orders leading to the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist; 4) offered to appoint the judge in the Ellsberg case FBI director, as a means of influencing his decision in the case; 5) ordered or condoned illegal wiretapping and other "White House horrors" perpetrated by his self-appointed "plumbers"; 6) obstructed justice by firing Prosecutor Cox; 7) directed or knew about the solicitation of illegal campaign contributions from corporations; 8) misused public funds in improving his residences in Key Biscayne and San Clemente; 9) failed to pay his proper share of federal and California income taxes...
...Senior Judge William M. Byrne (father of the Ellsberg case judge), U.S. District Court, Los Angeles
...that Kissinger was responsible for raising the security concerns in the White House that led to the organization of the "plumbers" unit. Kissinger acknowledges that he had a sense of outrage when the Pentagon papers were published. Not only did he think that it was morally wrong for Daniel Ellsberg to leak the papers, but he was deeply concerned that their publication would destroy negotiations with the North Vietnamese and the Chinese. Although Kissinger stressed the dangers of leaks in his talks with Nixon, he insists that he never in his wildest dreams believed that the White House response would...
...there is Boudin the careful attorney. When asked about a recent Harper's article which paints an unflattering picture of Ellsberg, his face clouds. "I'd never criticize a client...there are things I don't like about Ellsberg and there are undoubtably things he doesn't like about me. There are certain idiosvncracies he has, but he's a hero, and that's part of a person of heroic stature...
...have a serious doubt about whether I'm ever paid enough for my services," he says. "There are untold costs in a case like Ellsberg's. You leave the office for a year to live in L.A., you often work 18 hours a day, and you can't build up a practice in the meantime. But the real issue is not the Spocks or Ellsbergs, it's the poor who have to rely on civil liberties groups who are seriously overburdened. The Ellsbergs and Berrigans are able to get lawyers...