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People who share our belief that Nixon should have been impeached months ago because of his assaults on civil liberties and democratic procedures--the Huston plan for burglaries and illegal wiretappings, the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, the apparent attempt to influence the judge in the Ellsberg case, his lies to Congress and the American people about the bombing of Cambodia--people who detested these actions should write to their representatives to call for impeachment...
...meant for use only when Congress was in adjournment. He recently won in the trial court, and the appeals are now under way. Further in the future, the court may also have to consider whether the President's national security power legally justified the office burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, as former Presidential Adviser John Ehrlichman is now arguing...
...judge could go along with Agnew's request and terminate the grand jury investigation. There is a recent rough analogy. In the Ellsberg case, the judge ruled that Government misconduct had so infected the charges that they must be permanently dropped. If Judge Hoffman made a similar ruling, however, the Vice President would not necessarily be free of further investigation. He could still face impeachment charges. Of course, Hoffman could find that the leaks have caused Agnew no significant harm before the grand jury. The few faintly relevant cases suggest that the present grand jury will be allowed...
...Cambridge, McGovern's chief speech writer, Robert Schrum, a fellow at the Institute of Politics, echoed Stern's charge that the Republicans on the committee were engaged in a "fishing expedition, adding "they (the Republicans) have to be desperate to compare actions such as the Ellsberg burglary and wire tapping with Dick Tuck's pranks...
...grand jury, Petersen ordered the prosecutors not to ask who at the White House had hired him. Dean testified that he had asked Petersen to avoid such embarrassing questions. It is also true that when Nixon told Petersen to refrain from any investigation of the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, Petersen complied...