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...developments of the Watergate crisis have shown an intolerable pattern of behavior in American government that goes far beyond campaign law violations. The Watergate and Vesco grand juries have dealt with partisan corruption, the Ellsberg case and arrogant administration attitude toward Cambodian bombing have revealed an equally intolerable abuse of public office...
When their case first came to court, defendants Daniel Ellsberg '52 and Anthony J. Russo Jr. said they hoped to raise issues surrounding government ineptness and deceit. The Nixon administration eloquently made their point for them. After the two men were indicted for violating an executive order, their constitutional rights were trampled in an evidence-gathering crusade conducted by the CIA in cahoots with petty thieves. Even more startling, presiding judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. was invited in April to the San Clemente White House -- while the case was in progress -- to discuss the possibility of Byrne's directing...
...justice in the deluge of scandals surrounding a reckless executive branch. The administration's attacks on the press are familiar enough; by sabotaging the judicial process, Nixon's White House and CIA men have resorted to tactics appropriate only to a police state. It is fortunate that justice for Ellsberg and Russo has been achieved. But until grand juries and Congress dredge up all the details of the executive's involvement in domestic espionage, the American public should continue to suspect Nixon of undermining the very meaning of liberty that our system of justice supposedly protects...
...conspiracy. Admits attending a meeting at which files from the safe of Wiretapper Hunt were turned over to then acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray (Gray contends Ehrlichman and Dean suggested files be destroyed). Admits assigning Wiretappers Hunt and Liddy to investigate "emotional and moral problems" of Daniel Ellsberg. Knew Hunt and Liddy later managed the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist but kept this secret. Met twice with Federal Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. in California while he was presiding over Ellsberg trial and offered him job as head...
Under investigation by Justice Department for possible perjury after having denied under oath any knowledge of Watergate. Supervised in 1971 White House Plumbers Liddy and Hunt. Authorized their managing of the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist...