Word: leaks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held furtive conferences with federal prosecutors and shuttled in and out of a Washington grand jury room, dodging newsmen. In the White House, handsome young presidential aides, selected for their team loyalty and their vaunted proficiency in public relations, turned bitterly on each other, contacting newsmen in order to leak their suspicions about their colleagues. No one could be certain that his office neighbor might not be in the headlines next morning...
...White House aides began telephoning and meeting secretly with newsmen to leak their own self-serving versions of who was at fault, Dean's friends implied that his original report to the President on his investigation of the Watergate break-in had not been nearly as sweeping in its denial of White House involvement as the Nixon statement had claimed at that time (see box page 14). It thus seemed likely that Dean would tell the grand jury that somebody in the White House had overruled or altered his findings before they reached Nixon. The man most often cited...
...government has called ten witnesses in four weeks of testimony trying to prove espionage, conspiracy and theft charges against Ellsberg and Russo in connection with the leak of the Pentagon's top secret war study...
...want to get in touch with R. Buckminster Fuller-to invite him to accept yet another honorary degree, or to complain of a leak in your geodesic dome-what you do is cable "BUCKY," Carbondale, Ill. Trouble is, he is not likely to be there. With the exception of astronauts and veteran airline pilots, Fuller is one of the most traveled men in human history. There are well over 3,000,000 miles in his wake, and a schedule of worldwide lectures and consultations so crowded that he wears three watches. One runs on Carbondale time, where at the University...
Kissinger's skill has been in keeping his options open and never providing an exact account of where he stood on an issue. He plays the press and the calculated news leak with great ability, usually to serve his current negotiating or power needs. He strives to maintain his credibility with the Eastern establishment even while serving Nixon. Thus, when asked to explain the effect of the December B-52 bombing upon