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...BREAK-INS. Since Nixon had explicitly authorized a 1970 intelligence plan that included illegal break-ins and mail surveillance, he was asked whether, if he still served in Congress, he would consider impeachment proceedings against a President who had thus violated his oath of office. Nixon bristled, but held his temper in check. Citing the President's "inherent power to protect the national security," he denied that he had violated his oath of office. Furthermore, he charged, "burglarizing of this type took place" during both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and yet "there was no talk of impeachment." Nixon...
...does ignore the ruling, the Senate has no way to see that the court order is enforced and Nixon retains his tapes. But, according to this hypothetical scenario, the Congress then resorts to its final weapon. Since the President is in clear and direct violation of his oath to uphold the laws of the land, he is impeached...
...large part of the staff's time has been consumed in identifying and screening potential witnesses. Although only 20 witnesses have appeared before the committee in the televised public hearings thus far, more than 100 others have been questioned informally or under oath behind closed doors, usually in an auditorium office or in Dash's or Thompson's office. The Senators rarely sit in on these preliminary sessions, either because of the press of other Senate business or because they know that a summary of what has been learned will be distributed to them later. Dash...
...waiting patiently in the wings to become King once Franco dies or retires, the new governmental setup offers a small additional degree of political authority. For the first time, he has the ceremonial right to approve new Cabinet members: Carrero Blanco's first act, after taking his oath of office, was to call on Juan Carlos at Zarzuela Palace and submit the list of new ministers. Predictably, there were no princely objections. The prince may now attend Cabinet meetings, another new prerogative. (In the past, he was briefed on discussions.) Most Spaniards who want change pin their hopes...
...Ervin's committee for publicizing hearsay, the Watergate grand jury for considering prejudicial evidence, and the newspapers (especially the New York Times and the Washington Post) for publishing leaks. It complained that much out of-court evidence, like that being offered by John Dean, was "not given under oath, not open to crossexamination" and is thus of a quality that "could hardly be less satisfactory. Yet on this evidence could well be based public conclusions which could destroy the President." While conceding the importance of the earlier investigative work by Washington reporters, the Times wondered how Congress...