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...Nixon, the subpoena presents an acute personal problem. He can move to quash it, as he had on several occasions in other litigation as President, but legal experts see little hope of a successful challenge now that he is out of office. Eventually, he probably will either have to plead the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination or testify and perhaps further incriminate himself...
Playing politics on their own, Democrats in Congress started drawing up bills to boost supports to at least 85% of parity. Lobbyists for the cooperatives urged Administration officials to raise the price supports, and the dairymen got an appointment to plead their case before Nixon on March...
...right-wing coup spearheaded by 650 regular Greek officers on the island to train the more than 10,000-man national guard. A notorious terrorist, Nikos Giorgiades Sampson, 39, was picked as the new President. Makarios flew off to New York City in a borrowed cassock to plead for help before the United Nations Security Council, but before the U.N. could act or the major powers could intervene, the Turks invaded...
...give a shit what happens. I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up or anything else if it'll save it-save the plan. That's the whole point . . . We're going to protect our people...
Like Ehrlichman, the other three conspirators had been stripped of a plausible defense because they could not plead national security. In an eloquent final argument for Barker and Martinez, Attorney Daniel Schultz portrayed them as "little men" who had been victimized by their cynical and sophisticated superiors in Washington. They had been led to believe that they were acting on the highest patriotic principles. Countered Merrill: "People cannot be allowed to violate the law because they are told it is right. That's not patriotism. It's anarchy-the beginning of a police state...