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...world, but who was a great person nonetheless. No job is too humble, Nixon said, and the world needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters. There was an uneasy stir in the room when he mentioned plumbers-the word for the intelligence team assigned to plug information leaks and handle illegal operations like the Watergate break-in-but Nixon seemed not to notice...
...violated the Fourth Amendment's protection of individual privacy by ordering wiretaps on Government officials and newsmen between May 1969 and February 1971, it argued that the taps were then perfectly legal and were justified by interests of national security. If Nixon had not called for such wiretaps to plug leaks from the National Security Council, St. Clair argued, "he would have failed in his constitutional responsibilities...
That tense press conference exchange last week underscored a persistent problem for the Secretary. He is undamaged by the main Watergate scandals, but his credibility has been nicked nonetheless. The reason: he has appeared to be less than candid about his role hi the White House efforts to plug leaks of national security secrets to the press. They included FBI wiretaps from 1969 to 1971 of four reporters and 13 government officials, as well as the formation of the special White House unit known as the plumbers...
Profound Effect. Nonetheless, Buckley's defection had a profound effect on conservatives, particularly on those in Congress. "What Buckley has done is pull a plug on the President's most important reservoir," says Howard Phillips, a Washington lobbyist for the American Conservative Union. At the very least, Buckley's pronouncement will force many on the right to reconsider the reasons why they want Nixon to stay in office. Says Congressman Bauman: "Some of us feel that Senator Buckley said many of the things that we have had on our minds, although we may not agree that Nixon...
...Faculty Council discussed the Expos proposal at seven different meetings from December to March. It invited a series of guest who know something about Expos to come to council meetings and discuss the proposal; Slingerland and Evans came twice to plug the proposal, and at one meeting in January, five Expos teachers and three freshmen generally criticized it. By February, the Faculty Council was becoming increasingly skeptical of the proposal, largely because most council members felt strongly that all freshmen should be required to take Expos...