Word: prosecutors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there are transcripts of at least 28 Nixon tapes not previously part of the public record scattered across the U.S. They are from the 73 tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor for the conspiracy trial of Nixon's top aides. Although only 30 were introduced in evidence, additional transcripts were given to the lawyers and witnesses involved. The number of people holding transcripts, multiplied by the copying machines available, gives an idea of what might be accessible to enterprising newsmen...
...denouement awaits the generals. Irene Pappas' brooding widow adds little to the film; the role limits her to a couple of disconsolate weeping sessions and some blank stares. But Jean-Louis Tritignant provides the needed complement to Montand as he relentlessly pursues the Truth in his capacity as the prosecutor who smells something fishy somewhere. Some viewers may find Costa-Gavras' sledge-hammer polemicizing a bit much, but he does, after all, have the right line...
Nixon shows no surprise that Frost had access to this previously undisclosed Colson tape. It was subpoenaed by Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for use against Nixon's top aides in their criminal trial, but was not put into evidence. The implication of the tape is that Nixon?on his first day at work after the burglary?was already directing a cover-up effort. Now, for the first time in the days of interviewing, Nixon's speech begins to falter...
...harass those on his "enemies lists," his illegal wiretapping of so-called security risks, his vast underpayment of income taxes. Yet his bitterness erupts at times as he lacerates the Washington Post and its Watergate reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, as well as lawyers on the Watergate special prosecutor's staff...
Ironically, Anthony Faretta, whose case started the boom in pro se cases, never appeared in his own behalf. Before Faretta could be tried again, the prosecutor noted that he had already served 19½ months in jail and dropped the case...