Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indictments for a week so that Ehrlichman could be brought to Washington to testify further on Watergate, the ITT scandal, and probably on the Ellsberg break-in and other plumbers' activities. Now that he has been indicted, Ehrlichman has grounds for keeping silent, at least in regard to the Ellsberg burglary case. His attorneys, in fact, asked the federal district court in Washington to quash the subpoena; testifying for a fourth time, they maintained, would be "unreasonable and oppressive." Cox, on the other hand, argued that Ehrlichman has testified only briefly in his past appearances. He feels that Ehrlichman...
...Until recently Vice President Agnew criticized the press for its probing attitudes, not only during the current mess but in regard to other problems faced by the Nixon Administration. He was literally trying to abolish the idea of a free press, as provided for by the Constitution...
...Problems, for light on the question "Can Nixon and Agnew Be Tried?" [Aug. 20]. But I regret that you attributed to me the view that the "double jeopardy clause might preclude prosecution for the same acts that caused a President to be removed from office." This suggests that I regard an impeachable offense as criminal in nature, from which it follows that a subsequent prosecution by indictment would be barred...
...telling the complete truth about Watergate. Almost half (45%) actually believe that Nixon knew in advance about the bugging of Democratic National Headquarters last summer-an astonishing attitude, considering the lack of evidence on this point. Though they think that he was personally involved in what most of them regard as "a dangerous attempt to undermine the Constitution and our democratic process," Americans by and large do not want him to leave the presidency. They have three main reasons for that stand: 1) they tend to blame the men around Nixon more than the President for creating the scandal...
...questioned reject Nixon's suggestion that the Watergate investigation is an attempt by some politicians and members of the press to "get the President" (35% agree and 8% are unsure). White House criticism of the Ervin committee runs up against the finding that two-thirds of the people regard that committee as having functioned in a "fair and open-minded" manner. Almost two-thirds of those polled criticize Nixon's attempt to withhold the tapes of his Watergate-related conversations from the committee and the courts...