Word: relevantizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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If Americans do not assert their fundamental rights and insist on full disclosure of all material relevant to Watergate, they will have relinquished a right inherent in our concept of democracy. Accountability is implicit in the public's contract with any elected or appointed official. The public's...
The Nixon case has raised the argument over that traditional practice in its most extreme form, since some of the Nixon material is relevant to ongoing criminal proceedings and perhaps to public inquiries and other lawsuits. If Nixon were to die, the papers and tape recordings not under subpoena could...
Finally, and I don't really know if this is relevant, whereas I can't say I like Communism, I am a very enthusiastic believer in detente, and in accepting the Communist countries on their own evaluation of themselves, that is as equals. But I am not sure that most...
But court cases will probably provide only fragments of the secret parts of Watergate. The reason: Nixon can be required to provide only evidence and testimony that is relevant to each case. In the end, much of Watergate would probably still be hidden.
Many of St. Clair's Boston colleagues wonder why he took on the case if he did not have full access to all the relevant information, especially when what was already known was so damning. After all, they point out, Solicitor General Robert Bork declined the job precisely for...