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...those last summer, when Nixon tried to withhold subpoenaed tapes and papers sought by Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor whom Nixon fired for persisting in demanding evidence. Nixon had claimed that most of the material was protected by Executive privilege-a claim that both Federal Judge John J. Sirica and the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected. Presumably, the courts would do so again...
Grand Jury Report. First, in an impressively detailed 22-page decision, Judge Sirica said that he had carefully examined the grand jury report and found that "there can be no question regarding its materiality" to the impeachment inquiry. The package includes: 1) a letter recommending that the grand jury's findings be transmitted to the Judiciary Committee; 2) an index of specific acts by the President, presumably related to the cover-up conspiracy; 3) a briefcase full of documents and sworn testimony supporting those findings of fact. Wrote Sirica: "We deal in a matter of the most critical moment...
...United States Court of Appeals yesterday upheld Federal District Judge John J. Sirica's transmittal of a secret grand jury report to the House impeachment inquiry...
...Sirica ordered on Monday that the report, which contains evidence of President Nixon's role in Watergate, be turned over to the House Judiciary Committee...
...true that there have been leaks from all sides in Watergate, that the news profession dearly loves exposes and scoops, and that the heat of competition sometimes melts good judgment. Last week, for instance, the Washington Star-News disclosed a private communication from Sirica to his fellow judges in which he mentioned Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's confidential estimate of the number of indictments to come. Though newsworthy, the story also intruded on grand jury privacy while adding nothing substantive to the public's knowledge of Watergate...