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...Washington, D.C., legal circles until last January, when the "Watergate Seven" defendants appeared in his courtroom. Says Senior Editor Jason McManus, who has edited most of this year's Nation stories dealing with Watergate: "By putting pressure on the defendants in that trial to tell the truth, Judge Sirica set in motion the tumultuous events of the year. His determination had vast implications for the country and the presidency, and a much needed and vital impact on the legal profession...
Correspondent David Beckwith, a member of our Washington Bureau since 1972, did the major reporting for the story. One of a handful of Washington-based journalists with a law degree, Beckwith regularly covers the Supreme Court and the Justice Department for TIME. The assignment led him to Sirica's courtroom a year ago, and from there to a close association with the judge. "Sirica has always been accessible to newsmen," Beckwith says, "but he has a highly developed sense of decorum, and is well respected by the press for his discretion." Beckwith spent hours with the judge...
...that accompanies the story, and Reporter-Researcher Robert Goldstein, who has also been working on Watergate all year, interviewed a number of prominent lawyers and historians. He, along with several other TIME editors and correspondents, met the judge at a dinner in Washington not long ago. By this time, Sirica had been told he was being considered for Man of the Year. "If this is in recognition of the nation's judiciary," he told the group, "then it's an honor...
Leaked Tape. That could set off another court battle over presidential tapes and documents. The first drew to a close last week. After listening to the tapes, Federal Judge John J. Sirica ruled that most of two and part of a third had nothing to do with the break-in and need not be given to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. His office had subpoenaed them as evidence for the grand jury that will decide whether to indict more people in the Watergate case...
...Sirica ruled that of the three tapes, Jaworski should receive only 1) part of a tape including the famous 18¼-minute hum that recorded a meeting between Nixon and former Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman on June 20, 1972; 2) five minutes of references to Watergate on a tape of Nixon's discussion on June 30, 1972, with former Attorney General John Mitchell about his resignation as chairman of the President's re-election committee; and 3) most of a tape of Nixon's conference with former Counsel John W. Dean on Sept...