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Called as a court witness by Sirica because of the Government's understandable argument that it did not want to vouch for his credibility, Hunt presented the prosecution with a recurrent, if anticipated problem: How could it show that many of its once perjurious witnesses were now telling the truth? Hunt, who directed the break-in with G. Gordon Liddy, explained that he had decided to become truthful after reading transcripts of White House tapes in which he and the other burglars were scathingly described as "idiots" and "jackasses." Declared Hunt: "I realized these men were not worthy...
...argument also broke out after Dean insisted that he thought "parts were missing" on the tapes of three White House conversations he had held with Nixon and therefore he could not vouch for their accuracy. Wilson wanted to show that Dean's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee last year did not agree with everything on those three tapes, yet he nevertheless objected at length to Sirica's suggestion that the tapes be played. "Now listen, just a minute," Sirica cut in. "You just stop talking until I get through. You're not going to argue...
...another conference with Sirica, the judge indicated that he was considering calling former President Nixon as a court witness. That would provide more latitude in questioning him by 'all parties, said Sirica, and it would mean that no party would have to "vouch for his credibility...
...although under certain circumstances it will withhold the name of a correspondent at that person's request. Any letters purporting to represent the views of an undergraduate or other organization must bear the names of at least two officers on that organization, who can be contacted in advance to vouch for the validity of the communication...
...although under certain circumstances it will withhold the name of a correspondent at that person's request. Any letters purporting to represent the views of an undergraduate or other organization must bear the names of at least two officers of that organization, who can be contacted in advance to vouch for the validity of the communication...