Nixon said "only if there is an absolute guarantee that there will not be disclosure of what I say, I will reveal for the first time information with respect to why wiretaps were proposed, information which, if it is made public, will be terribly damaging to the United States." Whatever that secret might be, it does not appear in the released transcripts.
However, Nixon's brief reference to the 1968 bugging reminds us of this chilling reality -- that for some politicians, acquisition of power in the United States is so alluring and so valuable that it trumps not only the democratic process, but the lives of American soldiers overseas.
Cross-posted from Consortium News(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
