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Jaworski Aide: Nixon Not Indictable
NewsMax ^ | June 2, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 06/02/2005 10:09:10 AM PDT by Kaslin

The media's "Deep Throat" orgy continues into its third day, complete with all the requisite insinuations that Richard Nixon's failed Watergate cover-up amounted to the crime of the century.

It turns out, however, that when prosecutors searched for evidence that could actually support an indictment for Nixon, they came up empty.

Writing for the New York Times in July 1998, Watergate scholar Charles McCarry cited the findings of Henry Ruth, who was deputy prosecutor to Watergate's star lawman, Leon Jaworski.

McCarry recalled a memo Ruth sent to Jaworski in late July 1974, just 10 days after the so-called "smoking gun" tapes forced Nixon to resign the presidency.

The Ruth memo examined 10 aspects of Watergate then under criminal investigation.

Ruth bluntly informed his boss: "None of these matters at the moment rises to the level of our ability to prove even a probable criminal violation by Mr. Nixon."

McCarry followed the Ruth quote with his own observation that the ultimate historical irony here was that Richard Nixon, whom historians have told us for three decades had been caught dead to rights, may not have needed the hotly contested pardon awarded to him by his successor, Gerald Ford.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: deepthroat; jaworski; nixon; watergate
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1 posted on 06/02/2005 10:09:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
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2 posted on 06/02/2005 10:11:42 AM PDT by prognostigaator
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In other words, "I (Nixon) am not a crook" was not so far fetched a statement.


3 posted on 06/02/2005 10:12:35 AM PDT by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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In other words, "I (Nixon) am not a crook" was not so far fetched a statement.

I'd say it would be closer to Algore's "No Controlling Legal Authority" statement. The fact that no law may have covered what he did doesn't mean what he did was right.

4 posted on 06/02/2005 10:16:42 AM PDT by ambrose (NEWSWEAK LIED .... AND PEOPLE DIED)
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To: Kaslin
1) Nixon had a long and distinguished career prior to becoming President.
2) Nixon's presidency was very successful.
3) Nixon did not authorize the break-in
4) Nixon showed loyalty to his staff and foolishly tried to cover-up their misdeeds.
5) Nixon did not commit any crimes
6) Nixon resigned, rather than drag-out what had become a tawdry scandal.

1) Clinton was a nobody, with a trail of scandals behind him prior to becoming president.
2) Clinton's presidency weakened our standing in the world.
3) Clinton actively participated in criminal activities (suborning perjury, etc.)
4) Clinton never showed loyalty to anyone.
5) Clinton admitted wrong-doing, and lost his license to practice law.
6) Clinton stayed in office and is the only US president to ever be impeached.

5 posted on 06/02/2005 10:17:27 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Kaslin
"I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning".

Richard Milhouse Nixon.

6 posted on 06/02/2005 10:17:45 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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Ben Stein's recent article lamented that Nixon was never judged by his record. Says FDR, JFK, LBJ , Bubba all did more than Nixon in law breaking but still is hated more for his cover-ups than the other executives. If Ruth is right, the media will never cover it as did newsmax!


7 posted on 06/02/2005 10:22:32 AM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: ClearCase_guy

7)Clinton had a clear history of sexual assault that any enterprising journalist in the MSM should have picked up - a histroy that stretched all the way back to 1969.


8 posted on 06/02/2005 10:27:59 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs (The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.)
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To: Kaslin

Interesting.


9 posted on 06/02/2005 10:31:52 AM PDT by TBP
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To: ClearCase_guy

Andrew Johnsons record would suggest yer numbah 6 is flawed........albeit a good post other than that.


10 posted on 06/02/2005 10:32:10 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos
Johnson was never impeached. He missed it by one vote.

Clinton stands alone.

11 posted on 06/02/2005 10:36:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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Johnson was impeached as was Clinton. There is a difference between impeachement and being thrown out of office.


12 posted on 06/02/2005 10:40:10 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: ClearCase_guy
4) Nixon showed loyalty to his staff and foolishly tried to cover-up their misdeeds.
5) Nixon did not commit any crimes

I'd say #4 and #5 contradict each other.

13 posted on 06/02/2005 10:41:35 AM PDT by PMCarey
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To: ClearCase_guy

As much as I despise Clinton history stands......both were convicted in the house and the senate let em go to the best of my knowledge......

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/impeach.html

Two U.S. presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth chief executive, and William J. Clinton, the forty-second.

Johnson, a Southern Democrat who became president after Lincoln's assassination, supported a mild policy of Reconstruction after the Civil War. The Radical Republicans in Congress were furious at his leniency toward ex-Confederates and obvious lack of concern for ex-slaves, demonstrated by his veto of civil rights bills and opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment. To protect Radical Republicans in Johnson's administration and diminish the strength of the president, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867, which prohibited the president from dismissing office holders without the Senate's approval. A defiant Johnson tested the constitutionality of the Act by attempting to oust Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. His violation of the Act became the basis for impeachment in 1868. But the Senate was one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict, and Johnson was acquitted May 26, 1868.


On December 19, following much debate over the constitutionality of the proceedings and whether or not Clinton could be punished by censure rather than impeachment, the House of Representatives held its historic vote. Clinton was impeached on two counts, grand jury perjury and obstruction of justice , with the votes split along party lines. The Senate Republicans, however, were unable to gather enough support to achieve the two-thirds majority required for his conviction. On Feb. 12, 1999, the Senate acquitted President Clinton on both counts. The perjury charge failed by a vote of 55–45, with 10 Republicans voting against impeachment along with all 45 Democrats. The obstruction of justice vote was 50–50, with 5 Republicans breaking ranks to vote against impeachment.


14 posted on 06/02/2005 10:46:14 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: RinaseaofDs

What happened to all the evidence that the House Impeachment Managers collected and that not one Democrat ever bothered to go across the street to look at?

Surely it is out there somewhere to be leaked if necessary if Willard pursues his campaign of declared innocence...


15 posted on 06/02/2005 10:47:19 AM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: ClearCase_guy
6) Clinton stayed in office and is the only US president to ever be impeached.

2 Presidents have been impeached. Your fogetting Andrew Johnson, the 17th President.

16 posted on 06/02/2005 10:47:46 AM PDT by mc5cents
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Andrew Johnson was impeached, he just wasn't convicted (thats where he won by one vote, in the Senate). I can only add the contrasting press/media characterizations of people who have done roughly the same thing: Donald Segretti = political dirty trickster, Dick Tuck = hysterically funny political jokester; Linda Tripp = snitch, Mark Felt = dutybound to protect the Constitution; Fox News = biased right wing media, Washington Post = protectors of the Constitution; Charles Colson = Nixon's political hatchetman, George Stephanopolous = Clinton's fellow Rhodes Scholar and brilliant political strategist. I could go on for days.


17 posted on 06/02/2005 10:49:50 AM PDT by laconic
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Johnson was never impeached. He missed it by one vote.

Clinton stands alone.

No, Johnson was impeached same as Clinton. Impeachment is akin to an inditement. Neither were convicted by the senate. Johnson missed being kicked out by 1 vote. Clinton's was not as close.

18 posted on 06/02/2005 10:50:48 AM PDT by mc5cents
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To: Ingtar

Nixon had more honor then Billy Jeff or any liberal could ever dream to have


19 posted on 06/02/2005 10:52:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: ClearCase_guy
6) Clinton stayed in office and is the only US president to ever be impeached.

Clinton was the only elected US president to be impeached, as I recall.

20 posted on 06/02/2005 10:54:34 AM PDT by MortMan (Mostly Harmless)
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