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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:10 AM

Jul 26

"What did the President know and when did he know it", was written by Fred Thompson, minority watergate counsel with Howard Baker and later US Senator...He went on after that as an actor in "Marie", "The Hunt for Red October" and ultimately as DA Arthur Branch on "Law and Order".

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Am 78, my timeline of Watergate and now - 1972 McGOVERN, 1974 Watergate hearings [View all] UTUSN Jul 25 OP

The writer of TnDem Jul 26 #1

Thanks, still learning in old age backstories of what I lived through. But some corruption? UTUSN Jul 26 #3

Fred is sometimes H2O Man Jul 26 #6

Nice insights. Thanks. UTUSN Jul 26 #7

That was such H2O Man Jul 26 #8

And we thought we knew each one was the worst possible and each was worse than we could imagine. UTUSN Jul 26 #9

Watergate/Cover up - Crazy times...I was 19 - 21 electric_blue68 Jul 26 #2

"Didn't really think I'd experience worse" - thanks, me, too. UTUSN Jul 26 #4

YW 👍 electric_blue68 Jul 26 #5

I thought Nixon was our worst & we'd never see worse. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan said... Hekate Jul 26 #10

Waiting on the redemption. Boomerproud Jul 26 #11

Not useless. We're all just flummoxed UTUSN Jul 26 #12