Secretary who erased Nixon tape dies

[ElsewheresDaughter]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/01/23/woods050123.html



WASHINGTON - Rosemary Woods, the ever-loyal secretary to President Richard Nixon, has died at a nursing home in Ohio.

Woods will go down in history as the woman who was believed to be responsible for the erasure of 18 1/2 minutes of crucial evidence, before it could be turned over to Watergate investigators seeking to impeach Nixon.


Rosemary Woods poses at her White House desk to demonstrate how a single move could have erased the tapes, 1973. (AP File Photo)
The infamous gap in the tape might have proved Nixon's personal involvement in the Watergate break-in and cover-up. The conversation between the president and his chief of staff H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman was critical to the question of what did Nixon know and when did he know it.

That question might have been answered clearly if the tape hadn't been erased, since it took place just three days after the break-in at the Democratic Party's national headquarters.

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Hell just got a little warmer.

:evilgrin:

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1176638

[Richardo]

3. Remember - she supposedly held that pose for 18.5 MINUTES...

...try doing ANYTHING (while conscious) for 18.5 minutes....