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the Watergate scandle a dark chapter in
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American political history brought to
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light by the dynamic duo from The
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Washington Post Bob Woodward and Carl
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Bernstein but it was an unexpected
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Revelation from Richard Nixon's top Aid
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Alexander Butterfield that played a
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pivotal role in unraveling this web of
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Deceit once Air Force officer stationed
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in Australia Butterfield's Destiny
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intertwined with Nixon when he reached
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out to his college friend HR Bob
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halderman before he knew it Butterfield
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was the keeper of secrets in the Nixon
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White House Butterfield's most
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significant disclosure a secret White
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House tapping system this tapes provided
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irreputable evidence that Nixon had
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orchestrated the Watergate cover from
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Inception yet beyond the tapes
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Butterfield held another Treasure Trove
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boxes of documents his personal insights
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from his tenure at the White House that
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have been kept out of the public eye
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till now these fragments paint Nixon in
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multifaceted light a man who was often
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lonely Vedic and plagued by insecurities
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yet occas Al showing empathy and
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strategic Brilliance the irony Nixon a
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man of secrecy installed the very taping
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system that led to his
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downfall why did Berfield reveal it all
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fear of imprisonment for lying to
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investigators a desire for revenge
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against Nixon and sympathy for Nixon's
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wife Pat whom he perceived as neglected
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Butterfield recalled moments of Nixon's
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coldness at times the president would
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seemingly Overlook his wife even as she
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spoke despite his position he was still
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very much human as a poignant incident
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in a helicopter with Nixon awkwardly
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patting a secretary's leg
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reveals but Butterfield's documents also
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shed light on other sign ific matters
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one such is a 1972 Memo from Nixon's
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National Security adviser Henley
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Vietnam Nixon's frustration is palpable
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questioning the effectiveness of
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bombings Alexander Butterfield
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inadvertently or otherwise provided an
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intimate lens into the complexities of a
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president at the center of one of the
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biggest political scandals in history
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the war bargate Scandal serves as a
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testament to the balance of power and
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accountability in a democracy
