Bruce Fein says the Jan. 6 defendants are no more political prisoners or martyrs than were the Watergate defendants.
By Bruce Fein
Special to Consortium News
Chris Hedges in a column published March 6 on Consortium News, “Lynching the Jan. 6 Deplorables,” deplores the prosecutions, convicti
The historical insights of one era have been lost to the journalistic instincts of another. Whereas we understand how a growing country in the late 19th century could be brought together by open collusion of business interests, we give little attention today to how changing commercial opportunities during the Vietnam War might have torn apart the political accommodations that followed World War II. Watergate’s place in this history today is but a hairline fracture to the New Deal Order; a symbol rather than a decisive moment.
maurice stans or other figures who could be expected to make the trial first rate political drama. the justice department wants to handle the case as a routine burglary and bugging. they were paying money for individuals to shut up about what they knew. but there s a problem. hunt s wife dies in a plane crash in december of 1972. and hunt s position on what he needs to stay silent changes. a panicked colson called me one day. colson wants to know what he should do because hunt clearly wants clemency and some assurances. when hunt lost his wife, it put his family in a terrible situation, and he was on his way to prison.
Vintage LIFE Magazine photos showcase the Watergate in mid-century splendor, years before it became embroiled in a scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon s presidency
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