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Of national our reach in the library of congress. That this very public event that brings together many of our countries and doctors. We are especially grateful to the sponsors who make this festival possible were thrilled the library could hold this over 17 years. And thats the literature has for society now history in but biography is a perennial favorite here at the festival with a terrific lineup of authors and many are making there very first book festival appearance the were pleased theyre coming back for a return appearance as an additional bonus offers will be signing the books downstairs on the expo floor. Beginning with a Panel Discussion of j. F. Kennedys birth. Said to talk about the recent books on this fascinating 35th president and family and campaign and role of the civilrights effort. So before we get started a special things to wells fargo was generally sponsor the history and biography stage the regional presi ....
Congress obligation to ensure that in selfdealing is limited as much as possible. I should add, by the way, there was another special prosecutor who was appointed in i think 1951 during the truman administration. A man named morris. He was appointed to investigate corruption in the i. R. S. And Justice Department. He was expired by mcgraph, the attorney general, at trumans request and the investigation was never completed as a result. So thats the thing we have to worry about. Thats what warranted the independent counsel statute. If it produced unnecessary investigations thats not the problem here because the attorney general retains the power to make the appointment in the first place. Senator leahy let me ask you another way. The president , the white house could undercut or think they could undercut. They cut back the budget of the special counsel and you talked about the oped that was in the new york times. You could attem ....
[inaudible conversation] before we have our Opening Statements for this hearing, i have a short statement i want to make on another issue. If mrs. Feinstein has anything on the same thing im talking about, she would get whatever time she wants. Separate from my regular opening statement, i need to talk about a serious threat to this committees Oversight Authority. The need for congress to havee access to information in the executive branch is inherent in the constitution. The Supreme Court has said so clearly and repeatedly. Executive Branch Agencies cannot limit our legislative power of inquiry mary merely by entering into nondisclosure agreements with one another, but thats exactly what the fbi has tried to do. Yesterday i sent a pair of letters to the of ....
Thank you. Thank you. When we discussed the history of watergate i think the concerning part is the concept of government officials believing they were above the law, not accountable for unlawful activity. What set watergate apart from other abuses of president ial power . I would say first the sheer magnitude of what the Nixon Administration had done including burglary of a defendant in a criminal case, political espionage of all kinds. There have been dirty tricks by other president ial campaigns. The Nixon Campaign was significantly worse. Second of all obstruction of justice which was out range uo s outrageous, provasive. It is hard to exaggerate how significant that was. Justice scalia talked about how there would be political checks, right . And you point out the shortcomings in your written testimony, for instance that nixon did not face another election. Can you ....
Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not ....