Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 24. Juli 1974 / Time Line July 24, 1974
Version 3.007/24/1974
The United States Supreme Court (U.S. v. Nixon) unanimously ordered
President Nixon to surrender tape recordings of White House
conversations about the Watergate affair. Speaking for the Supreme
Court in front of a packed and hushed courtroom, Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger rejected President Nixon's claims of executive
privilege (virtually total confidentiality) because the need for
fair administration of criminal justice must prevail. The White
House feared review of the recordings by a U.S. district judge
would reveal, among other crimes, impeachable offenses.
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