Law Practice
May 8, 2012
Censoring myself from the pages of history
I am talking Watergate, Ellsberg, President Richard Nixon.
Irving A. Shimer
I had a chance to become part of a footnote in the books of history, but I blew it. I am talking Watergate, Ellsberg, President Richard Nixon. This is not an exercise in imagination.
The recent obituary of Charles Colson, the Nixon operative who went to prison for his part in what came to be known as "Watergate," confirmed part of my story.
It began late Friday afternoon, April 27, 1973, 39 years ago. I was a partner in the law firm of Swerdlow, Glikbarg & Shimer,...
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