Newsman Privilege Backed
Date: 11 July 1973
Delaware Gov S W Tribbitt on June 10 signs bill that gives newsmen absolute privilege to refuse to name their sources in any judicial or investigative proceedings
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10th of July 1973 News
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NO ONE IS ACCUSED IN 'LEAK' ON BIAGGI; Seymour Study Finds 'No Basis' for Criminal Charges on Release of Testimony Obtained Affidavits Sources Withheld Reporter Criticized
Date: 11 July 1973
By ARNOLD H. LUBASCH
Arnold LUBASCH
official rept has concluded that there is no basis to bring criminal charges against anyone known to be involved in leak of Repr Biaggi's grand-jury testimony; 9-page rept on special investigation of 'news leaks' about Biaggi's secret testimony is signed by former US Atty W N Seymour and released on July 10 by Judge H J Friendly of US Appeals Ct for Second Circuit; Seymour's rept vehemently denies charges by Biaggi, Conservative party mayoral candidate, that Fed prosecutor's office was source of news stories that touched off major pol controversy over grand-jury testimony; rept was submitted to Appeals Ct, which directed Seymour to investigate news leaks about testimony; testimony became issue in Dem mayoral primary, in which Biaggi finished 3d, because he repeatedly denied having invoked Fifth Amendment although he had done so; rept notes that Seymour had asked editors of newspapers that reptd Biaggi testimony if they would disclose sources of their stories and that each of papers declined, citing need to maintain confidentiality of news sources; rept about testimony appeared first in NY Times and later in Daily News; rept alleges that 'an investigative reporter engaged in improper and potentially illegal conduct' in attempting to obtain information about testimony from Fed prosecutors; does not mention reporter or newspaper by name but refers to first story published Apr 18 disclosing that Biaggi had taken Fifth Amendment despite his repeated denials; first story in NY Times of Apr 18 disclosing that Biaggi refused to answer grand-jury questions was written by N Gage
'PLUMBERS' DATA REPORTEDLY KEPT FROM F.B.I. IN 1972; Gray and Petersen Are Said to Have Withheld C.I.A.'s Reports of Assistance Petersen Got Data Data on 'Plumbers' Reportedly Withheld Information on Hunt 'Never Had a Chance' Transmitals to Gray Kleindienst Comments
Date: 10 July 1973
By DENNY WALSHSpecial to The New York Times
sources close to FBI Watergate investigation rept that 2 high Justice Dept officials for many mos withheld from FBI agents information that would have led agents much earlier to White House 'plumbers' group set up to scrutinize Govt leaks to newsmen; rept that early in July '72 CIA furnished acting FBI Dir L P Gray 3d with documentation of CIA aid furnished to plumbers; say that 3 Fed prosecutors and FBI field agents assigned to Watergate case and related matters did not know Gray had material until it was found in his office safe after he resigned as head of bur on Apr 27; Asst Atty Gen H E Petersen obtained information from CIA in Oct and at same time learned that Gray was in possession of material; Petersen, then in charge of Watergate investigation, did not pass on material to FBI agents, nor did he make it known that Gray had concealed material; full scope of CIA support of plumbers was not known to FBI agents until early in May, when it came to light independently of them, during latter stages of trial of Dr Daniel Ellsberg in Pentagon papers case; CIA documentation was turned over to Petersen in response to series of questions submitted to agency by Asst US Atty E J Silbert, then chief prosecutor in Watergate case; R Helms, then CIA Dir, arranged to turn over material to R G Kleindienst, then Atty Gen; Kleindienst says material was delivered to him in manila envelope and that he delivered it to Petersen without opening it; indicates that he was not aware that Gray had material; pors of Petersen and Gray
Ehrlichman Account Links Election Aides to Break-In; Ehrlichman Account Links Election Aides to Break-In Money for Defendants Get to Bottom of It' Shift on Privilege
Date: 11 July 1973
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
former White House aide J D Ehrlichman, in May 4 int with staff of Sen Watergate com, says soon after Watergate burglary occurred he began to believe that J S Magruder, deputy dir of Pres's re-election com, and perhaps other high officials of campaign, had been involved in burglary; refuses to say whether he told Pres of his belief, citing doctrine of exec privilege; denies any role in planning or covering up facts about burglary; acknowledges following suggestion of then-White House counsel J W Dean 3d and making conscious effort 'to get as little knowledge as possible' in mos after Watergate burglary in anticipation of having to testify at resultant civil proceedings; says he approved payments to Watergate defendants in July '72, but did not know payments came from campaign funds and were meant as hush money; says when he learned about break-in at office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist in Sept '71, he expressed dismay and disapproval but did not rept incident to anyone else; says he attended meeting at which 'sensitive' documents from White House safe of Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr were turned over to then-FBI Acting Dir L P Gray 3d; says he later learned that Gray burned files, but says he did not himself instruct Gray to do so; says he received $20,000 personal loan within last yr from H W Kalmbach, Pres Nixon's former personal lawyer, who raised money to give to Watergate defendants; insists he urged that 'we should get to the bottom of it' at meetings with top Pres advisers; says his view was rejected because of opposition of former Atty Gen Mitchell, who was Pres campaign dir until July 1, '72, and C MacGregor, who replaced Mitchell; MacGregor terms Ehrlichman's assertion 'utterly ridiculous' and 'divorced from reason or vestige of truth'; Mitchell, in testimony before Sen Watergate com, says it was his view that no information about Watergate affair be offered voluntarily and officials should 'keep the lid on' so previous covert White House operations would not be disclosed
Regime Arrests Foes as Uruguay's Crisis Intensifies; Two Reported Killed
Date: 11 July 1973
By MARVINE HOWESpecial to The New York Times
Govt arrests: L Seregni, head of Resistance Front; H Murdoch, pres of Natl party; J P Cardozo, leader of Socialist party; Gen V Licandro and Col C Zufriategui of Broad Front; 6 member of dissolved Cong also arrested; officials also rept 300 arrested in July 9 demonstration in Montevideo; independent comm is set up to reach truce between Front and Govt
MITCHELL SAYS HE CONCEALED WATERGATE FROM NIXON TO PREVENTELECTION DAMAGE; CHARGES MAGRUDER LIED. DISPUTES DEAN; WITNESS RELAXED He Denies Authorizing Any Scheme That Led to Break-In Tried to 'Limit Impact' Seeks to Minimize Role No Discussion with Nixon Mitchell Says He Concealed Watergate From Nixon to Prevent Election Damage Charges Magruder Lied And Also Disputes Dean Other Meetings Action Explained Calls Plan 'Mishmash' March, 1972 Testimony Testimony Disputed
Date: 11 July 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
former Atty Gen J N Mitchell testifies before Sen Watergate com on July 10 that he deliberately withheld information from Pres Nixon about Watergate bugging, cover-up and 'White House horror stories' to prevent any damage to Pres's bid for re-election and, later, to Nixon's Presidency; denies he authorized pol intelligence-gathering scheme that led to Watergate break-in; concedes he joined in efforts to 'limit the impact' of Watergate; calls testimony by J S Magruder that he saw information obtained from illegal wiretap at Watergate 'a palpable, damnable lie'; concedes 'maybe in retrospect I was wrong'; says he had no firsthand knowledge to support his suspicion that White House officials had pressed for approval of bugging of Dem hq at Watergate complex; says when 5 men were arrested at Watergate complex 'we all had an innate fear' that criminal investigation would uncover prior questionable activities conducted on behalf of White House, including such 'horror stories' as involvement of White House officials in '71 burglary of office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist, 'spiriting' out of Washington of ITT lobbyist Mrs D D Beard, 'extracurricular' eavesdropping, and writing of false cable purporting to link Pres Kennedy to death of South Vietnamese Pres Diem; says he withheld such information from Pres Nixon because he knew actions Pres would take to expose and punish wrongdoers would be detrimental to his pol campaign; asked if he put 'expediency of election' above his responsibility to the Pres, he says he felt that re-election of Nixon 'compared to what was available on the other side' was more important than other considerations; illus of Mitchell and spectators
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Date: 10 July 1973
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Date: 11 July 1973
correction on July 9 story on NZ frigate Otago; ship will not sail in French territorial waters off Mururoa atoll; is sailing in internatl waters only