"A final, crucial innovation is the museum's emphasis on the many people within the government who refused to carry out orders from the president that were illegal. 'Their story is now preserved,' says Naftali, who curated the exhibit. 'Students who come here will learn that you can say no when asked to say or do something that's wrong.' Highlights here include Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz describing how he refused a president's order to audit the tax returns of anti-war Democrats, and Chief of Staff Alexander Haig saying he refused Nixon's request to burn the tapes."
Jon Weiner in the Los Angeles Times praises the new Watergate exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
"Our Long National Nightmare Really Is Over—at Last"
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