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Last survivor of Watergate’s “Saturday Night Massacre” profiled

Last survivor of Watergate’s “Saturday Night Massacre” profiled

William Ruckelshaus with President Nixon. (Photo courtesy of Legacy Washington) Thursday marked the anniversary of a pivotal moment in one of the most shocking political scandals in American history. On Oct. 20, 1973, two key U.S. Justice Department officials resigned their positions rather carry out President Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. One of the Justice officials, William Ruckelshaus, is the subject of a compelling profile just launched by Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s Legacy Washington  team….

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August Archives Treasure poll: Ready, set, vote!

August Archives Treasure poll: Ready, set, vote!

We’ve shown off the three Archives Treasures for August, so now it’s up to you and our other loyal blog readers to select the favorite. This month’s three choices are Gov. Dan Evans’ 1974 letters to members of Congress asking them to consider amnesty for President Nixon, 1920 photos of a Vancouver shipyard and photos of the 1971 Satsop rock festival. You can pick your favorite by accessing our online poll (below), which is open until this Friday at 5…

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Watergate, Elvis & Everest

Watergate, Elvis & Everest

Egil “Bud” Krogh tells great stories on himself – all with the punch line of hoping people will learn from his mistakes and lapses of integrity.  Krogh, a young Seattle attorney who was just 29 when he became a top official in the Nixon White House, became head of the notorious “plumbers” who used national security as their justification for breaking into Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office to look for damaging materials. Krogh eventually decided to stop using national security as a…

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