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President Richard Nixon disagreed, calling Leary "the most dangerous man in America". [4] During the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the counterculture movement , Leary was arrested 36 times. [ 5 ]
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He later joined onetime foil Timothy Leary in a series of debates billed as "Nice Scary Guy vs. Scary Nice Guy" on the college circuit as well; [6] Leary had once been labeled by Liddy's ex-employer Richard Nixon as "the most dangerous man in America". [41] The lectures were the subject of a 1983 documentary film, Return Engagement. [42]
Richard Nixon Nixon controversially offered Jimmy Hoffa, a labor union leader with ties to organized crime rings, commutation for his sentencing on jury tampering, attempted bribery, conspiracy ...
1973: Richard Nixon (right), the 37th President of the United States of America, with his Vice-President Gerald Ford. (Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Getty Images) A "full, free, and absolute pardon"
President Richard Nixon's Official Presidential Photograph, taken in 1971 "Nixon's Enemies List" is the informal name of what started as a list of President of the United States Richard Nixon's major political opponents compiled by Charles Colson, written by George T. Bell [1] (assistant to Colson, special counsel to the White House), and sent in memorandum form to John Dean on September 9, 1971.
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After several weeks of debate, they decided to release an edited version. Nixon announced the release of the transcripts in a speech to the nation on April 29, 1974. Nixon noted that any audio pertinent to national security information could be redacted from the released tapes. [58] Initially, Nixon gained a positive reaction for his speech.