I personally directed the surveillance, including wiretapping, of certain specific individuals.
Richard Nixon: “I personally directed the surveillance, including wiretapping, of certain specific individuals.”
On the recordJuly 14, 1974
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Letter to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee About National Security Investigations and Wiretaps.
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