In 1975 the House Select Committee on Intelligence held hearings on domestic intelligence, and its committee proceedings followed in 1976. Five original government publications from 1973 to 1975 document the Watergate hearings, President Nixon’s impeachment inquiry and the special prosecution. In 1982 the Senate made public its Foreign Relations Committee’s closed sessions of 1959. And Arthur Wallace Dunn’s 1915 history of the Gridiron Club records the Washington journalists who made fun of the politicians at dinner.
The House Select Committee’s hearings, 1975.
The committee’s proceedings, 1976.
Original Senate, House and Special Prosecution publications, 1973–1975.
Foreign Relations Committee proceedings made public for historical research.
Arthur Wallace Dunn’s 1915 history of the Gridiron Club.
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