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"Certain conversations are entitled to be kept confidential--such as those between lawyer and client, priest and penitent, psychiatrist and pa...(oops!)"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Description | Editorial cartoon shows President Nixon giving a speech to the nation on August 15, 1973, hoping to put an end to the Watergate investigations. In it, he justifies his refusal to release the tapes made in the oval office on the ground of executive privilege and on the legal right of protection of privileged conversations such as those "between a lawyer and a client, between a priest and a penitent, and between a husband and wife." Marlette cites the statement, substituting "psychiatrist and pa..." for "husband and wife," but misleadingly placing it in quotation marks. The cartoon also includes a duffle bag containing a plumber's tool, a flashlight, and a file labeled "Ellsberg." In April 1973, it had been revealed that the government had burgled the office of psychiatrist Daniel Ellsberg, in an effort to secure more evidence against Ellsberg who was on trial for illegally releasing the Pentagon Papers. Marlette accuses Nixon of trying to reveal confidential conversations of Ellsberg while protecting his own. Marlette drew cartoons for the Charlotte Observer and other southern newspapers from 1972 until his death in 2007 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. He also drew the popular comic strip Kudzu. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913-1994--Public appearances. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ellsberg, Daniel. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
