Nixon Tapes

Sabi ni Ellen:

Naala-ala nyo sa testimony ni Michaelangelo Zuce may binigay na cellphone si Lilia “Baby” Pineda kay Garcillano? Smart ang kanyang linya. Yun ang cellphone na naka-wiretap.

Naniniwala akong alam ni Gloria Arroyo ang operasyon na pag-wiretap kay Garcillano. Kaya lang kampante siya dahil sino ba naman ang mag-akalang lalabas ang tape.

Ah, katulad nung ginawa ni Nixon when he was secretly taping conversations he had with officials and staff, mostly without their knowledge.

Here's C-SPAN's collection of Nixon's tapes na pwede nyong pakinggan. At ito naman ang short writeup on the tapes.

History of the Nixon White House Tapes

(from the National Archives and Records Administration)

The Nixon White House Tapes consist of approximately 3700 hours of recordings containing approximately 2800 hours of recorded conversations between President Nixon, his staff, and visitors at locations in the Oval Office; the President's Executive Office Building hideaway office; the Cabinet Room; various White House telephones at the Oval Office, EEOB and the Lincoln Sitting Room; and at various Camp David locations. These recordings were produced surreptiously, without the knowledge of most of the participants.

The existence of the White House taping system was first made public during the testimony of former presidential aide Alexander Butterfield before the Senate Watergate committee in July 1973. Recording stopped soon afterward, but the equipment was not removed until after President Nixon left office in August 1974.

I hope the big media like the tv network giants ABS-CBN and GMA7 will one day be less afraid to play and make available the Gloriagate tapes once our crooked "president" is out of power.

The truth will set you free.