Nixon gets J. Edgar Hoover's files

Shredding fail. So does Nixon control Congress? If a Watergate happens, he's going to take Washington down with him.
 
His Plumbers were pretty incompetent, really. It is possible that someone else gets them (FBI, CIA, DIA, take your pick) who might be Nixon's man.

Is is it enough for Nixon to survive? I suppose it comes down to whether or not the Republican Party chooses to force the issue because of worries over the '76 Presidential race. Would Nixon then take down Congress? Dunno.

One should also point that if the files survive the entire face of the American intelligence community will drastically change. Without the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (aka the Church Commission) in '75 & '76 the FBI and CIA are going to continue their free reign from Congressional oversight.
 
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