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Alexander Porter Butterfield (born April 6, 1926) is a retired United States Air Force officer, public servant, and businessman. He served as the deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.
Sep 30, 2022 · Alexander Butterfield was a White House staffer who revealed the existence of Nixon's secret tapes in 1973. He spoke with his friend Tom Johnson about his decision to keep his integrity intact and expose the president's wrongdoing.
Sep 30, 2022 · Republican staffer Alexander Butterfield revealed during Watergate hearings that he had overseen the installation of a recording system that taped President Richard Nixon's White House...
Jun 15, 2022 · Alexander Butterfield stunned the nation when he told the Watergate Senate subcommittee that President Nixon had tape-recorded conversations in the Oval Office.
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Jul 11, 2022 · Nearly 49 years ago, President Nixon’s former deputy assistant, Alexander Butterfield, testified before the Senate Watergate Committee and disclosed the existence of the White House’s taping ...
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Jun 14, 2012 · His name is Alexander Butterfield. On July 13, 1973, Butterfield told Senate investigators that Nixon had a taping system. It wasn't known then just how damning the tapes would be.
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At the Presidential Tapes conference at the John F. Kennedy Library in February 2003, Alexander Butterfield spoke in detail about his role in setting up the Nixon taping system as well as his role in revealing its existence during a public hearing for the Senate select committee investigating the Watergate break in.
