regardless of right or wrong,would you trust him enough to want him watching your back in a firefight.i think not.also he still broke the law,2 wrongs 2 make a right.i would like to know just what was in it for him,i'm willing to bet he didn't do it out of the goodness of his hart.and yes,what nixon did in the cover up was wrong,but no more so than most other pol's dirty dealings,none of them really have any clean underware they can air out.