Stanley Kutler | Watergate historian, 80
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, 80, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon's secret tapes, died April 7 in Wisconsin. He had been in declining health and was in hospice care, according to his son, Andy Kutler.
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, 80, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon's secret tapes, died April 7 in Wisconsin. He had been in declining health and was in hospice care, according to his son, Andy Kutler.
Mr. Kutler taught for 32 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, retiring in 1996, and remained a professor emeritus. He was the author of several books, including two on Nixon.
In 1992, Mr. Kutler and Public Citizen, an advocacy group, sued the National Archives to force the release of thousands of hours of conversations recorded by Nixon's secret taping system. He won the gradual release of 3,700 hours' worth of tapes in 1996.
He used transcripts of the tapes to write his 1997 book, Abuse of Power. He also wrote The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon. - AP