so as a price of confirmation elliott richardson had to appoint a special prosecutor, someone intimately and politically close to ted kennedy. well, actually, at one point, the richardson was asked, how on earth did you did you pick archie cox? i mean what did the white house say? and richardson said, i never them you know, i appointed them on my own. and the the special the special prosecutor asked the independent counsel that the supreme court of the united states eventually upheld the constitutionality of it. 8 to 1, when was before the d.c. circuit judge wrote an opinion that i heard, excuse me, 7 to 1, 7 to 1. i apologize. i wrote a very persuasive opinion. he thought it was unconstitutional. justice scalia to say he was the one who dissented. but in any event, that statute has sunsetted. and you now that there are calls for appointment, independent counsel today, but that wouldn't be done pursuant to a statute. but that statute, a direct result of watergate. just as the federal election commission was created in the wake of watergate it didn't exist before. i would like to add i wo

edgar hoover's old office, elliott richardson, the division which used to be over on c or d or b street, i can't remember where into building. and so i was just the hall and i got to my office and i used to have red phone about my desk that had nobody on other end except a red phone in attorney general's office. and that little phone was buzzing. i picked it up and the attorney said, what did you just tell the press? i said, well, mr. general, i said, when i think i told you i was going to that we're going to reopen the case. but we haven't decided to indict anyone. we haven't even investigated. he said, i think you better send me the transfer immediately of what happened and we'll see if we can save the situation. i said, well, could you tell me what situation he'd save him? and he said. yes, the washington star a few minutes ago came with a banner headline saying that you were going to indict people in the kent state case and. i just got a call from. the chief of staff at the white house saying that he had to, quote, pry the president, the united states, off the walls with a spatula.