in the public interest, to do things because they -- and that is very difficult to check that power if we put someone in there who is unwilling to do that. you can't have a democracy in that kind of situation, because democracy requires accountability. >> before i was fired by nixon, then after the trial of the watergate burglars, the senate created a select -- and creation of the senate committee followed "the washington post's" articles on watergate. it followed the trial before judge sirica. >> the vote to set up the select committee by the senate was