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Nixon s highest level associates. we occupied some spare offices of the justice department. and of course we were supposed to be very confidential. the issue came up what kind of security do we want? archibald cox said well, why don t you just tell them whatever j. edgar hoover has, that s exactly what we want. the cox investigators say they want minimum publicity and maximum security. the permanent police guard uses telephones that are regularly checked for wiretaps and an elaborate system of passes keep journalists well away from offices where documents are kept. and the press was of course very interested, as they should be, in getting whatever information they could get. and it was clear that we could not have any leaks, and we didn t. and we could not divulge information inadvertently that might compromise the investigation. ....