Nixon’s tale of the tape

The release of the last of US president Richard Nixon’s secret recordings shows us his efforts to control his legacy — one his own tapes effectively destroyed, writes Sarah Thelen.

THE excesses of the US National Security Agency (NSA) are nothing compared to the activities of the moral vacuum that constituted Richard Nixon.

Undoubtedly, the NSA’s snooping, as revealed by Edward Snowden, is breathtakingly broad in its scope, directly targeting millions of web users.