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Yes, those tapes do indeed keep giving and giving. But archivists, transcribers, and the public are missing out on half of what the tapes have to offer—because they don't play them backward. If you listen to the latest batch in reverse you will discover that the nation's 37th president not only ordered the Watergate break in, but was actually there for the crime. You can hear him ask an aide if the growing file on the conspiracy contained any surreptitiously captured images of himself:

• Ed, is Nixon image—e.g. "a Minox"—inside?