Revisiting the '70s: more Watergate records released.

• Position: GOVERNMENT RECORDS - Brief article

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has released additional records that had been sealed since the criminal trial of seven men involved in the Watergate burglary (U.S. v. Liddy, et al.) in the 1970s. NARA released 36 folders of documents totaling approximately 950 pages upon an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

All trial records have been "unsealed," but NARA said it is still required to withhold personal privacy information, grand jury information, and illegal wiretap information, as appropriate.

Newly unsealed records include the names only of those overheard by the bugs installed in the...