‘I was aware of listening devices, yes sir,’ he told the Senate Watergate committee. Televised live, it was an electrifying moment

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who revealed to Congress that there was a secret taping system in the White House, died on Monday at age 99

He disclosed then-President Richard Nixon had a recording system in the Oval Office.

The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died

‘I was aware of listening devices, yes sir,’ he told the Senate Watergate committee. Televised live, it was an electrifying moment