Legacy of Nixon tapes: Skepticism, distrust endure

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It took 40 years, but the last 340 hours of Richard Nixon’s White House tapes are now public.

For decades, the secrets of the tapes have trickled out. Listeners can hear Nixon’s conspiratorial voice cutting through the clinking coffee cups, the sirens in the distance and the thumps when he plopped his feet on the desk.

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