Ebuzwa nguFrost ukuba achaze ukuba angazithethelela njani ngokubanjwa ngokungekho semthethweni, imisebenzi yengxowa emnyama kunye nolunye ulwaphulo lomthetho ekuqokeleleni ubukrelekrele ngokulwa neMfazwe yaseVietnam, uphendula ngelizwi elibi: 'Ewe, xa umongameli esenza oko, oko kuthetha ukuba akukho semthethweni. '
Iindaba zeFox News ngeCawa Umninimzi uChris Wallace ubuze umbuzo ofanayo kuCheney malunga nokuziphatha okuthandabuzekayo kolawulo lukaBush: 'Ukuba uMongameli, ngexesha lemfazwe, uthatha isigqibo sokwenza into ukukhusela ilizwe, kusemthethweni?' Impendulo kasekela mongameli yayinomoya omde kwaye iyinto engathandekiyo, kodwa iyafana nekaNixon. 'Ngokubanzi, ndiza kuthi ewe,' waqala, emva koko waqhubeka esithi ngenxa yokuba umongameli angaqalisa isitrayikhi ngaphandle kokubonisana neCongress, angenza nantoni na ayithandayo ukukhusela ilizwe ngexesha Ixesha lemfazwe.
Ukuxhasa ithiyori yakhe yenoveli-ethi yona iphikise eyona nto ibalulekileyo kulungelelwaniso lomgaqo-siseko-uNixon wakhankanya ukufana kwembali okwangqinwa nguCheney ngeCawe ephelileyo, ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 kamva.
Ekhusela isenzo esaphula ngokucacileyo uMgaqo-siseko kunye nomthetho, uNixon wabhekisa ekunqunyanyisweni kukaLincoln kwe-habeas corpus kwaye wathelekisa isoyikiso kwisizwe ngoqhekeko lwangaphakathi kwiminyaka yoo-60 ukuya kwiMfazwe Yamakhaya kwinkulungwane eyadlulayo. 'Utshilo uLincoln, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndiyasikhumbula esi sicatshulwa, wathi,' Izinto ezinokuthi zingahambisani noMgaqo-siseko zinokuba semthethweni xa zisenziwa ngenjongo yokugcina uMgaqo-siseko kunye nesizwe. '… Olu hlanga lwahlulwa phakathi indlela yemfazwe yaseVietnam, kanye njengemfazwe yamakhaya yakrazula ilizwe xa uLincoln wayengumongameli.
Kudliwanondlebe noChris Wallace kuFox, uCheney wabhekisa ngqo kuLincoln (kwaye waphosa uFranklin Roosevelt ngomlinganiso olungileyo). Njengamaxesha onke, waphela kwisithuko, kodwa intsingiselo ayinakuphazanyiswa. Ukuhlala emva kuka-9/11, wathi, 'sizifumana sikwimeko apho ndikholelwa ukuba ufuna ubunkokheli obomeleleyo. Into esiyenzileyo kolu lawulo kukusebenzisa olo hlobo lwegunya. … Ukuba ucinga ngento eyenziwa ngu-Abraham Lincoln ngexesha lemfazwe yamakhaya, ithini into i-F.D. benza ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, baya ngaphaya kwayo nantoni na esiyenzileyo kwimfazwe yomhlaba yoloyiko. Kodwa sisebenzise, ndicinga, igunya elisemthethweni likamongameli phantsi kweCandelo II loMgaqo-siseko njengomphathi oyintloko ukuze sibeke imigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo ezisikhusele ngempumelelo isizwe. '
Ekujongeni kwakhona, nangona kunjalo, umongameli ongasekhoyo ubonakala ecace gca kunosekela Mongameli wangoku. Ngokungafaniyo noMnumzana Cheney, oqhubeka nokwenza amabango agqwesileyo ngamandla kamongameli athe akhatywa ngokucacileyo yiNkundla ePhakamileyo, uNixon ubuncinci wavuma ukuba mncinci kwetyala lakhe. Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe no-Frost-Nixon, umboniso wentetho wase-Bhritane, ngokucacileyo owayemangalisiwe libango londwendwe lakhe ngegunya lobukumkani, wabuza ukuba ingaba ikhona na 'into kumgaqo-siseko… ebonisa ukuba umongameli… uphezulu kakhulu komthetho.'
Uphendule uNixon, 'Hayi, akukho. Akukho nto icacisiweyo nguMgaqo-siseko ngaloo nto. '
Uxwebhu lokuseka ukuba onke amagosa aseburhulumenteni afunga ukukuxhasa azele ngumda kumandla olawulo. UGeorge Washington walumkisa ngokuchasene nabo bazakufuna ukwandisa amandla ngokurhwaphiliza, kwaye sikubonile oko kusenzeka. Phakathi kwemisebenzi engxamisekileyo yomongameli omtsha-njengoko yena nosekela-mongameli wakhe beyibona-iya kuba kukulungisa umonakalo owenziwe kumthetho nakwezobulungisa ziindlalifa ezingaguqukiyo zikaNixon.
