** FILE ** Sen. Fred D. Thompson, Chief Minority Counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee, is seen with Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), during the Watergate hearings in Washington, May 17, 1973. After three years in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Thompson was one of the managers for Howard Baker's re-election campaign. After becoming Senate minority leader, Baker selected the 30-year-old Thompson to become the top GOP lawyer on the Senate Watergate committee in 1973. (AP Photo, File)