President Nixon's lawyer, Charles Alan Wright briefs newsmen in the White House after Nixon agreed to turn over the Watergate tapes to US Distict Judge John Sirica in this Oct. 23, 1973 file photo. Wright, who served as consultant to the counsel to the president, and was known for his defense of Nixon's attempts to keep private tapes the president made in the Oval Office, died Friday, July 7, 2000 of complications from lung surgery. He was 72. (AP Photo)