President Nixon refused to turn over secretly-recorded Oval Office conversations to the special prosecutor,
A. claiming executive privilege.
B. citing national security issues.
C. claiming executive privilege and matters of national security.
D. claiming the tapes were inadmissible as evidence.
Answer: C
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