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Article: Eyes Only: [redacted]; In Its [box] Offices, the National Security Archive Houses Stockpiles of [box] , Gotten From the Government by [box]
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 8, 2008
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Stoned on speed, Elvis Presley arrived at the White House
wearing a purple velvet suit and bearing gifts for President Richard
Nixon -- a Colt .45 pistol and some silver bullets.
It was Dec. 21, 1970, and Elvis had a mission: He wanted Nixon to
give him a federal narcotics agent's badge so he could carry dope
and guns wherever he went. Nixon didn't give Elvis the badge, but he
did pose for pictures with the King of Rock-and-Roll.
Nineteen years later, newspapers reported that the Elvis-Nixon
photos were the most requested pictures in the federal government's
vast photo collection, and Tom Blanton responded the same way he
responds to so many other interesting news stories: He filed a ...