Although the Watergate hearings had been televised ... and "The Hunt for Red October" (1990). Fred Thompson eventually ...

Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson talks with supporters after ... political spotlight in the 1970s during the televised Watergate hearings, when he served as minority counsel to the Senate ...

Two years after law school, Fred Thompson was named an Assistant United States Attorney and at the age of 30 was appointed Minority Counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, where he served in ...