Author Roger Morris (American writer), a former colleague of Haig's on the United States National Security Council, early in Nixon's first term, wrote in his book 'Haig: The General's Progress', that when Ford pardoned Nixon, he in effect pardoned Haig as well.

Ford had pardoned Nixon for his crimes in 1974.

A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime.

Author Roger Morris, a former colleague of Haig's on the National Security Council early in Nixon's first term, wrote that when Ford pardoned Nixon, he effectively pardoned Haig as well.

Nowhere is it written that a pardon must be requested; it can come on the president's initiative, as when Ford pardoned Nixon.

You know, except when Ford pardoned Nixon, it's an area that has never really been looked into.

Yes, Ford pardoned Nixon, Bush pardoned Weinberger and our foremost founding father went squishy-soft on Whiskey Rebellion miscreants.

It might be unpopular to those desiring a more definitive conclusion, but then the population must accept - as it did when Ford pardoned Nixon, or does when Batman handles the Joker by his own vigilante devices - that life, and the pennant races, go on.

The new search returned the result "Ford pardoned Nixon on Sept. 8, 1974," a phrasing so similar to the original clue that it helped make "Nixon" the top-ranked solution.