Walters took the list, obtained Treasury Secretary George Shultz's permission to do nothing, and locked it in his safe in the IRS headquarters.

Three months after the break-in and before anyone knew the extent that it was tied to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, White House counsel John Dean handed Walters, commissioner of the IRS, a list with the names of 200 Democrats and asked him to find information about them and 'not cause ripples.' Walters' famous refusal came in the aftermath of the arrests in June 1972 of five men caught trying to bug the office of the National Democratic Party in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. 'He had the courage to speak the truth to power,' said Jim Pitts, the retired chaplain of Furman University and longtime friend of Johnnie Mac Walters, who died Tuesday night at the age of 94. Mass Effect: Andromeda is scheduled to release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 21, 2017.He was a man who carried an Index card in his shirt pocket to remind him of all he needed to accomplish each day.Ī gentleman of the old school, he opened car doors for women and pulled out chairs for them to sit down.Īnd when the president of the United States gave him an enemies list and directed that the IRS collect dirt on them through their tax returns, he refused. It's too soon to say that this was the right choice, but we'll soon be able to judge for ourselves when the new game hits shelves later this month. Instead, the studio decided to explore new ground with Andromeda, ignoring the conclusion of Mass Effect 3. In fact, if BioWare had decided to work on Mass Effect 4, many players would have perhaps felt shortchanged, whether or not they thought the original ending to the trilogy was well-executed. The conclusive and controversial ending to Mass Effect 3 would have made it difficult for BioWare to deliver a straight follow-up. From the very beginning, Mass Effect was marketed as a trilogy, so the studio wanted to tie off as many loose ends as possible to reward gamers that stuck with them through the five-year release cycle, and allow its development staff to move on to new ideas. 'We wanted the trilogy to end,' said Walters. However, the panel began with the reasoning behind Andromeda being developed in favor of Mass Effect 4. However, some fans have wondered why BioWare chose to pursue Andromeda instead of Mass Effect 4 - and now the series' creative director, Mac Walters, has offered up an answer.īioWare was in attendance at PAX East over the weekend, discussing the dialogue system that's featured in Andromeda among other topics. In a matter of days, gamers will get their hands on Mass Effect: Andromeda, the long-awaited follow-up to the trilogy of games released between 20.

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