1 00:00:43,653 --> 00:00:46,404 Now here comes the president's helicopter... 2 00:00:46,405 --> 00:00:48,022 ...Marine Helicopter Number 1... 3 00:00:48,023 --> 00:00:52,368 ...landing in the plaza on the east side of the east front of the Capitol. 4 00:00:52,369 --> 00:00:56,539 The helicopter hovering gently just off the ground. 5 00:00:56,540 --> 00:00:57,749 Amazing timing. 6 00:00:57,750 --> 00:01:00,335 The president flying all the way across the world... 7 00:01:00,336 --> 00:01:03,838 ...across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving almost exactly... 8 00:01:03,839 --> 00:01:08,051 Exactly as scheduled, at 9:30 in the Capitol plaza... 9 00:01:08,052 --> 00:01:11,137 ...so he can go up the steps of the House of Representatives... 10 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:12,472 ...go into the chamber... 11 00:01:12,473 --> 00:01:16,142 ...and address the members of the House and the Senate, Supreme Court... 12 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:18,227 ...the diplomatic corps of Washington... 13 00:01:18,228 --> 00:01:21,189 ...all of whom are inside waiting for him in the chamber. 14 00:01:21,190 --> 00:01:25,990 Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States. 15 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:37,054 And the president, accompanied by the Escort Committee... 16 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:41,855 ...comes down the central aisle, approaching the podium. 17 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:43,836 He greets members of his cabinet... 18 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:46,714 ...and those who are waiting to be confirmed as members... 19 00:01:46,715 --> 00:01:49,741 ...as he reaches the rostrum. 20 00:01:51,637 --> 00:01:55,348 Shakes hands with the Speaker, Carl Albert. 21 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:58,016 A happy president, smiling. 22 00:01:58,769 --> 00:02:01,979 Ladies and gentlemen, President Nixon will, in a moment... 23 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:06,780 ...address the Congress and the people of the United States. 24 00:02:08,237 --> 00:02:10,185 Thank you. 25 00:04:05,521 --> 00:04:07,980 Car 727, Car 727. 26 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:12,781 Open door at the Watergate office building. Possible burglary. See the security guard. 27 00:04:12,945 --> 00:04:17,240 Are you sure you want us? 517 is closer, and they're in uniform. 28 00:04:17,241 --> 00:04:20,215 They're getting gas. You take it. 29 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:44,720 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 30 00:04:45,727 --> 00:04:47,895 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 31 00:04:47,896 --> 00:04:51,538 - What? - We're home. 32 00:05:07,791 --> 00:05:10,509 Base 1 to Unit 1. 33 00:05:10,752 --> 00:05:12,962 Base 1 to Unit 1. 34 00:05:12,963 --> 00:05:15,590 We have some activity here. 35 00:05:15,591 --> 00:05:17,258 Silence is advised. 36 00:05:20,637 --> 00:05:22,534 Shut it off. 37 00:05:31,231 --> 00:05:33,774 Base 1 to Unit 1. 38 00:05:33,775 --> 00:05:36,493 Lights on the eighth floor. 39 00:05:36,612 --> 00:05:39,534 Base 1 to Unit 1. 40 00:05:39,990 --> 00:05:42,451 Is there anybody there? 41 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:51,748 There's people, people on the balcony. Armed people. 42 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:56,022 Base 1 to Unit 1. 43 00:05:57,507 --> 00:06:01,969 Base 1 to Unit 1. We may have some problems. 44 00:06:06,683 --> 00:06:09,042 Someone's here. 45 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:35,896 Hold it, you... 46 00:06:36,213 --> 00:06:37,443 Police. 47 00:06:37,881 --> 00:06:40,086 Put your hands up. 48 00:06:50,227 --> 00:06:52,637 Drop that jacket. 49 00:06:54,064 --> 00:06:58,776 Walkie-talkie, two 35-mm cameras. 50 00:06:58,777 --> 00:07:03,406 Got it. That's good. All right, stay there. 51 00:07:03,407 --> 00:07:05,616 I got something for you. Did you see this? 52 00:07:05,617 --> 00:07:09,286 Couple sleeping in bed, car hits the house, goes through their bedroom. 53 00:07:09,287 --> 00:07:12,999 Good morning. Crash. Louis is over at Democratic headquarters. 54 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,800 One of the burglars had $814, one $230, one $215, and one $234. 55 00:07:19,631 --> 00:07:24,176 Most of it was in $100 bills, and in sequence. 56 00:07:24,177 --> 00:07:25,553 - Woodward? - Yup. 57 00:07:25,554 --> 00:07:28,472 Break-in at Democratic headquarters. There's been an arrest. 58 00:07:28,473 --> 00:07:30,975 - Local Democratic headquarters. - Bugging the place. 59 00:07:30,976 --> 00:07:33,436 Check the time of arraignment and get over there. 60 00:07:33,437 --> 00:07:36,480 And, Woodward, it was National Democratic Headquarters. 61 00:07:36,481 --> 00:07:38,224 Right. 62 00:07:39,109 --> 00:07:41,444 - Anything else? - Anything else? 63 00:07:41,445 --> 00:07:44,238 Break-in, car crash. That's not bad for a Saturday. 64 00:07:44,239 --> 00:07:45,556 Let me know what happens. 65 00:07:45,557 --> 00:07:46,666 - Hello, Carl. - Hi. 66 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:48,075 Got anything on that couple? 67 00:07:48,076 --> 00:07:50,653 I know somebody on the staff at Watergate. Want me...? 68 00:07:50,654 --> 00:07:53,681 Why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another? 69 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:55,374 I finished it. 70 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:57,752 - The Virginia Legislature story? - I finished it. 71 00:07:57,753 --> 00:07:59,587 All right, give it to me. 72 00:07:59,588 --> 00:08:01,338 I'm just polishing it. 73 00:08:01,339 --> 00:08:06,007 - I'll work the phones. - Polishing it. Yeah, you work the phones. 74 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,055 - Who cares? - What about property damage? 75 00:08:09,056 --> 00:08:11,223 Sorry, who are the lawy...? Excuse me, sorry. 76 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:14,268 Who are the lawyers for the five men arrested at Watergate? 77 00:08:14,269 --> 00:08:16,854 - Do you know? - Well, these two were assigned to it. 78 00:08:16,855 --> 00:08:18,064 Sorry? 79 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:20,274 These two were appointed to the case. 80 00:08:20,275 --> 00:08:23,244 Only now it turns out the burglars have their own counsel. 81 00:08:23,245 --> 00:08:25,654 - The burglars have their own counsel? - Right. 82 00:08:25,655 --> 00:08:29,658 - That's kind of unusual, wouldn't you say? - For burglars it's unusual. 83 00:08:29,659 --> 00:08:31,452 Do you know the name of the counsel? 84 00:08:31,453 --> 00:08:33,621 I don't know. Some country-club type. 85 00:08:33,622 --> 00:08:36,332 You are charged with soliciting prostitution... 86 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:39,210 ...at 14th and U Streets Northwest. 87 00:08:42,881 --> 00:08:46,050 Your Honor, Mr. Socket has in the past been reliable... 88 00:08:46,051 --> 00:08:48,677 ...for court appearances when ordered. 89 00:08:48,678 --> 00:08:51,555 I think $300 would subsequently be suggested.... 90 00:08:51,556 --> 00:08:54,223 Excuse me, what is your name? 91 00:08:54,893 --> 00:08:58,534 I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 92 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:00,648 - Markham. - Markham? 93 00:09:00,649 --> 00:09:05,162 Mr. Markham, are you here in connection with the Watergate burglary? 94 00:09:05,237 --> 00:09:07,544 I'm not here. 95 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:11,743 Okay. 96 00:09:13,537 --> 00:09:15,955 Well, clearly, I am here... 97 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:19,375 ...but only as an individual, not as the attorney of record. 98 00:09:19,376 --> 00:09:21,335 Who is? 99 00:09:21,336 --> 00:09:23,899 Mr. Starkey. 100 00:09:24,047 --> 00:09:26,465 - Do you have any kind of...? - Whatever you want... 101 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:28,342 ...you'll have to get from him. 102 00:09:28,343 --> 00:09:30,958 I have nothing more to say. 103 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:41,957 Uh, Starkey. S-T.... 104 00:09:46,403 --> 00:09:47,903 Mr. Starkey was very helpful. 105 00:09:47,904 --> 00:09:52,199 Four Cuban-Americans and another man, James W. McCord. 106 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,369 Look, I told you inside, I have nothing more to say. 107 00:09:55,370 --> 00:09:57,729 I understand that. 108 00:09:57,747 --> 00:10:01,208 What I don't understand is how you got here. 109 00:10:01,209 --> 00:10:04,753 I assure you there's nothing very mysterious involved. 110 00:10:04,754 --> 00:10:07,214 Well, I was talking to a couple of the lawyers... 111 00:10:07,215 --> 00:10:09,466 ...assigned to represent the burglars. 112 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:10,676 So? 113 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:13,262 They never would've been assigned to the burglars... 114 00:10:13,263 --> 00:10:16,557 ...had anyone known the burglars had arranged for their own counsel. 115 00:10:16,558 --> 00:10:18,976 The burglars couldn't have arranged their counsel. 116 00:10:18,977 --> 00:10:21,540 They never even made a phone call. 117 00:10:21,813 --> 00:10:25,608 So if no one asked you to be here, why are you here? 118 00:10:25,609 --> 00:10:28,152 - Don't take this personally, Mr.... - Woodward. 119 00:10:28,153 --> 00:10:32,114 Woodward. It would be a mistake to do that. 120 00:10:32,115 --> 00:10:33,750 I just don't have anything to say. 121 00:10:37,454 --> 00:10:40,748 Your Honor, Mr. Betts is a young man with no prior record. 122 00:10:40,749 --> 00:10:45,549 The defense has suggested a release on personal bond. 123 00:10:45,837 --> 00:10:50,094 Did one of the other men involved in the break-in call you? 124 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,053 What reason do you have to assume there were other people involved? 125 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:56,847 One of your clients was arrested with a walkie-talkie. 126 00:10:56,848 --> 00:10:59,934 They're not my clients. 127 00:10:59,935 --> 00:11:04,104 - I don't wanna talk about this anymore. - You're a lawyer and you're here. 128 00:11:04,105 --> 00:11:08,905 Well, uh, one of the defendants, Mr. Barker, and I met at a social occasion once. 129 00:11:09,653 --> 00:11:11,498 Where? 130 00:11:11,529 --> 00:11:14,198 - I have nothing else to say. - A Miami social occasion? 131 00:11:14,199 --> 00:11:17,743 Mr. Starkey says the Cubans were from Miami. 132 00:11:17,744 --> 00:11:21,497 L-62, James McCord. L-63, Bernard Barker. 133 00:11:21,498 --> 00:11:24,333 L-64, Virgilio Gonzalez. 134 00:11:24,334 --> 00:11:26,669 L-65, Eugenio Martinez. 135 00:11:26,670 --> 00:11:29,588 L-66, Frank Sturgis. 136 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:34,389 Please step forward, Attorney Starkey. All charged with burglary two. 137 00:11:36,513 --> 00:11:39,556 - And, Mr. Starkey, you represent all five? - Yes, Your Honor. 138 00:11:39,557 --> 00:11:42,977 And are all five gentlemen charged with burglary in the second degree? 139 00:11:42,978 --> 00:11:44,186 Yes, Your Honor. 140 00:11:44,187 --> 00:11:46,981 Your names, please, and state your professions. 141 00:11:46,982 --> 00:11:50,693 Bernard Barker, anti-Communist. 142 00:11:50,694 --> 00:11:55,494 Anti-Communist? That, sir, is not your average profession. 143 00:11:57,284 --> 00:12:00,536 McCORD: James McCord, security consultant. 144 00:12:00,537 --> 00:12:01,829 Where? 145 00:12:01,830 --> 00:12:05,124 McCORD: Government. Uh, recently retired. 146 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:07,042 Where in the government? 147 00:12:07,043 --> 00:12:09,378 McCORD: Central Intelligence Agency. 148 00:12:09,379 --> 00:12:10,713 Where? 149 00:12:10,714 --> 00:12:12,611 McCORD: The CIA. 150 00:12:12,882 --> 00:12:16,510 Sturgis, Frank A., salvage operator. 151 00:12:16,511 --> 00:12:18,971 Holy shit. 152 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:21,890 Eugenio Martinez, known as Gene Valdez. 153 00:12:21,891 --> 00:12:24,226 James W. McCord, alias Edward Martin. 154 00:12:24,227 --> 00:12:28,105 Frank Sturgis, alias Frank Fiorini. All five of the men had at least one alias. 155 00:12:28,106 --> 00:12:30,983 Any proof they were trying to bug the Democratic chairman? 156 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,693 It's obvious they were trying to. 157 00:12:32,694 --> 00:12:35,237 They wouldn't go to that trouble to bug secretaries. 158 00:12:35,238 --> 00:12:37,906 - There's no proof. - I called a lawyer in Miami I know. 159 00:12:37,907 --> 00:12:40,868 He said four of the guys that were arrested were from Miami. 160 00:12:40,869 --> 00:12:42,661 Gonzalez, Martinez, Sturgis and, uh.... 161 00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:43,871 - Barker. - Yeah, Barker. 162 00:12:43,872 --> 00:12:46,707 And all four of them were involved in CIA activities and... 163 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:48,334 - No, only one. - Yeah, and they... 164 00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:51,795 No, only one of them was admitted CIA, and the CIA won't confirm that. 165 00:12:51,796 --> 00:12:53,922 In fact, they deny even knowing McCord. 166 00:12:53,923 --> 00:12:56,759 But it's obvious that with all that money and equipment... 167 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,012 ...they weren't out to, you know, work by themselves. 168 00:13:00,013 --> 00:13:01,221 Somebody hired them. 169 00:13:01,222 --> 00:13:03,766 I'm interested in what you know. 170 00:13:03,767 --> 00:13:06,727 We don't know why they wanted to bug Democratic headquarters. 171 00:13:06,728 --> 00:13:10,397 Whether they were working for themselves, other individuals, organizations. 172 00:13:10,398 --> 00:13:12,316 Could be a story or just crazy Cubans. 173 00:13:12,317 --> 00:13:14,485 Bachinski, when you get there, take it easy. 174 00:13:14,486 --> 00:13:16,536 The police are nervous. 175 00:13:25,121 --> 00:13:27,790 - Yeah? - Calling from police headquarters. 176 00:13:27,791 --> 00:13:31,418 A friend just showed me what they found in the hotel rooms of the burglars. 177 00:13:31,419 --> 00:13:33,587 There's something you might wanna look into. 178 00:13:33,588 --> 00:13:35,130 Hang on. 179 00:13:35,131 --> 00:13:36,298 Okay, go ahead. 180 00:13:36,299 --> 00:13:39,343 There's a strange entry in two of the burglars' address books. 181 00:13:39,344 --> 00:13:43,263 - Yeah? - One says "H.H. at W.H." 182 00:13:43,264 --> 00:13:46,495 The other says "Howard Hunt, W. House." 183 00:13:49,771 --> 00:13:52,064 You can dial the White House direct, can't you? 184 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:53,899 - Yeah. - What's the number? 185 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:58,700 456-1414. 186 00:14:07,747 --> 00:14:10,833 - White House. - Howard Hunt, please. 187 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:13,085 Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. 188 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:16,839 He might be in Mr. Colson's office. I'll connect you. 189 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,890 Thank you. 190 00:14:19,008 --> 00:14:21,635 - Charles Colson's office. - Howard Hunt, please. 191 00:14:21,636 --> 00:14:23,679 Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. 192 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,974 - Do you know when he'll be back? - No, I don't. 193 00:14:26,975 --> 00:14:28,183 Okay, thank you. 194 00:14:28,184 --> 00:14:30,727 - Have you tried the Mullen firm? - I beg your pardon? 195 00:14:30,728 --> 00:14:33,897 He also works as a writer at Mullen and Company Public Relations. 196 00:14:33,898 --> 00:14:37,818 - You have a phone on that or an address? - No, I don't. I'm sorry. 197 00:14:37,819 --> 00:14:39,510 All right, thank you. 198 00:14:39,988 --> 00:14:42,948 Do you know in a survey taken, 10.9 percent...? 199 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:44,744 Harry. 200 00:14:44,868 --> 00:14:46,661 Who's Charles Colson? 201 00:14:48,163 --> 00:14:50,372 Who's Charles Colson? 202 00:14:50,373 --> 00:14:52,219 Sit down. 203 00:14:52,709 --> 00:14:54,668 I'm glad you asked me that question. 204 00:14:54,669 --> 00:14:58,005 The reason I'm glad is because if you had asked Simons or Bradlee... 205 00:14:58,006 --> 00:14:59,214 ...they would've said: 206 00:14:59,215 --> 00:15:03,385 "You know, we're gonna have to fire this schmuck at once because he's so dumb." 207 00:15:03,386 --> 00:15:05,077 Who is Charles Colson? 208 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:09,600 The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. 209 00:15:09,601 --> 00:15:11,292 You've heard of him? 210 00:15:12,687 --> 00:15:15,981 Charles Colson is special counsel to the president. 211 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:18,495 There's a cartoon on his wall. 212 00:15:18,526 --> 00:15:22,154 Caption reads, "When you've got them by the balls... 213 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:24,239 ...their hearts and minds will follow." 214 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,907 Do you have a list of receipts? 215 00:15:27,285 --> 00:15:30,662 Hello, Mr. Murray? This is Ivy Mills of the Washington Post. 216 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:31,914 I'd like to know if.... 217 00:15:31,915 --> 00:15:33,081 Mullen and Company. 218 00:15:33,082 --> 00:15:36,460 - Howard Hunt, please. - One moment, please. 219 00:15:36,461 --> 00:15:38,665 Howard Hunt here. 220 00:15:39,214 --> 00:15:41,924 Hi, I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 221 00:15:41,925 --> 00:15:44,176 Yes. Yes, what is it? 222 00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:46,845 I was just wondering why your name and phone number... 223 00:15:46,846 --> 00:15:50,724 ...were in the address books of two of the men arrested at Watergate. 224 00:15:50,725 --> 00:15:52,314 Good God. 225 00:15:52,894 --> 00:15:55,771 - Do you care to comment? - The matter is under adjudication. 226 00:15:55,772 --> 00:15:57,874 I have no comment. 227 00:15:59,484 --> 00:16:01,109 - Hello? - This is Bob Woodward... 228 00:16:01,110 --> 00:16:02,486 ...of the Washington Post. 229 00:16:02,487 --> 00:16:05,864 I was told that you had worked with a Mr. Howard Hunt. 230 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:07,454 Why would anyone say that? 231 00:16:07,951 --> 00:16:09,785 You do know Mr. Hunt? 232 00:16:09,786 --> 00:16:11,119 No, I don't believe so... 233 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,622 ...and I can't imagine why anyone would say that. 234 00:16:13,623 --> 00:16:16,416 I'm really sorry, but I was on my way out. Goodbye. 235 00:16:16,417 --> 00:16:21,187 Could we just confirm a couple...? Bye. 236 00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:24,967 Did you say the Washington Post? 237 00:16:24,968 --> 00:16:26,510 Yes, that's right, the Post. 238 00:16:26,511 --> 00:16:28,971 Your publishing firm was listed in some papers... 239 00:16:28,972 --> 00:16:30,806 ...in connection with a Howard Hunt. 240 00:16:30,807 --> 00:16:35,477 Yeah. Yeah, he's one of our authors. He wrote spy novels, I think. 241 00:16:35,478 --> 00:16:38,855 What type of spy novels were they? Were they modern or period...? 242 00:16:38,856 --> 00:16:41,525 You say "wrote"? You mean he's no longer with you? 243 00:16:41,526 --> 00:16:42,734 No, not at this time. 244 00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:45,445 How long has it been since you heard from him? 245 00:16:45,446 --> 00:16:50,246 - Couple of years, I think. - Tell me the names of novels he's written. 246 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:55,122 Hello? Is this Mr. Paul Herrera? 247 00:16:55,123 --> 00:16:57,332 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 248 00:16:58,543 --> 00:17:01,128 Bob Woodward of the Wash... Do you speak English? 249 00:17:04,048 --> 00:17:08,848 Hey, do any of you guys speak English...? Or do any of you guys speak Spanish? 250 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:24,572 Never mind. Thank you. Thank you. Never mind. 251 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:29,365 - What's the slug on the Mandel story? - What? 252 00:17:30,241 --> 00:17:31,950 - Hello? - Mr. Bennett? 253 00:17:31,951 --> 00:17:34,453 - Yes? - Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 254 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:35,787 I'm sorry to bother you. 255 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:40,208 I wonder if you could confirm information on one of your employees, Howard Hunt? 256 00:17:40,209 --> 00:17:41,543 What kind of information? 257 00:17:41,544 --> 00:17:43,211 Just profile information mostly. 258 00:17:43,212 --> 00:17:45,631 We know that he works for Mullen and Company... 259 00:17:45,632 --> 00:17:48,342 ...or did work for Mullen and Company as a writer. 260 00:17:48,343 --> 00:17:49,551 He's also a novelist. 261 00:17:49,552 --> 00:17:53,055 We know that he works in the office of Charles Colson at the White House. 262 00:17:53,056 --> 00:17:55,057 And the CIA. 263 00:17:55,058 --> 00:17:57,059 And the CIA. 264 00:17:57,060 --> 00:18:00,145 Well, if you're conducting that kind of an investigation... 265 00:18:00,146 --> 00:18:04,358 ...certainly it comes as no surprise to you that Howard was with the CIA. 266 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,871 No, no surprise at all. 267 00:18:08,613 --> 00:18:11,239 Hunt worked for the CIA till 1970. 268 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,575 From '49 to '70. This is on deep background... 269 00:18:13,576 --> 00:18:16,244 ...but the FBI thinks he's involved with the break-in. 270 00:18:16,245 --> 00:18:17,412 What else you got? 271 00:18:17,413 --> 00:18:21,166 According to White House personnel, Hunt worked as a consultant for Colson. 272 00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:24,836 That's Charles Colson, the president's special counsel. 273 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,923 - Did you call the White House Press Office? - I went over there. 274 00:18:27,924 --> 00:18:30,550 They said Hunt hadn't worked there for three months. 275 00:18:30,551 --> 00:18:34,295 Then a PR guy said this weird thing to me. 276 00:18:35,056 --> 00:18:37,557 He said, "I am convinced that neither Mr. Colson..." 277 00:18:37,558 --> 00:18:41,436 ...nor anyone else at the White House had any knowledge of or participation in... 278 00:18:41,437 --> 00:18:45,732 "...this deplorable incident at the Democratic National Committee." 279 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,318 Isn't that what you'd expect them to say? 280 00:18:48,319 --> 00:18:49,601 Absolutely. 281 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,195 So? 282 00:18:51,447 --> 00:18:54,114 I never asked about Watergate. 283 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,703 I simply asked what were Hunt's duties at the White House. 284 00:18:57,704 --> 00:19:01,909 They volunteered he was innocent when nobody asked if he was guilty. 285 00:19:03,418 --> 00:19:06,083 Be careful how you write it. 286 00:19:07,672 --> 00:19:10,340 We got a White House consultant linked to the bugging. 287 00:19:10,341 --> 00:19:12,926 This isn't a police story anymore. This is national. 288 00:19:12,927 --> 00:19:16,471 - We need a top political writer on it. - Well, they don't want it. 289 00:19:16,472 --> 00:19:18,890 They're all over the map covering the primaries. 290 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:22,936 - Besides, this guy has busted his ass. - He's been on this paper for nine months. 291 00:19:22,937 --> 00:19:25,105 - What's the matter with you? - He's a humper. 292 00:19:25,106 --> 00:19:27,774 What's he been writing about, rat shit in restaurants? 293 00:19:27,775 --> 00:19:30,026 - He's got no experience. - He got a few closed. 294 00:19:30,027 --> 00:19:32,154 Minor incidents. Small government agencies. 295 00:19:32,155 --> 00:19:35,532 Have Mr. Moffitt come in here, please. And see if Mr. Bradlee's free. 296 00:19:35,533 --> 00:19:36,825 I want Ben to hear this. 297 00:19:36,826 --> 00:19:40,328 Sure, Moffitt will want the story now that we've built it into something. 298 00:19:40,329 --> 00:19:42,038 Even Bernstein's busting his ass. 299 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:45,167 I read that cockamamie memorandum he wrote on the break-in. 300 00:19:45,168 --> 00:19:49,212 - All right, so some of it was bullshit. - What is the matter with you? 301 00:19:49,213 --> 00:19:52,883 You told me yourself you were gonna fire him last month. 302 00:19:52,884 --> 00:19:57,684 Look, he wants on the story bad. They both do. 303 00:19:57,764 --> 00:20:00,429 He knows a lot of people. 304 00:20:00,683 --> 00:20:04,519 Howard, they're hungry. You remember when you were hungry? 305 00:20:08,524 --> 00:20:11,242 Don't worry about it. 306 00:20:14,822 --> 00:20:17,078 I'll be home late. 307 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:25,123 Did you get the artwork on that piece? 308 00:20:25,124 --> 00:20:28,043 - Hold on. - Hey, listen, where's the artwork? 309 00:20:28,044 --> 00:20:30,045 I gotta have a cigarette. 310 00:20:39,555 --> 00:20:42,808 Yeah, he'll be in in about half an hour. Can I have him call you? 311 00:20:42,809 --> 00:20:44,141 Okay. 312 00:20:48,105 --> 00:20:49,731 Metro Desk. 313 00:20:49,732 --> 00:20:51,151 No, I'm sorry, he's not. 314 00:20:52,109 --> 00:20:54,736 Yes, I will. Can you tell me who's calling? 315 00:20:54,737 --> 00:20:57,781 All right. Yes, hold on. 316 00:20:57,782 --> 00:20:59,730 Thank you. 317 00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:01,517 You want a laugh? 318 00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:04,174 Hello. 319 00:21:08,918 --> 00:21:11,174 Has anyone seen my scarf? 320 00:21:15,091 --> 00:21:17,968 Hey, look, do we have a lead for the metro page? 321 00:21:17,969 --> 00:21:20,276 Yeah, yeah. Uh.... 322 00:21:22,765 --> 00:21:26,768 Lou. Hey, Lou. Can you get me Mandel's office, please? 323 00:21:26,769 --> 00:21:28,061 - Yeah. - All right. 324 00:21:28,062 --> 00:21:30,605 Listen, I want his comment about that appointment. 325 00:21:30,606 --> 00:21:31,773 - Okay. - Right away. 326 00:21:31,774 --> 00:21:33,149 - All right. - Right away. 327 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:48,123 - How's it going? - What are you doing? 328 00:21:48,124 --> 00:21:50,000 - I'm polishing a little. - You're what? 329 00:21:50,001 --> 00:21:51,877 - Polishing it. - What's wrong with it? 330 00:21:51,878 --> 00:21:54,588 - Nothing, nothing. It's good. - Then what are you doing? 331 00:21:54,589 --> 00:21:57,511 I'm just helping. It's a little fuzzy. 332 00:21:57,592 --> 00:21:58,842 May I have it? 333 00:21:58,843 --> 00:22:02,345 - I don't think you're saying what you mean. - I know exactly what I mean. 334 00:22:02,346 --> 00:22:05,390 I can't tell whether Hunt works for Colson or Colson for Hunt. 335 00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:06,600 May I have it, please? 336 00:22:06,601 --> 00:22:08,351 - Your conclusions... - May I have it? 337 00:22:08,352 --> 00:22:10,645 - I'm not looking for a fight. - I'm not either. 338 00:22:10,646 --> 00:22:14,698 I'm just aware of the fact that you've only been here nine months. 339 00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:16,610 What's that got to do with anything? 340 00:22:16,611 --> 00:22:19,404 - Been in the business since I'm 16. - What are you saying? 341 00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:21,489 If you'd read mine and then read yours... 342 00:22:21,490 --> 00:22:24,003 - May I read yours? - Yeah. 343 00:22:24,035 --> 00:22:27,954 I gave yours a glance, it didn't look right, so I figured I'd refine it a little. 344 00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:31,541 First paragraph has to have more clarity if the reader's gonna understand. 345 00:22:31,542 --> 00:22:34,794 You don't mention Colson's name until the third paragraph. 346 00:22:34,795 --> 00:22:38,965 I think mine's better, but if you think yours is better, we'll give yours to the desk. 347 00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:41,684 I've got Colson's name up front. 348 00:22:42,345 --> 00:22:46,088 - He was a consultant and nobody knows it. - You're right. 349 00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:48,595 Yours is better. 350 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:03,823 Do it right. Here are my notes. If you're gonna hype it, hype it with facts. 351 00:23:03,824 --> 00:23:07,927 I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it. 352 00:23:08,537 --> 00:23:11,081 Woodward, Bernstein, you're both on the story. 353 00:23:11,082 --> 00:23:13,235 Now, don't fuck it up. 354 00:23:19,256 --> 00:23:22,425 Steuben, what's the name of that girl that you bombed out with... 355 00:23:22,426 --> 00:23:26,068 - ...who works in Colson's office? - Sharon Lyons. 356 00:23:26,847 --> 00:23:29,057 Why are you looking at me like that? 357 00:23:29,058 --> 00:23:31,935 - You're attractive. - Jesus. 358 00:23:31,936 --> 00:23:33,979 You are very attractive. 359 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:36,606 You know, my girlfriend told me to watch out for you. 360 00:23:36,607 --> 00:23:40,318 - Who? - I'm not giving any names. 361 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:43,499 Steuben said you work for Colson. 362 00:23:45,574 --> 00:23:48,076 Steuben's crazy. I never worked for Colson. 363 00:23:48,077 --> 00:23:51,037 - That's what he said. - I worked for an assistant. 364 00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:54,165 Colson was really big on secrets anyway. 365 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:58,966 Even if I had worked for him, I wouldn't know anything. 366 00:23:59,422 --> 00:24:02,257 Did you know Howard Hunt? 367 00:24:02,258 --> 00:24:04,843 - Didn't he work in the office? - Yeah, I knew Howard. 368 00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:07,178 - Nice? - He's a nice person. 369 00:24:07,179 --> 00:24:10,640 He's secretive. He's secretive but a decent man. 370 00:24:10,641 --> 00:24:14,769 Do you have any idea what he did? 371 00:24:14,770 --> 00:24:18,106 Well, the White House said he was doing some investigative work. 372 00:24:18,107 --> 00:24:19,315 What do you say? 373 00:24:21,235 --> 00:24:24,055 - He was doing investigative work. - On what? 374 00:24:26,449 --> 00:24:29,731 - Different things. - Like what? 375 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:31,828 - I'm not gonna... - She warned me. 376 00:24:31,829 --> 00:24:35,264 I'm not gonna take my book out. I'm just asking you. 377 00:24:35,291 --> 00:24:38,918 Well, the scuttlebutt for a while was that he was investigating Kennedy. 378 00:24:38,919 --> 00:24:40,462 Why? 379 00:24:40,463 --> 00:24:44,565 The White House was real paranoid about Teddy Kennedy. 380 00:24:45,092 --> 00:24:48,511 I remember seeing a book about Chappaquiddick on his desk. 381 00:24:48,512 --> 00:24:50,221 He was always getting material... 382 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:53,349 ...out of the White House library and the Library of Congress. 383 00:24:53,350 --> 00:24:56,017 Anything he could find. 384 00:24:57,021 --> 00:24:58,646 White House library. 385 00:24:58,647 --> 00:25:01,149 Hi, this is Carl Bernstein, of the Washington Post. 386 00:25:01,150 --> 00:25:03,651 I was wondering if you can remember any books... 387 00:25:03,652 --> 00:25:07,322 ...that a Howard Hunt checked out on Senator Kennedy? 388 00:25:07,323 --> 00:25:10,283 - Howard Hunt? Um.... - Yes, ma'am. 389 00:25:10,284 --> 00:25:13,495 - Yes, I think I do remember. - Uh-huh. 390 00:25:13,496 --> 00:25:15,997 He took out a whole lot of material. 391 00:25:15,998 --> 00:25:20,798 - Why don't you hold on and I'll see? - I sure will. Thank you very much. 392 00:25:32,973 --> 00:25:35,558 - Mr. Bernstein? - Yes, ma'am? 393 00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:37,560 - I was wrong. - I beg your pardon? 394 00:25:37,561 --> 00:25:42,361 The truth is, I don't have a card that says Mr. Hunt took any material. 395 00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:45,652 - Uh-huh. - I don't remember getting material for... 396 00:25:45,653 --> 00:25:48,947 I do remember getting material for somebody, but it wasn't Mr. Hunt. 397 00:25:48,948 --> 00:25:50,588 Right. 398 00:25:50,866 --> 00:25:55,534 The truth is, I didn't have any requests at all from Mr. Hunt. 399 00:25:56,038 --> 00:25:58,243 - Oh. - Uh... 400 00:25:58,332 --> 00:26:01,769 The truth is, I don't know any Mr. Hunt. 401 00:26:02,461 --> 00:26:04,768 Uh.... 402 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:08,465 Uh, I was just wondering if any... If you have any... 403 00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:11,685 Hello? 404 00:26:14,390 --> 00:26:17,225 Yes, we're checking into that information now. 405 00:26:17,226 --> 00:26:20,145 We'd just like to find out just what it was that Hunt did... 406 00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:23,690 ...when he worked as a White House consultant on the Pentagon Papers. 407 00:26:23,691 --> 00:26:26,651 Yes, I'd appreciate that, if you could. Yes, sir. 408 00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:27,861 Thank you. 409 00:26:27,862 --> 00:26:32,375 Just got off the phone with the librarian. You wanna look at the notes on it? 410 00:26:33,450 --> 00:26:37,245 Oh, this is some stuff from the Eisenhower campaign in 1952... 411 00:26:37,246 --> 00:26:40,015 ...that Hunt was connected with. 412 00:26:41,584 --> 00:26:44,085 Did you call the White House Communications Office? 413 00:26:44,086 --> 00:26:46,866 No, I just got off the phone with the librarian. 414 00:26:47,756 --> 00:26:50,987 - 524-743. - I know the number. 415 00:26:51,927 --> 00:26:54,846 Between the first and second quote, there's a contradiction. 416 00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:56,723 It's a space of about five seconds. 417 00:26:56,724 --> 00:26:58,266 - My feeling is... - Was this all...? 418 00:26:58,267 --> 00:26:59,475 Mr. Clawson's office. 419 00:26:59,476 --> 00:27:02,520 This is Bob Woodward of the Post. Could I talk to Mr. Clawson? 420 00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:05,239 - One moment, please. - Thank you. 421 00:27:05,399 --> 00:27:07,775 - When she came back on the phone... - Ken Clawson. 422 00:27:07,776 --> 00:27:09,652 Mr. Clawson, this is Bob Woodward. 423 00:27:09,653 --> 00:27:12,614 Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post had a conversation... 424 00:27:12,615 --> 00:27:15,950 ...with a White House librarian on books Mr. Howard Hunt took out... 425 00:27:15,951 --> 00:27:17,660 ...on Senator Edward Kennedy. 426 00:27:17,661 --> 00:27:21,164 She first said that Howard Hunt had taken out books on Senator Kennedy. 427 00:27:21,165 --> 00:27:23,333 Then she denied even knowing who he was. 428 00:27:23,334 --> 00:27:25,877 I was wondering if you'd like to comment on this confusion. 429 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:28,755 Mm. Listen, let me call you back on this matter. 430 00:27:28,756 --> 00:27:32,050 - I'm gonna check on it for you. - Fine, thank you. Bye. 431 00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:33,301 - All there? - This...? Yes. 432 00:27:33,302 --> 00:27:36,554 - This was all one conversation? - Yeah. She says first of all: 433 00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:38,640 "I think I got a bunch of books on Hunt." 434 00:27:38,641 --> 00:27:41,309 Five seconds later, she says, "I don't know Mr. Hunt." 435 00:27:41,310 --> 00:27:43,853 - It's obvious someone got to her. - Not enough proof. 436 00:27:43,854 --> 00:27:47,148 If there was a piece of paper that said Hunt was taking out books... 437 00:27:47,149 --> 00:27:49,984 ...on Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, like a library slip... 438 00:27:49,985 --> 00:27:52,487 Hunt took out books from the Library of Congress... 439 00:27:52,488 --> 00:27:55,198 ...but what's more important is somebody got to her in... 440 00:27:55,199 --> 00:27:57,492 - How do you know? - Because she said... 441 00:27:57,493 --> 00:27:59,465 There was a lot of books Hunt checked out. 442 00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:02,205 - Then doesn't even know him. - Woodward. 443 00:28:02,206 --> 00:28:05,333 Mr. Woodward, Ken Clawson calling back. 444 00:28:05,334 --> 00:28:08,127 - I've just talked with the librarian. - Yes, sir. 445 00:28:08,128 --> 00:28:12,340 She denies that the conversation with Mr. Bernstein ever took place. 446 00:28:12,341 --> 00:28:15,218 - She said she referred him to the... - Excuse me, sir, sorry. 447 00:28:15,219 --> 00:28:18,763 You say she denies even knowing about the conversation taking place? 448 00:28:18,764 --> 00:28:20,181 - That's right. - Seven. 449 00:28:20,182 --> 00:28:23,851 She said someone did call her asking about Mr. Hunt... 450 00:28:23,852 --> 00:28:26,729 ...but all she did was refer him to the Press Office. 451 00:28:26,730 --> 00:28:30,400 - She denies other conversation took place. - Total bullshit. 452 00:28:30,401 --> 00:28:32,777 Uh, I hope that's been of some help to you. 453 00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:34,778 - Thank you. - Uh-huh. 454 00:28:37,324 --> 00:28:42,042 - We've gotta get something on paper. - Library of Congress. 455 00:28:42,705 --> 00:28:45,164 Mona? Excuse me, Mona. 456 00:28:45,165 --> 00:28:47,542 - Could you take any calls for me, please? - Sure. 457 00:28:47,543 --> 00:28:49,460 Here's my note. 458 00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:52,463 If I get any calls.... 459 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:56,156 - Will you be back? - I don't know when. 460 00:29:09,398 --> 00:29:13,067 You want all the material requested by the White House? 461 00:29:13,068 --> 00:29:17,030 All White House transactions are confidential. 462 00:29:17,031 --> 00:29:19,543 Thank you very much, gentlemen. 463 00:29:24,913 --> 00:29:28,916 - We need a sympathetic face. - We're not gonna find one here. 464 00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:31,753 You want every request since when? 465 00:29:31,754 --> 00:29:33,755 - Uh, when did he start? - July of '71. 466 00:29:33,756 --> 00:29:36,781 I imagine the whole last year. 467 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:42,062 I'm not sure you want them, but I got them. 468 00:30:36,151 --> 00:30:39,529 - Maybe they pulled the cards. - Maybe they changed the names. 469 00:30:39,530 --> 00:30:42,842 There might have been a card there and we missed it. 470 00:30:43,117 --> 00:30:45,701 Hey, wait a minute. 471 00:30:45,702 --> 00:30:48,454 I met a White House aide once at a social occasion. 472 00:30:48,455 --> 00:30:52,507 - So? - He might confirm. 473 00:30:53,127 --> 00:30:55,002 Do we need "W.H." and "White House"...? 474 00:30:55,003 --> 00:30:56,838 Not in the second paragraph. 475 00:30:56,839 --> 00:31:00,675 Just "White House" would be enough. Just use "White House." Forget "W.H." 476 00:31:00,676 --> 00:31:02,844 I wanna know about Colson. What was his job? 477 00:31:02,845 --> 00:31:07,204 - Special consultant to the president. - I gotta say it. 478 00:31:07,558 --> 00:31:11,404 These notes on the White House librarian, are they accurate? 479 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:14,689 - The notes, are they accurate? - Give me a second. 480 00:31:14,690 --> 00:31:15,982 - Yes. - I want a new page. 481 00:31:15,983 --> 00:31:20,701 Okay, look, I'll have a reporter out to talk to you this afternoon. 482 00:31:23,824 --> 00:31:26,993 Let's take it in and show it to Howie Simons. 483 00:31:26,994 --> 00:31:29,495 We've gotta start moving on this now. Come on, now. 484 00:31:29,496 --> 00:31:31,372 Hey, Mr. Bradlee. 485 00:31:31,373 --> 00:31:35,886 Get the artwork on that Grant Porter piece. 486 00:31:37,296 --> 00:31:40,423 - Okay, let's have it. Mm-hm. - Yeah, here you are, Ben. 487 00:31:40,424 --> 00:31:43,050 It's a good, solid piece of American journalism... 488 00:31:43,051 --> 00:31:46,334 ...that the New York Times doesn't have. 489 00:32:09,786 --> 00:32:13,539 You haven't got it. A librarian and a secretary saying Hunt looked at a book. 490 00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:14,749 Not good enough. 491 00:32:14,750 --> 00:32:17,752 A White House aide told me Hunt was investigating Kennedy. 492 00:32:17,753 --> 00:32:19,795 Who was it? 493 00:32:19,796 --> 00:32:22,215 Who was it? You want the name, you mean? 494 00:32:22,216 --> 00:32:26,831 - No, how senior, how high up? - I don't know titles. 495 00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:41,317 "Showed a special interest in...." 496 00:32:41,318 --> 00:32:43,778 We said the White House was investigating Kennedy. 497 00:32:43,779 --> 00:32:46,948 - "Showed a special interest in." - The story's stronger than that. 498 00:32:46,949 --> 00:32:49,992 The White House librarian says Hunt checked out a lot of books. 499 00:32:49,993 --> 00:32:53,246 - A secretary in Colson's office said Hunt... - All right, Carl. Carl. 500 00:32:53,247 --> 00:32:56,529 Ben, that's a Page 1 story. 501 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,339 Stick it inside someplace. 502 00:33:00,170 --> 00:33:04,888 This is a goddamn important story. It.... 503 00:33:08,303 --> 00:33:11,380 Get some harder information next time. 504 00:33:15,644 --> 00:33:18,729 Asshole. Bradlee's just sticking up for the Kennedys. 505 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,773 - We didn't have it. - Bullshit. We had it. 506 00:33:20,774 --> 00:33:22,817 - We didn't. - Why didn't you say something? 507 00:33:22,818 --> 00:33:26,781 You think bitching about it is gonna get the story where we want it? 508 00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:29,983 Throw it in the can. 509 00:34:00,397 --> 00:34:03,577 - Yes? - This is Woodward. 510 00:34:04,818 --> 00:34:06,694 I wanna talk about Watergate. 511 00:34:06,695 --> 00:34:11,157 - I know that the atmos... - We're not going to talk about that subject. 512 00:34:11,825 --> 00:34:15,703 - Well, we talked about Wallace. - But this is different. 513 00:34:15,704 --> 00:34:19,915 That was about the shooting of a man running for president. 514 00:34:19,916 --> 00:34:22,835 - This is different. - How? 515 00:34:22,836 --> 00:34:26,477 Not about this story. Don't call me again. 516 00:34:30,594 --> 00:34:33,638 The stewardess hostages were released. 517 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:35,556 The passengers, numbering 113... 518 00:34:35,557 --> 00:34:37,516 ...were released in Philadelphia. 519 00:34:37,517 --> 00:34:41,562 Things are warming up in Reykjavik, where Bobby Fischer forfeited the second game... 520 00:34:41,563 --> 00:34:45,733 ...of that $250,000 world-championship chess match... 521 00:34:45,734 --> 00:34:47,860 ...with the Russian champion Boris Spassky. 522 00:34:47,861 --> 00:34:49,070 He didn't show up. 523 00:34:49,071 --> 00:34:51,781 Fischer lost the opening match to Spassky last night... 524 00:34:51,782 --> 00:34:54,492 ...after walking out during the match for 30 minutes... 525 00:34:54,493 --> 00:34:57,912 ...to protest the directions and distractions of television cameras... 526 00:34:57,913 --> 00:34:59,538 ...which were later withdrawn. 527 00:34:59,539 --> 00:35:02,124 On Wall Street, prices took a pounding yesterday... 528 00:35:02,125 --> 00:35:05,753 ...with the Dow Jones closing down 6-and-three-quarter points. 529 00:35:05,754 --> 00:35:08,589 The dollar took a beating on the European money market... 530 00:35:08,590 --> 00:35:10,385 ...dropping to its lower.... 531 00:35:51,633 --> 00:35:54,146 Taxi. Taxi. 532 00:36:06,314 --> 00:36:09,443 Taxi. Taxi. 533 00:36:20,996 --> 00:36:22,944 Taxi. 534 00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:01,679 - Where are you? - Stuck. 535 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,860 The story has stalled on us. 536 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:09,556 And you thought I'd help? 537 00:38:11,731 --> 00:38:14,244 I'll never quote you. 538 00:38:15,485 --> 00:38:17,987 I wouldn't quote you even as an anonymous source. 539 00:38:17,988 --> 00:38:21,577 I mean, you'd be on deep background. 540 00:38:23,952 --> 00:38:25,845 You can trust me. You know that. 541 00:38:29,291 --> 00:38:31,084 Go on. 542 00:38:33,295 --> 00:38:38,095 - Can you tell me what you know? - You tell me what you know. 543 00:38:41,636 --> 00:38:45,175 Hunt worked for Colson at the White House. 544 00:38:45,348 --> 00:38:48,392 Hunt was investigating Kennedy at Chappaquiddick. 545 00:38:48,393 --> 00:38:53,193 That should tell you a lot. What else? 546 00:38:53,315 --> 00:38:57,735 We're beginning to hear a lot about a lawyer at CREEP named Gordon Liddy who's... 547 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,793 Gordon Liddy... 548 00:39:14,794 --> 00:39:19,173 ...was fired by Mitchell because he wouldn't talk to the FBI. 549 00:39:19,174 --> 00:39:22,866 - You'll hear more. - Will he talk? 550 00:39:27,515 --> 00:39:28,849 I was at a party once... 551 00:39:28,850 --> 00:39:33,650 ...and Liddy put his hand over a candle, and he kept it there. 552 00:39:34,147 --> 00:39:38,947 He kept it right in the flame until his flesh was burned. 553 00:39:39,694 --> 00:39:44,494 Somebody said, "What's the trick?" And Liddy said, "The trick is not minding." 554 00:39:48,203 --> 00:39:50,920 The story is dry. 555 00:39:51,665 --> 00:39:54,041 All we've got are pieces. 556 00:39:54,042 --> 00:39:58,045 We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like. 557 00:39:58,046 --> 00:40:00,714 John Mitchell resigns as the head of CREEP... 558 00:40:00,715 --> 00:40:03,425 ...and says he wants to spend more time with his family. 559 00:40:03,426 --> 00:40:06,220 That sounds like bullshit. We don't exactly believe that. 560 00:40:06,221 --> 00:40:09,401 No, but it's touching. 561 00:40:11,309 --> 00:40:16,109 Forget the myths that the media has created about the White House. 562 00:40:16,231 --> 00:40:18,983 The truth is, these are not very bright guys... 563 00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:21,547 ...and things got out of hand. 564 00:40:22,529 --> 00:40:25,447 Hunt's come in from the cold. 565 00:40:25,448 --> 00:40:30,035 Supposedly, he's got a lawyer with $25,000 in a brown paper bag. 566 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:32,343 Follow the money. 567 00:40:34,124 --> 00:40:36,123 What do you mean? 568 00:40:36,626 --> 00:40:39,241 - Where? - Oh, I can't tell you that. 569 00:40:39,587 --> 00:40:41,587 But you could tell me, then. 570 00:40:42,257 --> 00:40:44,883 No, I have to do this my way. 571 00:40:44,884 --> 00:40:48,554 You tell me what you know, and I'll confirm. 572 00:40:48,555 --> 00:40:53,355 I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. 573 00:40:55,812 --> 00:40:59,504 Just follow the money. 574 00:41:08,783 --> 00:41:12,835 - Goddamn New York Times. - What is it? 575 00:41:13,288 --> 00:41:18,088 Phone calls from the burglars in Miami to the Committee to Reelect. 576 00:41:20,670 --> 00:41:22,296 Fifteen phone calls. 577 00:41:22,297 --> 00:41:25,174 At least 15 phone calls, and those phone calls were made... 578 00:41:25,175 --> 00:41:28,135 ...as early as March 15th, three months before the break-in. 579 00:41:28,136 --> 00:41:31,972 "Eighty-nine thousand dollars issued in the name of a prominent Mexican lawyer." 580 00:41:31,973 --> 00:41:34,933 Eighty-nine thousand dollars in Mexican checks? 581 00:41:34,934 --> 00:41:37,345 Why didn't we get this? 582 00:41:37,812 --> 00:41:39,021 Who are their sources? 583 00:41:39,022 --> 00:41:42,561 I even know someone who works on the phone company. 584 00:41:42,984 --> 00:41:45,486 Carl, if John Mitchell wanted your phone records... 585 00:41:45,487 --> 00:41:47,613 ...you'd be yelling invasion of privacy. 586 00:41:47,614 --> 00:41:49,656 Was the New York Times article accurate? 587 00:41:49,657 --> 00:41:52,326 - Yeah, but I can't get you a fuller listing. - Why? 588 00:41:52,327 --> 00:41:54,787 They've subpoenaed all of Barker's phone records. 589 00:41:54,788 --> 00:41:59,588 I think they're trying to find out if the Watergate burglars broke any Florida law. 590 00:42:00,418 --> 00:42:02,586 - Who subpoenaed them? - Miami DA. 591 00:42:02,587 --> 00:42:04,755 - What's his name? - I don't know his name. 592 00:42:04,756 --> 00:42:07,674 But the guy who's heading the investigation is named Dardis. 593 00:42:07,675 --> 00:42:10,260 Dardis. What's his first name? 594 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:14,264 I don't know his first name. I guess you'll have to find that out. 595 00:42:21,022 --> 00:42:22,231 - Hi. - Hello. 596 00:42:22,232 --> 00:42:24,525 I have a 9:15 appointment with Mr. Dardis. 597 00:42:24,526 --> 00:42:28,403 Mr. Bernstein, I'm afraid that Mr. Dardis won't be able to see you this morning. 598 00:42:28,404 --> 00:42:31,073 - His calendar is quite full. - There must be a mistake. 599 00:42:31,074 --> 00:42:33,200 I made the appointment with him personally. 600 00:42:33,201 --> 00:42:35,536 The appointment should've been made through me. 601 00:42:35,537 --> 00:42:37,746 I'll see if I can squeeze you in later. 602 00:42:37,747 --> 00:42:40,260 Oh, thanks very much. 603 00:42:40,834 --> 00:42:45,170 I guess it's difficult when he makes his own appointments. 604 00:42:45,171 --> 00:42:48,710 Yes, well, we try to handle it. 605 00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:59,560 It's 4:00. We'll be back in 15 minutes. Do you want anything? 606 00:42:59,561 --> 00:43:03,150 - Coffee, black. - Coffee, black. 607 00:43:07,110 --> 00:43:08,902 I'm still here. 608 00:43:08,903 --> 00:43:10,612 Ha, ha. I'm so glad. 609 00:43:10,613 --> 00:43:13,490 If you could get me in for five minutes, I'd appreciate it. 610 00:43:13,491 --> 00:43:16,535 - Mr. Bernstein. - I have to get back. 611 00:43:16,536 --> 00:43:19,099 We're going to try. 612 00:43:21,082 --> 00:43:24,159 Oh, hi. He's expecting you. 613 00:43:28,756 --> 00:43:30,424 I do have a couple things to do. 614 00:43:30,425 --> 00:43:33,177 I'll be at the Sheraton if you wanna reach me. 615 00:43:33,178 --> 00:43:36,430 If he has space tomorrow, I'd appreciate it. Number's on the back. 616 00:43:36,431 --> 00:43:38,432 - Fine. - I thank you for your patience. 617 00:43:38,433 --> 00:43:42,644 Mm-hm. Thank you, Mr. Bernstein. Tomorrow it should be better. 618 00:43:42,645 --> 00:43:45,106 I guess so. 619 00:43:48,610 --> 00:43:49,818 Mr. Dardis' office. 620 00:43:49,819 --> 00:43:53,572 Hi. Please tell Mr. Dardis that Mr. Bernstein has just left. 621 00:43:53,573 --> 00:43:55,908 He'll be available all day tomorrow. 622 00:43:55,909 --> 00:43:58,869 I think we can probably squeeze him in around 4:30. 623 00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:00,078 - Yes. - Mm-hm. 624 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:04,041 And please tell Mr. Dardis he doesn't want to be late for his 6:30 appointment. 625 00:44:04,042 --> 00:44:07,118 - Yes, I will. - Mm-hm. Thank you. 626 00:44:14,052 --> 00:44:16,929 - Mr. Dardis' office. - Mr. Martinson at the county clerk's. 627 00:44:16,930 --> 00:44:19,431 - Beg your pardon? - Martinson at the county clerk's. 628 00:44:19,432 --> 00:44:23,477 There's some records that Dardis wanted. Could you come get them? We're closing. 629 00:44:23,478 --> 00:44:26,554 Uh, well, yes, I'll be right over. 630 00:44:31,527 --> 00:44:33,527 Excuse me. 631 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,673 Would be easier too, wouldn't it? 632 00:44:52,674 --> 00:44:55,801 All right. Hold it. What? 633 00:44:55,802 --> 00:44:57,803 - Excuse me. - Can I help you in some way? 634 00:44:57,804 --> 00:44:59,972 I'm Carl Bernstein. I've been here since 9. 635 00:44:59,973 --> 00:45:02,557 - Wait outside. - I've been waiting since this morning. 636 00:45:02,558 --> 00:45:05,060 - Finish your call. - Wait outside, please, will you? 637 00:45:05,061 --> 00:45:07,354 No, no, no. I'm the reporter from the Post. 638 00:45:07,355 --> 00:45:09,064 We talked on the phone yesterday. 639 00:45:09,065 --> 00:45:12,192 - You told me to come here, and I'm here. - Okay, yeah, look... 640 00:45:12,193 --> 00:45:14,987 I've got the press here. I'm gonna have to call you back. 641 00:45:14,988 --> 00:45:18,073 If you didn't wanna see me, I don't know why you didn't tell me. 642 00:45:18,074 --> 00:45:21,118 I wasted a whole day here, and my paper's waiting for a story. 643 00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:23,829 You tell me to come, you said I got a 9:30 appointment. 644 00:45:23,830 --> 00:45:27,291 - I've been waiting the whole day. - Caught me on the worst day possible. 645 00:45:27,292 --> 00:45:29,876 The man I work for has started a reelection campaign. 646 00:45:29,877 --> 00:45:32,212 We're gonna have to see each other tomorrow. 647 00:45:32,213 --> 00:45:35,048 No, I'm facing a deadline. My paper's saving space for me. 648 00:45:35,049 --> 00:45:38,510 - I just don't have a minute now. - Well, I'm sorry, but... 649 00:45:38,511 --> 00:45:41,471 Uh, Mr. Dardis, I'm really very sorry about this. Mr. Bernstein... 650 00:45:41,472 --> 00:45:44,975 I beg your pardon, but this gentleman made the appointment with me... 651 00:45:44,976 --> 00:45:47,728 ...and the Washington Post deserves the same courtesy... 652 00:45:47,729 --> 00:45:49,479 ...as any of the people waiting. 653 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,070 I'll buzz you in about five minutes. 654 00:45:54,068 --> 00:45:56,786 The lady takes good care of me. 655 00:45:57,071 --> 00:45:59,948 The fact is we just can't go into it this evening. 656 00:45:59,949 --> 00:46:02,034 It's gonna have to wait until tomorrow. 657 00:46:02,035 --> 00:46:04,202 I wish you could've told me before I left... 658 00:46:04,203 --> 00:46:09,003 ...because I gotta go back to my paper now and write that story one way or another. 659 00:46:11,586 --> 00:46:15,756 You wanna see Mr. Barker's phone records and his money records? 660 00:46:15,757 --> 00:46:18,425 You told me you'd show me everything you got on Barker. 661 00:46:18,426 --> 00:46:19,676 That's all I want. 662 00:46:19,677 --> 00:46:23,055 - Well, that's what I've got. - Well, that's fine. 663 00:46:23,056 --> 00:46:25,182 You and I have to have an agreement... 664 00:46:25,183 --> 00:46:29,061 ...that you're not gonna reveal the source of your information. 665 00:46:29,062 --> 00:46:33,440 All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City. 666 00:46:33,441 --> 00:46:35,442 - All these checks from Mexico? - You see? 667 00:46:35,443 --> 00:46:37,569 How come? Did the money originate there? 668 00:46:37,570 --> 00:46:39,946 Well, I doubt it started off as pesos. 669 00:46:39,947 --> 00:46:41,656 Uh.... 670 00:46:41,657 --> 00:46:45,035 - Well, wait a minute, what's this one? - Uh, what's...? Okay, $25,000. 671 00:46:45,036 --> 00:46:47,954 - Who's that? Who is that? Dahl...? - Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 672 00:46:47,955 --> 00:46:50,207 We haven't been able to ascertain who that is. 673 00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:52,626 Bob, I've got something. I don't know what it is. 674 00:46:52,627 --> 00:46:54,795 Somewhere, there is a Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 675 00:46:54,796 --> 00:46:57,339 We gotta get to him before the New York Times does. 676 00:46:57,340 --> 00:47:00,759 I think they have the same information. Got a pencil? Write this down. 677 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:05,560 Kenneth H. Dahlberg. D-A-H-L-B-E-R-G, Dahlberg. 678 00:47:05,807 --> 00:47:09,226 McGovern, who at first voiced complete support for Eagleton... 679 00:47:09,227 --> 00:47:13,063 ...has more recently expressed doubts and said Eagleton must make a decision... 680 00:47:13,064 --> 00:47:15,315 ...whether to stay or leave the ticket. 681 00:47:15,316 --> 00:47:17,025 More with Jean Westwood.... 682 00:47:17,026 --> 00:47:20,112 You're the one that wanted the articles on Kenneth H. Dahlberg? 683 00:47:20,113 --> 00:47:22,823 - Yeah. - Couldn't find anything in the clip file at all. 684 00:47:22,824 --> 00:47:24,825 - Oh, wonderful. - Um.... 685 00:47:24,826 --> 00:47:29,391 I did find one picture though, if it's any help. 686 00:47:30,415 --> 00:47:32,260 - Thanks. - Mm. 687 00:47:37,296 --> 00:47:39,131 Minnesota. 688 00:47:39,132 --> 00:47:41,299 ...supported Senator Eagleman. 689 00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:44,845 He is an able United States senator.... 690 00:47:44,846 --> 00:47:46,179 Minneapolis, Minneapolis. 691 00:47:46,180 --> 00:47:50,392 ...will make him a prominent figure in American politics... 692 00:47:50,393 --> 00:47:53,213 ...for many, many years. 693 00:48:02,196 --> 00:48:06,996 I base that conclusion upon my conversations with his doctors... 694 00:48:07,952 --> 00:48:11,580 ...and my close personal and political association with him. 695 00:48:11,581 --> 00:48:13,874 - Outside line, please. - Yes. 696 00:48:13,875 --> 00:48:15,750 - Thank you. - In the joint decision... 697 00:48:15,751 --> 00:48:20,380 ...that we have reached tonight, health was not a factor. 698 00:48:20,381 --> 00:48:25,181 But the public debate over Senator Eagleman's past medical history... 699 00:48:26,179 --> 00:48:30,599 ...continues to divert attention from the great national issues... 700 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,143 ...that need to be discussed. 701 00:48:33,144 --> 00:48:37,944 I have referred to the growing pressures to ask for Senator Eagleton's withdrawal. 702 00:48:39,734 --> 00:48:42,694 - We have also seen.... - Hello? 703 00:48:42,695 --> 00:48:44,696 - Could I please...? Mr. Dahlberg? - Yes? 704 00:48:44,697 --> 00:48:47,449 - Kenneth Dahlberg? - Yes? 705 00:48:47,450 --> 00:48:51,502 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 706 00:48:51,579 --> 00:48:53,914 - Yes? - About that $25,000 check... 707 00:48:53,915 --> 00:48:57,250 ...deposited in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars... 708 00:48:57,251 --> 00:48:59,610 ...Mr. Bernard Barker. 709 00:49:01,422 --> 00:49:05,258 As you know, sir, the check has your name on it. 710 00:49:05,259 --> 00:49:06,885 We were doing a story on this... 711 00:49:06,886 --> 00:49:10,055 ...and I was wondering if you would care to comment or explain. 712 00:49:10,056 --> 00:49:13,767 Uh, I turn all my money over to the committee. 713 00:49:13,768 --> 00:49:16,520 What committee is that, sir? The Committee to Reelect? 714 00:49:16,521 --> 00:49:19,731 - Yes, yes. - And why would you do that? 715 00:49:19,732 --> 00:49:22,067 - That's it, he's done. - I raise a lot of money. 716 00:49:22,068 --> 00:49:25,487 I'm Midwest Finance chairman. 717 00:49:25,488 --> 00:49:28,308 For the Committee to Reelect? 718 00:49:28,407 --> 00:49:31,076 - Hello? - Yes, that's right. 719 00:49:31,077 --> 00:49:35,121 How do you think your check got into the bank account of the Watergate burglar? 720 00:49:35,122 --> 00:49:39,922 I'm a proper citizen. What I do is proper. 721 00:49:40,294 --> 00:49:44,548 - Oh, I understand. - I've just been through a terrible ordeal. 722 00:49:44,549 --> 00:49:47,759 - My neighbor's wife has been kidnapped. - Oh. 723 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,126 Well, how do you think your check got into Barker's account, though...? 724 00:50:25,006 --> 00:50:26,881 Committee to Reelect the President. 725 00:50:26,882 --> 00:50:28,466 Could I speak to Clark MacGregor? 726 00:50:28,467 --> 00:50:31,661 - One moment, I'll connect you. - Thank you. Thank you. 727 00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:34,014 MacGREGOR: Yes? - Mr. MacGregor? 728 00:50:34,015 --> 00:50:38,143 - Yes. - Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 729 00:50:38,144 --> 00:50:39,352 - Hello? - Yes? 730 00:50:39,353 --> 00:50:41,646 Uh, this is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 731 00:50:41,647 --> 00:50:42,856 Mm-hm. 732 00:50:42,857 --> 00:50:46,443 I just spoke to a Kenneth Dahlberg, who says he is Midwest Finance chairman. 733 00:50:46,444 --> 00:50:48,737 Yeah, I know Ken Dahlberg. 734 00:50:48,738 --> 00:50:50,905 Well, I can't seem to get an explanation... 735 00:50:50,906 --> 00:50:53,908 ...on why a check for $25,000 made out to Mr. Dahlberg... 736 00:50:53,909 --> 00:50:56,202 ...that he sent to the Committee to Reelect... 737 00:50:56,203 --> 00:50:58,872 ...would end up in the account of a Watergate burglar. 738 00:50:58,873 --> 00:51:00,332 I don't know. 739 00:51:00,333 --> 00:51:03,043 - But you're head of the committee. - I just came aboard. 740 00:51:03,044 --> 00:51:05,712 John Mitchell was head of the committee. He might know. 741 00:51:05,713 --> 00:51:08,381 - What would the explanation possibly...? - I don't know. 742 00:51:08,382 --> 00:51:10,216 You're implying that I should know. 743 00:51:10,217 --> 00:51:14,372 If you print that, our relationship will be terminated. 744 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,181 We don't have a relationship. 745 00:51:16,182 --> 00:51:19,184 The issues of the campaign are peace and prosperity... 746 00:51:19,185 --> 00:51:21,353 ...not a campaign check. 747 00:51:21,354 --> 00:51:22,854 - Bob. - Sir, no one is saying... 748 00:51:22,855 --> 00:51:24,898 - Bob. - This happened before I came aboard. 749 00:51:24,899 --> 00:51:28,234 - Mr. Dahlberg is on Line 2. - I'm running a campaign. 750 00:51:28,235 --> 00:51:32,447 We've raised $60 million, and you're asking about a $25,000 check. 751 00:51:32,448 --> 00:51:35,408 Mr. MacGregor, excuse me, could you hold one second, please? 752 00:51:35,409 --> 00:51:36,910 - All right. - Thank you. Yes? 753 00:51:36,911 --> 00:51:38,662 - Hello? - Mr. Dahlberg? 754 00:51:38,663 --> 00:51:40,914 - Yes. - Could you please hold one second, sir? 755 00:51:40,915 --> 00:51:42,582 - Yes. - Thank you. Mr. MacGregor? 756 00:51:42,583 --> 00:51:44,292 MacGREGOR: Yeah? - Can I call you right back? 757 00:51:44,293 --> 00:51:46,753 - Yeah, okay. - Thank you. Mr. Dahlberg. 758 00:51:46,754 --> 00:51:50,131 Yes. Uh, I'm sorry I hung up before. 759 00:51:50,132 --> 00:51:53,176 I wasn't sure you were a Washington Post reporter. 760 00:51:53,177 --> 00:51:56,846 I believe we were talking about a $25,000 check. 761 00:51:56,847 --> 00:52:01,017 Um.... Obviously, this is difficult for me. 762 00:52:01,018 --> 00:52:04,604 Uh, I'm caught in the middle of something... 763 00:52:04,605 --> 00:52:06,606 ...and I don't know what. 764 00:52:06,607 --> 00:52:09,567 - I don't... - What do you think it could be? 765 00:52:09,568 --> 00:52:13,780 - Well, I deal with a lot of important people. - People who work for the committee? 766 00:52:13,781 --> 00:52:15,448 - Hello? - For the committee. 767 00:52:15,449 --> 00:52:18,326 - The Committee to Reelect the President? - Yes. 768 00:52:18,327 --> 00:52:20,829 You see, I raised that money in cash... 769 00:52:20,830 --> 00:52:23,623 ...and I have a winter home in Florida. 770 00:52:23,624 --> 00:52:26,793 - Is that in Miami? - Boca Raton. 771 00:52:26,794 --> 00:52:29,796 And I didn't want to carry all that cash around. 772 00:52:29,797 --> 00:52:32,465 - Now, you can understand that. - Oh, of course I can. 773 00:52:32,466 --> 00:52:35,301 So I had it exchanged for the cashier's check. 774 00:52:35,302 --> 00:52:38,722 And how do you think it got into Barker's account? 775 00:52:38,723 --> 00:52:40,466 Uh.... 776 00:52:40,474 --> 00:52:44,988 I know I shouldn't be telling you this. Uh.... 777 00:52:45,855 --> 00:52:50,214 I gave it to Mr. Stans. 778 00:52:51,986 --> 00:52:53,903 I beg your pardon? 779 00:52:53,904 --> 00:52:57,657 - I gave it to Stans. - Maurice Stans? 780 00:52:57,658 --> 00:53:01,119 - The head of Finance for Nixon? - Yes, in Washington. 781 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:05,457 Now, what he did with it, I really do not know. 782 00:53:05,458 --> 00:53:09,294 I see. Were there any other checks that you might be aware of, that could've...? 783 00:53:09,295 --> 00:53:12,380 That's all I have to say. 784 00:53:12,381 --> 00:53:17,181 Mr. MacGregor... Mr. Dahlberg, I'm sorry. Thank you very much. 785 00:53:31,984 --> 00:53:35,195 Metro Desk. Yeah, he's here, hold on. 786 00:53:35,196 --> 00:53:36,362 - Bob. - Yeah? 787 00:53:36,363 --> 00:53:38,531 Carl Bernstein on Line 1. 788 00:53:38,532 --> 00:53:40,283 - One? - Yeah. 789 00:53:40,284 --> 00:53:43,161 - Yeah? - Woodward? I got a lead on Dahlberg. 790 00:53:43,162 --> 00:53:45,038 - I just... I got it. - What? 791 00:53:45,039 --> 00:53:48,333 I just talked to him. I just hung up. It goes all the way to Stans. 792 00:53:48,334 --> 00:53:50,210 - What? - It goes all the way to Stans. 793 00:53:50,211 --> 00:53:52,921 He gave the check to Stans for the Committee to Reelect. 794 00:53:52,922 --> 00:53:55,882 - Did he say that? - He said it. I've got it in my notes. 795 00:53:55,883 --> 00:53:57,884 - Jesus. - It's down on record, Bernstein. 796 00:53:57,885 --> 00:54:00,261 That money winds up in the account of a burglar? 797 00:54:00,262 --> 00:54:02,764 - Yes. Ha-ha-ha. - Fantastic. I'm coming home. 798 00:54:02,765 --> 00:54:04,560 Okay. 799 00:54:05,309 --> 00:54:08,812 ...catapulted the unknown senator from Missouri into national prominence... 800 00:54:08,813 --> 00:54:13,613 ...by naming Eagleton as his running mate. The move surprised the old pros... 801 00:54:13,859 --> 00:54:17,570 ...but it paid off in support for the Democratic ticket. 802 00:54:17,571 --> 00:54:20,615 What happened with that Taiwan thing you were telling us about? 803 00:54:20,616 --> 00:54:24,744 Japan is going to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize they're China. 804 00:54:24,745 --> 00:54:28,248 The irony, of course, that's a direct result of Nixon's visit to China. 805 00:54:28,249 --> 00:54:30,083 What did he say to him? 806 00:54:30,084 --> 00:54:32,126 That's a great parallel story... 807 00:54:32,127 --> 00:54:34,796 ...if you're going to do that piece on détente. 808 00:54:34,797 --> 00:54:39,342 Uh.... "Queen Elizabeth proclaims a state of emergency to deal with the dock strike." 809 00:54:39,343 --> 00:54:40,969 Bringing it off his boat. 810 00:54:43,013 --> 00:54:44,597 That could be a human-interest. 811 00:54:44,598 --> 00:54:46,808 Thirty-one days of rain in the Philippines... 812 00:54:46,809 --> 00:54:49,269 ...being blamed on the theft of a statue of Jesus. 813 00:54:49,270 --> 00:54:51,896 - We had one like that before. - Front-page article. 814 00:54:51,897 --> 00:54:54,357 - Absolutely not. - I'll put my best writer on that. 815 00:54:54,358 --> 00:54:55,775 What about the one in India months ago? 816 00:54:55,776 --> 00:54:56,943 Drop that. 817 00:54:56,944 --> 00:54:59,779 Laugh, gentlemen. It'll be the only story everyone reads. 818 00:54:59,780 --> 00:55:01,614 Okay. National? 819 00:55:01,615 --> 00:55:04,242 We have the Bremer diary, wished to kill Nixon. 820 00:55:04,243 --> 00:55:07,495 He took a car trip to New York, Ottawa and Washington to kill him. 821 00:55:07,496 --> 00:55:08,788 - Jesus Christ. - Yeah. 822 00:55:08,789 --> 00:55:11,749 We have the Senate approving the ABM Treaty. 823 00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:13,126 - Yeah, that's mine. - ABM. 824 00:55:13,127 --> 00:55:17,927 And, of course, we have McGovern offering the VP spot to everybody. 825 00:55:18,048 --> 00:55:19,507 - Yeah, that's news. - I have... 826 00:55:19,508 --> 00:55:22,427 Everybody's been offered it. I'll tell you what'll be news. 827 00:55:22,428 --> 00:55:24,400 When somebody accepts it. That'll be news. 828 00:55:25,514 --> 00:55:26,931 - Yeah. - Here is some great art. 829 00:55:26,932 --> 00:55:28,141 Yeah, big mistake. 830 00:55:28,142 --> 00:55:31,978 McGovern and Humphrey, breakfast, smiling their asses off. 831 00:55:31,979 --> 00:55:34,147 - Isn’t that great? - Oh, look at that. 832 00:55:34,148 --> 00:55:36,482 Humphrey said, "I am George's friend." 833 00:55:36,483 --> 00:55:38,192 Why is that man smiling? 834 00:55:38,193 --> 00:55:40,278 - "I am his friend." - Sounds friendly, huh? 835 00:55:40,279 --> 00:55:42,989 "I'll be helping him in ways he never dreamed possible." 836 00:55:42,990 --> 00:55:45,950 Breakfast followed by lunch. 837 00:55:45,951 --> 00:55:48,494 - Got a good picture? - Okay. Metro? 838 00:55:48,495 --> 00:55:50,997 Well, we got the schoolteachers on Capitol Hill. 839 00:55:50,998 --> 00:55:55,376 They want a 17% increase in pay, or this fall they go on strike. 840 00:55:55,377 --> 00:55:58,630 Harry, I think we could mention that this might be the time... 841 00:55:58,631 --> 00:56:01,591 ...to go to the front page on the District Home Rule. 842 00:56:01,592 --> 00:56:03,051 - Oh, come on. - Listen to him. 843 00:56:03,052 --> 00:56:06,512 Ben, this time it could go all the way. 844 00:56:06,513 --> 00:56:09,432 The House is gonna vote next week on a Senate resolution. 845 00:56:09,433 --> 00:56:11,476 When they pass it, we'll run with it. 846 00:56:11,477 --> 00:56:14,187 Okay, fellas, let's go around again now. Foreign? 847 00:56:14,188 --> 00:56:17,774 - Uh, Taiwan emergency, Philippines. - Okay, fine. National? 848 00:56:17,775 --> 00:56:21,194 The Eagleton follow-ups, McGovern not being able to get a replacement. 849 00:56:21,195 --> 00:56:23,613 He's offered it to Humphrey, Kennedy and Ribicoff. 850 00:56:23,614 --> 00:56:25,782 All turned him down. That's the Page 1 lead. 851 00:56:25,783 --> 00:56:28,743 You're ignoring the importance of the Dahlberg repercussions. 852 00:56:28,744 --> 00:56:31,037 Nobody cares about the Dahlberg repercussions. 853 00:56:31,038 --> 00:56:35,708 Our story got the General Accounting Office to start an audit with CREEP Finance. 854 00:56:35,709 --> 00:56:39,504 Yeah, we printed that, didn't we? When the audit's done, we'll print that too. 855 00:56:39,505 --> 00:56:41,381 Let me tell you what happened today. 856 00:56:41,382 --> 00:56:43,466 I was having lunch at the Sans Souci and... 857 00:56:43,467 --> 00:56:46,594 - Aww.... - How much this time? 858 00:56:46,595 --> 00:56:49,514 This White House guy, a good one, a pro, came up and asked: 859 00:56:49,515 --> 00:56:51,933 "What is this Watergate compulsion with you guys?" 860 00:56:51,934 --> 00:56:53,142 Compulsion? 861 00:56:53,143 --> 00:56:55,645 - I said... - This is a story. This is not compulsion. 862 00:56:55,646 --> 00:56:58,231 I said, "Well, we think it's important," and he said: 863 00:56:58,232 --> 00:56:59,941 "If it's so goddamn important... 864 00:56:59,942 --> 00:57:02,235 ...who in the hell are Woodward and Bernstein?" 865 00:57:02,236 --> 00:57:05,780 What do you expect from the White House? "You're doing a great job"? 866 00:57:05,781 --> 00:57:08,282 Now, why don't you ask him what he's really saying? 867 00:57:08,283 --> 00:57:10,743 He wants to take the story away from Woodstein... 868 00:57:10,744 --> 00:57:12,370 ...and give it to National Desk. 869 00:57:12,371 --> 00:57:14,414 I have experienced guys sitting around... 870 00:57:14,415 --> 00:57:16,749 ...who know the politicians, have the contacts. 871 00:57:16,750 --> 00:57:19,252 - We're aware of that. - You said it. Sitting around. 872 00:57:19,253 --> 00:57:23,965 Ben. It's a dangerous story for this paper. 873 00:57:23,966 --> 00:57:27,510 - What if your boys get it wrong? - Then it's our ass, isn't it? 874 00:57:27,511 --> 00:57:30,722 We all have to go out and work for a living. 875 00:57:30,723 --> 00:57:34,767 National gets eight columns. Nine for Foreign. 876 00:57:34,768 --> 00:57:37,603 Metro, 15. 877 00:57:37,604 --> 00:57:40,148 - That's it, fellas. - Okay. 878 00:57:40,149 --> 00:57:42,353 Could've been worse. 879 00:57:43,444 --> 00:57:46,931 Hey, Scott, I need to see you. 880 00:57:47,906 --> 00:57:49,115 How dangerous? 881 00:57:54,079 --> 00:57:57,957 Well, it's not just that we're using unnamed sources that bothers me... 882 00:57:57,958 --> 00:58:01,270 ...or that everything we print, the White House denies... 883 00:58:02,046 --> 00:58:05,506 ...or that almost no other papers are reprinting our stuff. 884 00:58:05,507 --> 00:58:07,133 What, then? 885 00:58:07,134 --> 00:58:09,635 Look, there are over 2000 reporters in this town... 886 00:58:09,636 --> 00:58:12,513 ...and there are five on Watergate? 887 00:58:12,514 --> 00:58:17,284 Where did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom? 888 00:58:17,352 --> 00:58:19,506 Why would the Republicans do it? 889 00:58:20,022 --> 00:58:21,647 McGovern is self-destructing... 890 00:58:21,648 --> 00:58:25,136 ...just like Humphrey, Muskie, the bunch of them. 891 00:58:26,487 --> 00:58:29,256 I don't believe the story. 892 00:58:29,448 --> 00:58:32,165 Doesn't make sense. 893 00:58:33,619 --> 00:58:35,661 Yeah, Bernstein. 894 00:58:35,662 --> 00:58:37,663 Now? All right. 895 00:58:37,664 --> 00:58:41,084 Woodward, Bradlee will see us now. Answer the phone for me. 896 00:58:41,085 --> 00:58:44,504 Are you trying to find the lowest possible common denominator? 897 00:58:44,505 --> 00:58:47,298 Is that your plan in the convention? 898 00:58:47,299 --> 00:58:49,342 Gonna give us something to do? 899 00:58:49,343 --> 00:58:54,143 - Bob, Frances is on the phone. - Tell her I'll call her back. 900 00:58:54,765 --> 00:58:57,278 All right, in this.... 901 00:58:59,019 --> 00:59:03,819 We have reports that Republican Les Aspin has informed the secretary of.... 902 00:59:04,024 --> 00:59:05,483 Ben, it's the hottest item. 903 00:59:05,484 --> 00:59:07,360 - It's in over 500 papers. - What is it? 904 00:59:07,361 --> 00:59:10,863 Yesterday's weather report for people who were drunk and slept all day. 905 00:59:10,864 --> 00:59:13,533 Send it to the San Francisco Chronicle. They need it. 906 00:59:13,534 --> 00:59:15,368 - How about the crossword puzzle? - No. 907 00:59:15,369 --> 00:59:18,871 - Anagrams? - No space. No space, Mickey. 908 00:59:18,872 --> 00:59:21,958 You guys, last thing you bought from me was the obituaries. 909 00:59:21,959 --> 00:59:25,586 - Make them buy something, will you? - All right. Hey, what do you guys want? 910 00:59:25,587 --> 00:59:28,714 The GAO reports are due out the morning of Nixon's renomination. 911 00:59:28,715 --> 00:59:30,550 Hey, sit down, sit down. 912 00:59:30,551 --> 00:59:33,386 Well, that's two weeks from now. 913 00:59:33,387 --> 00:59:35,638 Since they're only responsible to Congress... 914 00:59:35,639 --> 00:59:38,391 ...no way the White House can control the investigation. 915 00:59:38,392 --> 00:59:40,518 A source at General Accounting tells us... 916 00:59:40,519 --> 00:59:44,230 ...there's a whole rat's nest of illegal shit going on over at CREEP. 917 00:59:44,231 --> 00:59:46,107 - Like what? - Like a slush fund. 918 00:59:46,108 --> 00:59:48,901 Hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccounted-for cash. 919 00:59:48,902 --> 00:59:50,611 Hundreds of thousands of dollars? 920 00:59:50,612 --> 00:59:53,364 - Any comment from CREEP? - Yes, unavailable for comment. 921 00:59:53,365 --> 00:59:54,574 They're not talking. 922 00:59:54,575 --> 00:59:58,780 What else besides the money? Where's the goddamn story? 923 00:59:59,746 --> 01:00:02,498 - The money's the key to whatever this is. - Says who? 924 01:00:02,499 --> 01:00:03,749 - Deep Throat. - Who? 925 01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:07,336 Oh, that's Woodward's garage freak, his source in the executive. 926 01:00:07,337 --> 01:00:08,546 Garage freak? 927 01:00:08,547 --> 01:00:11,674 Jesus, what kind of a crazy fucking story is this? 928 01:00:11,675 --> 01:00:12,957 Who did you say? 929 01:00:15,554 --> 01:00:20,308 He's on deep background. I call him Deep Throat. 930 01:00:20,309 --> 01:00:24,103 Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing, Nixon's guaranteed the renomination... 931 01:00:24,104 --> 01:00:26,439 ...the Post is stuck with a story no one wants. 932 01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,525 It'll sink the goddamn paper. Everyone says, "Get off it, Ben." 933 01:00:29,526 --> 01:00:33,446 And I come on very sage and I say, "You'll see. You wait till this bottoms out." 934 01:00:33,447 --> 01:00:38,165 But the truth is, I can't figure out what we've got. 935 01:00:39,620 --> 01:00:41,120 What else are you working on? 936 01:00:41,121 --> 01:00:43,289 Well, we're after a list of CREEP employees. 937 01:00:43,290 --> 01:00:45,666 - Where is it? - It's classified. 938 01:00:45,667 --> 01:00:49,295 - Well, how you gonna get it? - We haven't had any luck yet. 939 01:00:49,296 --> 01:00:51,141 Get some. 940 01:00:55,844 --> 01:00:57,433 Anything else? 941 01:01:07,272 --> 01:01:09,939 You made a mistake in there. 942 01:01:12,819 --> 01:01:14,362 What? 943 01:01:14,363 --> 01:01:17,740 You said we haven't had any luck yet, that's the thing he jumps on. 944 01:01:17,741 --> 01:01:19,116 You can't talk about luck. 945 01:01:19,117 --> 01:01:22,656 If you can't talk in specifics, you shouldn't say anything. 946 01:01:28,001 --> 01:01:30,127 Is there any place you don't smoke? 947 01:01:32,881 --> 01:01:34,674 - What? - Hold it. Hold it. 948 01:01:34,675 --> 01:01:36,968 - What are you doing? - Kay Eddy. 949 01:01:36,969 --> 01:01:40,263 Doesn't she go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect? 950 01:01:40,264 --> 01:01:41,847 - Meet me at 4. - All right. 951 01:01:41,848 --> 01:01:43,474 - Eddy? Hey. - Just a second. 952 01:01:43,475 --> 01:01:46,811 - Kay, can...? - 757-6521. 953 01:01:46,812 --> 01:01:49,772 Okay, I'll get back to you on this. Thanks. 954 01:01:49,773 --> 01:01:54,184 Don't you go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect? 955 01:01:54,236 --> 01:01:56,362 - Not anymore. - You did go with him, though. 956 01:01:56,363 --> 01:01:59,156 - You were engaged to him, weren't you? - Yeah. 957 01:01:59,157 --> 01:02:01,464 You got out of it? 958 01:02:01,702 --> 01:02:04,036 - So? - You're looking better. 959 01:02:06,957 --> 01:02:09,208 We need a list of the people that work there. 960 01:02:09,209 --> 01:02:10,876 Do you think that...? 961 01:02:10,877 --> 01:02:13,963 - I can't do that. - Why not? 962 01:02:13,964 --> 01:02:15,214 That's personal. 963 01:02:15,215 --> 01:02:18,446 What do you mean? You said it was over. 964 01:02:20,554 --> 01:02:23,180 You're asking me to use a guy I care about. 965 01:02:23,181 --> 01:02:26,017 No, no, we're not asking you to use him, just to help us. 966 01:02:26,018 --> 01:02:28,561 - Well, sure you... - I mean, we'd do the same for you. 967 01:02:28,562 --> 01:02:30,896 My only chance of getting that is if I see him. 968 01:02:30,897 --> 01:02:33,858 - I don't wanna see him again. - Well, do you have to see him? 969 01:02:33,859 --> 01:02:36,360 - Sure, I have to. - Do you have to see him that way? 970 01:02:36,361 --> 01:02:37,862 Can't you just call him up... 971 01:02:37,863 --> 01:02:40,906 ...and say you wanna have a drink with him, just feel him out? 972 01:02:40,907 --> 01:02:45,342 You say the relationship is over. I mean, what the hell do you have to lose? 973 01:02:45,454 --> 01:02:47,453 Forget it. 974 01:02:47,539 --> 01:02:49,749 Don't do anything that would embarrass you... 975 01:02:49,750 --> 01:02:52,724 ...or that you don't feel right about. 976 01:02:53,003 --> 01:02:55,002 Forget it. 977 01:02:55,589 --> 01:02:57,434 Let's go. 978 01:03:03,180 --> 01:03:06,265 Don't let her get off like that. She was gonna say something. 979 01:03:06,266 --> 01:03:07,600 You're overdramatizing. 980 01:03:07,601 --> 01:03:10,144 - She was gonna give us what we wanted. - It was over. 981 01:03:10,145 --> 01:03:12,247 - What? - It was over. 982 01:03:16,943 --> 01:03:19,904 This looks like your story. Why don't you take a look at it? 983 01:03:19,905 --> 01:03:22,417 I'm gonna check this out. 984 01:03:25,786 --> 01:03:29,478 You're gonna get fat eating all those doughnuts. 985 01:03:56,483 --> 01:03:59,151 - Is this the whole list? - Look what it says. 986 01:03:59,152 --> 01:04:03,255 "Personnel, Committee to Reelect the President." 987 01:04:03,532 --> 01:04:04,740 This is alphabetical. 988 01:04:04,741 --> 01:04:07,785 You can't tell who works for who. 989 01:04:07,786 --> 01:04:09,578 Mitchell, Magruder, Stans. 990 01:04:09,579 --> 01:04:10,996 Here. John Mitchell. 991 01:04:10,997 --> 01:04:12,331 - What's the number? - 301. 992 01:04:12,332 --> 01:04:15,501 All right, find somebody who has a number close to it. 993 01:04:15,502 --> 01:04:18,696 - They probably work for him. Okay. - Here's a 303. 994 01:04:20,757 --> 01:04:24,218 Okay, we have to find out how the money got from Stans to the burglars. 995 01:04:24,219 --> 01:04:27,012 Somebody who worked in Finance. 996 01:04:27,013 --> 01:04:30,015 All right, here's the head of Finance. Maurice Stans, 269. 997 01:04:30,016 --> 01:04:33,978 If we can just get somebody who works under Stans. 998 01:04:33,979 --> 01:04:36,021 - Uh, Sloan? You need him? - He's the treasurer. 999 01:04:36,022 --> 01:04:38,107 - What's the number? - It's Hugh Sloan, 287. 1000 01:04:38,108 --> 01:04:40,158 Is there a secretary? 1001 01:04:41,153 --> 01:04:44,530 - Wait a minute. Manley, Manley, Manley. - Here it is. Irene Manley? 1002 01:04:44,531 --> 01:04:48,242 - Yeah. - 1406 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway. 1003 01:04:48,243 --> 01:04:50,369 - Hi, I'm Bob Woodward. - I'm Carl Bernstein. 1004 01:04:50,370 --> 01:04:53,497 We're from the Washington Post. We'd like to speak to you. 1005 01:04:53,498 --> 01:04:56,542 We understand your daughter works for the Committee to Reelect. 1006 01:04:56,543 --> 01:04:59,670 - Wouldn't be anything embarrassing. - Would you object to just...? 1007 01:04:59,671 --> 01:05:01,260 Forget it. 1008 01:05:01,965 --> 01:05:03,174 Yes? Hi. CARL: Hi. 1009 01:05:03,175 --> 01:05:04,717 - Miss Milland? Betty Milland? - Mm-hm. 1010 01:05:04,718 --> 01:05:06,677 - I'm Bob Woodward. - Carl Bernstein. 1011 01:05:06,678 --> 01:05:08,304 We're from the Washington Post. 1012 01:05:08,305 --> 01:05:11,485 I know you're trying to do your job. I mean.... 1013 01:05:11,600 --> 01:05:13,893 You don't understand the pressure we're under. 1014 01:05:13,894 --> 01:05:17,062 - If we could come in for a couple seconds... - No, I really don't... 1015 01:05:17,063 --> 01:05:18,272 We don't wanna come in. 1016 01:05:18,273 --> 01:05:22,443 We understand there was some documents that were shredded at the committee. 1017 01:05:22,444 --> 01:05:24,195 Well, there, uh.... 1018 01:05:24,196 --> 01:05:26,655 There's often shredding. I mean, we do that a lot. 1019 01:05:26,656 --> 01:05:28,532 Were you there during the shredding? 1020 01:05:28,533 --> 01:05:29,950 - Yes, I was. - I see. 1021 01:05:29,951 --> 01:05:33,621 Were there any department heads from the committee who were also present? 1022 01:05:33,622 --> 01:05:36,665 Uh, yes. Mr. Mitchell came in one night. 1023 01:05:36,666 --> 01:05:37,875 - John Mitchell? - Yes. 1024 01:05:37,876 --> 01:05:39,251 - The attorney general? - Uh-huh. 1025 01:05:39,252 --> 01:05:42,087 He was carrying a raincoat over his head. 1026 01:05:42,088 --> 01:05:44,089 You know, because he was... I thought he was gonna go: 1027 01:05:44,090 --> 01:05:45,549 Woo-hoo. Woo-hoo. 1028 01:05:45,550 --> 01:05:48,177 - But, uh, I... - Did he supervise the shredding? 1029 01:05:48,178 --> 01:05:50,429 Uh, I just... Can I not answer any more questions? 1030 01:05:50,430 --> 01:05:53,516 I'd just as soon not.... Okay? Maybe I could call you. 1031 01:05:53,517 --> 01:05:56,901 - It's... - Are you being told not to talk? 1032 01:05:57,020 --> 01:06:00,689 - Will you call us? - I don't know. 1033 01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:02,024 I'll try. 1034 01:06:02,025 --> 01:06:04,527 What about that shredding right after the break-in? 1035 01:06:04,528 --> 01:06:06,695 We need to know the papers in the shredding. 1036 01:06:06,696 --> 01:06:10,449 You have some idea what's in the papers when the attorney general comes in... 1037 01:06:10,450 --> 01:06:13,577 ...it's at the committee, and he's got a raincoat over his head. 1038 01:06:13,578 --> 01:06:16,413 It could be raining. Let me go through the story again. 1039 01:06:16,414 --> 01:06:18,832 You got a woman who's frightened. Works for CREEP. 1040 01:06:18,833 --> 01:06:21,961 She said there's shredding. We don't know what's in the papers. 1041 01:06:21,962 --> 01:06:25,631 We know the former attorney general comes in with an overcoat over his head. 1042 01:06:25,632 --> 01:06:29,385 Could be raining. There's a lawyer present. We don't know what he asked them. 1043 01:06:29,386 --> 01:06:31,387 Will you tell me where there's a story? 1044 01:06:31,388 --> 01:06:34,557 In the fact that the interview did not take place in her home... 1045 01:06:34,558 --> 01:06:36,475 ...but in the office of the committee. 1046 01:06:36,476 --> 01:06:40,312 - How is there a story in that? - Because there's a lawyer in the office. 1047 01:06:40,313 --> 01:06:42,773 - You're more resistant than she is. - That's right. 1048 01:06:42,774 --> 01:06:45,442 - Why? - Because there's not enough fact. 1049 01:06:45,443 --> 01:06:49,819 Well, then let's just turn around and go back and question her again. 1050 01:06:50,615 --> 01:06:53,659 - This won't take long at all. We just... - Please go away, okay? 1051 01:06:53,660 --> 01:06:56,579 Will you please leave before they see you? 1052 01:06:56,580 --> 01:06:59,707 - Who did you mean by...? - What do you mean, "they"? 1053 01:06:59,708 --> 01:07:01,458 Could you give us their names? 1054 01:07:01,459 --> 01:07:05,879 We haven't revealed the sources of the people that have talked to us. 1055 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:10,680 - I really can't talk about this because... - Would they be members of the committee? 1056 01:07:13,179 --> 01:07:15,180 Someone got to that woman. 1057 01:07:15,181 --> 01:07:16,974 It's the key to the whole cover-up. 1058 01:07:16,975 --> 01:07:20,185 How can you write there's a cover-up? We don't know that there is. 1059 01:07:20,186 --> 01:07:24,986 Then I don't know what the hell you need. So you tell me what you need. 1060 01:07:25,066 --> 01:07:28,360 I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same. 1061 01:07:28,361 --> 01:07:31,030 - If you get in a car and there's music... - I'm in a car. 1062 01:07:31,031 --> 01:07:33,490 There's music playing in the car... Hypothetically. 1063 01:07:33,491 --> 01:07:36,535 There's music playing for 10 minutes and there's no commercial. 1064 01:07:36,536 --> 01:07:38,120 What can you deduce from that? 1065 01:07:38,121 --> 01:07:39,455 - Is it AM or FM? - Come on. 1066 01:07:39,456 --> 01:07:40,706 Is it AM or FM? 1067 01:07:40,707 --> 01:07:44,918 A guy can come up to me on the street, and he can ask me an address. 1068 01:07:44,919 --> 01:07:47,880 Now, is the man interrogating me, or is he lost? 1069 01:07:47,881 --> 01:07:49,548 What kind of a story do I write? 1070 01:07:49,549 --> 01:07:51,759 What kind of a deduction do I make from that? 1071 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:54,928 You don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us? 1072 01:07:54,929 --> 01:07:58,160 I don't have enough gut feeling. I wish I did. 1073 01:07:58,558 --> 01:08:01,635 We're from the Washington Post. 1074 01:08:02,312 --> 01:08:04,500 Ammons, Irene Ammons. Did we see her? 1075 01:08:05,231 --> 01:08:10,031 Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts. 1076 01:08:16,785 --> 01:08:19,453 Is there something that strikes you as odd about this? 1077 01:08:19,454 --> 01:08:21,372 - What? - It's like there's a pattern... 1078 01:08:21,373 --> 01:08:24,667 ...to the way they're not talking, the way they say no all the time. 1079 01:08:24,668 --> 01:08:26,154 I think it's odd. 1080 01:08:26,252 --> 01:08:27,961 - Mrs. Hambling? - Yes. 1081 01:08:27,962 --> 01:08:32,716 - Hi, we're from the Washington Post. - I'm Carl Bernstein, this is Bob Woodward. 1082 01:08:32,717 --> 01:08:35,761 A friend of the committee said that we could contact you. 1083 01:08:35,762 --> 01:08:37,971 - Who was it? - We can't reveal that. 1084 01:08:37,972 --> 01:08:40,432 You can talk to us. We don't reveal our sources. 1085 01:08:40,433 --> 01:08:42,935 You people. 1086 01:08:42,936 --> 01:08:46,897 You think you can come into my home, ask a few questions... 1087 01:08:46,898 --> 01:08:51,698 ...have me destroy the reputations of men that I work for and respect? 1088 01:08:53,071 --> 01:08:55,447 Do you understand loyalty? 1089 01:08:55,448 --> 01:08:58,525 Have you ever heard of loyalty? 1090 01:08:58,576 --> 01:09:00,369 - Hi. - Yes? 1091 01:09:00,370 --> 01:09:02,121 - I'm Bob Woodward. - Carl Bernstein. 1092 01:09:02,122 --> 01:09:04,707 - We're from the Washington Post. - Yes. 1093 01:09:04,708 --> 01:09:08,460 I've read what you've written. I wanna thank you. 1094 01:09:08,461 --> 01:09:11,964 I've been a Republican all my life, but this goes beyond party politics. 1095 01:09:11,965 --> 01:09:14,591 Would you mind if we asked you a few questions? 1096 01:09:14,592 --> 01:09:17,259 No, no. Come in. Would you like coffee? 1097 01:09:18,096 --> 01:09:19,680 Sure. 1098 01:09:19,681 --> 01:09:22,599 What they've done is a threat to the Constitution. 1099 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,893 It goes against everything we stand for. 1100 01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:28,063 Could you be a little bit more specific than that? 1101 01:09:28,064 --> 01:09:30,858 I'm afraid your articles have just scratched the surface. 1102 01:09:30,859 --> 01:09:33,652 You don't mind if I just take a few notes, do you? 1103 01:09:33,653 --> 01:09:35,448 No. 1104 01:09:35,822 --> 01:09:38,532 How long have you worked at the committee? 1105 01:09:38,533 --> 01:09:39,742 Committee? 1106 01:09:39,743 --> 01:09:44,204 Yes, the Committee to Reelect the President. 1107 01:09:44,205 --> 01:09:48,167 Oh. Oh, no, I don't work at the Committee to Reelect the President. 1108 01:09:48,168 --> 01:09:52,968 I work at Garfinckel's, in the Accounting Department. 1109 01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:59,219 - Miss Abbott? - Yes. 1110 01:09:59,220 --> 01:10:01,425 Judith Abbott? 1111 01:10:03,099 --> 01:10:06,073 Carolyn Abbott. 1112 01:10:07,645 --> 01:10:10,465 We're just doing something wrong. 1113 01:10:12,692 --> 01:10:15,611 - It's never been there. - No. 1114 01:10:15,612 --> 01:10:18,227 We're doing something wrong. 1115 01:10:18,364 --> 01:10:20,866 It's just not good enough. 1116 01:10:20,867 --> 01:10:24,369 How can you keep going at something past the point when you'd believe it? 1117 01:10:24,370 --> 01:10:26,831 Just have to start all over again. 1118 01:10:32,212 --> 01:10:35,172 Nasemith, Narrow, Ness... 1119 01:10:35,173 --> 01:10:37,508 ...Nickels, Nixon... 1120 01:10:37,509 --> 01:10:39,551 Ed Nixon. 1121 01:10:39,552 --> 01:10:42,638 Jolson, Jones... 1122 01:10:42,639 --> 01:10:44,807 ...Jordan, Jost. 1123 01:10:44,808 --> 01:10:48,227 If we could only get somebody that worked for Finance to talk. 1124 01:10:48,228 --> 01:10:50,145 - What about the bookkeeper? - Which? 1125 01:10:50,146 --> 01:10:52,439 The bookkeeper that worked for both Slans and... 1126 01:10:52,440 --> 01:10:54,441 - Oh, you're all right. - Sloan and Stans. 1127 01:10:54,442 --> 01:10:57,402 I've been there. I've called her twice. There's no answer. 1128 01:10:57,403 --> 01:11:00,113 I say we should start again. 1129 01:11:00,114 --> 01:11:04,409 Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts... 1130 01:11:04,410 --> 01:11:07,329 ...Aldus, Alessandro.... 1131 01:11:07,330 --> 01:11:10,916 Eulosky, Clan, Constell.... 1132 01:11:10,917 --> 01:11:15,212 Boyle, Brenner, Bromley, Jost.... 1133 01:11:15,213 --> 01:11:19,508 Nasemith, Narrow, Ness, Nickels.... 1134 01:11:19,509 --> 01:11:23,098 Teeny, Sandstrom.... 1135 01:11:23,847 --> 01:11:27,057 Skroes, Skully... 1136 01:11:27,058 --> 01:11:30,135 Skully. We've been there twice. 1137 01:11:30,645 --> 01:11:34,940 All right, Wilcox, Winthrow, Windsor, Worts.... 1138 01:11:34,941 --> 01:11:38,110 Two weeks work, half the names crossed off and what have you got? 1139 01:11:38,111 --> 01:11:39,862 People aren't talking, Harry. 1140 01:11:39,863 --> 01:11:42,698 And it's the way they're not talking that's unnatural. 1141 01:11:42,699 --> 01:11:46,118 We've been up all night. We went over all the quotes of the people... 1142 01:11:46,119 --> 01:11:48,620 It's like they're getting instructions. It's pat. 1143 01:11:48,621 --> 01:11:51,081 You wanna hear some real news? 1144 01:11:51,082 --> 01:11:53,500 That GAO report in which you placed so much faith? 1145 01:11:53,501 --> 01:11:56,169 It's been postponed till after tonight's renomination. 1146 01:11:56,170 --> 01:11:58,797 - What do you mean? - Hughes got a call from Stans. 1147 01:11:58,798 --> 01:12:01,633 Says he has new information, not to republish without it. 1148 01:12:01,634 --> 01:12:04,469 They're gonna bury the report till after the renomination. 1149 01:12:04,470 --> 01:12:06,138 The indictment will be out soon. 1150 01:12:06,139 --> 01:12:10,559 Every indication says the indictment will stop at the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy. 1151 01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:13,586 And that's the end of your story. 1152 01:12:17,483 --> 01:12:22,283 The vote of all the delegates has been recorded. 1153 01:12:23,114 --> 01:12:27,832 The vote for Richard Nixon... 1154 01:12:28,244 --> 01:12:32,399 ...is 1347. 1155 01:12:32,874 --> 01:12:37,674 The vote for Paul McCloskey is 1. 1156 01:12:39,464 --> 01:12:44,264 And therefore I declare the nominee of the Republican Party... 1157 01:12:45,094 --> 01:12:48,472 ...for president of the United States... 1158 01:12:48,473 --> 01:12:51,099 ...President Richard Nixon. 1159 01:12:56,189 --> 01:13:00,989 Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! 1160 01:13:17,877 --> 01:13:22,677 The president and the future president of the United States of America. 1161 01:13:24,550 --> 01:13:26,885 Wonderful young faces I see out here. 1162 01:13:26,886 --> 01:13:31,431 Your enthusiasm, your idealism, your hard work. 1163 01:13:31,432 --> 01:13:34,059 This is your first vote... 1164 01:13:34,060 --> 01:13:37,771 ...and years from now, I just hope you can all look back... 1165 01:13:37,772 --> 01:13:40,816 ...and say it was one of your best votes. Thank you. 1166 01:13:43,111 --> 01:13:47,911 Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! 1167 01:14:05,758 --> 01:14:08,093 Hi, I'm Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post. 1168 01:14:08,094 --> 01:14:10,637 I just wanna ask you a couple of questions. 1169 01:14:10,638 --> 01:14:13,223 Well, you don't want me, you want my sister. 1170 01:14:13,224 --> 01:14:15,600 It's for you. It's Carl Bernstein. 1171 01:14:15,601 --> 01:14:17,728 He's the guy from the Post. Get rid of him. 1172 01:14:17,729 --> 01:14:20,147 Could I just borrow one of your cigarettes there? 1173 01:14:20,148 --> 01:14:21,891 Sure. 1174 01:14:22,608 --> 01:14:27,320 - You've really gotta go. - Sure. Could I just get a match? 1175 01:14:27,321 --> 01:14:28,947 I understand your being afraid. 1176 01:14:28,948 --> 01:14:30,782 There's a lot of people like you... 1177 01:14:30,783 --> 01:14:34,786 ...who wanted to tell the truth, but some people wouldn't listen. 1178 01:14:34,787 --> 01:14:38,290 Certain people have gone back to the prosecutors and the FBI... 1179 01:14:38,291 --> 01:14:41,367 ...to give information which they were never asked. 1180 01:14:42,754 --> 01:14:46,631 You were Hugh Sloan's bookkeeper when he worked for Maurice Stans up at Finance. 1181 01:14:46,632 --> 01:14:50,427 We were just wondering if you were promoted... 1182 01:14:50,428 --> 01:14:53,346 ...to work for Mr. Stans immediately after Mr. Sloan quit... 1183 01:14:53,347 --> 01:14:57,450 ...or whether there was some time lapse. 1184 01:14:59,729 --> 01:15:04,140 I never worked for Sloan or Stans. 1185 01:15:04,734 --> 01:15:08,236 Uh, can I get you some coffee or something? 1186 01:15:08,237 --> 01:15:10,596 Yeah, thanks very much. 1187 01:15:14,285 --> 01:15:16,387 Door sticks. 1188 01:15:18,331 --> 01:15:23,131 Uh, could I just sit down for a second? 1189 01:15:24,879 --> 01:15:28,931 Sure, you can sit down, but I'm not going to tell you anything. 1190 01:15:29,842 --> 01:15:31,585 Okay. 1191 01:15:52,532 --> 01:15:55,659 I was just curious why you lied just then. 1192 01:15:55,660 --> 01:15:58,381 Have you been threatened if you tell the truth? 1193 01:15:59,747 --> 01:16:01,593 No. 1194 01:16:02,041 --> 01:16:03,630 Never in so many words. 1195 01:16:04,377 --> 01:16:06,378 - How do you like it? - Just milk, thanks. 1196 01:16:06,379 --> 01:16:08,130 Okay, I'll just get the milk. 1197 01:16:08,131 --> 01:16:12,134 Um, I saw in the wires that Mrs. Stans was in the hospital. 1198 01:16:12,135 --> 01:16:13,467 Is she feeling better? 1199 01:16:19,142 --> 01:16:21,893 The GAO, the General Accounting report... 1200 01:16:21,894 --> 01:16:24,729 ...said that there was $350,000... 1201 01:16:24,730 --> 01:16:28,900 ...in the safe of the Committee to Reelect the President. 1202 01:16:28,901 --> 01:16:33,004 Were you aware that it was that kind of funds from the very beginning? 1203 01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:40,787 A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot. 1204 01:16:40,788 --> 01:16:45,588 - Was it all in $100 bills? - A lot of it was. 1205 01:16:45,877 --> 01:16:48,587 I thought it was an all-purpose political fund... 1206 01:16:48,588 --> 01:16:51,798 ...you know, for taking fat cats to dinner, things like that. 1207 01:16:51,799 --> 01:16:54,299 Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for dinners? 1208 01:16:56,429 --> 01:16:59,249 How was it paid out? 1209 01:17:02,727 --> 01:17:05,701 Not in one big chunk. 1210 01:17:06,272 --> 01:17:08,356 There was a list of 15 names... 1211 01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:12,068 ...and the amount of money given to each person next to the name. 1212 01:17:12,069 --> 01:17:14,889 What happened to the list? 1213 01:17:15,948 --> 01:17:17,741 It was destroyed. 1214 01:17:17,742 --> 01:17:20,049 It was the only record. 1215 01:17:20,494 --> 01:17:24,247 This... Don't pay any attention to this. This is just for my memory. 1216 01:17:24,248 --> 01:17:26,196 Hate the.... 1217 01:17:26,459 --> 01:17:29,741 I have a very bad memory. 1218 01:17:29,962 --> 01:17:31,671 You won't be quoted by name. 1219 01:17:31,672 --> 01:17:35,050 In fact, we get confirmations before we print anything. 1220 01:17:35,051 --> 01:17:39,851 I can't be positive that that money was used for the break-in, you understand? 1221 01:17:39,931 --> 01:17:41,640 Yes, I do. 1222 01:17:41,641 --> 01:17:46,410 - But people sure are worried. - Which people? 1223 01:17:51,400 --> 01:17:55,445 Think you could help me with the disbursement of money... 1224 01:17:55,446 --> 01:17:58,240 ...in terms of the number of people that were involved? 1225 01:17:58,241 --> 01:18:00,138 How many? 1226 01:18:01,911 --> 01:18:04,579 A group of them. About five. I don't know their names. 1227 01:18:04,580 --> 01:18:09,145 Would Mr. Sloan know? 1228 01:18:10,836 --> 01:18:12,170 Here you are. 1229 01:18:12,171 --> 01:18:16,971 - Would he have any...? - I don't wanna say anymore, okay? 1230 01:18:22,932 --> 01:18:27,732 Um, I won't be much longer. 1231 01:18:28,729 --> 01:18:33,529 I wonder if you could just help me a little bit about the money. 1232 01:18:33,776 --> 01:18:37,161 We hear all kinds of figures. 1233 01:18:39,699 --> 01:18:43,410 - There was so much of it. - How much is "so much"? 1234 01:18:43,411 --> 01:18:47,956 In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in. 1235 01:18:47,957 --> 01:18:50,625 - Six. - Six million, cash. 1236 01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:52,421 Mm-hm. 1237 01:18:52,753 --> 01:18:55,984 - We didn't know where to put it all. - Heh. 1238 01:18:56,173 --> 01:18:57,590 I thought it was all legal. 1239 01:18:57,591 --> 01:19:00,552 I mean, I guess I did until after the break-in... 1240 01:19:00,553 --> 01:19:02,846 ...when I remembered Gordon got so much of it. 1241 01:19:02,847 --> 01:19:07,206 - This is Mr. Liddy? - It's all so rotten. 1242 01:19:07,226 --> 01:19:09,687 It's getting worse. 1243 01:19:09,895 --> 01:19:12,981 And the only one I care about is Hugh Sloan. 1244 01:19:12,982 --> 01:19:17,569 His wife was going to leave him if he didn't stand up and do what was right. 1245 01:19:17,570 --> 01:19:19,005 So he quit. 1246 01:19:20,448 --> 01:19:22,447 I was wondering... 1247 01:19:23,868 --> 01:19:28,668 ...if Hugh Sloan was being set up now as a fall guy for John Mitchell. 1248 01:19:29,999 --> 01:19:31,742 What do you think? 1249 01:19:39,300 --> 01:19:44,100 If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful. 1250 01:19:51,228 --> 01:19:52,613 Coffee's cold. 1251 01:19:54,648 --> 01:19:57,109 Is there any evidence... 1252 01:19:57,610 --> 01:20:01,815 ...that any of Mr. Mitchell's assistants... 1253 01:20:02,156 --> 01:20:03,643 ...were part of this? 1254 01:20:04,075 --> 01:20:08,286 I had all the evidence. It was destroyed. I don't know who destroyed it. 1255 01:20:08,287 --> 01:20:11,498 - I think Gordon did a lot of shredding. - Hard evidence? 1256 01:20:11,499 --> 01:20:15,752 Well, I can't say that it would positively prove that they planned the break-in... 1257 01:20:15,753 --> 01:20:17,962 ...but it would come pretty close. 1258 01:20:17,963 --> 01:20:22,763 Can you tell me anything, anything, about who got the money? 1259 01:20:23,052 --> 01:20:27,852 We have had some help on this from a couple sources... 1260 01:20:28,808 --> 01:20:32,090 ...and this is a way of confirming it. 1261 01:20:34,939 --> 01:20:39,275 I don't want you to feel you're in a position where you have to disclose names. 1262 01:20:39,276 --> 01:20:42,237 You know, I can just ask you initials... 1263 01:20:42,238 --> 01:20:46,282 ...and then that way you're not divulging any information. 1264 01:20:46,283 --> 01:20:49,786 We have some idea. Would that be all right? 1265 01:20:54,041 --> 01:20:56,451 Was there an M? 1266 01:20:58,838 --> 01:21:00,888 Can you just nod either way? 1267 01:21:02,258 --> 01:21:04,770 Did it go that high up? 1268 01:21:08,139 --> 01:21:09,984 L? Hm. 1269 01:21:11,434 --> 01:21:13,143 I don't wanna say any more, okay? 1270 01:21:13,144 --> 01:21:16,312 I'm sorry, you said L or...? 1271 01:21:16,313 --> 01:21:20,775 I get confused. Could we just go back for a second? 1272 01:21:20,776 --> 01:21:23,069 In one six-day period, over $6 million came in. 1273 01:21:23,070 --> 01:21:25,530 Wouldn't believe what was going on in that woman. 1274 01:21:25,531 --> 01:21:29,200 Stuff was ready to pour out of her. I'm pouring down coffee to get it out... 1275 01:21:29,201 --> 01:21:30,660 ...before she throws me out. 1276 01:21:30,661 --> 01:21:32,912 - Give me your notes so... - These are the notes. 1277 01:21:32,913 --> 01:21:35,081 - These? - I got stuff on napkins, matchbooks. 1278 01:21:35,082 --> 01:21:37,792 I'm writing in the bathroom while she's getting coffee. 1279 01:21:37,793 --> 01:21:39,127 You're crazy. How am I...? 1280 01:21:39,128 --> 01:21:42,297 You'd be crazy too if you were operating on 20 cups of coffee. 1281 01:21:42,298 --> 01:21:46,301 - Give me something I can get down. - I got it. I got it all. Okay. Write. 1282 01:21:46,302 --> 01:21:49,554 - Mitchell was in control. - Wait a minute. 1283 01:21:49,555 --> 01:21:52,015 - There were men working under Mitchell. - How many? 1284 01:21:52,016 --> 01:21:55,894 I don't know, but the men under Mitchell received the money from the slush fund. 1285 01:21:55,895 --> 01:21:59,230 - Do we know how much money? - Yeah, hundreds of thousands of dollars. 1286 01:21:59,231 --> 01:22:02,150 And these men are the key to what that money was used for. 1287 01:22:02,151 --> 01:22:03,651 Boy, that woman was paranoid. 1288 01:22:03,652 --> 01:22:06,738 At one point, I suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes... 1289 01:22:06,739 --> 01:22:08,698 ...and her paranoia finally got to me. 1290 01:22:08,699 --> 01:22:12,327 I thought what we had was so hot that CBS or NBC were gonna take the story. 1291 01:22:12,328 --> 01:22:13,536 You're both paranoid. 1292 01:22:13,537 --> 01:22:16,414 She's afraid of Mitchell, you're afraid of Walter Cronkite. 1293 01:22:16,415 --> 01:22:19,082 - Can we go back to what she said? - Yeah. 1294 01:22:20,002 --> 01:22:23,437 Here. L, P and M. 1295 01:22:23,714 --> 01:22:25,256 - What do you mean? - L, P and M. 1296 01:22:25,257 --> 01:22:27,258 - She'd only give me initials. - Initials? 1297 01:22:27,259 --> 01:22:30,762 Yeah, the initials of the men that worked under Mitchell: L, P and M. 1298 01:22:30,763 --> 01:22:32,931 You couldn't get the names? 1299 01:22:34,308 --> 01:22:37,435 If I could've, I would've. I'm trying to get anything I can. 1300 01:22:37,436 --> 01:22:39,812 She said L, P and M... That's all she'd give me. 1301 01:22:39,813 --> 01:22:41,940 ...are the people who worked under Mitchell. 1302 01:22:41,941 --> 01:22:44,651 She said something about Mitchell. She hates him. 1303 01:22:44,652 --> 01:22:46,361 - She said that? - Here. She said: 1304 01:22:46,362 --> 01:22:49,447 "If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful." 1305 01:22:49,448 --> 01:22:51,115 What are you writing about Sloan? 1306 01:22:51,116 --> 01:22:53,701 - "Sloan was the treasurer." - His wife did what? 1307 01:22:53,702 --> 01:22:57,622 "His wife is pregnant and made Sloan quit. He no longer wanted to be part of it." 1308 01:22:57,623 --> 01:22:58,957 We've gotta go see Sloan. 1309 01:22:58,958 --> 01:23:00,833 - Okay, make a note of it. - All right. 1310 01:23:00,834 --> 01:23:03,336 So, what have we got? Where's that matchbook? Here. 1311 01:23:03,337 --> 01:23:05,588 - L, P and M. - Okay, L, P and M. 1312 01:23:05,589 --> 01:23:08,466 - L could be LaRue. It could be Liddy. - L is Liddy. 1313 01:23:08,467 --> 01:23:10,635 - How do we know that? - Because she said it. 1314 01:23:10,636 --> 01:23:13,221 Right here, she said, "At the time of the break-in... 1315 01:23:13,222 --> 01:23:16,266 ...there was so much money that I know Gordon got part of it." 1316 01:23:16,267 --> 01:23:19,227 I said, "You mean Gordon Liddy?" She said yes. So L is Liddy. 1317 01:23:19,228 --> 01:23:20,979 - Right. - Okay, that leaves P and M. 1318 01:23:20,980 --> 01:23:23,648 P could be Parkinson. 1319 01:23:23,649 --> 01:23:26,317 It could be Porter. It could be... 1320 01:23:26,318 --> 01:23:29,779 Wait a minute. There was a guy. There was a guy we talked to last week. 1321 01:23:29,780 --> 01:23:33,283 Didn't he say there was a Bart Porter who was a member of the committee? 1322 01:23:33,284 --> 01:23:37,036 - Porter was called before the grand jury. - So P is definitely Porter. 1323 01:23:37,037 --> 01:23:38,496 P could be Porter. 1324 01:23:38,497 --> 01:23:42,000 P is Porter, L is Liddy. That leaves.... All that leaves is M. 1325 01:23:42,001 --> 01:23:44,794 M could be McCord. That's out. 1326 01:23:44,795 --> 01:23:47,755 It could be Mardian. 1327 01:23:47,756 --> 01:23:49,757 It could be... 1328 01:23:49,758 --> 01:23:51,634 - ...Magruder. - I think it's Magruder. 1329 01:23:51,635 --> 01:23:54,470 - I think it's Magruder too. - Why do you think it is? 1330 01:23:54,471 --> 01:23:57,015 He was second in command under Mitchell. Why do you? 1331 01:23:57,016 --> 01:24:01,144 Because at one time, he was the temporary head of the committee, before Mitchell. 1332 01:24:01,145 --> 01:24:05,148 I don't want a cookie. We've gotta get that bookkeeper to say it was Magruder. 1333 01:24:05,149 --> 01:24:09,152 - Never get her to say anything but "M." - We gotta go back and get her to say it. 1334 01:24:09,153 --> 01:24:12,405 If we can make names of the initials... 1335 01:24:12,406 --> 01:24:14,991 ...we'll know the people who paid off the burglars. 1336 01:24:14,992 --> 01:24:17,914 We'll at least know who got the money. 1337 01:24:19,038 --> 01:24:22,165 The indictments that came down from the grand jury today... 1338 01:24:22,166 --> 01:24:26,878 ...stop with the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy. 1339 01:24:26,879 --> 01:24:30,965 Carl, we have got to go back there and get that bookkeeper to say who the names are. 1340 01:24:30,966 --> 01:24:32,592 She ain't gonna give it to you. 1341 01:24:32,593 --> 01:24:35,219 - I was with the woman for six hours. - We gotta try. 1342 01:24:35,220 --> 01:24:37,388 Then you have to trick her, threaten her. 1343 01:24:37,389 --> 01:24:40,722 - Wait, you know what we could do? - What? 1344 01:24:43,228 --> 01:24:46,105 - Listen, we go back there... - Yeah. 1345 01:24:46,106 --> 01:24:47,899 ...and you ask her who P is. 1346 01:24:47,900 --> 01:24:49,150 - Yeah. - And then I say: 1347 01:24:49,151 --> 01:24:51,694 "No, no, no, we know P is Porter." I just bury it. 1348 01:24:51,695 --> 01:24:54,280 - Wait a minute. I say to her, "Who is P?" - Right. 1349 01:24:54,281 --> 01:24:57,241 - Then you say to me... - I say, "No, we know P is Porter." 1350 01:24:57,242 --> 01:24:59,077 - You try to fake her out? - Right. 1351 01:24:59,078 --> 01:25:00,912 And what if she denies it? 1352 01:25:00,913 --> 01:25:02,246 - We're screwed. - So? 1353 01:25:02,247 --> 01:25:07,047 - But if she doesn't, we know P is Porter. - Try it. 1354 01:25:15,636 --> 01:25:19,097 - Hi. - They'll see you. 1355 01:25:19,098 --> 01:25:21,599 Not if you let us in, they won't. 1356 01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:24,435 - I'm Bob Woodward. - They'll see your car. 1357 01:25:24,436 --> 01:25:27,438 We parked around the corner. 1358 01:25:27,439 --> 01:25:30,316 You have answers for everything, don't you? 1359 01:25:30,317 --> 01:25:33,445 If we did, we wouldn't be here. 1360 01:25:34,947 --> 01:25:36,322 You wrote what I told you. 1361 01:25:36,323 --> 01:25:38,449 No, not your name. No one knows it was you. 1362 01:25:38,450 --> 01:25:43,250 Could you tell us who got the money? And how much? 1363 01:25:43,622 --> 01:25:47,208 You mean like, "What did you do with the 25 grand, lady?" 1364 01:25:47,209 --> 01:25:48,952 What? 1365 01:25:49,211 --> 01:25:53,297 Little jokes they're making down at Finance these days. 1366 01:25:53,298 --> 01:25:56,509 If people are to be convinced that Stans and Sloan are innocent... 1367 01:25:56,510 --> 01:25:59,554 ...then our reporting must be precise, and you can help us. 1368 01:25:59,555 --> 01:26:01,639 - Who is P? - P, we know, is Porter. 1369 01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:06,440 You said 25 grand. Is that how much Porter got? 1370 01:26:10,149 --> 01:26:11,533 Was it more? 1371 01:26:16,488 --> 01:26:19,616 Was it more than $50,000? 1372 01:26:22,244 --> 01:26:25,321 Was Magruder the only M to receive money? 1373 01:26:32,463 --> 01:26:34,513 Who told you about Porter? 1374 01:26:36,717 --> 01:26:41,345 I'd like to move on to the subject of the break-in at the Watergate... 1375 01:26:41,346 --> 01:26:43,723 ...and the controversies coming up out of that. 1376 01:26:43,724 --> 01:26:47,226 It has recently, very recently, been reported now... 1377 01:26:47,227 --> 01:26:51,731 ...that some documents were torn up at the Committee to Reelect the President. 1378 01:26:51,732 --> 01:26:54,692 Uh, are you investigating the tearing up of those documents...? 1379 01:26:54,693 --> 01:26:57,528 I think that came out in the story in the Washington Post. 1380 01:26:57,529 --> 01:26:59,530 - Yes. - I think the investigation... 1381 01:26:59,531 --> 01:27:03,701 ...that has just concluded itself has probably been one of the most intensive... 1382 01:27:03,702 --> 01:27:07,705 ...that the Department of Justice and the FBI has ever been involved in. 1383 01:27:07,706 --> 01:27:09,957 Some 1500 persons were interviewed... 1384 01:27:09,958 --> 01:27:14,128 ...1800 leads were followed, 333 agents were involved... 1385 01:27:14,129 --> 01:27:16,506 ...14,000 man-hours. 1386 01:27:16,507 --> 01:27:21,307 Fifty-one of the 59 FBI field officers were involved. Uh.... 1387 01:27:21,553 --> 01:27:23,513 And that, I think... 1388 01:27:23,514 --> 01:27:27,558 ...is a great credit to justice in this country. 1389 01:27:27,559 --> 01:27:29,936 Did you know that documents had been destroyed? 1390 01:27:29,937 --> 01:27:31,269 No, I did not. 1391 01:27:33,649 --> 01:27:37,735 All these neat little houses on all these nice little streets. 1392 01:27:37,736 --> 01:27:40,613 It's hard to believe that something's wrong... 1393 01:27:40,614 --> 01:27:42,657 ...in some of those little houses. 1394 01:27:42,658 --> 01:27:44,708 No, it isn't. 1395 01:27:45,702 --> 01:27:48,287 - Hello. I'm Bob Woodward. - Hello. I'm Carl Bernstein. 1396 01:27:48,288 --> 01:27:51,165 We'd just like to talk to Mr. Sloan for a couple minutes. 1397 01:27:51,166 --> 01:27:54,478 - He's resting right now. - Are you Mrs. Sloan? 1398 01:27:55,504 --> 01:27:59,093 - You're the two from the Post, aren't you? - Yes. 1399 01:27:59,341 --> 01:28:04,141 - This is an honest house. - That's why we'd like to see your husband. 1400 01:28:04,346 --> 01:28:08,766 In the face of charges that might be brought against people that are innocent, we feel... 1401 01:28:08,767 --> 01:28:10,424 It's really for his benefit. 1402 01:28:10,644 --> 01:28:13,054 No, it's not. 1403 01:28:15,357 --> 01:28:17,100 No. 1404 01:28:17,276 --> 01:28:19,944 - It's not. - Deborah? 1405 01:28:19,945 --> 01:28:22,446 - Tell them to come in. - Thanks. 1406 01:28:22,447 --> 01:28:24,824 - Hi. Carl Bernstein. - How do you do? Hugh Sloan. 1407 01:28:24,825 --> 01:28:26,033 Bob Woodward. 1408 01:28:26,034 --> 01:28:30,115 - How you doing? Hugh Sloan. - I appreciate you giving us the time. 1409 01:28:36,086 --> 01:28:40,381 You know, the reason we're here, basically, is that we talked to certain people... 1410 01:28:40,382 --> 01:28:42,508 ...who indicated you left the committee... 1411 01:28:42,509 --> 01:28:44,969 ...because you no longer wanted to be part of it. 1412 01:28:44,970 --> 01:28:47,013 Maybe there's a legitimate explanation... 1413 01:28:47,014 --> 01:28:51,066 ...for why the money was handed to Liddy and Mitchell's aides. 1414 01:28:53,562 --> 01:28:56,125 Try and understand this. 1415 01:28:56,815 --> 01:28:59,609 - I'm a Republican. - I am too. 1416 01:28:59,610 --> 01:29:01,444 Well, I believe in Richard Nixon. 1417 01:29:01,445 --> 01:29:04,614 I worked in the White House for four years, and so did my wife. 1418 01:29:04,615 --> 01:29:06,824 What happened on June 17th... 1419 01:29:06,825 --> 01:29:09,327 ...I don't think the president knew anything about. 1420 01:29:09,328 --> 01:29:11,829 Is it possible some of his people might have known? 1421 01:29:11,830 --> 01:29:13,039 I'm not sure. 1422 01:29:13,040 --> 01:29:14,916 Think the truth will come out at the trial? 1423 01:29:14,917 --> 01:29:17,209 - That's another thing I'm not sure about. - Why? 1424 01:29:17,210 --> 01:29:19,921 Obviously because certain people lie to the prosecutor. 1425 01:29:19,922 --> 01:29:22,173 No, we were never told flat-out, "Don't talk." 1426 01:29:22,174 --> 01:29:24,175 But the message was clear, though. 1427 01:29:24,176 --> 01:29:27,094 In other words, by their very silence, there was a cover-up. 1428 01:29:27,095 --> 01:29:29,847 They didn't urge us to come forward and tell the truth. 1429 01:29:29,848 --> 01:29:32,183 "They" meaning the White House? 1430 01:29:32,184 --> 01:29:34,393 The committee's not an independent operation. 1431 01:29:34,394 --> 01:29:36,479 Everything's cleared with the White House. 1432 01:29:36,480 --> 01:29:39,774 And I don't think that the FBI or the prosecutors understand that. 1433 01:29:39,775 --> 01:29:42,544 That report on the cash... 1434 01:29:42,736 --> 01:29:46,364 ...in the CREEP safe, that... What was it?... $350,000, is that a...? 1435 01:29:46,365 --> 01:29:49,283 - No, more. - Was that a correct figure? 1436 01:29:49,284 --> 01:29:52,412 No, it was closer to 1 million. 1437 01:29:52,955 --> 01:29:55,665 And as treasurer, you could release those funds? 1438 01:29:55,666 --> 01:29:57,833 When so ordered. 1439 01:29:57,834 --> 01:30:00,044 We don't know who could order you. 1440 01:30:00,045 --> 01:30:02,380 - We just know there were four. - There were five. 1441 01:30:02,381 --> 01:30:05,383 - Five? - Mitchell, Stans, Magruder, they're obvious. 1442 01:30:05,384 --> 01:30:07,843 Well, there had to be a White House overseer. 1443 01:30:07,844 --> 01:30:09,679 - Yeah, Colson. - What? 1444 01:30:09,680 --> 01:30:14,480 No, Colson's too smart to get involved directly with anything like that. 1445 01:30:14,685 --> 01:30:16,632 It's Haldeman. 1446 01:30:18,689 --> 01:30:20,534 Right? 1447 01:30:21,233 --> 01:30:23,109 I won't talk about the other two. 1448 01:30:23,110 --> 01:30:25,611 - They both worked at the White House? - One did. 1449 01:30:25,612 --> 01:30:28,698 The other one's not in Washington, but that's all I'll say. 1450 01:30:28,699 --> 01:30:30,491 - Kalmbach. - Nixon's personal lawyer. 1451 01:30:30,492 --> 01:30:31,742 - Yeah. - Right? 1452 01:30:31,743 --> 01:30:35,469 - Nixon's personal lawyer? - I can't say anything. I'm sorry. 1453 01:30:37,207 --> 01:30:39,668 - Well.... - When's the baby due? 1454 01:30:41,253 --> 01:30:44,296 Um, soon. Next month. 1455 01:30:44,297 --> 01:30:45,798 Are you gonna stay here? 1456 01:30:45,799 --> 01:30:49,093 - No, I don't think so. - You decided where you're gonna go? 1457 01:30:49,094 --> 01:30:53,055 I've been looking for a job in the private sector, but it's.... 1458 01:30:53,056 --> 01:30:56,389 It's very hard. My name's been in the papers too much. 1459 01:30:57,561 --> 01:31:01,105 - You know one thing I'm not clear about? - What? 1460 01:31:01,106 --> 01:31:02,690 I don't know how... How did...? 1461 01:31:02,691 --> 01:31:05,776 When you handed out the money, how did that work exactly? 1462 01:31:05,777 --> 01:31:08,136 Badly. 1463 01:31:11,533 --> 01:31:15,119 I think what Bob means is, ordinarily, what was the procedure? 1464 01:31:15,120 --> 01:31:18,581 Routine. I'd call John Mitchell over at the Justice Department. 1465 01:31:18,582 --> 01:31:23,076 - He'd say, "Go ahead, give out the money." This was all done verbally? 1466 01:31:23,420 --> 01:31:25,111 Yes. 1467 01:31:25,213 --> 01:31:28,049 We know there were five men who controlled the slush fund. 1468 01:31:28,050 --> 01:31:30,718 - Mitchell, Stans and Magruder. - Those three we've got. 1469 01:31:30,719 --> 01:31:34,263 - All three have been named by two sources. - What about the other two? 1470 01:31:34,264 --> 01:31:36,474 - Kalmbach. - We're pretty sure of Kalmbach. 1471 01:31:36,475 --> 01:31:39,643 Maybe you'd better wait till we get all five, huh? 1472 01:31:39,644 --> 01:31:40,853 Certain on Mitchell? 1473 01:31:40,854 --> 01:31:44,190 We know he approved payments to Liddy while he was attorney general. 1474 01:31:44,191 --> 01:31:45,983 - You got more than one source? - Yes. 1475 01:31:45,984 --> 01:31:47,193 - Who are they? - Sloan. 1476 01:31:47,194 --> 01:31:48,402 Sloan and who else? 1477 01:31:48,403 --> 01:31:52,239 Another guy at Justice who won't confirm the other two who controlled the fund. 1478 01:31:52,240 --> 01:31:54,825 - What about Deep Throat? - He's not a source on this. 1479 01:31:54,826 --> 01:31:56,494 - Do any of them have an ax? - Nope. 1480 01:31:56,495 --> 01:31:59,413 Personal, political, sexual? Anything at all on Mitchell? 1481 01:31:59,414 --> 01:32:00,873 - No. - Can we use their names? 1482 01:32:00,874 --> 01:32:02,333 - No. - Goddamn it. 1483 01:32:02,334 --> 01:32:05,469 When is somebody gonna go on the record in this story? 1484 01:32:08,215 --> 01:32:11,675 You are about to write a story that says the former attorney general... 1485 01:32:11,676 --> 01:32:16,446 ...the highest-ranking law-enforcement officer in this country, is a crook. 1486 01:32:18,517 --> 01:32:21,388 Just be sure you're right. 1487 01:32:23,688 --> 01:32:26,982 - Essex House, may I help you? - John Mitchell. 1488 01:32:34,699 --> 01:32:36,408 Yes? 1489 01:32:36,409 --> 01:32:39,036 Sir, this is Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post... 1490 01:32:39,037 --> 01:32:41,664 ...and I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour. 1491 01:32:41,665 --> 01:32:45,251 Tomorrow we're running a story in the paper... 1492 01:32:45,252 --> 01:32:50,052 ...and we just think that you should have a chance to comment on it. 1493 01:32:50,674 --> 01:32:52,550 What does it say? 1494 01:32:52,551 --> 01:32:57,351 "John N. Mitchell, while serving as United States attorney general..." 1495 01:32:58,181 --> 01:33:00,933 ...personally controlled a secret cash fund... 1496 01:33:00,934 --> 01:33:03,519 ...used to gather information about the Democrats... 1497 01:33:03,520 --> 01:33:07,064 "...according to sources involved in the Watergate investigation." 1498 01:33:07,065 --> 01:33:09,942 - Jesus. - "Beginning in the spring of 1971..." 1499 01:33:09,943 --> 01:33:12,403 ...a year before he left the Justice Department... 1500 01:33:12,404 --> 01:33:14,822 ...to become President Nixon's campaign manager. 1501 01:33:14,823 --> 01:33:19,201 "On March 1, Mitchell personally approved withdrawals from the fund." 1502 01:33:19,202 --> 01:33:21,787 All that crap, you're putting it in the paper? 1503 01:33:21,788 --> 01:33:24,665 - Well... - Look, it's all been denied. 1504 01:33:24,666 --> 01:33:26,750 Tell your publisher, tell Katie Graham... 1505 01:33:26,751 --> 01:33:30,129 ...she's gonna get her tit caught in a big ringer if that's published. 1506 01:33:30,130 --> 01:33:32,756 Christ, that's the most sickening thing I ever heard. 1507 01:33:32,757 --> 01:33:36,010 - I wonder if I could ask you some questions. - What time is it? 1508 01:33:36,011 --> 01:33:38,179 It's 11:30, sir. 1509 01:33:38,180 --> 01:33:40,306 Eleven-thirty? 1510 01:33:40,307 --> 01:33:43,642 - Is it morning or night? - It's 11:30 at night, sir. 1511 01:33:43,643 --> 01:33:46,645 - Oh. - Sir, the Committee to Reelect... 1512 01:33:46,646 --> 01:33:50,608 ...has issued a statement to our story, but there are a couple questions... 1513 01:33:50,609 --> 01:33:53,819 Did the committee tell you to go ahead and publish the story? 1514 01:33:53,820 --> 01:33:56,572 You fellas have a great ball game going. 1515 01:33:56,573 --> 01:34:00,284 As soon as you're done, we're gonna do a story on all of you. 1516 01:34:00,285 --> 01:34:05,085 - Sir, there's just a couple of questions... - Call my law office in the morning. 1517 01:34:06,917 --> 01:34:09,627 There's no question you properly identified yourself? 1518 01:34:09,628 --> 01:34:12,140 Said it right off the top. 1519 01:34:12,923 --> 01:34:17,676 - Mitchell know he was talking to a reporter? - Yeah, but I think I woke him up. 1520 01:34:17,677 --> 01:34:21,267 - You have good notes? - Verbatim. 1521 01:34:21,473 --> 01:34:25,165 He really said that about Mrs. Graham? 1522 01:34:25,769 --> 01:34:27,937 Well, cut the words "her tit" and print it. 1523 01:34:27,938 --> 01:34:31,271 - Why? - This is a family newspaper. 1524 01:34:34,444 --> 01:34:35,903 Once when I was reporting... 1525 01:34:35,904 --> 01:34:38,989 ...Lyndon Johnson's top guy gave me the word... 1526 01:34:38,990 --> 01:34:42,243 ...they were looking for a successor for J. Edgar Hoover. 1527 01:34:42,244 --> 01:34:46,121 I wrote it, and the day it appeared, Johnson held a press conference... 1528 01:34:46,122 --> 01:34:49,625 ...and appointed Hoover head of the FBI for life. 1529 01:34:49,626 --> 01:34:52,336 When he was done, he turned to his top guy... 1530 01:34:52,337 --> 01:34:55,703 ...and the president said, "Call Ben Bradlee and tell him, 'Fuck you."' 1531 01:34:56,716 --> 01:34:59,385 Then everybody said, "You did it, Ben. You screwed up. 1532 01:34:59,386 --> 01:35:02,596 You stuck us with Hoover forever." 1533 01:35:02,597 --> 01:35:04,390 I screwed up... 1534 01:35:04,391 --> 01:35:07,571 ...but I wasn't wrong. Hm. 1535 01:35:09,187 --> 01:35:12,674 How much can you tell me about Deep Throat? 1536 01:35:13,149 --> 01:35:15,317 How much do you need to know? 1537 01:35:15,318 --> 01:35:17,523 Do you trust him? 1538 01:35:18,738 --> 01:35:20,533 Yeah. 1539 01:35:22,033 --> 01:35:26,833 I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them. 1540 01:35:28,290 --> 01:35:31,725 And I hate trusting anybody. 1541 01:35:38,800 --> 01:35:41,363 Run that baby. 1542 01:36:20,050 --> 01:36:24,261 The Washington Post reported that while still in office as attorney general... 1543 01:36:24,262 --> 01:36:28,599 ...John Mitchell had personally controlled a secret Republican fund. 1544 01:36:28,600 --> 01:36:32,728 Mitchell denied any such involvement and called the story "ludicrous." 1545 01:36:32,729 --> 01:36:36,231 The new charge also brought a response from Vice President Agnew... 1546 01:36:36,232 --> 01:36:37,775 ...at his stop in Tampa. 1547 01:36:37,776 --> 01:36:41,362 I have full confidence in Mr. Mitchell... 1548 01:36:41,363 --> 01:36:44,490 ...and in the people in the Republican organization... 1549 01:36:44,491 --> 01:36:48,452 ...and I think that that kind of unattributed report... 1550 01:36:48,453 --> 01:36:51,622 ...at a time like this is counterproductive. 1551 01:36:51,623 --> 01:36:56,293 We must bear in mind that those who published it... 1552 01:36:56,294 --> 01:36:59,588 ...have already shown their sympathy for the other ticket. 1553 01:36:59,589 --> 01:37:02,674 - A band and some young cheerleaders... - All non-denial denials. 1554 01:37:02,675 --> 01:37:06,053 They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate. 1555 01:37:06,054 --> 01:37:08,180 Did you understand one thing he was saying? 1556 01:37:08,181 --> 01:37:11,141 What I can't figure out is, what is a real denial? 1557 01:37:11,142 --> 01:37:15,354 Well, if they start calling us goddamn liars, we better start circling the wagons. 1558 01:37:15,355 --> 01:37:18,769 - When you think they'll start doing that? - When they get out of Tampa. 1559 01:37:20,151 --> 01:37:22,820 Joe, come on, what's going on with you guys at the FBI? 1560 01:37:22,821 --> 01:37:26,156 I've been trying to get you for weeks. Secretary says you're not in. 1561 01:37:26,157 --> 01:37:28,158 Last night, you said you couldn't talk. 1562 01:37:28,159 --> 01:37:30,994 This morning, soon as our Mitchell story hits the stands... 1563 01:37:30,995 --> 01:37:33,622 ...you call and say you gotta see me right away. Why? 1564 01:37:33,623 --> 01:37:36,208 You guys have been causing big trouble at the bureau. 1565 01:37:36,209 --> 01:37:37,584 Why? 1566 01:37:37,585 --> 01:37:41,130 Our reports are showing up in your paper almost verbatim. 1567 01:37:41,131 --> 01:37:44,967 I mean, you've really been on the mark, except for Mitchell. 1568 01:37:44,968 --> 01:37:47,344 Now, we didn't have that... 1569 01:37:47,345 --> 01:37:49,012 ...that he controlled the funds. 1570 01:37:49,013 --> 01:37:50,514 Right. 1571 01:37:50,515 --> 01:37:52,307 Our agents have been busting ass... 1572 01:37:52,308 --> 01:37:55,102 ...but we're gonna go back and see if we missed anything. 1573 01:37:55,103 --> 01:37:58,772 What I don't understand is all the people who know details of the bugging... 1574 01:37:58,773 --> 01:38:00,482 ...the FBI hasn't even talked to. 1575 01:38:00,483 --> 01:38:04,194 Why have you conducted interviews of CREEP personnel at CREEP headquarters... 1576 01:38:04,195 --> 01:38:07,448 ...instead of at their homes, where they might feel freer to talk? 1577 01:38:07,449 --> 01:38:08,699 Joe, wait a minute. 1578 01:38:08,700 --> 01:38:11,535 Why have the interviews at CREEP always been conducted... 1579 01:38:11,536 --> 01:38:14,371 ...within the presence of the lawyer who works for CREEP? 1580 01:38:14,372 --> 01:38:17,207 Look, you know, I can't answer for the whole bureau. 1581 01:38:17,208 --> 01:38:21,106 - Oh, come on, I'm just... - I do what I'm told. 1582 01:38:21,546 --> 01:38:24,520 I followed my orders, period. 1583 01:38:29,929 --> 01:38:32,134 What orders? 1584 01:38:35,185 --> 01:38:39,339 Woodward! Woodward! 1585 01:38:40,064 --> 01:38:41,859 Wait! 1586 01:38:42,484 --> 01:38:44,277 Bob! 1587 01:38:46,488 --> 01:38:50,334 Out of the blue. Out of the blue. 1588 01:38:50,992 --> 01:38:54,369 This morning I get a tip to call a guy by the name of Alex Shipley... 1589 01:38:54,370 --> 01:38:57,206 ...who is now the assistant attorney general of Tennessee. 1590 01:38:57,207 --> 01:38:59,625 Now, the guy told me that called me... That said... 1591 01:38:59,626 --> 01:39:02,336 He said that Shipley was asked in the summer of 1971... 1592 01:39:02,337 --> 01:39:04,880 ...by an old Army buddy, a Donald Segretti... 1593 01:39:04,881 --> 01:39:06,840 ...to join a group of other lawyers... 1594 01:39:06,841 --> 01:39:09,885 ...for Nixon's campaign to sabotage the Democratic candidates. 1595 01:39:09,886 --> 01:39:13,180 - Make a left. We'll go to my place. - Sabotage Democratic candidates? 1596 01:39:13,181 --> 01:39:17,226 I was able to make a couple calls, and I got Segretti's records for the year... 1597 01:39:17,227 --> 01:39:20,812 His travel records for the year 1971-'72. 1598 01:39:20,813 --> 01:39:22,022 Does the FBI know...? 1599 01:39:22,023 --> 01:39:24,191 - Did you say left or right? - Left, my place. 1600 01:39:24,192 --> 01:39:27,486 - We gotta go through the records. - Does the FBI know about Segretti? 1601 01:39:27,487 --> 01:39:30,781 FBI interrogated Segretti, found he wasn't involved in the break-in. 1602 01:39:30,782 --> 01:39:32,783 They dropped it, didn't follow through. 1603 01:39:32,784 --> 01:39:34,952 - Where is he? - He's in California. 1604 01:39:34,953 --> 01:39:36,620 - Jesus, look at this. - What? 1605 01:39:36,621 --> 01:39:40,229 Segretti crisscrossed the country at least a dozen times. 1606 01:39:42,126 --> 01:39:45,087 Only stayed in cities where there were Democratic primaries. 1607 01:39:45,088 --> 01:39:47,130 If the break-in was just one incident... 1608 01:39:47,131 --> 01:39:49,925 ...in a campaign of sabotage that began a year before.... 1609 01:39:49,926 --> 01:39:52,135 For the first time, the break-in makes sense. 1610 01:39:52,136 --> 01:39:53,345 This isn't so crazy. 1611 01:39:53,346 --> 01:39:55,639 This whole thing didn't start with the bugging. 1612 01:39:55,640 --> 01:39:58,100 Segretti was doing this a year before the bugging. 1613 01:39:58,101 --> 01:40:00,811 And a year before, Nixon was running behind Muskie... 1614 01:40:00,812 --> 01:40:03,632 ...before Muskie self-destructed. 1615 01:40:03,898 --> 01:40:06,257 If he self-destructed. 1616 01:40:06,693 --> 01:40:09,528 - Hi. Uh, Donald Segretti? - That's right. 1617 01:40:09,529 --> 01:40:12,990 I'm Carl Bernstein from the Washington Post. 1618 01:40:12,991 --> 01:40:14,939 Hi. 1619 01:40:15,326 --> 01:40:16,743 What can I do for you? 1620 01:40:16,744 --> 01:40:21,544 Well, my paper just sent me out here to try to persuade you to go on the record. 1621 01:40:21,666 --> 01:40:22,833 Why me? 1622 01:40:22,834 --> 01:40:24,876 Because you were the head coordinator... 1623 01:40:24,877 --> 01:40:29,590 ...of Nixon's sabotage campaign against the Democrats. 1624 01:40:29,591 --> 01:40:34,001 - Carl, you want some coffee? - You read my mind. 1625 01:40:38,516 --> 01:40:41,685 Carl, tell me something. What...? 1626 01:40:41,686 --> 01:40:44,187 What do you imagine the head coordinator does? 1627 01:40:44,188 --> 01:40:48,150 I guess basically you were involved in recruiting other people like yourself... 1628 01:40:48,151 --> 01:40:49,359 ...other lawyers. 1629 01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:52,904 - Lawyers? - Like Alex Shipley. 1630 01:40:52,905 --> 01:40:57,701 I made it clear that I would not do anything violent or illegal. 1631 01:40:57,702 --> 01:40:59,870 What do you mean by illegal? 1632 01:40:59,871 --> 01:41:03,957 Watergate. I mean, that's... The whole bugging, that's horrendous. 1633 01:41:03,958 --> 01:41:06,376 And what kind of stuff do you guys do, then? 1634 01:41:06,377 --> 01:41:09,095 Nickel-and-dime stuff. 1635 01:41:09,339 --> 01:41:10,714 Stuff. 1636 01:41:10,715 --> 01:41:12,799 Stuff with a little wit attached to it. 1637 01:41:12,800 --> 01:41:15,385 You mean when you sent out on Muskie's stationery... 1638 01:41:15,386 --> 01:41:18,847 ...that Senator Hubert Humphrey was going out with call girls? 1639 01:41:18,848 --> 01:41:21,850 Listen, if anything, it helped the man's image. 1640 01:41:21,851 --> 01:41:24,853 What was the one on Muskie's stationery you sent out... 1641 01:41:24,854 --> 01:41:28,774 ...that said that Scoop Jackson was having a bastard child? 1642 01:41:28,775 --> 01:41:32,416 So sometimes it got up to a quarter, off the record. 1643 01:41:32,737 --> 01:41:37,537 I think one of the most interesting ones was the "Canuck" letter. 1644 01:41:37,742 --> 01:41:38,972 What about it? 1645 01:41:39,911 --> 01:41:43,413 Come on. Where you claimed that Muskie slurred the Canadians. 1646 01:41:43,414 --> 01:41:45,916 No, I didn't write that. 1647 01:41:45,917 --> 01:41:47,084 Do you know who did? 1648 01:41:47,085 --> 01:41:50,379 Carl, when you guys print it in the papers, then I'll know. 1649 01:41:50,380 --> 01:41:53,048 Smart guy, Donald. 1650 01:41:53,049 --> 01:41:54,331 You're no dummy. 1651 01:41:55,510 --> 01:41:57,761 I'm a lawyer, Carl. 1652 01:41:57,762 --> 01:41:59,221 I'm a lawyer. 1653 01:41:59,222 --> 01:42:00,931 I'm a good lawyer... 1654 01:42:00,932 --> 01:42:05,445 ...and I'll probably wind up going to jail and being disbarred. 1655 01:42:06,813 --> 01:42:11,428 And I don't know what I did that was so goddamn awful. 1656 01:42:15,446 --> 01:42:18,573 I'll tell you something. None of this was my idea. 1657 01:42:18,574 --> 01:42:23,374 - I didn't go looking for the job. - Well, that's important. 1658 01:42:23,538 --> 01:42:26,050 Chapin came to you. 1659 01:42:32,004 --> 01:42:33,213 You know what? 1660 01:42:33,214 --> 01:42:37,467 It's funny, but I keep forgetting that you guys knew each other in college. 1661 01:42:37,468 --> 01:42:41,805 You were friends at SC, you and Chapin. Who else was there? 1662 01:42:41,806 --> 01:42:43,807 There was me... 1663 01:42:43,808 --> 01:42:45,600 ...Dwight... 1664 01:42:45,601 --> 01:42:47,018 ...Ziegler. 1665 01:42:47,019 --> 01:42:48,645 The whole USC mafia. 1666 01:42:48,646 --> 01:42:51,606 And that's when you got involved in the student elections... 1667 01:42:51,607 --> 01:42:55,819 ...and started to try to get your man in, so you stuffed ballot boxes and.... 1668 01:42:55,820 --> 01:42:59,489 What was that term you guys used for screwing up the opposition? 1669 01:42:59,490 --> 01:43:02,367 - Rat-fucking. - That's right. 1670 01:43:02,368 --> 01:43:03,994 You were doing the same stuff... 1671 01:43:03,995 --> 01:43:06,830 ...when you were out campaigning for President Nixon. 1672 01:43:06,831 --> 01:43:10,005 Let me tell you something, we did a lot of worse things in college. 1673 01:43:11,544 --> 01:43:14,463 Look, let me ask you something, Carl. 1674 01:43:14,464 --> 01:43:17,382 What would you have done if you were just out of the Army... 1675 01:43:17,383 --> 01:43:19,217 ...been away for four years... 1676 01:43:19,218 --> 01:43:22,679 ...didn't know what kind of law you wanted to practice... 1677 01:43:22,680 --> 01:43:25,348 ...and one day you get a call from an old friend... 1678 01:43:25,349 --> 01:43:29,060 ...asking if you wanna go to work for the president of the United States? 1679 01:43:29,061 --> 01:43:33,648 Jeez. Chapin was the appointment secretary for Nixon when he called. 1680 01:43:33,649 --> 01:43:34,858 Yeah. 1681 01:43:34,859 --> 01:43:38,695 If those sinister things really happened, I don't think Dwight knew about them. 1682 01:43:38,696 --> 01:43:43,005 - He just did what he was told. - Told by who? 1683 01:43:53,044 --> 01:43:55,505 What's the topic for tonight? 1684 01:44:00,551 --> 01:44:02,397 Rat-fucking. 1685 01:44:04,013 --> 01:44:07,974 In my day, it was simply known as a double-cross. 1686 01:44:07,975 --> 01:44:11,514 In our present context... 1687 01:44:11,813 --> 01:44:16,326 ...it means infiltration of the Democrats. 1688 01:44:16,526 --> 01:44:19,110 Segretti won't go on the record... 1689 01:44:19,111 --> 01:44:22,246 ...but if he would, we know he would implicate Chapin. 1690 01:44:23,950 --> 01:44:27,180 And that would put you inside the White House. 1691 01:44:27,912 --> 01:44:29,655 Who? 1692 01:44:31,207 --> 01:44:33,668 Can you be specific? 1693 01:44:33,751 --> 01:44:35,597 How high up? 1694 01:44:38,422 --> 01:44:42,166 You'll have to find that out for yourself. 1695 01:44:42,677 --> 01:44:46,164 I don't like newspapers. 1696 01:44:46,722 --> 01:44:51,522 I don't care for inexactitude and shallowness. 1697 01:44:53,604 --> 01:44:55,522 The CREEP slush fund... 1698 01:44:55,523 --> 01:44:59,067 ...that financed the rat-fucking, we've just about got that nailed down. 1699 01:44:59,068 --> 01:45:00,759 Did you change cabs? 1700 01:45:08,202 --> 01:45:09,870 Yeah. 1701 01:45:09,871 --> 01:45:13,717 Does the FBI know what we know? 1702 01:45:16,294 --> 01:45:18,755 Does Justice? 1703 01:45:22,133 --> 01:45:25,209 Why haven't they done anything? 1704 01:45:25,219 --> 01:45:30,019 If it didn't deal directly with the break-in, they didn't pursue. 1705 01:45:30,683 --> 01:45:32,733 Who told them not to? 1706 01:45:32,810 --> 01:45:36,502 Don't you understand what you're on to? 1707 01:45:39,150 --> 01:45:42,689 - Mitchell knew? - Of course Mitchell knew. 1708 01:45:43,029 --> 01:45:45,947 Do you think something this size just happens? 1709 01:45:45,948 --> 01:45:47,991 Haldeman had to know too. 1710 01:45:47,992 --> 01:45:51,838 You'll get nothing from me about Haldeman. 1711 01:45:54,790 --> 01:45:56,291 Segretti said that... 1712 01:45:56,292 --> 01:46:01,092 Don't concentrate on Segretti. You'll miss the overall. 1713 01:46:01,881 --> 01:46:05,592 The letter that destroyed the Muskie candidacy... 1714 01:46:05,593 --> 01:46:07,844 ...did that come from inside the White House? 1715 01:46:07,845 --> 01:46:11,097 - You're missing the overall. - But what overall? 1716 01:46:11,098 --> 01:46:14,643 They were frightened of Muskie, and look who got destroyed. 1717 01:46:14,644 --> 01:46:18,521 They wanted to run against McGovern. Look who they're running against. 1718 01:46:18,522 --> 01:46:21,942 They bugged, they followed people. 1719 01:46:21,943 --> 01:46:25,153 False press leaks, fake letters. 1720 01:46:25,154 --> 01:46:27,530 They canceled Democratic campaign rallies. 1721 01:46:27,531 --> 01:46:31,173 They investigated Democratic private lives. 1722 01:46:31,410 --> 01:46:34,245 They planted spies, stole documents, and on and on. 1723 01:46:34,246 --> 01:46:37,165 Now, don't tell me you think this is all the work... 1724 01:46:37,166 --> 01:46:40,294 ...of little Don Segretti. 1725 01:46:41,128 --> 01:46:43,693 The FBI and Justice know this? 1726 01:49:07,108 --> 01:49:11,364 Send me the clips on the Food and Drug story. 1727 01:49:12,029 --> 01:49:14,572 Yes, sir, and I want... My question is... 1728 01:49:14,573 --> 01:49:15,782 - Carl. - Yeah? 1729 01:49:15,783 --> 01:49:17,659 Why don't you pick up your messages? 1730 01:49:17,660 --> 01:49:19,786 - Right. You got a cigarette? - Yeah. 1731 01:49:19,787 --> 01:49:20,995 Who's Pete Teller? 1732 01:49:20,996 --> 01:49:24,332 Haven't the slightest idea. I have this whole place to take care of. 1733 01:49:24,333 --> 01:49:27,461 - Carl? - Yeah, one second. 1734 01:49:28,045 --> 01:49:30,505 - Tell him to leave his number next time. - Will do. 1735 01:49:30,506 --> 01:49:32,799 - Hi. - You guys know about the "Canuck" letter? 1736 01:49:32,800 --> 01:49:34,134 Yep. I'm sorry, I'm late. 1737 01:49:34,135 --> 01:49:37,672 I just wanna make sure you know who wrote it, though. 1738 01:49:38,055 --> 01:49:39,798 What? 1739 01:49:39,807 --> 01:49:41,057 What? 1740 01:49:41,058 --> 01:49:44,853 You mean the letter that sabotaged the Muskie candidacy? All right, come here. 1741 01:49:44,854 --> 01:49:48,495 - When did he tell you this? - I already told you.... 1742 01:49:49,859 --> 01:49:52,012 I gotta tell Bob. 1743 01:49:55,281 --> 01:49:57,824 - Woodward. - What? 1744 01:49:57,825 --> 01:50:01,161 One second. Come here, come here, come here. 1745 01:50:01,162 --> 01:50:04,831 Come here. Tell him what you told me. 1746 01:50:04,832 --> 01:50:07,036 Come here, sit down. 1747 01:50:08,169 --> 01:50:12,117 Just exactly the way you said it to me, just say it to him. 1748 01:50:12,256 --> 01:50:14,674 Ken Clawson told me he wrote the "Canuck" letter. 1749 01:50:14,675 --> 01:50:17,385 The letter that said Muskie was slurring the Canadians. 1750 01:50:17,386 --> 01:50:20,763 The deputy director of Communications wrote the "Canuck" letter. 1751 01:50:20,764 --> 01:50:23,016 - When did he tell you? - We were having drinks. 1752 01:50:23,017 --> 01:50:25,059 - Where were you? - My apartment. 1753 01:50:25,060 --> 01:50:26,561 When did you say he told you? 1754 01:50:26,562 --> 01:50:28,605 - Two weeks ago. - What else did he say? 1755 01:50:28,606 --> 01:50:30,940 He didn't say anything? Come on, you're hedging. 1756 01:50:30,941 --> 01:50:33,776 Do you think he said it to get you to go to bed with him? 1757 01:50:33,777 --> 01:50:35,653 - Jesus. - No, I wanna hear her say it. 1758 01:50:35,654 --> 01:50:39,449 You think he said that to impress you to try to get you to go to bed with him? 1759 01:50:39,450 --> 01:50:43,039 Why did it take you two weeks to tell us this, Sally? 1760 01:50:43,913 --> 01:50:48,426 I guess I don't have the taste for the jugular you guys have. 1761 01:50:48,834 --> 01:50:51,127 There's no specific cause, no.... 1762 01:50:51,128 --> 01:50:52,837 You're claiming it was a misunderstanding? 1763 01:50:52,838 --> 01:50:55,089 Absolutely. Sally's got it all wrong. 1764 01:50:55,090 --> 01:50:57,133 I never told her I wrote that letter. 1765 01:50:57,134 --> 01:50:59,427 We were shooting the breeze about the election. 1766 01:50:59,428 --> 01:51:01,054 She's an awfully good reporter. 1767 01:51:01,055 --> 01:51:03,765 I don't remember her getting much wrong before, do you? 1768 01:51:03,766 --> 01:51:05,433 That's a real bullshit question. 1769 01:51:05,434 --> 01:51:08,311 That is a question straight out of Wichita, Kansas. 1770 01:51:08,312 --> 01:51:09,854 Listen, one last thing. 1771 01:51:09,855 --> 01:51:12,982 Do you remember where this shooting the breeze took place? 1772 01:51:12,983 --> 01:51:15,109 What do you mean, where? 1773 01:51:15,110 --> 01:51:18,029 Well, I mean, was it a restaurant or her apartment or a bar? 1774 01:51:18,030 --> 01:51:21,658 Look, I've forgotten the entire incident, but it wasn't in her apartment. 1775 01:51:21,659 --> 01:51:22,867 Do you remember when...? 1776 01:51:22,868 --> 01:51:26,287 I don't have time for this. I'm a busy man. 1777 01:51:26,288 --> 01:51:28,998 - You get that? - What did he say about meeting in a bar? 1778 01:51:28,999 --> 01:51:31,167 - He forgot the incident. - He didn't deny it. 1779 01:51:31,168 --> 01:51:33,169 That's a non-denial denial. 1780 01:51:33,170 --> 01:51:36,631 - Wichita, Kansas? - Yeah, he said, "That's a bullshit question." 1781 01:51:36,632 --> 01:51:39,217 I know what he said, but I'm from Wheaton, Illinois. 1782 01:51:39,218 --> 01:51:41,010 Hey, Bob, Carl, he's on the phone. 1783 01:51:41,011 --> 01:51:43,063 - Who? - Clawson. 1784 01:51:45,724 --> 01:51:48,601 - What line? - Get on Line 4 and transcribe this, will you? 1785 01:51:48,602 --> 01:51:50,687 - Four. - Wait. 1786 01:51:50,688 --> 01:51:53,868 - Four? - Okay? Yeah. 1787 01:51:54,191 --> 01:51:55,400 Yes, Ken? 1788 01:51:55,401 --> 01:51:58,528 Sally, for chrissakes, don't tell them I came to your place. 1789 01:51:58,529 --> 01:52:01,114 Why not? What's wrong with coming over for a drink? 1790 01:52:01,115 --> 01:52:04,409 You and me, in your apartment? 1791 01:52:04,410 --> 01:52:06,255 Well? 1792 01:52:06,370 --> 01:52:08,913 Jesus Christ, you just shot me down. 1793 01:52:08,914 --> 01:52:13,334 If that appears in the papers, that I'm over at your house having a.... 1794 01:52:13,335 --> 01:52:16,212 - Well, do you know what that does? - Well, I don't see why. 1795 01:52:16,213 --> 01:52:19,465 You don't? You don't? 1796 01:52:19,466 --> 01:52:23,094 - But there's nothing bad about it. - Well, there sure is. 1797 01:52:23,095 --> 01:52:27,765 Jesus Christ. This is just incredible. 1798 01:52:27,766 --> 01:52:29,392 Well, I have a clear conscience. 1799 01:52:29,393 --> 01:52:34,163 Sally, I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat. 1800 01:52:34,189 --> 01:52:36,357 She said he was in her house having a drink. 1801 01:52:36,358 --> 01:52:38,901 I don't care where it happened. What happened is what counts. 1802 01:52:38,902 --> 01:52:40,297 When we asked him about it... 1803 01:52:41,405 --> 01:52:43,031 ...he said he forgot the entire incident. 1804 01:52:43,032 --> 01:52:45,158 - Yeah? - Ken Clawson on the line. 1805 01:52:45,159 --> 01:52:49,261 - Ken Clawson on the line. - Jesus. 1806 01:52:50,706 --> 01:52:52,457 Ken. What's up, kid? 1807 01:52:52,458 --> 01:52:55,501 Ben, now, look, this whole thing that's going on over there... 1808 01:52:55,502 --> 01:52:59,005 ...I want you to know I never claimed authorship of the "Canuck" letter. 1809 01:52:59,006 --> 01:53:02,050 - Says he never wrote the letter. - It's some misunderstanding... 1810 01:53:02,051 --> 01:53:05,178 Ken, Ken. Slow, slow, slow down, Ken. You sound frazzled. 1811 01:53:05,179 --> 01:53:07,305 No, Ben, please listen. 1812 01:53:07,306 --> 01:53:10,308 Now, if you're going to refer to that alleged conversation... 1813 01:53:10,309 --> 01:53:13,853 ...with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. 1814 01:53:13,854 --> 01:53:16,647 I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat. 1815 01:53:16,648 --> 01:53:21,402 A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken, right. Yeah. 1816 01:53:21,403 --> 01:53:24,572 Ken, I don't wanna print that you were in Sally's apartment. 1817 01:53:24,573 --> 01:53:25,782 Oh, thank God. 1818 01:53:25,783 --> 01:53:30,453 I just wanna know what you said in Sally's apartment. 1819 01:53:42,049 --> 01:53:43,257 Hello? 1820 01:53:43,258 --> 01:53:47,136 I just got a tip from our FBI source. The secret cash fund financed Segretti. 1821 01:53:47,137 --> 01:53:48,971 - Jesus. - All right, now, listen. 1822 01:53:48,972 --> 01:53:52,517 Chapin hired Segretti, we know that. And we know Haldeman hired Chapin. 1823 01:53:52,518 --> 01:53:55,800 Haldeman has to be the fifth name to control the fund. 1824 01:53:56,105 --> 01:53:58,463 Sloan knows. 1825 01:53:59,900 --> 01:54:02,652 We've only got four of the five who controlled the fund. 1826 01:54:02,653 --> 01:54:06,448 - It has to be Haldeman. - I don't think we've got it. 1827 01:54:06,490 --> 01:54:08,866 We know the fifth is a top White House official. 1828 01:54:08,867 --> 01:54:11,202 - No one has said it. - No one's denied it. 1829 01:54:11,203 --> 01:54:14,998 That still doesn't prove it was Haldeman. 1830 01:54:16,708 --> 01:54:20,253 If you go to bed and there's no snow, and you wake up and there's snow... 1831 01:54:20,254 --> 01:54:22,839 ...you can say it snowed, although you didn't see it. 1832 01:54:22,840 --> 01:54:25,675 If we can't prove the fifth is Haldeman, we're wiped out. 1833 01:54:25,676 --> 01:54:28,344 Everything in that campaign is done with his approval. 1834 01:54:28,345 --> 01:54:31,681 Everybody who works under Haldeman does so with his knowledge. 1835 01:54:31,682 --> 01:54:34,100 Everybody is under Haldeman except the president. 1836 01:54:34,101 --> 01:54:36,459 Common sense says it's Haldeman. 1837 01:54:38,522 --> 01:54:42,024 If we go and see Sloan, and we tell him that we know... 1838 01:54:42,025 --> 01:54:46,795 ...that he named Haldeman to the grand jury.... 1839 01:54:46,822 --> 01:54:49,365 Then all we would need to do is have him confirm it. 1840 01:54:49,366 --> 01:54:50,950 Right. 1841 01:54:50,951 --> 01:54:54,287 - Wanna do it that way? - Yes. 1842 01:54:54,288 --> 01:54:57,057 Let's go back and see Sloan. 1843 01:54:59,960 --> 01:55:02,473 We can't go now, because he's not home yet. 1844 01:55:02,713 --> 01:55:06,405 He might not be answering, but he might be there. 1845 01:55:20,397 --> 01:55:21,564 Hi. SLOAN: Please. 1846 01:55:21,565 --> 01:55:24,567 We've already written the story. We just need you to define... 1847 01:55:24,568 --> 01:55:26,777 Debbie's in the hospital and my in-laws are... 1848 01:55:26,778 --> 01:55:28,362 - Two questions? - We understand. 1849 01:55:28,363 --> 01:55:30,363 Two questions? 1850 01:55:33,118 --> 01:55:35,786 The cash that financed the Watergate break-in. 1851 01:55:35,787 --> 01:55:37,580 Five men had control of the fund. 1852 01:55:37,581 --> 01:55:41,125 Mitchell, Stans, Magruder, Kalmbach. We have confirmations on those four. 1853 01:55:41,126 --> 01:55:43,920 - We found out Haldeman's the fifth. - I'm not your source. 1854 01:55:43,921 --> 01:55:47,590 - All we're asking you to do is confirm. - I'm not your source on Haldeman. 1855 01:55:47,591 --> 01:55:49,926 When you were questioned by the grand jury... 1856 01:55:49,927 --> 01:55:51,093 You had to name names. 1857 01:55:51,094 --> 01:55:54,018 - Of course, everything they asked. - All right. 1858 01:55:54,389 --> 01:55:56,441 Well, uh.... 1859 01:55:57,392 --> 01:55:58,601 What do you think? 1860 01:55:58,602 --> 01:56:02,230 Say we wrote a story that said Haldeman was the fifth to control the fund. 1861 01:56:02,231 --> 01:56:05,409 - Would we be in any trouble? - Would we be wrong? 1862 01:56:08,654 --> 01:56:10,780 Let me put it this way. 1863 01:56:10,781 --> 01:56:14,158 I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that. 1864 01:56:14,159 --> 01:56:17,390 - You wouldn't? - No. 1865 01:56:17,538 --> 01:56:20,289 - That's okay. Yeah. - Okay. 1866 01:56:20,290 --> 01:56:22,708 - Oh, you had a baby. - Yeah. My wife did. 1867 01:56:22,709 --> 01:56:24,627 - Is it a boy or a girl? - It's a girl. 1868 01:56:24,628 --> 01:56:26,087 - Congratulations. - Oh, great. 1869 01:56:26,088 --> 01:56:27,296 Thank you. 1870 01:56:27,297 --> 01:56:29,048 - Sorry to have bothered you. - Yeah. 1871 01:56:29,049 --> 01:56:31,818 - Will you give our best to her? - I will. 1872 01:56:34,763 --> 01:56:36,722 Well, I think that Woodward's just... 1873 01:56:36,723 --> 01:56:40,268 And I am curious of the fact that the FBI, in its entire inquiry... 1874 01:56:40,269 --> 01:56:44,480 ...never talked to or did inquiries into the second most powerful man to the president. 1875 01:56:44,481 --> 01:56:46,232 You don't seem to understand. 1876 01:56:46,233 --> 01:56:49,151 No, you get nothing about Haldeman out of me. 1877 01:56:49,152 --> 01:56:51,153 But we don't need to know anything, Joe. 1878 01:56:51,154 --> 01:56:53,406 Tomorrow we're going with a story on the FBI. 1879 01:56:53,407 --> 01:56:56,492 - What does that mean? - We're going to establish in that story... 1880 01:56:56,493 --> 01:56:59,328 ...that you guys just about blew the whole investigation. 1881 01:56:59,329 --> 01:57:00,955 Oh, no, we didn't miss so much. 1882 01:57:00,956 --> 01:57:03,374 You didn't know Haldeman had control of the fund. 1883 01:57:03,375 --> 01:57:04,750 It's all in our files. 1884 01:57:04,751 --> 01:57:07,336 - Not about Haldeman. - Yeah, Haldeman. John Haldeman. 1885 01:57:07,337 --> 01:57:10,895 Look. Now, look, I'm very busy. I gotta go. I gotta go put the kids to bed. 1886 01:57:12,884 --> 01:57:16,470 That's the confirmation right there. 1887 01:57:16,471 --> 01:57:19,515 Wait a minute, wait a second. Did he say John? 1888 01:57:19,516 --> 01:57:21,559 - He said Haldeman. - He said John Haldeman. 1889 01:57:21,560 --> 01:57:24,353 What difference does it make if he said Isaiah or David? 1890 01:57:24,354 --> 01:57:25,771 There's only one Haldeman. 1891 01:57:25,772 --> 01:57:29,358 Well, Isaiah or David aren't assistant to the president. 1892 01:57:29,359 --> 01:57:31,152 I don't know, it still feels thin. 1893 01:57:31,153 --> 01:57:34,196 - Christ, I wish I knew if we could print this. - Wait a minute. 1894 01:57:34,197 --> 01:57:37,617 We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game. 1895 01:57:37,618 --> 01:57:39,493 Let's go over your sources again. 1896 01:57:39,494 --> 01:57:42,872 Sloan told the grand jury. He answered everything they asked him. 1897 01:57:42,873 --> 01:57:45,166 That means there's gotta be a record somewhere. 1898 01:57:45,167 --> 01:57:48,294 He told the grand jury, the FBI confirms. What more do you need? 1899 01:57:48,295 --> 01:57:49,879 I happen to love this country. 1900 01:57:49,880 --> 01:57:53,633 - We're not zanies out to bring it down. - Weren't you arguing the opposite? 1901 01:57:53,634 --> 01:57:55,593 - No, no, not at all. - I can't believe it. 1902 01:57:55,594 --> 01:57:56,844 Now, hold it. Hold it. 1903 01:57:56,845 --> 01:57:58,721 One has nothing to do with the other. 1904 01:57:58,722 --> 01:58:00,431 We're about to accuse Haldeman... 1905 01:58:00,432 --> 01:58:02,933 ...the second most important man in this country... 1906 01:58:02,934 --> 01:58:05,811 ...of conducting a conspiracy from inside the White House. 1907 01:58:05,812 --> 01:58:07,563 It would be nice if we were right. 1908 01:58:07,564 --> 01:58:09,940 - You double-checked your sources? - Jesus. 1909 01:58:09,941 --> 01:58:12,693 - Bernstein, are you sure on this story? - Absolutely. 1910 01:58:12,694 --> 01:58:14,987 - Woodward? - I'm sure. 1911 01:58:14,988 --> 01:58:17,782 I'm not. Still seems thin. 1912 01:58:17,783 --> 01:58:19,033 Get another source. 1913 01:58:19,034 --> 01:58:22,675 How many fucking sources do they think we've got? 1914 01:58:25,791 --> 01:58:29,293 - Are you sure Deep Throat won't confirm? - He won't confirm, I told you. 1915 01:58:29,294 --> 01:58:31,337 - The guy in Justice? - Can't call him. 1916 01:58:31,338 --> 01:58:33,756 - He's next to the grand jury. - We have no choice. 1917 01:58:33,757 --> 01:58:35,216 Twenty minutes to deadline. 1918 01:58:35,217 --> 01:58:38,191 I don't even know if I can get him on the phone. 1919 01:58:53,402 --> 01:58:57,187 - Dr. Kissinger's office. - Deputy general's office, please. 1920 01:59:00,492 --> 01:59:04,161 - Do you know when you expect him back? - I believe he's left for the evening. 1921 01:59:04,162 --> 01:59:07,623 If you'd like to leave a message, could you hold, please? 1922 01:59:07,624 --> 01:59:10,209 Hi, this is Carl. I'm sorry to disturb you now. 1923 01:59:10,210 --> 01:59:13,963 We're going with the story that Haldeman was the fifth in control of the fund. 1924 01:59:13,964 --> 01:59:17,508 We got three confirmations. If you could just help us, I'd appreciate it. 1925 01:59:17,509 --> 01:59:19,468 I won't say anything about Haldeman. 1926 01:59:19,469 --> 01:59:22,722 I understand. We know it's against the law for you to say anything. 1927 01:59:22,723 --> 01:59:25,766 If you could warn us to hold on the story, we'd appreciate it. 1928 01:59:25,767 --> 01:59:28,310 I'd really like to help you, but I can't. 1929 01:59:28,311 --> 01:59:31,188 Look, I'm gonna count to 10, all right? 1930 01:59:31,189 --> 01:59:34,984 If there's any reason we should hold on the story, hang up before I get to 10. 1931 01:59:34,985 --> 01:59:38,738 If the story's all right, you'll be on the phone after I get to 10, all right? 1932 01:59:38,739 --> 01:59:40,489 - Hang up, right? - That's right. 1933 01:59:40,490 --> 01:59:41,699 - You got it? - Yeah. 1934 01:59:41,700 --> 01:59:44,994 We're straight? All right. I'm gonna start counting. Okay? 1935 01:59:44,995 --> 01:59:46,245 - We all right? - Yeah. 1936 01:59:46,246 --> 01:59:47,455 Okay, I'm counting. 1937 01:59:47,456 --> 01:59:51,250 One, two, three... 1938 01:59:51,251 --> 01:59:55,463 ...four, five, six... 1939 01:59:55,464 --> 02:00:00,264 ...seven, eight, nine... 1940 02:00:00,635 --> 02:00:02,533 ...10. 1941 02:00:03,138 --> 02:00:04,889 You got it straight now? 1942 02:00:04,890 --> 02:00:09,455 - Everything okay? - Everything's fine. 1943 02:00:11,980 --> 02:00:14,082 Woodward! 1944 02:00:18,153 --> 02:00:20,255 We got it. 1945 02:00:21,740 --> 02:00:23,240 - He confirmed. - What happened? 1946 02:00:23,241 --> 02:00:26,118 I said, "If I get to 10 and you don't hang up, it's solid." 1947 02:00:26,119 --> 02:00:27,369 - He confirm? - Absolutely. 1948 02:00:27,370 --> 02:00:29,472 We gotta tell Bradlee. 1949 02:00:29,956 --> 02:00:33,802 The New York Times had three columns on it. 1950 02:00:37,923 --> 02:00:41,884 Bernstein got another source. The guy at Justice confirmed. 1951 02:00:41,885 --> 02:00:45,721 - If there's doubt, we can run it tomorrow. - The story's solid. We're sure of it. 1952 02:00:45,722 --> 02:00:48,696 I just got off the phone with him. It's gold. 1953 02:00:49,976 --> 02:00:52,541 Okay, we go with it. 1954 02:01:04,991 --> 02:01:07,452 Woodstein! 1955 02:01:21,675 --> 02:01:24,444 - You know what it's about? - No. 1956 02:01:24,928 --> 02:01:27,096 Sloan, who resigned as campaign treasurer... 1957 02:01:27,097 --> 02:01:28,639 ...after the Watergate break-in... 1958 02:01:28,640 --> 02:01:33,440 ...showed up for a deposition in the suit on disclosure of campaign contributions... 1959 02:01:33,687 --> 02:01:35,646 ...and denied naming Haldeman. 1960 02:01:35,647 --> 02:01:38,482 Would you comment on your testimony before the grand jury? 1961 02:01:38,483 --> 02:01:42,319 - I'd like my attorney to answer that. - The answer is an unequivocal no. 1962 02:01:42,320 --> 02:01:45,614 Mr. Sloan did not implicate Mr. Haldeman in that testimony at all. 1963 02:01:45,615 --> 02:01:48,576 Did Mr. Sloan acknowledge that it was an espionage fund? 1964 02:01:48,577 --> 02:01:49,785 No, not at all. 1965 02:01:49,786 --> 02:01:52,288 Did he mention use of funds for espionage activity? 1966 02:01:52,289 --> 02:01:54,248 None whatsoever. Thank you, gentlemen. 1967 02:01:54,249 --> 02:01:57,459 Sloan expanded his denial to include his statements to the FBI... 1968 02:01:57,460 --> 02:01:59,211 ...and to all federal authorities. 1969 02:01:59,212 --> 02:02:00,713 Later, at the White House... 1970 02:02:00,714 --> 02:02:03,674 ...News Secretary Ronald Ziegler delivered a strong attack... 1971 02:02:03,675 --> 02:02:05,259 ...on the Washington Post. 1972 02:02:05,260 --> 02:02:07,636 Why is the Post trying to do it? 1973 02:02:07,637 --> 02:02:09,471 You have a man... 1974 02:02:09,472 --> 02:02:13,309 ...who's the editor of the Washington Post by the name of Ben Bradlee. 1975 02:02:13,310 --> 02:02:18,110 I think anyone who were to honestly assess what his political persuasions are... 1976 02:02:18,523 --> 02:02:22,484 ...would, I think, come to the conclusion quite quickly... 1977 02:02:22,485 --> 02:02:25,487 ...that he is not a supporter of President Nixon. 1978 02:02:25,488 --> 02:02:27,281 I respect the free press. 1979 02:02:27,282 --> 02:02:30,701 I don't respect the type of journalism... 1980 02:02:30,702 --> 02:02:33,245 The shabby journalism that is being practiced... 1981 02:02:33,246 --> 02:02:34,622 ...by the Washington Post. 1982 02:02:34,623 --> 02:02:39,423 All I know is that the story that ran this morning is incorrect... 1983 02:02:39,628 --> 02:02:44,428 ...and has been so stated as being incorrect... 1984 02:02:44,507 --> 02:02:48,594 ...by not only me, but by the individual whose grand-jury... 1985 02:02:48,595 --> 02:02:52,348 Secret grand-jury testimony they based their story on. 1986 02:02:52,349 --> 02:02:56,727 And that individual has denied that he ever so testified. 1987 02:02:56,728 --> 02:02:58,437 No sooner had Ziegler finished... 1988 02:02:58,438 --> 02:03:02,191 ...than the president's campaign manager, Clark MacGregor, met with reporters. 1989 02:03:02,192 --> 02:03:05,527 MacGREGOR: Using innuendo, third-person hearsay... 1990 02:03:05,528 --> 02:03:09,156 ...unsubstantiated charges, anonymous sources... 1991 02:03:09,157 --> 02:03:11,325 ...and huge scare headlines... 1992 02:03:11,326 --> 02:03:14,453 ...the Post has maliciously sought to give the appearance... 1993 02:03:14,454 --> 02:03:17,873 ...of a direct connection between the White House and the Watergate... 1994 02:03:17,874 --> 02:03:19,833 ...a charge which the Post knows... 1995 02:03:19,834 --> 02:03:23,879 ...and half a dozen investigations have found, to be false. 1996 02:03:23,880 --> 02:03:27,758 The hallmark of the Post's campaign is hypocrisy... 1997 02:03:27,759 --> 02:03:32,388 ...and its celebrated double standard is today visible for all to see. 1998 02:03:32,389 --> 02:03:34,890 - What do you mean? - I'm not talking about Haldeman. 1999 02:03:34,891 --> 02:03:36,266 - What went wrong? - Nothing. 2000 02:03:36,267 --> 02:03:37,559 Tell us what went wrong. 2001 02:03:37,560 --> 02:03:40,646 Didn't you say the FBI had information on Haldeman in the files? 2002 02:03:40,647 --> 02:03:43,941 We have it in the notes from the conversation with you on the phone. 2003 02:03:43,942 --> 02:03:46,568 We have to go talk to your boss if you don't talk. 2004 02:03:46,569 --> 02:03:49,405 What the hell are you talking about? I'll deny everything. 2005 02:03:49,406 --> 02:03:52,741 We're just trying to find out if we made some errors. 2006 02:03:52,742 --> 02:03:55,035 If we made a mistake, we'll come off the story. 2007 02:03:55,036 --> 02:03:56,537 Just tell us if we're wrong. 2008 02:03:56,538 --> 02:03:59,373 Tell us if we screwed up. Tell us if it's wrong. Tell us... 2009 02:03:59,374 --> 02:04:00,916 I'm not talking about it. 2010 02:04:00,917 --> 02:04:04,211 I am not talking to you about Haldeman or anybody else. 2011 02:04:04,212 --> 02:04:06,839 I can't even be seen talking to either one of you bastards. 2012 02:04:06,840 --> 02:04:08,757 What are you afraid of? Who got to you? 2013 02:04:08,758 --> 02:04:10,912 Are we being set up? 2014 02:04:11,302 --> 02:04:13,345 - Are we? Tell us. - Are we being set up? 2015 02:04:13,346 --> 02:04:18,146 - Just tell us, we won't say anything. - Fuck you. And fuck you. 2016 02:04:24,149 --> 02:04:26,150 Honest to God, I just don't understand. 2017 02:04:26,151 --> 02:04:28,277 It's in the notes. 2018 02:04:28,278 --> 02:04:32,072 "Yeah, we had another call all along. I've got another call. I've gotta go." 2019 02:04:32,073 --> 02:04:35,356 "Did you mean Bob Haldeman?" "Yeah, Bob Haldeman." 2020 02:04:37,287 --> 02:04:39,337 Jesus, what was our mistake? 2021 02:04:39,956 --> 02:04:42,124 Maybe there was no mistake. 2022 02:04:42,125 --> 02:04:46,925 Then they're just setting us up. Then the whole thing was a setup. 2023 02:04:47,839 --> 02:04:50,146 And they just hung us. 2024 02:04:50,300 --> 02:04:53,469 More denunciations. Gonna have to make a statement, Ben. 2025 02:04:53,470 --> 02:04:57,473 One senator just gave a speech slurring us 57 times in 20 minutes. 2026 02:04:57,474 --> 02:05:01,435 I knew we had enemies, but I didn't know we were this popular. 2027 02:05:01,436 --> 02:05:04,256 Wow, look at this. 2028 02:05:05,482 --> 02:05:08,507 My non-denial denial. 2029 02:05:16,326 --> 02:05:18,582 Fuck it, let's stand by the boys. 2030 02:05:19,329 --> 02:05:22,289 Okay. Foreign? 2031 02:05:22,290 --> 02:05:24,374 All right, here's our headline. 2032 02:05:24,375 --> 02:05:27,711 Radio Hanoi reports the United States-North Vietnam agreement... 2033 02:05:27,712 --> 02:05:30,297 ...for a settlement of the Vietnam War. 2034 02:05:31,308 --> 02:05:34,134 Artie was just saying, in the few seconds we have left... 2035 02:05:34,135 --> 02:05:37,501 ...just saying that vibrato sound that she had then, she still has now. 2036 02:05:38,306 --> 02:05:40,891 Woodward, what did you find out? What did he say? 2037 02:05:40,892 --> 02:05:43,102 - What time is it? - You fell asleep? 2038 02:05:43,103 --> 02:05:45,666 Oh, goddamn it. 2039 02:07:08,938 --> 02:07:10,990 Over here. 2040 02:07:33,796 --> 02:07:36,798 - You let Haldeman slip away. - Yes. 2041 02:07:36,799 --> 02:07:39,051 You've done worse than let Haldeman slip away. 2042 02:07:39,052 --> 02:07:43,096 You got people feeling sorry for him. I didn't think that was possible. 2043 02:07:43,097 --> 02:07:44,973 In a conspiracy like this... 2044 02:07:44,974 --> 02:07:48,602 ...you build from the outer edges and you go step by step. 2045 02:07:48,603 --> 02:07:52,449 If you shoot too high and miss, everybody feels more secure. 2046 02:07:52,607 --> 02:07:56,693 - You put the investigation back months. - Yes, we know that. 2047 02:07:56,694 --> 02:07:59,925 And if we're wrong, we're resigning. 2048 02:08:00,573 --> 02:08:02,316 Were we wrong? 2049 02:08:04,494 --> 02:08:09,294 - You'll have to find that out, won't you? - I'm tired of your chicken-shit games. 2050 02:08:10,667 --> 02:08:12,834 I don't want hints. 2051 02:08:12,835 --> 02:08:15,092 I need to know what you know. 2052 02:08:31,020 --> 02:08:34,507 It was a Haldeman operation. 2053 02:08:34,565 --> 02:08:38,777 The whole business was run by Haldeman, the money, everything. 2054 02:08:38,778 --> 02:08:41,280 It won't be easy getting at him. He was insulated. 2055 02:08:41,281 --> 02:08:43,434 You'll have to find out how. 2056 02:08:46,995 --> 02:08:50,205 Mitchell started doing covert stuff before anyone else. 2057 02:08:50,206 --> 02:08:54,411 The list is longer than anyone can imagine. 2058 02:08:55,461 --> 02:09:00,261 It involves the entire U.S. intelligence community. 2059 02:09:00,925 --> 02:09:02,309 FBI... 2060 02:09:03,261 --> 02:09:05,554 ...CIA, Justice. 2061 02:09:05,555 --> 02:09:07,605 It's incredible. 2062 02:09:09,475 --> 02:09:11,727 The cover-up had little to do with Watergate. 2063 02:09:11,728 --> 02:09:16,528 It was mainly to protect the covert operations. 2064 02:09:17,025 --> 02:09:19,331 It leads everywhere. 2065 02:09:22,030 --> 02:09:25,825 Get out your notebook. There's more. 2066 02:09:30,705 --> 02:09:34,090 Your lives are in danger. 2067 02:09:34,292 --> 02:09:37,831 Hi. I finally got Sloan on the phone. 2068 02:10:56,958 --> 02:10:59,000 Why couldn't you tell me over the phone? 2069 02:10:59,001 --> 02:11:01,002 - Phones aren't safe. - Can't trust them. 2070 02:11:01,003 --> 02:11:02,879 - Come on in. - We can't come in, sir. 2071 02:11:02,880 --> 02:11:05,896 Woodward says there's electronic surveillance. 2072 02:11:22,525 --> 02:11:24,901 - Surveillance? Who's doing it? - It's being done. 2073 02:11:24,902 --> 02:11:26,778 - People's lives are in danger. - Wait. 2074 02:11:26,779 --> 02:11:29,531 - Maybe even ours. - What happened to that Justice source? 2075 02:11:29,532 --> 02:11:31,575 I made the instructions too complicated. 2076 02:11:31,576 --> 02:11:33,869 He thought I said "hang up," I said "hang on." 2077 02:11:33,870 --> 02:11:35,871 - Jesus Christ. - The story is right. 2078 02:11:35,872 --> 02:11:38,206 Haldeman was the fifth man to control that fund. 2079 02:11:38,207 --> 02:11:40,876 - Sloan would've told the grand jury. - Sloan wanted to. 2080 02:11:40,877 --> 02:11:43,362 - Why didn't he? - Because nobody asked. 2081 02:11:43,796 --> 02:11:46,173 The cover-up had little to do with the break-in. 2082 02:11:46,174 --> 02:11:48,300 It was to protect covert operations... 2083 02:11:48,301 --> 02:11:50,886 ...involving the entire U.S. intelligence community. 2084 02:11:50,887 --> 02:11:53,555 Did Deep Throat say that people's lives are in danger? 2085 02:11:53,556 --> 02:11:57,017 - Yes. - What else did he say? 2086 02:11:57,018 --> 02:11:59,992 He said everyone is involved. 2087 02:12:06,486 --> 02:12:09,237 You know the results of the latest Gallup poll? 2088 02:12:09,238 --> 02:12:12,073 Half the country never even heard of the word "Watergate." 2089 02:12:12,074 --> 02:12:14,535 Nobody gives a shit. 2090 02:12:16,370 --> 02:12:19,088 You guys are probably pretty tired, right? 2091 02:12:19,373 --> 02:12:22,292 Well, you should be. Go on home. 2092 02:12:22,293 --> 02:12:25,587 Get a nice hot bath, rest up 15 minutes... 2093 02:12:25,588 --> 02:12:28,423 ...then get your asses back in gear. 2094 02:12:28,424 --> 02:12:32,527 We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. 2095 02:12:33,596 --> 02:12:35,013 Nothing's riding on this... 2096 02:12:35,014 --> 02:12:38,183 ...except the First Amendment of the Constitution... 2097 02:12:38,184 --> 02:12:42,984 ...freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. 2098 02:12:43,940 --> 02:12:46,274 Not that any of that matters... 2099 02:12:46,275 --> 02:12:50,737 ...but if you guys fuck up again, I'm gonna get mad. 2100 02:12:51,697 --> 02:12:53,645 Good night. 2101 02:13:20,677 --> 02:13:22,710 Now, fellow Americans... 2102 02:13:22,711 --> 02:13:27,111 ...the honorable chief justice will administer the oath of office... 2103 02:13:27,942 --> 02:13:31,152 ...to the president of the United States of America. 2104 02:13:31,153 --> 02:13:33,488 Mr. Chief Justice. 2105 02:13:54,844 --> 02:13:59,097 Mr. President, are you ready to take the constitutional oath? 2106 02:13:59,098 --> 02:14:03,518 If you will place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand... 2107 02:14:03,519 --> 02:14:05,270 ...and please repeat after me: 2108 02:14:05,271 --> 02:14:08,565 I, Richard Nixon, do solemnly swear... 2109 02:14:08,566 --> 02:14:10,942 I, Richard Nixon, do solemnly swear... 2110 02:14:10,943 --> 02:14:15,543 ...that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States... 2111 02:14:15,665 --> 02:14:19,801 ...that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States... 2112 02:14:19,802 --> 02:14:22,362 ...and will, to the best of my ability... 2113 02:14:22,463 --> 02:14:24,606 ...and will, to the best of my ability... 2114 02:14:24,607 --> 02:14:26,908 ...preserve, protect and defend... 2115 02:14:26,909 --> 02:14:29,210 ...the Constitution of the United States... 2116 02:14:29,211 --> 02:14:33,181 ...preserve and protect and defend the Constitution of the United States... 2117 02:14:33,182 --> 02:14:34,883 CHIEF JUSTICE. ...so help me God. 2118 02:14:34,884 --> 02:14:37,601 ...so help me God.