1 00:00:38,949 --> 00:00:43,544 Here comes the President's helicopter, Marine helicopter number one... 2 00:00:43,629 --> 00:00:47,588 landing in the Plaza on the east side of the east front of the Capitol. 3 00:00:47,949 --> 00:00:50,941 Helicopter hovering gently, just off the ground. 4 00:00:51,909 --> 00:00:55,299 Amazing timing. The President flying all the way across the world... 5 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:56,868 across the Atlantic Ocean... 6 00:00:56,949 --> 00:01:01,147 arriving almost exactly as scheduled at 9:30... 7 00:01:01,509 --> 00:01:02,942 in the Capitol Plaza... 8 00:01:03,029 --> 00:01:05,668 so that he can go up the steps of the House of Representatives... 9 00:01:05,749 --> 00:01:09,424 go into the chamber, and address the members of the House and the Senate... 10 00:01:09,509 --> 00:01:12,262 the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps of Washington... 11 00:01:12,349 --> 00:01:14,385 all of whom are inside waiting for him... 12 00:01:14,469 --> 00:01:16,266 in the chamber of the House of Representatives. 13 00:01:16,349 --> 00:01:17,668 Mr. Speaker... 14 00:01:17,749 --> 00:01:20,547 the President of the United States. 15 00:01:27,789 --> 00:01:30,462 And the President, accompanied by the Escort Committee... 16 00:01:30,549 --> 00:01:33,905 comes down the central aisle, approaching the podium... 17 00:01:35,229 --> 00:01:36,582 greets members of his Cabinet... 18 00:01:36,669 --> 00:01:39,786 and those who are waiting to be confirmed as members of his Cabinet... 19 00:01:39,869 --> 00:01:41,860 as he reaches the rostrum. 20 00:01:44,789 --> 00:01:47,428 Shakes hands with the Speaker, Carl Albert... 21 00:01:48,109 --> 00:01:50,100 A happy President, smiling. 22 00:01:51,389 --> 00:01:54,426 Ladies and gentlemen, President Nixon will, in a moment... 23 00:01:54,509 --> 00:01:57,979 address the Congress and the people of the United States. 24 00:02:00,629 --> 00:02:01,698 Thank you. 25 00:03:53,109 --> 00:03:55,418 Car 727. Car 727. 26 00:03:55,509 --> 00:03:57,659 Open door at the Watergate office building. 27 00:03:57,749 --> 00:04:00,183 Possible burglary. See the security guard. 28 00:04:00,269 --> 00:04:02,066 Are you sure you want us? 29 00:04:02,229 --> 00:04:04,220 517 is closer and they're in uniform. 30 00:04:04,309 --> 00:04:06,459 They're getting gas. You take it. 31 00:04:27,989 --> 00:04:29,547 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 32 00:04:31,589 --> 00:04:33,102 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 33 00:04:33,589 --> 00:04:35,580 -What? -We're home. 34 00:04:52,869 --> 00:04:54,587 Base 1 to Unit 1. 35 00:04:55,669 --> 00:04:56,988 Base 1 to Unit 1. 36 00:04:57,829 --> 00:04:59,581 We have some activity here. 37 00:05:00,269 --> 00:05:01,748 Silence is advised. 38 00:05:05,189 --> 00:05:06,338 Shut it off. 39 00:05:15,349 --> 00:05:16,907 Base 1 to Unit 1. 40 00:05:17,749 --> 00:05:19,580 Lights on the eighth floor. 41 00:05:20,429 --> 00:05:21,987 Base 1 to Unit 1. 42 00:05:23,789 --> 00:05:25,427 Is there anybody there? 43 00:05:31,189 --> 00:05:33,987 There's people, people on the balcony. Armed people. 44 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:38,107 Base 1 to Unit 1. 45 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:43,859 Base 1 to Unit 1. We may have some problems. 46 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:50,748 Someone's here. 47 00:06:15,989 --> 00:06:18,139 -Hold it, you-- -Police! 48 00:06:19,189 --> 00:06:20,542 Put your hands up! 49 00:06:31,149 --> 00:06:32,502 Drop that jacket! 50 00:06:34,789 --> 00:06:38,418 Walkie-talkie, two 35mm cameras. 51 00:06:39,309 --> 00:06:41,027 Got it. That's good. 52 00:06:41,469 --> 00:06:42,982 All right, stay there. 53 00:06:43,749 --> 00:06:45,660 I already got something for you. Did you see this? 54 00:06:45,749 --> 00:06:47,580 A couple sleeping in bed, car hits the house... 55 00:06:47,669 --> 00:06:49,580 goes through the bedroom, comes out the other side. 56 00:06:49,669 --> 00:06:50,943 Good morning. Crash. 57 00:06:51,029 --> 00:06:53,020 Lewis is over at Democratic headquarters. 58 00:06:53,109 --> 00:06:55,418 One of the burglars had $814. 59 00:06:55,629 --> 00:06:58,985 One $230, one $215, and one $234. 60 00:06:59,269 --> 00:07:02,944 Most of it was in $100 bills and in sequence. 61 00:07:03,629 --> 00:07:04,903 -Woodward? -Yeah? 62 00:07:04,989 --> 00:07:06,945 There's been a break-in at the Democratic headquarters. 63 00:07:07,029 --> 00:07:08,940 -There's been an arrest. -Local Democratic headquarters. 64 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:10,064 They were bugging the place. 65 00:07:10,149 --> 00:07:12,504 Check the time of arraignment, and get over there. 66 00:07:12,589 --> 00:07:15,262 And, Woodward, it was National Democratic headquarters. 67 00:07:15,349 --> 00:07:16,623 All right. 68 00:07:17,989 --> 00:07:19,900 -Anything else? -Anything else? 69 00:07:20,229 --> 00:07:23,107 Break-in, car crash. That's not bad for a Saturday. 70 00:07:23,189 --> 00:07:24,907 Okay, let me know what happens. Hello, Carl. 71 00:07:24,989 --> 00:07:26,217 Got anything on that couple? 72 00:07:26,309 --> 00:07:28,584 Harry, I know somebody on the staff over at Watergate. 73 00:07:28,669 --> 00:07:31,900 Bernstein, why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another? 74 00:07:31,989 --> 00:07:33,342 I finished it. 75 00:07:33,669 --> 00:07:35,546 -The Virginia Legislature story? -I finished it. 76 00:07:35,629 --> 00:07:37,221 All right, give it to me. 77 00:07:37,629 --> 00:07:40,063 I'm just polishing it. I'll work the phones. 78 00:07:40,149 --> 00:07:42,424 Polishing it? Yeah, you work the phones. 79 00:07:48,069 --> 00:07:51,459 Excuse me, I'm sorry, who are the lawyers for the five men arrested at Watergate? 80 00:07:51,549 --> 00:07:52,584 Do you know? 81 00:07:52,669 --> 00:07:54,978 -Well, these two were assigned to it. -I'm sorry? 82 00:07:55,069 --> 00:07:57,299 These two were appointed to the case. 83 00:07:57,509 --> 00:08:00,421 But only now it turns out the burglars have their own counsel. 84 00:08:00,509 --> 00:08:02,625 -The burglars have their own counsel? -That's right. 85 00:08:02,709 --> 00:08:04,665 That's kind of unusual, wouldn't you say? 86 00:08:04,749 --> 00:08:06,341 For burglars it's unusual. 87 00:08:06,429 --> 00:08:09,978 -You know the name of the counsel? -I don't know. Some country-club type. 88 00:08:10,669 --> 00:08:12,944 You are charged with soliciting prostitution... 89 00:08:13,029 --> 00:08:14,906 at 14th and east street. 90 00:08:15,509 --> 00:08:18,785 And you get as your solicitor, one Perry Woodstock. 91 00:08:19,229 --> 00:08:23,108 Your Honor, Mrs. Hawkin has in the past been a reliable, hardworking parent. 92 00:08:23,189 --> 00:08:27,307 Parents are sworn over. I think $300 would be acceptable.... 93 00:08:27,389 --> 00:08:29,505 Excuse me, what is your name? 94 00:08:30,629 --> 00:08:33,223 I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 95 00:08:34,349 --> 00:08:35,987 -Markham. -Markham. 96 00:08:36,189 --> 00:08:39,738 Mr. Markham, are you here in connection with the Watergate burglary? 97 00:08:40,549 --> 00:08:41,982 I'm not here. 98 00:08:45,149 --> 00:08:46,184 Okay. 99 00:08:48,549 --> 00:08:50,585 Well, clearly, I am here... 100 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:54,026 but only as an individual, not as the attorney of record. 101 00:08:54,149 --> 00:08:55,264 Who is? 102 00:08:56,029 --> 00:08:57,348 Mr. Starkey. 103 00:08:58,709 --> 00:09:00,779 -Do you have any-- -Whatever you want... 104 00:09:00,869 --> 00:09:04,145 you'll have to get it from him. I have nothing more to say. 105 00:09:13,749 --> 00:09:15,501 Starkey. S-T-.... 106 00:09:19,989 --> 00:09:21,547 Mr. Starkey was very helpful. 107 00:09:21,629 --> 00:09:24,860 Four Cuban Americans and another man, James W. McCord. 108 00:09:25,669 --> 00:09:28,627 Look, I told you inside, I have nothing more to say. 109 00:09:28,709 --> 00:09:30,301 I understand that. 110 00:09:30,949 --> 00:09:33,702 What I don't understand is how you got here. 111 00:09:34,349 --> 00:09:37,341 I assure you there's nothing very mysterious involved. 112 00:09:37,509 --> 00:09:40,182 Well, a little while ago, I was talking to a couple of the lawyers... 113 00:09:40,269 --> 00:09:41,987 assigned to represent the burglars. 114 00:09:42,069 --> 00:09:43,104 So? 115 00:09:43,189 --> 00:09:45,657 They never would have been assigned to represent the burglars... 116 00:09:45,749 --> 00:09:48,547 had anyone known the burglars had arranged for their own counsel. 117 00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:51,097 Only, the burglars couldn't have arranged for their own counsel... 118 00:09:51,189 --> 00:09:53,498 since they never even made a phone call. 119 00:09:53,909 --> 00:09:56,821 So, if no one asked you to be here, why are you here? 120 00:09:57,589 --> 00:09:59,500 I don't want you to take this personally, Mr... 121 00:09:59,589 --> 00:10:01,022 -Woodward. -Woodward. 122 00:10:01,389 --> 00:10:03,266 lt'd be a mistake to do that. 123 00:10:03,989 --> 00:10:06,025 I just don't have anything to say. 124 00:10:17,029 --> 00:10:20,260 Did one of the other men involved in the break-in call you? 125 00:10:21,629 --> 00:10:24,587 What reason do you have to assume that there were other people involved? 126 00:10:24,669 --> 00:10:27,502 Well, one of your clients was arrested with a walkie-talkie. 127 00:10:27,589 --> 00:10:29,181 They're not my clients. 128 00:10:30,549 --> 00:10:32,301 Now, I don't want to talk about this anymore. 129 00:10:32,389 --> 00:10:34,619 You're a lawyer and you're here. 130 00:10:36,149 --> 00:10:39,824 One of the defendants, Mr. Barker, and I met at a social occasion once. 131 00:10:39,909 --> 00:10:42,946 -Where? -I have nothing else to say. 132 00:10:43,029 --> 00:10:44,064 A Miami social occasion? 133 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:46,663 Mr. Starkey says the Cubans were from Miami. 134 00:10:47,509 --> 00:10:49,340 L-62, James McCord. 135 00:10:49,429 --> 00:10:51,147 L-63, Bernard Barker. 136 00:10:51,229 --> 00:10:53,868 L-64, Virgil Gonzales. 137 00:10:53,949 --> 00:10:56,019 L-65, Eugenio Martinez. 138 00:10:56,149 --> 00:10:58,583 L-66, Frank Sturgis. 139 00:10:59,029 --> 00:11:01,179 Please step forward, Attorney Starkey. 140 00:11:01,269 --> 00:11:03,180 All charged with Burglary 2. 141 00:11:05,669 --> 00:11:08,627 -Mr. Starkey, will you represent all five? -Yes, Your Honor. 142 00:11:08,709 --> 00:11:11,781 And are all five gentlemen charged with burglary, second degree? 143 00:11:11,869 --> 00:11:12,904 Yes, Your Honor. 144 00:11:12,989 --> 00:11:15,503 Your names, please, and state your professions. 145 00:11:15,749 --> 00:11:18,627 Bernard Barker, anti-communist. 146 00:11:19,389 --> 00:11:22,984 Anti-communist? That, sir, is not your average profession. 147 00:11:25,629 --> 00:11:28,507 James McCord, security consultant. 148 00:11:28,629 --> 00:11:29,744 Where? 149 00:11:29,829 --> 00:11:32,662 Government. Recently retired. 150 00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:36,704 -Where in the government? -Central Intelligence Agency. 151 00:11:37,149 --> 00:11:38,264 Where? 152 00:11:38,589 --> 00:11:39,738 The CIA. 153 00:11:40,549 --> 00:11:43,347 Sturgis, Frank A., salvage operator. 154 00:11:43,909 --> 00:11:45,183 Holy shit! 155 00:11:46,389 --> 00:11:48,983 Eugenio Martinez, known as Gene Valdez. 156 00:11:49,069 --> 00:11:51,264 James W. McCord, alias Edward Martin. 157 00:11:51,349 --> 00:11:53,146 Frank Sturgis, alias Frank Fiorini. 158 00:11:53,229 --> 00:11:55,026 All five of them had at least one alias. 159 00:11:55,109 --> 00:11:58,021 Is there any proof they were trying to bug the National Democratic Chairman? 160 00:11:58,109 --> 00:11:59,781 It's obvious they were trying to bug O'Brien. 161 00:11:59,869 --> 00:12:01,780 They wouldn't go to all that trouble to bug secretaries. 162 00:12:01,869 --> 00:12:03,097 -There's no proof. -Wait a minute. 163 00:12:03,189 --> 00:12:04,383 I called a lawyer in Miami I know. 164 00:12:04,469 --> 00:12:07,029 He said four of the guys who were arrested were from Miami... 165 00:12:07,109 --> 00:12:09,384 Gonzales, Martinez, Sturgis, and Barker. 166 00:12:09,469 --> 00:12:13,064 Yeah, Barker. And all four of them were involved in CIA activities... 167 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:14,662 -No, they weren't. -Yeah. 168 00:12:14,749 --> 00:12:17,821 No, only one of them was admitted CIA, and the CIA won't confirm that. 169 00:12:17,909 --> 00:12:19,740 In fact, they deny even knowing McCord. 170 00:12:19,829 --> 00:12:22,946 Yeah, but I just think it's obvious that with all that money and equipment... 171 00:12:23,029 --> 00:12:26,544 they weren't out to work by themselves. Somebody hired them. 172 00:12:26,629 --> 00:12:28,347 I'm not interested in what you think is obvious. 173 00:12:28,429 --> 00:12:29,498 I'm interested in what you know. 174 00:12:29,589 --> 00:12:32,228 What we don't know is why they wanted to bug Democratic Headquarters. 175 00:12:32,309 --> 00:12:33,788 Whether they were working for themselves... 176 00:12:33,869 --> 00:12:35,461 or other individuals or other organizations. 177 00:12:35,549 --> 00:12:37,426 Could be a story, or could just be crazy Cubans. 178 00:12:37,509 --> 00:12:39,545 Bachinski, when you get there tonight, take it easy. 179 00:12:39,629 --> 00:12:41,187 The police are nervous. 180 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,538 Yeah? 181 00:12:50,629 --> 00:12:52,267 Bachinski, calling from Police Headquarters. 182 00:12:52,349 --> 00:12:54,658 A friend just showed me what they found in the hotel rooms... 183 00:12:54,749 --> 00:12:55,784 of the Watergate burglars. 184 00:12:55,869 --> 00:12:57,825 There's something here you might want to look into. 185 00:12:57,909 --> 00:13:00,184 Hang on. Okay, go ahead. 186 00:13:00,269 --> 00:13:03,227 There's a strange entry in two of the burglars'address books. 187 00:13:03,309 --> 00:13:06,585 -Yeah. -One says, "H.H. at W.H." 188 00:13:07,269 --> 00:13:10,102 The other says, "Howard Hunt, W. House." 189 00:13:13,389 --> 00:13:15,266 You can dial the White House direct, can't you? 190 00:13:15,349 --> 00:13:16,418 Yeah. 191 00:13:16,509 --> 00:13:20,263 -What's the number? -456-1414. 192 00:13:30,669 --> 00:13:33,024 -White House. -Howard Hunt, please. 193 00:13:33,549 --> 00:13:35,665 Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. 194 00:13:35,949 --> 00:13:38,827 He might be in Mr. Colson's office. I'll connect you. 195 00:13:39,469 --> 00:13:40,743 Thank you. 196 00:13:41,469 --> 00:13:44,029 -Charles Colson's office. -Howard Hunt, please. 197 00:13:44,109 --> 00:13:47,260 -Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. -Do you know when he'll be back? 198 00:13:47,349 --> 00:13:48,464 No, I don't. 199 00:13:48,909 --> 00:13:49,978 Okay, thank you. 200 00:13:50,069 --> 00:13:52,537 -Have you tried the Mullen Firm? -I beg your pardon? 201 00:13:52,629 --> 00:13:55,427 He also works as a writer at Mullen & Company Public Relations. 202 00:13:55,509 --> 00:13:57,500 Do you have a phone on that or an address, please? 203 00:13:57,589 --> 00:13:59,147 No, I don't. I'm sorry. 204 00:13:59,509 --> 00:14:00,703 All right, thank you. 205 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:05,538 Harry? 206 00:14:06,269 --> 00:14:07,782 Who's Charles Colson? 207 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:10,987 Who's Charles Colson? 208 00:14:11,509 --> 00:14:12,578 Sit down. 209 00:14:13,709 --> 00:14:15,620 You know, I'm glad you asked me that question. 210 00:14:15,709 --> 00:14:17,620 The reason I'm glad you asked me is because... 211 00:14:17,709 --> 00:14:19,984 if you had asked Simons or Bradlee, they would've said: 212 00:14:20,069 --> 00:14:23,778 "You know we're going to have to fire this schmuck at once because he's so dumb!" 213 00:14:23,869 --> 00:14:25,666 Who is Charles Colson? 214 00:14:26,509 --> 00:14:29,501 The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. 215 00:14:29,589 --> 00:14:30,942 You've heard of him? 216 00:14:32,949 --> 00:14:35,782 Charles Colson is Special Counsel to the President. 217 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:38,020 There's a cartoon on his wall. 218 00:14:38,629 --> 00:14:41,826 Caption reads, "When you've got them by the balls... 219 00:14:41,989 --> 00:14:44,503 "their hearts and minds will follow." 220 00:14:51,269 --> 00:14:52,384 Mullen & Company. 221 00:14:52,469 --> 00:14:54,858 -Howard Hunt, please. -One moment, please. 222 00:14:55,749 --> 00:14:57,182 Howard Hunt here. 223 00:14:58,389 --> 00:15:00,949 Hi, I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 224 00:15:01,029 --> 00:15:02,542 Yes, what is it? 225 00:15:03,029 --> 00:15:05,497 I was just kind of wondering why your name and phone number... 226 00:15:05,589 --> 00:15:09,298 were in the address books of two of the men arrested at Watergate? 227 00:15:09,389 --> 00:15:10,424 Good God! 228 00:15:11,589 --> 00:15:12,624 Do you care to comment? 229 00:15:12,709 --> 00:15:16,224 In view that the matter is under adjudication, I have no comment. 230 00:15:17,389 --> 00:15:18,458 Hello? 231 00:15:18,549 --> 00:15:20,540 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 232 00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:23,587 I was told that you had worked with a Mr. Howard Hunt. 233 00:15:23,909 --> 00:15:25,865 Why would anyone say that? 234 00:15:25,989 --> 00:15:27,581 You do know Mr. Hunt? 235 00:15:27,669 --> 00:15:31,184 No, I don't believe so, and I can't imagine why anyone would say that. 236 00:15:31,269 --> 00:15:34,147 Listen, I'm really sorry, but I was on my way out. Goodbye. 237 00:15:34,229 --> 00:15:37,141 Could we just confirm a couple.... Bye. 238 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:43,465 -Did you say the Washington Post? -Yes, that's right, the Post. 239 00:15:43,549 --> 00:15:47,542 Your publishing firm was listed in some papers in connection with a Howard Hunt. 240 00:15:47,629 --> 00:15:49,699 Yeah, he's one of our authors. 241 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,746 He wrote spy novels, I think. 242 00:15:52,229 --> 00:15:55,539 What type of spy novels were they? Were they modern, or were they period-- 243 00:15:55,629 --> 00:15:58,097 You say, "wrote"? You mean he's no longer with you anymore? 244 00:15:58,189 --> 00:15:59,338 No, not at this time. 245 00:15:59,429 --> 00:16:01,659 How long has it been since you've heard from him? 246 00:16:01,749 --> 00:16:02,977 A couple of years, I think. 247 00:16:03,069 --> 00:16:05,981 Could you tell me some of the names of the novels that he has written? 248 00:16:07,909 --> 00:16:10,787 -Hello? Is this Mr. Paul Herrera? -�Qui�n? 249 00:16:11,109 --> 00:16:13,577 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 250 00:16:14,389 --> 00:16:17,108 Bob Woodward of the.... Do you speak English? 251 00:16:17,989 --> 00:16:20,298 Momento, momento. 252 00:16:20,389 --> 00:16:24,064 Do any of you guys speak English? Do any of you guys speak Spanish? 253 00:16:27,669 --> 00:16:29,182 -Se�or. -S�. 254 00:16:34,789 --> 00:16:36,780 Never mind. Thank you. 255 00:16:37,189 --> 00:16:38,508 Thank you. Never mind. 256 00:16:44,909 --> 00:16:46,467 -Hello. -Mr. Bennett? 257 00:16:46,549 --> 00:16:47,902 -Yes. -This is Bob Woodward... 258 00:16:47,989 --> 00:16:49,024 of the Washington Post. 259 00:16:49,109 --> 00:16:50,144 Sorry to bother you at home. 260 00:16:50,229 --> 00:16:52,140 I was wondering if you could confirm some information... 261 00:16:52,229 --> 00:16:54,185 on one of your employees, Mr. Howard Hunt? 262 00:16:54,269 --> 00:16:55,418 What kind of information? 263 00:16:55,509 --> 00:16:57,022 It's just profile information mostly. 264 00:16:57,109 --> 00:16:59,418 We know, for example, that he works for Mullen & Company... 265 00:16:59,509 --> 00:17:03,263 or did work for Mullen & Company as a writer. He's also a novelist. 266 00:17:03,349 --> 00:17:06,466 We know that he works in the office of Mr. Charles Colson at the White House. 267 00:17:06,549 --> 00:17:07,664 And the CIA. 268 00:17:08,629 --> 00:17:09,982 And the CIA. 269 00:17:10,509 --> 00:17:13,342 If you're conducting that kind of investigation... 270 00:17:13,469 --> 00:17:17,348 then certainly it comes as no surprise to you that Howard was with the CIA. 271 00:17:17,429 --> 00:17:19,420 No, no surprise at all. 272 00:17:21,669 --> 00:17:23,899 Hunt worked for the CIA till 1970. 273 00:17:24,389 --> 00:17:26,300 From '49 to '70. Now, this is on deep background... 274 00:17:26,389 --> 00:17:28,744 but the FBI thinks he's involved with the break-in. 275 00:17:28,829 --> 00:17:29,898 What else you got? 276 00:17:29,989 --> 00:17:31,422 According to White House personnel... 277 00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:33,659 Hunt definitely worked there as a consultant for Colson. 278 00:17:33,749 --> 00:17:37,105 That's Charles Colson, the President's Special Counsel. 279 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:38,747 Did you call the White House Press Office? 280 00:17:38,829 --> 00:17:40,148 I went over there. I talked to them. 281 00:17:40,229 --> 00:17:42,663 They said Hunt hadn't worked there for three months. 282 00:17:42,749 --> 00:17:45,309 Then a PR guy said this weird thing to me. 283 00:17:46,949 --> 00:17:49,258 He said, "I'm convinced that neither Mr. Colson... 284 00:17:49,349 --> 00:17:50,748 "nor anyone at the White House... 285 00:17:50,829 --> 00:17:53,104 "had any knowledge of or participation in... 286 00:17:53,189 --> 00:17:56,704 "this deplorable incident at the Democratic National Committee." 287 00:17:57,309 --> 00:18:00,426 -Isn't that what you'd expect them to say? -Absolutely. 288 00:18:01,269 --> 00:18:02,304 So? 289 00:18:02,829 --> 00:18:04,626 I never asked about Watergate. 290 00:18:05,509 --> 00:18:08,421 I simply asked what were Hunt's duties at the White House. 291 00:18:08,829 --> 00:18:12,185 They volunteered he was innocent when nobody asked if he was guilty. 292 00:18:14,349 --> 00:18:16,180 Be careful how you write it. 293 00:18:18,269 --> 00:18:20,829 Looks like we've got a White House consultant linked to the bugging. 294 00:18:20,909 --> 00:18:23,184 Harry, this isn't a police story anymore. This is national. 295 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,907 We need a top political writer on it. 296 00:18:24,989 --> 00:18:26,581 Well, they don't want it. 297 00:18:26,829 --> 00:18:28,899 They're all over the goddamned map covering the Primaries. 298 00:18:28,989 --> 00:18:30,707 Besides, this guy has busted his ass. 299 00:18:30,789 --> 00:18:32,939 He's been on this paper for only nine months. 300 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:35,145 -What's the matter with you? -He's a humper! 301 00:18:35,269 --> 00:18:37,419 What's he been writing about, rat shit in restaurants? 302 00:18:37,509 --> 00:18:39,898 -He's got no experience. -He got a few of them closed, didn't he? 303 00:18:39,989 --> 00:18:41,547 Minor incidents. Small government agencies. 304 00:18:41,629 --> 00:18:44,780 Have Mr. Moffitt come in here, please. And see if Mr. Bradlee's free. 305 00:18:44,869 --> 00:18:46,018 I want Ben to hear this. 306 00:18:46,109 --> 00:18:48,020 Sure Moffitt'll want the story for the National desk... 307 00:18:48,109 --> 00:18:49,542 now that we've built it into something. 308 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,028 Even Bernstein's busting his ass! 309 00:18:51,109 --> 00:18:54,146 I read that cockamamie memorandum he wrote on the break-in. 310 00:18:54,229 --> 00:18:56,459 All right, so some of it was bullshit. 311 00:18:56,549 --> 00:18:58,062 What is the matter with you? 312 00:18:58,149 --> 00:19:01,027 You told me yourself you were going to fire him last month. 313 00:19:01,669 --> 00:19:05,218 Look, he wants on the story bad. They both do! 314 00:19:06,349 --> 00:19:08,021 He knows a lot of people. 315 00:19:09,149 --> 00:19:10,787 Howard, they're hungry! 316 00:19:10,869 --> 00:19:12,461 You remember when you were hungry? 317 00:20:28,989 --> 00:20:30,661 Hello. Can you get me Nigel.... 318 00:20:35,789 --> 00:20:37,108 Right away. 319 00:20:50,429 --> 00:20:52,101 -How's it going? -What are you doing? 320 00:20:52,189 --> 00:20:53,542 -Polishing it a little. -What? 321 00:20:53,629 --> 00:20:55,267 -Polishing it. -What's wrong with it? 322 00:20:55,349 --> 00:20:56,941 Nothing. Nothing. It's good. 323 00:20:57,029 --> 00:20:58,223 Then what are you doing with it? 324 00:20:58,309 --> 00:21:00,869 I'm just helping. It's a little fuzzy. 325 00:21:01,149 --> 00:21:02,298 May I have it? 326 00:21:02,389 --> 00:21:03,947 I don't think you're saying what you mean. 327 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:05,382 I know exactly what I mean. 328 00:21:05,469 --> 00:21:07,061 Not here, I can't tell from this whether... 329 00:21:07,149 --> 00:21:08,867 Hunt works for Colson or Colson works for Hunt. 330 00:21:08,949 --> 00:21:10,780 -May I have it, please? -Some of the conclusions-- 331 00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:12,700 -May I have it? -Yes. I'm not looking for a fight. 332 00:21:12,789 --> 00:21:14,063 I'm not looking for a fight, either. 333 00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:17,300 I'm just aware of the fact that you've only been here nine months. 334 00:21:17,629 --> 00:21:18,903 What's that got to do with anything? 335 00:21:18,989 --> 00:21:20,342 I've been in the business since I'm 16. 336 00:21:20,429 --> 00:21:21,464 What are you saying? 337 00:21:21,549 --> 00:21:24,188 I'm trying to tell you that if you'd read mine and then read yours.... 338 00:21:24,269 --> 00:21:25,861 -May I read yours? -Yeah. 339 00:21:26,669 --> 00:21:28,739 I walked by, gave yours a glance, it didn't look right... 340 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:30,342 so I just figured I'd refine it a little. 341 00:21:30,429 --> 00:21:32,226 The first paragraph has to have more clarity... 342 00:21:32,309 --> 00:21:33,708 if the reader's going to understand it. 343 00:21:33,789 --> 00:21:36,587 You don't mention Colson's name till the third paragraph. 344 00:21:36,669 --> 00:21:38,580 I think mine's better. But you go ahead and read it. 345 00:21:38,669 --> 00:21:40,739 If you think yours is better, we'll give yours to the desk. 346 00:21:40,829 --> 00:21:42,785 I've got Colson's name up front. 347 00:21:43,949 --> 00:21:45,940 He's a White House consultant and nobody knows it. 348 00:21:46,029 --> 00:21:47,428 You're right. 349 00:21:48,069 --> 00:21:49,582 Yours is better. 350 00:22:00,909 --> 00:22:02,820 If you're going to do it, do it right. Here are my notes. 351 00:22:02,909 --> 00:22:04,865 If you're going to hype it, hype it with the facts. 352 00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:07,827 I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it. 353 00:22:09,229 --> 00:22:10,821 Woodward. Bernstein. 354 00:22:10,909 --> 00:22:13,218 You're both on the story. Now don't fuck it up. 355 00:22:19,549 --> 00:22:22,586 Steuben, what's the name of that girl that you bombed out with... 356 00:22:22,669 --> 00:22:25,058 -that works in Colson's office? -Sharon Lyle. 357 00:22:26,829 --> 00:22:30,219 -Why are you looking at me like that? -You're attractive. 358 00:22:31,829 --> 00:22:33,421 You are very attractive. 359 00:22:33,869 --> 00:22:36,303 You know, my girlfriend told me to watch out for you. 360 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:38,505 -Who? -I'm not giving any names. 361 00:22:39,829 --> 00:22:41,899 Steuben said you worked for Colson. 362 00:22:44,909 --> 00:22:47,184 Steuben's crazy. I never worked for Colson. 363 00:22:47,269 --> 00:22:48,497 That's what he said. 364 00:22:48,589 --> 00:22:52,468 I worked for an assistant. Colson was really big on secrets, anyway. 365 00:22:53,109 --> 00:22:56,419 Even if I had worked for him, I wouldn't know anything! 366 00:22:58,149 --> 00:23:01,664 Did you know Howard Hunt? Didn't he work in the office? 367 00:23:01,749 --> 00:23:02,977 Yeah, I knew Howard. 368 00:23:03,069 --> 00:23:05,264 -Nice? -He's a nice person. 369 00:23:05,549 --> 00:23:08,621 He's secretive, he is secretive, but a decent man. 370 00:23:08,909 --> 00:23:11,469 Do you have any idea what he did? 371 00:23:12,909 --> 00:23:15,946 The White House said he was doing some investigative work. 372 00:23:16,029 --> 00:23:17,257 What do you say? 373 00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:21,543 -He was doing investigative work. -On what? 374 00:23:23,989 --> 00:23:25,866 -Different things. -Like what? 375 00:23:27,829 --> 00:23:28,898 She warned me. 376 00:23:28,989 --> 00:23:31,549 I'm not going to take my book out. I'm just asking you. 377 00:23:32,589 --> 00:23:36,059 The scuttlebutt for a while was that he was investigating Kennedy. 378 00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:37,218 Go on. 379 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:40,222 The White House was real paranoid about Teddy Kennedy. 380 00:23:41,869 --> 00:23:45,066 I remember seeing a book about Chappaquiddick on his desk. 381 00:23:45,149 --> 00:23:47,947 And he was always getting material out of the White House Library... 382 00:23:48,029 --> 00:23:51,021 and the Library of Congress, and anything he could find. 383 00:23:53,349 --> 00:23:54,828 White House Library. 384 00:23:54,909 --> 00:23:57,104 Hi, this is Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post... 385 00:23:57,189 --> 00:23:59,225 and I was just wondering if you can remember... 386 00:23:59,309 --> 00:24:03,097 any books that a Howard Hunt checked out on Senator Kennedy? 387 00:24:03,189 --> 00:24:04,827 -Howard Hunt? -Yes, ma'am. 388 00:24:06,069 --> 00:24:08,822 Yes, I think I do remember. 389 00:24:09,149 --> 00:24:11,344 He took out a whole lot of material. 390 00:24:11,509 --> 00:24:15,184 -Why don't you hold on and I'll see? -I sure will. Thank you very much. 391 00:24:27,829 --> 00:24:29,547 -Mr. Bernstein? -Yes, ma'am? 392 00:24:30,229 --> 00:24:32,140 -I was wrong. -I beg your pardon? 393 00:24:32,229 --> 00:24:36,586 The truth is, I don't have a card that says Mr. Hunt took any material. 394 00:24:37,829 --> 00:24:39,945 I don't remember getting material for.... 395 00:24:40,029 --> 00:24:42,941 I do remember getting material for somebody, but it wasn't for Mr. Hunt. 396 00:24:43,029 --> 00:24:44,257 All right. 397 00:24:44,949 --> 00:24:48,624 The truth is, I didn't have any requests at all from Mr. Hunt. 398 00:24:52,109 --> 00:24:54,748 The truth is, I don't know any Mr. Hunt. 399 00:24:59,469 --> 00:25:03,462 I was just wondering if you have any books.... Hello? 400 00:25:07,469 --> 00:25:10,029 Yes, we're checking that information now. 401 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:12,907 We'd just like to find out just what it was that Hunt did... 402 00:25:12,989 --> 00:25:16,299 when he worked out as a White House consultant on the Pentagon Papers. 403 00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:17,981 Yes, I'd appreciate that, if you could. 404 00:25:18,069 --> 00:25:19,980 Yes, sir. Thank you. 405 00:25:20,069 --> 00:25:22,025 I just got off the phone with the White House librarian. 406 00:25:22,109 --> 00:25:24,259 You want to look at the notes on it? 407 00:25:25,749 --> 00:25:29,378 This is some stuff from the Eisenhower campaign in 1952... 408 00:25:29,469 --> 00:25:31,619 that Hunt was connected with. 409 00:25:33,709 --> 00:25:35,700 Did you call the White House Communications Office? 410 00:25:35,789 --> 00:25:38,064 No, I just got off the phone with the librarian. 411 00:25:39,469 --> 00:25:41,300 -524-743. -I know the number. 412 00:25:43,469 --> 00:25:46,222 Between the first and second quote there's a complete contradiction. 413 00:25:46,309 --> 00:25:47,788 It's a space of about five seconds. 414 00:25:47,869 --> 00:25:49,018 -My feeling is-- -Was this all.... 415 00:25:49,109 --> 00:25:50,178 Mr. Clawson's office. 416 00:25:50,269 --> 00:25:51,941 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 417 00:25:52,029 --> 00:25:54,463 -Could I talk to Mr. Clawson, please? -One moment, please. 418 00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:55,777 Thank you. 419 00:25:56,349 --> 00:25:58,180 When she came back she said she didn't even know-- 420 00:25:58,269 --> 00:26:00,624 -Ken Clawson. -Mr. Clawson, this is Bob Woodward. 421 00:26:00,709 --> 00:26:03,143 Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post had a conversation... 422 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:04,662 with a White House librarian... 423 00:26:04,749 --> 00:26:08,059 on some books a Mr. Howard Hunt took out on Senator Edward Kennedy. 424 00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:11,425 She first said that Howard Hunt had taken out books on Senator Kennedy... 425 00:26:11,509 --> 00:26:13,659 and then she denied even knowing who he was. 426 00:26:13,749 --> 00:26:16,468 I was wondering if you'd like to comment on this confusion. 427 00:26:16,549 --> 00:26:18,699 Listen, let me call you back on this matter. 428 00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:21,542 -I'm going to check on it for you. -All right, thank you. Bye. 429 00:26:21,629 --> 00:26:22,857 -Call back? -Yes. 430 00:26:22,949 --> 00:26:24,905 -This was all one conversation? -Yeah. 431 00:26:24,989 --> 00:26:27,867 She says first of all, "I think I got a bunch of books on Hunt." 432 00:26:27,949 --> 00:26:30,907 She comes back five seconds later, she says, "I don't even know a Mr. Hunt." 433 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:32,104 It's obvious someone got to her. 434 00:26:32,189 --> 00:26:34,544 Not enough proof. I mean, if there was just a piece of paper... 435 00:26:34,629 --> 00:26:37,587 that said that Hunt was taking out books on Kennedy and Chappaquiddick. 436 00:26:37,669 --> 00:26:39,307 Like a.... I don't know, library slip. 437 00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:41,300 Hunt also took out books from the Library of Congress... 438 00:26:41,389 --> 00:26:44,426 but what's more important is that somebody got to her in that space of time. 439 00:26:44,509 --> 00:26:46,977 -How do you know somebody got to her? -Because she said that Hunt.... 440 00:26:47,069 --> 00:26:48,821 There was a lot of books that Hunt checked out. 441 00:26:48,909 --> 00:26:50,820 And then she comes back and she don't even know him. 442 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:53,707 -Woodward. -Mr. Woodward, Ken Clawson calling back. 443 00:26:53,789 --> 00:26:56,542 -I've just talked with the librarian. -Yes, sir. 444 00:26:56,629 --> 00:27:00,702 She denies that the conversation with Mr. Bernstein ever took place. 445 00:27:00,789 --> 00:27:03,064 She said she referred him to the Press Office. 446 00:27:03,149 --> 00:27:05,105 Excuse me, I'm sorry, you say she denies even knowing... 447 00:27:05,189 --> 00:27:06,827 about the conversation taking place? 448 00:27:06,909 --> 00:27:11,585 That's right. She said someone did call her asking about Mr. Hunt... 449 00:27:11,669 --> 00:27:14,342 but all she did was refer him to the Press Office... 450 00:27:14,429 --> 00:27:15,578 and she denies that... 451 00:27:15,669 --> 00:27:17,944 -any other conversation took place. -Total bullshit. 452 00:27:18,029 --> 00:27:21,101 -I hope that's been of some help to you. -Thank you. 453 00:27:24,669 --> 00:27:27,979 -We've got to get something on paper. -The Library of Congress. 454 00:27:29,869 --> 00:27:30,904 Mona? 455 00:27:31,309 --> 00:27:33,698 Excuse me, Mona, could you take any calls for me, please? 456 00:27:33,789 --> 00:27:35,381 -Sure. -Here's my note. 457 00:27:36,309 --> 00:27:38,027 If I get any calls.... 458 00:27:39,069 --> 00:27:41,537 -Will you be back later? -I don't know when. 459 00:27:55,469 --> 00:27:58,506 You want all the material requested by the White House? 460 00:27:59,029 --> 00:28:01,668 All White House transactions are confidential. 461 00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:04,660 Thank you very much, gentlemen. 462 00:28:10,349 --> 00:28:13,819 -We need a sympathetic face. -We're not going to find one here. 463 00:28:14,189 --> 00:28:16,180 You want every request since when? 464 00:28:16,749 --> 00:28:18,740 -When did he start? -July of '71. 465 00:28:18,829 --> 00:28:20,740 I imagine the whole last year. 466 00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:25,548 I'm not sure you want them, but I've got them. 467 00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:20,546 Maybe they pulled the cards. 468 00:29:20,629 --> 00:29:21,948 Maybe they changed the names. 469 00:29:22,029 --> 00:29:24,941 There might have been a card there, and we missed it. 470 00:29:25,229 --> 00:29:26,662 Hey, wait a minute. 471 00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:30,502 I met a White House aide once at a social occasion. 472 00:29:30,589 --> 00:29:32,864 -So? -He might confirm. 473 00:29:34,989 --> 00:29:37,549 -Do we need W.H. in White House? -Not in the second paragraph. 474 00:29:37,629 --> 00:29:39,620 -I don't think we do. Do we? -White House will be enough. 475 00:29:39,709 --> 00:29:41,620 -White House. -Just use White House. Forget the W.H. 476 00:29:41,709 --> 00:29:44,098 I want to know about Colson. What was his job at the White House? 477 00:29:44,189 --> 00:29:47,067 -Special consultant to the President. -I gotta say it. 478 00:29:48,589 --> 00:29:51,865 These notes on the White House librarian, are they accurate? 479 00:29:53,229 --> 00:29:55,299 The White House librarian, the notes, are they accurate? 480 00:29:55,389 --> 00:29:57,107 Yeah, but I wanna hear him say it. 481 00:30:17,309 --> 00:30:19,948 -Okay, let's have it. -Here you are, Ben. 482 00:30:20,269 --> 00:30:22,737 It's a good, solid piece of American journalism... 483 00:30:22,829 --> 00:30:25,297 that the New York Times doesn't have. 484 00:30:48,309 --> 00:30:49,424 You haven't got it. 485 00:30:49,509 --> 00:30:51,625 A librarian and a secretary saying Hunt looked at a book. 486 00:30:51,709 --> 00:30:52,744 That's not good enough. 487 00:30:52,829 --> 00:30:55,946 A White House aide told me that Hunt was investigating Kennedy. 488 00:30:56,029 --> 00:30:57,144 Who was it? 489 00:30:57,829 --> 00:30:59,785 Who was it? You want the name, you mean? 490 00:30:59,869 --> 00:31:01,700 No, how senior, how high up? 491 00:31:02,029 --> 00:31:03,508 I don't know titles. 492 00:31:17,029 --> 00:31:18,223 "Showed a special interest." 493 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:20,539 No, we said the White House was investigating Kennedy. 494 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:22,267 "Showed a special interest in him." 495 00:31:22,349 --> 00:31:23,748 Jesus, the story's stronger than that. 496 00:31:23,829 --> 00:31:26,184 The White House librarian says Hunt checked out a lot of books. 497 00:31:26,269 --> 00:31:28,863 We got a secretary in Colson's office said Hunt was sitting.... 498 00:31:28,949 --> 00:31:32,021 All right, Carl. Ben, that's a Page 1 story. 499 00:31:33,389 --> 00:31:35,619 Stick it inside someplace. 500 00:31:36,749 --> 00:31:39,104 This is a goddamn important story. 501 00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:46,664 Get some harder information next time. 502 00:31:51,429 --> 00:31:54,307 Asshole. Bradlee's just sticking up for the Kennedys. 503 00:31:54,389 --> 00:31:56,300 -We didn't have it, that's all. -Bullshit. We had it cold. 504 00:31:56,389 --> 00:31:58,266 -No, we didn't. -Why didn't you say something? 505 00:31:58,349 --> 00:32:01,785 Do you think bitching about it is going to get the story where we want it? 506 00:32:02,909 --> 00:32:04,581 Throw it in the can. 507 00:32:34,589 --> 00:32:36,261 -Yes? -This is Woodward. 508 00:32:38,629 --> 00:32:41,063 I want to talk about Watergate. I know-- 509 00:32:41,149 --> 00:32:43,617 We're not going to talk about that subject. 510 00:32:45,429 --> 00:32:48,307 -We talked about Wallace. -But this is different. 511 00:32:49,229 --> 00:32:52,426 That was about the shooting of a man running for President. 512 00:32:53,149 --> 00:32:55,060 -This is different. -How? 513 00:32:56,029 --> 00:32:58,782 Not about this story. Don't call me again. 514 00:34:21,069 --> 00:34:22,980 Good luck, Mr. President. 515 00:34:49,309 --> 00:34:50,378 Taxi. 516 00:36:23,069 --> 00:36:25,060 -Where are you? -Stuck. 517 00:36:25,989 --> 00:36:27,945 The story's stalled on us. 518 00:36:30,629 --> 00:36:32,585 And you thought I'd help? 519 00:36:35,469 --> 00:36:37,221 I'll never quote you. 520 00:36:39,029 --> 00:36:41,748 I wouldn't quote you even as an anonymous source. 521 00:36:41,829 --> 00:36:43,899 You'd be on deep background. 522 00:36:47,229 --> 00:36:49,299 You can trust me. You know that. 523 00:36:52,269 --> 00:36:53,384 Go on. 524 00:36:56,389 --> 00:36:59,461 -Can you tell me what you know? -You tell me what you know. 525 00:37:04,109 --> 00:37:06,828 Hunt worked for Colson at the White House. 526 00:37:07,829 --> 00:37:10,707 Hunt was investigating Kennedy at Chappaquiddick. 527 00:37:10,789 --> 00:37:12,825 That should tell you a lot. 528 00:37:12,909 --> 00:37:14,183 What else? 529 00:37:15,509 --> 00:37:19,468 We're beginning to hear a lot about a lawyer at CREEP named Gordon Liddy... 530 00:37:20,149 --> 00:37:21,377 who's.... 531 00:37:34,069 --> 00:37:35,548 Gordon Liddy... 532 00:37:35,989 --> 00:37:39,459 was fired by Mitchell because he wouldn't talk to the FBI. 533 00:37:40,309 --> 00:37:42,777 -You'll hear more. -Will he talk? 534 00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:50,139 I was at a party once, and... 535 00:37:50,229 --> 00:37:53,824 Liddy put his hand over a candle, and he kept it there. 536 00:37:54,669 --> 00:37:58,139 He kept it right in the flame until his flesh was burned. 537 00:37:59,949 --> 00:38:04,067 Somebody said, "What's the trick?" And Liddy said, "The trick is not minding." 538 00:38:08,069 --> 00:38:09,627 The story is dry. 539 00:38:11,349 --> 00:38:13,624 All we've got are pieces. 540 00:38:13,709 --> 00:38:17,304 We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like. 541 00:38:17,389 --> 00:38:19,823 John Mitchell resigns as the head of CREEP... 542 00:38:19,909 --> 00:38:22,628 and says that he wants to spend more time with his family. 543 00:38:22,709 --> 00:38:25,462 Sounds like bullshit. We don't exactly believe that. 544 00:38:25,549 --> 00:38:27,346 No, but it's touching. 545 00:38:30,389 --> 00:38:33,984 Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. 546 00:38:34,989 --> 00:38:37,662 The truth is, these are not very bright guys... 547 00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:39,740 and things got out of hand. 548 00:38:41,069 --> 00:38:43,185 Hunt's come in from the cold. 549 00:38:43,749 --> 00:38:48,106 Supposedly, he's got a lawyer with $25,000 in a brown paper bag. 550 00:38:48,189 --> 00:38:49,747 Follow the money. 551 00:38:51,949 --> 00:38:55,146 What do you mean? Where? 552 00:38:55,229 --> 00:38:56,981 I can't tell you that. 553 00:38:57,389 --> 00:38:59,425 But you could tell me that. 554 00:38:59,949 --> 00:39:02,099 No, I have to do this my way. 555 00:39:02,389 --> 00:39:05,381 You tell me what you know and I'll confirm. 556 00:39:05,949 --> 00:39:09,624 I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. 557 00:39:12,909 --> 00:39:14,900 Just follow the money. 558 00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:28,102 -Goddamn New York Times. -What is it? 559 00:39:29,709 --> 00:39:33,338 Phone calls from burglars in Miami to the Committee to Re-Elect. 560 00:39:36,629 --> 00:39:38,108 Fifteen phone calls. 561 00:39:38,189 --> 00:39:41,943 At least 15 phone calls and those phone calls were made as early as March 15... 562 00:39:42,029 --> 00:39:43,906 which is a full three months before the break-in. 563 00:39:43,989 --> 00:39:47,186 "$89,000 issued in the name of a prominent Mexican lawyer." 564 00:39:47,269 --> 00:39:49,658 $89,000 in Mexican checks? 565 00:39:50,469 --> 00:39:52,300 Why didn't we get this? 566 00:39:53,029 --> 00:39:54,303 Who are their sources? 567 00:39:54,389 --> 00:39:57,506 I even know someone who works at the phone company. 568 00:39:57,829 --> 00:40:00,218 Carl, if John Mitchell wanted your phone records... 569 00:40:00,309 --> 00:40:02,539 you'd be running around yelling invasion of privacy. 570 00:40:02,629 --> 00:40:04,108 Was the New York Times article accurate? 571 00:40:04,189 --> 00:40:06,828 -Yeah, but I can't get you a fuller listing. -Why? 572 00:40:06,909 --> 00:40:09,184 They've subpoenaed all of Bernard Barker's phone records. 573 00:40:09,269 --> 00:40:13,660 I think they're trying to find out if the Watergate burglars broke any Florida law. 574 00:40:14,709 --> 00:40:16,859 -Who subpoenaed them? -Miami DA. 575 00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:18,780 -What's his name? -I don't know his name. 576 00:40:18,869 --> 00:40:21,702 But, the guy who's heading the investigation is named Dardis. 577 00:40:21,789 --> 00:40:23,700 Dardis. What's his first name? 578 00:40:24,349 --> 00:40:27,898 I don't know his first name. I guess you'll have to find that out. 579 00:40:34,749 --> 00:40:37,821 Hi. I'm Carl Bernstein, I have a 9:15 appointment with Mr. Dardis. 580 00:40:37,909 --> 00:40:40,184 Yes, Mr. Bernstein, I'm afraid that Mr. Dardis... 581 00:40:40,269 --> 00:40:41,668 won't be able to see you this morning. 582 00:40:41,749 --> 00:40:43,068 His calendar is really quite full. 583 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,663 There must be a mistake. I made the appointment with him personally. 584 00:40:45,749 --> 00:40:48,217 -I called from Washington. -It should've been made through me. 585 00:40:48,309 --> 00:40:50,584 If you care to wait, I'll see if I can squeeze you in later. 586 00:40:50,669 --> 00:40:52,387 Oh, thanks very much. 587 00:40:53,629 --> 00:40:57,304 I guess it's difficult when he makes his own appointments. 588 00:40:57,669 --> 00:40:59,899 Yes, well, we try to handle it. 589 00:41:08,149 --> 00:41:11,585 It's 4:00, we'll be back in 15 minutes. You want anything? 590 00:41:11,669 --> 00:41:13,500 -Coffee, black. -Coffee, black. 591 00:41:18,869 --> 00:41:20,348 I'm still here. 592 00:41:20,749 --> 00:41:21,818 I'm so glad. 593 00:41:21,909 --> 00:41:24,867 If you could just get me in to see him for five minutes, I'd appreciate it. 594 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,588 -No, Mr. Bernstein. -I have to get back. 595 00:41:27,749 --> 00:41:29,421 We're going to try. 596 00:41:32,069 --> 00:41:34,060 Oh, hi. He's expecting you. 597 00:41:39,589 --> 00:41:43,980 I do have a couple of things to do. I'll be at the Sheraton if you want to reach me. 598 00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:47,106 If he has any space tomorrow, I'd appreciate it. Number's on the back. 599 00:41:47,509 --> 00:41:49,306 -Fine. -Thank you for your patience. 600 00:41:49,389 --> 00:41:52,540 Thank you, Mr. Bernstein. Tomorrow it should be better. 601 00:41:52,629 --> 00:41:53,948 I guess so. 602 00:41:58,149 --> 00:41:59,502 Mr. Dardis' office. 603 00:41:59,589 --> 00:42:03,138 Hi. Please tell Mr. Dardis that Mr. Bernstein has just left. 604 00:42:03,229 --> 00:42:05,299 He'll be available all day tomorrow. 605 00:42:05,389 --> 00:42:08,187 I think we can probably squeeze him in around 4:30. 606 00:42:08,269 --> 00:42:09,338 Yes. 607 00:42:09,429 --> 00:42:13,342 And please tell Mr. Dardis that he doesn't want to be late for his 6:30 appointment. 608 00:42:13,429 --> 00:42:15,101 -Yes, I will. -Thank you. 609 00:42:22,829 --> 00:42:23,898 Mr. Dardis' office. 610 00:42:23,989 --> 00:42:26,298 -This is Mr. Martinson over at the County-- -I beg your pardon? 611 00:42:26,389 --> 00:42:27,981 Martinson, over at the County Clerk's office. 612 00:42:28,069 --> 00:42:29,980 There's some records here that Dardis wanted right away. 613 00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:32,060 Could you come and get them? We're closing. 614 00:42:32,149 --> 00:42:33,980 Well, yes, I'll be right over. 615 00:42:58,229 --> 00:43:01,301 Could be easier, too. All right. Hold it. 616 00:43:01,389 --> 00:43:03,345 -What? -Excuse me. 617 00:43:03,429 --> 00:43:04,908 Hi. Can I help you in some way? 618 00:43:04,989 --> 00:43:06,786 I'm Carl Bernstein. I've been waiting since 9:00. 619 00:43:06,869 --> 00:43:09,064 -Would you wait outside? -I've been waiting out since morning. 620 00:43:09,149 --> 00:43:11,458 -Go ahead. Finish your call. -Wait outside, please, will you? 621 00:43:11,549 --> 00:43:13,938 No. I'm the reporter from the Washington Post. 622 00:43:14,029 --> 00:43:15,621 We talked on the telephone yesterday... 623 00:43:15,709 --> 00:43:17,620 and you told me to come on down here and I'm here. 624 00:43:17,709 --> 00:43:20,587 Okay, yeah. I've got the press here. I'm gonna have to call you back. 625 00:43:20,669 --> 00:43:22,625 If you didn't want to see me I don't know why the hell... 626 00:43:22,709 --> 00:43:24,267 you didn't tell me when I was in Washington? 627 00:43:24,349 --> 00:43:27,102 I just wasted a whole goddamned day here. My paper's waiting for a story. 628 00:43:27,189 --> 00:43:29,828 You tell me yesterday to come here. You said I got a 9:30 appointment. 629 00:43:29,909 --> 00:43:33,060 -I've been waiting out here the whole day. -Caught me on the worst day possible. 630 00:43:33,149 --> 00:43:35,265 The man I work for has just started a re-election campaign. 631 00:43:35,349 --> 00:43:37,658 Now, we're gonna have to see each other tomorrow. Okay? 632 00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:40,388 No, sir, I'm facing a deadline and my paper's saving a space for me. 633 00:43:40,469 --> 00:43:43,302 -I just don't have a minute now. -Well, I'm sorry.... 634 00:43:43,869 --> 00:43:46,588 Mr. Dardis, I'm really very sorry about this. Mr. Bernstein-- 635 00:43:46,669 --> 00:43:48,546 I beg your pardon, ma'am, but this gentleman... 636 00:43:48,629 --> 00:43:50,221 made the appointment with me specifically. 637 00:43:50,309 --> 00:43:52,504 And I think the Washington Post deserves the same courtesy... 638 00:43:52,589 --> 00:43:54,784 as any of the people waiting out there, with all due respect. 639 00:43:54,869 --> 00:43:57,019 I'll buzz you in about five minutes. 640 00:43:58,789 --> 00:44:00,700 The lady takes good care of me. 641 00:44:01,829 --> 00:44:04,389 The fact is we just can't go into it this evening. 642 00:44:04,469 --> 00:44:06,221 It's going to have to wait till tomorrow. Okay? 643 00:44:06,309 --> 00:44:08,220 I just wish you could've told me that before I left... 644 00:44:08,309 --> 00:44:10,618 because I gotta go back to my paper now and write that story... 645 00:44:10,709 --> 00:44:12,586 one way or another, that's all. 646 00:44:15,669 --> 00:44:19,264 Do you want to see Mr. Barker's phone records and his money records? 647 00:44:19,349 --> 00:44:22,625 You told me on the phone if I'd come here you'd show everything you got on Barker. 648 00:44:22,709 --> 00:44:25,177 -That's all I want. -Well, that's what I've got. 649 00:44:25,269 --> 00:44:26,418 Well, that's fine. 650 00:44:26,509 --> 00:44:28,625 Okay, you and I are going to have to have an agreement... 651 00:44:28,709 --> 00:44:32,065 that you're not going to reveal the source of your information. 652 00:44:32,149 --> 00:44:36,506 All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City. 653 00:44:36,589 --> 00:44:38,307 -All these checks from Mexico? -S�. 654 00:44:38,389 --> 00:44:40,380 How come? Did the money originate there? 655 00:44:40,469 --> 00:44:42,858 Well, I doubt it started off as pesos. 656 00:44:44,229 --> 00:44:45,821 Wait a minute, what's this one? 657 00:44:45,909 --> 00:44:48,059 What's.... Okay, $25,000. 658 00:44:48,149 --> 00:44:50,219 -Who's that? -Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 659 00:44:50,309 --> 00:44:52,425 We haven't been able to ascertain who that is. 660 00:44:52,829 --> 00:44:54,820 Bob, listen, I think I got something. I don't know what it is. 661 00:44:54,909 --> 00:44:57,025 But somewhere in this world there's a Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 662 00:44:57,109 --> 00:44:59,259 And we've got to get to him before the New York Times does. 663 00:44:59,349 --> 00:45:01,067 Because I think they have the same information. 664 00:45:01,149 --> 00:45:02,582 Got a pencil? Write this down. Quick. 665 00:45:02,669 --> 00:45:06,105 Kenneth H. Dahlberg. D-A-H-L-B-E-R-G. 666 00:45:07,469 --> 00:45:10,461 McGovern, who at first had voiced complete support for Eagleton... 667 00:45:10,549 --> 00:45:12,426 has more recently expressed doubts... 668 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:14,739 and said that Eagleton must make a decision... 669 00:45:14,829 --> 00:45:17,104 whether to stay or leave the ticket. 670 00:45:18,309 --> 00:45:20,027 You're the one that wanted the articles... 671 00:45:20,109 --> 00:45:21,667 -on Dahlberg, Kenneth H. Dahlberg? -Yeah. 672 00:45:21,749 --> 00:45:23,580 Couldn't find anything in the clip file at all. 673 00:45:23,669 --> 00:45:25,102 Oh, wonderful. 674 00:45:25,989 --> 00:45:28,947 I did find one picture though, if it's any help. 675 00:45:31,269 --> 00:45:32,384 Thanks. 676 00:45:38,109 --> 00:45:39,428 Minnesota. 677 00:45:44,829 --> 00:45:46,148 Minneapolis.... 678 00:46:01,749 --> 00:46:06,300 I base that conclusion upon my conversations with his doctors... 679 00:46:07,229 --> 00:46:10,346 and my close personal and political association.... 680 00:46:10,789 --> 00:46:12,541 -Outside line, please. -Yes. 681 00:46:12,829 --> 00:46:14,308 -Thank you. -...the joint decision... 682 00:46:14,389 --> 00:46:18,541 that we have reached tonight, health would not affect. 683 00:46:18,989 --> 00:46:20,900 But the public debate... 684 00:46:21,269 --> 00:46:24,227 over Senator Eagleton's past medical history... 685 00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:28,537 continues to divert attention from the great national issues... 686 00:46:28,629 --> 00:46:30,620 that need to be discussed. 687 00:46:31,389 --> 00:46:34,938 I have referred to the growing pressures that ask... 688 00:46:35,029 --> 00:46:37,338 for Senator Eagleton's withdrawal. 689 00:46:38,669 --> 00:46:39,784 Hello? 690 00:46:40,229 --> 00:46:42,299 -Could I please.... Mr. Dahlberg? -Yes. 691 00:46:42,389 --> 00:46:44,425 -Kenneth Dahlberg? -Yes. 692 00:46:45,189 --> 00:46:47,987 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 693 00:46:49,189 --> 00:46:51,578 -Yes? -About that $25,000 check... 694 00:46:51,669 --> 00:46:54,308 deposited in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars... 695 00:46:54,389 --> 00:46:56,186 Mr. Bernard Barker.... 696 00:46:58,469 --> 00:47:01,461 As you know, sir, the check has your name on it. 697 00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:03,627 We were doing a story on this... 698 00:47:03,709 --> 00:47:06,985 and I was wondering if you would care to comment or explain? 699 00:47:07,309 --> 00:47:10,028 I turn all my money over to the Committee. 700 00:47:10,469 --> 00:47:13,142 What committee is that, sir? The Committee to Re-Elect? 701 00:47:13,229 --> 00:47:15,504 -Yes. -Why would you do that? 702 00:47:16,629 --> 00:47:21,180 I raise a lot of money. I'm Midwest Finance Chairman. 703 00:47:21,749 --> 00:47:23,899 For the Committee to Re-Elect? 704 00:47:24,389 --> 00:47:26,380 -Hello? -Yes, that's right. 705 00:47:26,949 --> 00:47:30,783 How do you think your check got into the bank account of the Watergate burglar? 706 00:47:30,869 --> 00:47:35,067 I'm a proper citizen. What I do is proper. 707 00:47:35,789 --> 00:47:37,108 Oh, I understand. 708 00:47:37,189 --> 00:47:39,783 I've just been through a terrible ordeal. 709 00:47:39,869 --> 00:47:42,144 My neighbor's wife has been kidnapped. 710 00:47:42,789 --> 00:47:46,338 How do you think your check got into Barker's account list? 711 00:48:18,789 --> 00:48:21,826 -Committee to Re-Elect the President. -Could I speak to Mr. Clark MacGregor? 712 00:48:21,909 --> 00:48:24,298 -One moment, I'll connect you. -Thank you. 713 00:48:25,509 --> 00:48:26,578 Yes? 714 00:48:26,669 --> 00:48:27,818 -Mr. MacGregor? -Yes. 715 00:48:27,909 --> 00:48:30,662 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 716 00:48:31,309 --> 00:48:32,742 -Hello? -Yes. 717 00:48:32,829 --> 00:48:35,184 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 718 00:48:35,269 --> 00:48:37,339 I just spoke to a Mr. Kenneth Dahlberg... 719 00:48:37,429 --> 00:48:39,101 who says that he is Midwest Finance Chairman. 720 00:48:39,189 --> 00:48:41,145 Yeah, I know Ken Dahlberg. 721 00:48:41,549 --> 00:48:44,063 Well, I can't seem to get an explanation on why a check... 722 00:48:44,149 --> 00:48:46,458 for $25,000 made out to Mr. Dahlberg... 723 00:48:46,549 --> 00:48:49,188 that he apparently sent to the Committee to Re-Elect the President... 724 00:48:49,269 --> 00:48:51,260 would end up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar. 725 00:48:51,349 --> 00:48:52,384 I don't know. 726 00:48:52,469 --> 00:48:54,937 -But you're head of the Committee, sir. -Look, I just came aboard. 727 00:48:55,029 --> 00:48:57,145 John Mitchell was the head of the Committee. He might know. 728 00:48:57,229 --> 00:48:58,901 Well, what would the explanation possibly be-- 729 00:48:58,989 --> 00:49:00,024 I don't know. 730 00:49:00,109 --> 00:49:01,906 You're implying that I should know... 731 00:49:01,989 --> 00:49:05,061 and if you print that, our relationship will be terminated. 732 00:49:06,149 --> 00:49:07,582 Sir, we don't have a relationship. 733 00:49:07,669 --> 00:49:10,627 The issues of the campaign are peace and prosperity... 734 00:49:10,709 --> 00:49:12,301 not a campaign check. 735 00:49:12,549 --> 00:49:14,665 -Bob. -Sir, no one is saying.... 736 00:49:14,749 --> 00:49:17,343 -...this happened before I came on board. -Mr. Dahlberg is on line 2. 737 00:49:17,429 --> 00:49:19,579 I'm running a campaign for the re-election of the President. 738 00:49:19,669 --> 00:49:23,264 We've raised $60 million and you're asking about a $25,000 check. 739 00:49:23,349 --> 00:49:25,988 Mr. MacGregor, excuse me, could you hold one second, please? 740 00:49:26,069 --> 00:49:27,787 -All right. -Thank you. Yes? 741 00:49:28,069 --> 00:49:29,422 -Hello. -Mr. Dahlberg? 742 00:49:29,509 --> 00:49:30,988 -Yes? -Could you please hold one second, sir? 743 00:49:31,069 --> 00:49:32,218 -Yes. -Thank you. 744 00:49:32,309 --> 00:49:33,424 -Mr. MacGregor? -Yeah? 745 00:49:33,509 --> 00:49:35,340 Can I call you right back, sir? I'm very sorry. 746 00:49:35,429 --> 00:49:36,862 -Yeah, okay. -Mr. Dahlberg. 747 00:49:36,949 --> 00:49:40,066 Yes. I'm sorry I hung up before. 748 00:49:40,149 --> 00:49:43,186 I wasn't sure you were a Washington Post reporter. 749 00:49:43,269 --> 00:49:46,227 I believe we were talking about a $25,000 check. 750 00:49:47,549 --> 00:49:50,109 Obviously this is difficult for me. 751 00:49:50,869 --> 00:49:53,667 I'm caught in the middle of something and... 752 00:49:54,349 --> 00:49:55,907 I don't know what. 753 00:49:56,309 --> 00:49:58,459 What do you think it could be? 754 00:49:58,949 --> 00:50:00,940 I deal with a lot of important people. 755 00:50:01,029 --> 00:50:03,020 People who work for the Committee? Hello? 756 00:50:03,109 --> 00:50:04,542 For the Committee. 757 00:50:04,629 --> 00:50:07,063 -The Committee to Re-Elect the President? -Yes. 758 00:50:07,149 --> 00:50:09,822 You see, I raised that money in cash... 759 00:50:09,909 --> 00:50:12,343 and I have a winter home in Florida. 760 00:50:12,429 --> 00:50:15,421 -Is that Miami? -Boca Raton... 761 00:50:15,829 --> 00:50:18,263 and I didn't want to carry all that cash around. 762 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:20,863 -Now, you can understand that. -Of course I can. 763 00:50:20,949 --> 00:50:23,622 So, I had it exchanged for the cashier's check. 764 00:50:23,709 --> 00:50:26,781 And how do you think it got into Barker's account? 765 00:50:28,629 --> 00:50:31,348 I know I shouldn't be telling you this.... 766 00:50:33,789 --> 00:50:36,349 I gave it to Mr. Stans. 767 00:50:39,469 --> 00:50:40,868 I beg your pardon? 768 00:50:41,349 --> 00:50:43,101 I gave it to Stans. 769 00:50:43,189 --> 00:50:44,622 Maurice Stans? 770 00:50:45,109 --> 00:50:48,260 -The head of finance for Nixon? -Yes, in Washington. 771 00:50:48,349 --> 00:50:51,898 Now what he did with it, I really do not know. 772 00:50:52,229 --> 00:50:55,858 I see. Were there any other checks that you might be aware of, that could-- 773 00:50:55,949 --> 00:50:58,099 That's all I have to say. 774 00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:01,862 Mr. MacGregor.... Mr. Dahlberg... 775 00:51:02,389 --> 00:51:04,345 I'm sorry. Thank you very much. 776 00:51:21,029 --> 00:51:22,098 -Bob? -Yeah. 777 00:51:22,189 --> 00:51:24,862 -Carl Bernstein on line 1. -One? 778 00:51:25,869 --> 00:51:26,904 -Yeah? -Woodward? 779 00:51:26,989 --> 00:51:28,707 -Bernstein. -I think I got a lead on Dahlberg. 780 00:51:28,789 --> 00:51:30,222 -I just.... I got it. -What? 781 00:51:30,309 --> 00:51:31,901 I just talked to him. I just hung up from him. 782 00:51:31,989 --> 00:51:33,661 Bernstein, listen, it goes all the way to Stans! 783 00:51:33,749 --> 00:51:35,740 -What're you talking about? -It goes all the way to Stans. 784 00:51:35,829 --> 00:51:37,979 He gave the check to Stans for the Committee to Re-Elect! 785 00:51:38,069 --> 00:51:40,947 -Did he say that? -He said it. I've got it in my notes. 786 00:51:41,029 --> 00:51:42,621 -Jesus. -It's down on record, Bernstein. 787 00:51:42,709 --> 00:51:45,348 That money winds up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar? 788 00:51:45,429 --> 00:51:47,260 -Yes! -Fantastic. I'm coming home. 789 00:51:47,349 --> 00:51:48,384 Okay. 790 00:51:49,949 --> 00:51:53,180 ...catapulted the unknown Senator from Missouri into national prominence... 791 00:51:53,269 --> 00:51:54,782 by naming Eagleton as his running mate. 792 00:51:59,589 --> 00:52:01,466 ...bolstering of support for the Democratic ticket-- 793 00:52:01,869 --> 00:52:04,383 Scott, what happened with that Taiwan thing you were telling us about? 794 00:52:04,469 --> 00:52:06,824 Japan is going to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan... 795 00:52:06,909 --> 00:52:08,467 when they recognize Red China. 796 00:52:08,549 --> 00:52:11,222 The irony, of course, that's a direct result of Nixon's visit to China. 797 00:52:11,309 --> 00:52:13,265 Jesus, what did he tell them? What did he say to them? 798 00:52:13,349 --> 00:52:15,579 Incidentally, that's a great parallel story... 799 00:52:15,669 --> 00:52:18,308 if you're going to do that piece on d�tente. 800 00:52:18,709 --> 00:52:20,904 Right, "Queen Elizabeth proclaims a state of emergency... 801 00:52:20,989 --> 00:52:23,059 "to deal with what we call a 'dock strike."' 802 00:52:23,149 --> 00:52:24,423 Breaking it off... 803 00:52:25,909 --> 00:52:27,547 I'll give you a human interest. 804 00:52:27,629 --> 00:52:29,540 "Thirty-one days of rain in the Philippines... 805 00:52:29,629 --> 00:52:31,984 "is being blamed on the theft of a statue of Jesus." 806 00:52:32,069 --> 00:52:33,821 We had one like that before. 807 00:52:35,869 --> 00:52:38,906 -I'll put my best writer on that. -What about the one in lndia? 808 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:42,022 Laugh, gentlemen, it'll be the only story everyone reads. 809 00:52:42,109 --> 00:52:43,224 Okay, National? 810 00:52:43,309 --> 00:52:46,619 We have the Bremer diary. "Wish to kill Nixon." 811 00:52:46,709 --> 00:52:50,179 He took a car trip to New York, Ottawa, and Washington to kill him. 812 00:52:50,909 --> 00:52:53,787 We have the "Senate approving the ABM Treaty." 813 00:52:54,109 --> 00:52:55,178 ABM. 814 00:52:55,269 --> 00:52:58,181 Of course, we have "McGovern offering the VP spot..." 815 00:52:58,269 --> 00:52:59,702 to everybody. 816 00:52:59,789 --> 00:53:01,063 -Yeah, that's news. -I have-- 817 00:53:01,149 --> 00:53:02,468 Because everybody's been offered it. 818 00:53:02,549 --> 00:53:06,462 Now, I'll tell you what will be news. When somebody accepts it. That's news. 819 00:53:06,749 --> 00:53:08,580 Here is some great art. 820 00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:13,143 McGovern and Humphrey at breakfast, smiling their asses off. 821 00:53:13,229 --> 00:53:14,787 Isn't that great? 822 00:53:15,229 --> 00:53:18,585 -He says, "I am George's friend..." -Why is that man smiling? 823 00:53:19,429 --> 00:53:21,021 Sounds friendly. Very friendly. 824 00:53:21,109 --> 00:53:23,862 "I'll be helping him in ways he never dreamed possible." 825 00:53:23,949 --> 00:53:25,667 Breakfast followed by lunch. 826 00:53:27,669 --> 00:53:28,863 Okay. Metro? 827 00:53:28,949 --> 00:53:31,304 Well, we got the schoolteachers on Capitol Hill. 828 00:53:31,389 --> 00:53:35,428 They want a 17% increase in pay or this fall they go on strike. 829 00:53:35,509 --> 00:53:38,501 Harry, I think we could mention that this might be the time... 830 00:53:38,589 --> 00:53:41,023 to go to the front page on the district home rule. 831 00:53:41,109 --> 00:53:42,906 -Oh, come on! -Listen to him. 832 00:53:42,989 --> 00:53:45,742 Ben, this time it could go all the way. 833 00:53:45,829 --> 00:53:48,707 The House is going to vote next week on a Senate resolution. 834 00:53:48,789 --> 00:53:51,178 Okay then, well, when they pass it, we'll run with it. 835 00:53:51,269 --> 00:53:53,578 Okay, fellas, let's go around again now. Foreign? 836 00:53:54,109 --> 00:53:55,747 Taiwan emergency, Philippines. 837 00:53:55,829 --> 00:53:57,148 Okay, fine. National? 838 00:53:57,229 --> 00:53:58,742 I'll stand on the Eagleton follow-ups... 839 00:53:58,829 --> 00:54:00,501 McGovern not being able to get a replacement. 840 00:54:00,589 --> 00:54:03,342 He's offered it to Humphrey, Kennedy, and Ribicoff. All turned him down. 841 00:54:03,429 --> 00:54:04,657 That's the Page 1 lead right there. 842 00:54:04,749 --> 00:54:07,388 You're ignoring the importance of the Dahlberg repercussions. 843 00:54:07,469 --> 00:54:09,585 Nobody cares about the Dahlberg repercussions. 844 00:54:09,669 --> 00:54:12,183 Now look, it was our story that got the General Accounting Office... 845 00:54:12,269 --> 00:54:14,180 to start an audit with CREEP Finance. 846 00:54:14,269 --> 00:54:17,625 We printed that didn't we? When the frigging audit's done, we'll print that, too. 847 00:54:17,709 --> 00:54:19,506 Let me tell you what happened today. 848 00:54:19,589 --> 00:54:22,057 I was having lunch at the Sans Souci, and... 849 00:54:24,589 --> 00:54:26,580 this White House guy, a good one, a pro... 850 00:54:26,669 --> 00:54:29,945 came up and asked me, "What is this Watergate compulsion with you guys?" 851 00:54:30,029 --> 00:54:33,146 Compulsion? This is a story. This is not compulsion. 852 00:54:33,429 --> 00:54:35,784 I said, "Well, we think it's important." And he said: 853 00:54:35,869 --> 00:54:39,544 "If it's so goddamn important, who in the hell are Woodward and Bernstein?" 854 00:54:39,629 --> 00:54:41,620 Now, what do you expect him to say from the White House? 855 00:54:41,709 --> 00:54:42,983 "You're doing a great job"? 856 00:54:43,069 --> 00:54:45,458 Why don't you ask him what he's really saying? 857 00:54:45,549 --> 00:54:47,824 He wants to take the story away from Woodstein and... 858 00:54:47,909 --> 00:54:49,945 -give it to his National desk. -At least I have... 859 00:54:50,029 --> 00:54:52,497 some experienced guys sitting around who know the politicians... 860 00:54:52,589 --> 00:54:54,659 -who have the contacts. -We're aware of that. 861 00:54:54,789 --> 00:54:56,427 You said it. Sitting around. 862 00:54:57,309 --> 00:54:59,823 Ben, it's a dangerous story for this paper. 863 00:55:00,549 --> 00:55:03,666 -What if your boys get it wrong? -Then it's our ass, isn't it? 864 00:55:03,749 --> 00:55:06,104 We all have to go out and work for a living. 865 00:55:06,909 --> 00:55:08,820 National gets eight columns. 866 00:55:08,909 --> 00:55:10,467 Nine for Foreign. 867 00:55:10,909 --> 00:55:12,661 Metro, 15. 868 00:55:13,629 --> 00:55:15,062 That's it, fellas. 869 00:55:19,229 --> 00:55:21,299 Hey, Scott, I need to see you. 870 00:55:23,469 --> 00:55:24,458 How dangerous? 871 00:55:29,567 --> 00:55:33,321 Well, it's not just that we're using unnamed sources that bothers me... 872 00:55:33,407 --> 00:55:36,683 or that everything we print, the White House denies... 873 00:55:37,087 --> 00:55:40,204 or that almost no other papers are reprinting our stuff. 874 00:55:40,287 --> 00:55:41,561 What then? 875 00:55:42,007 --> 00:55:44,362 Look, there are over 2,000 reporters in this town... 876 00:55:44,447 --> 00:55:46,483 are there five on Watergate? 877 00:55:47,247 --> 00:55:50,717 Where did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom? 878 00:55:51,847 --> 00:55:53,758 Why would the Republicans do it? 879 00:55:54,367 --> 00:55:58,440 McGovern is self-destructing, just like Humphrey, Muskie, the bunch of them. 880 00:56:00,527 --> 00:56:02,279 I don't believe their story. 881 00:56:03,407 --> 00:56:05,204 It doesn't make sense. 882 00:56:07,287 --> 00:56:08,561 Yeah, Bernstein. 883 00:56:09,367 --> 00:56:10,880 Now? All right. 884 00:56:11,287 --> 00:56:13,721 Woodward, Bradlee will see us now. 885 00:56:13,807 --> 00:56:15,206 Answer the phone for me, will you? 886 00:56:15,287 --> 00:56:18,324 Are you trying to find the lowest possible common denominator.... 887 00:56:36,527 --> 00:56:37,926 Ben, it's the hottest item. 888 00:56:38,007 --> 00:56:39,565 -It's in over 500 papers. -What is it? 889 00:56:39,647 --> 00:56:41,603 Yesterday's weather report for people who were drunk... 890 00:56:41,687 --> 00:56:42,881 and slept all day. 891 00:56:42,967 --> 00:56:44,036 Jesus! Send it out... 892 00:56:44,127 --> 00:56:45,845 to the San Francisco Chronicle. They need it. 893 00:56:45,927 --> 00:56:47,246 -How about the crossword puzzle? -No. 894 00:56:47,327 --> 00:56:48,555 Anagrams? 895 00:56:49,247 --> 00:56:51,124 -No space, Mickey. -Goodbye. 896 00:56:51,447 --> 00:56:53,802 The last thing you bought from me was the obituaries. 897 00:56:53,887 --> 00:56:55,684 -Make him buy something, will you? -All right. 898 00:56:55,767 --> 00:56:57,166 Hey, what do you guys want? 899 00:56:57,247 --> 00:57:00,125 The GAO report's due out the morning of Nixon's renomination. 900 00:57:00,207 --> 00:57:01,481 Sit down. 901 00:57:01,967 --> 00:57:04,037 Well, that's two weeks from now. 902 00:57:04,767 --> 00:57:06,485 Since they're only responsible to Congress... 903 00:57:06,567 --> 00:57:09,365 there's no way the White House can control the investigation. 904 00:57:09,447 --> 00:57:11,677 There's a source over at General Accounting that tells us... 905 00:57:11,767 --> 00:57:15,077 there's a whole rat's nest of illegal shit going on over at CREEP. 906 00:57:15,167 --> 00:57:16,919 -Like what? -Like a slush fund. 907 00:57:17,007 --> 00:57:19,567 Hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccounted-for cash. 908 00:57:19,647 --> 00:57:21,160 Hundreds of thousands of dollars? 909 00:57:21,247 --> 00:57:22,441 Any comment from CREEP? 910 00:57:22,527 --> 00:57:24,757 Yes. Unavailable for comment. They're not talking. 911 00:57:24,847 --> 00:57:28,157 But what else besides the money? Where's the goddamn story? 912 00:57:30,007 --> 00:57:31,884 The money's the key to whatever this is. 913 00:57:31,967 --> 00:57:33,446 -Says who? -Deep Throat. 914 00:57:33,527 --> 00:57:35,643 -Who? -Oh, that's Woodward's garage freak... 915 00:57:35,727 --> 00:57:37,285 his source in the executive-- 916 00:57:37,367 --> 00:57:40,962 Garage freak? Jesus, what kind of a crazy, fucking story is this? 917 00:57:41,567 --> 00:57:42,920 Who did you say? 918 00:57:45,167 --> 00:57:48,523 He's on deep background. I call him "Deep Throat." 919 00:57:49,687 --> 00:57:51,564 Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing... 920 00:57:51,647 --> 00:57:53,478 Nixon's guaranteed the renomination... 921 00:57:53,567 --> 00:57:55,523 and the Post is stuck with a story no one else wants. 922 00:57:55,607 --> 00:57:57,120 lt'll sink the goddamn paper. 923 00:57:57,207 --> 00:57:59,562 Everyone says, "Get off it, Ben." And I come on very sage... 924 00:57:59,647 --> 00:58:02,366 and I say, "You'll see. You wait till this bottoms out." 925 00:58:02,447 --> 00:58:05,598 But the truth is, I can't figure out what we've got. 926 00:58:08,167 --> 00:58:09,725 What else are you working on? 927 00:58:09,807 --> 00:58:11,684 We're after a list of CREEP employees. 928 00:58:11,767 --> 00:58:13,883 -Where is it? -It's classified. 929 00:58:14,087 --> 00:58:17,079 -How are you gonna get it? -We haven't had any luck, yet. 930 00:58:17,447 --> 00:58:18,596 Get some. 931 00:58:23,727 --> 00:58:25,001 Anything else? 932 00:58:34,567 --> 00:58:36,603 You made a mistake in there. 933 00:58:40,047 --> 00:58:41,116 What? 934 00:58:41,407 --> 00:58:43,363 You said to Brad that we haven't had any luck yet... 935 00:58:43,447 --> 00:58:46,007 and that's the thing that he jumps on. You can't talk about luck. 936 00:58:46,087 --> 00:58:49,636 If you can't talk in specifics, you shouldn't say anything. 937 00:58:54,607 --> 00:58:56,438 Is there any place you don't smoke? 938 00:58:59,207 --> 00:59:00,686 -What? -Hold it. 939 00:59:01,047 --> 00:59:03,117 -What're you doing? -Kay Eddy. 940 00:59:03,207 --> 00:59:06,119 Doesn't she go with a guy that works for the Committee to Re-Elect? 941 00:59:06,527 --> 00:59:07,960 -The E.R. -All right. 942 00:59:08,047 --> 00:59:10,197 -Eddy? Hey. Kay, can-- -Just a second. 943 00:59:10,767 --> 00:59:14,476 -757-6521. -Okay, I'll get back to you on this, thanks. 944 00:59:15,527 --> 00:59:18,963 Don't you go with a guy that works for the Committee to Re-Elect? 945 00:59:19,767 --> 00:59:21,644 -Not anymore. -You did go with him, though. 946 00:59:21,727 --> 00:59:23,479 I think you were engaged to him, weren't you? 947 00:59:23,567 --> 00:59:25,558 -Yeah. -You got out of it? 948 00:59:26,967 --> 00:59:29,162 -So? -You're looking better. 949 00:59:31,967 --> 00:59:33,958 Look, we need a list of the people that work there. 950 00:59:34,047 --> 00:59:35,685 Do you think that.... 951 00:59:35,767 --> 00:59:37,758 -I can't do that. -Why not? 952 00:59:38,767 --> 00:59:39,961 It's personal. 953 00:59:40,047 --> 00:59:42,402 What do you mean? You said it was over. 954 00:59:45,007 --> 00:59:47,475 You're asking me to use a guy I care about. 955 00:59:47,567 --> 00:59:50,161 -No. We're not asking you to use him... -Well, sure-- 956 00:59:50,247 --> 00:59:52,636 ...just to help us. I mean, we'd do the same for you. 957 00:59:52,727 --> 00:59:54,843 My only chance of getting that story is if I see him. 958 00:59:54,927 --> 00:59:56,679 I don't want to see him again. 959 00:59:56,767 --> 00:59:58,997 -Do you have to see him? -Sure, I have to see him. 960 00:59:59,087 --> 01:00:00,361 No. Do you have to see him that way? 961 01:00:00,447 --> 01:00:02,119 Can't you just call him up on the telephone... 962 01:00:02,207 --> 01:00:04,357 and say you want to have a drink with him, just feel him out? 963 01:00:04,447 --> 01:00:08,042 You say the relationship is over. What the hell do you have to lose? 964 01:00:08,887 --> 01:00:10,161 Forget it. 965 01:00:10,767 --> 01:00:13,042 We don't want you to do anything that would embarrass you... 966 01:00:13,127 --> 01:00:15,516 or that you don't feel right about. 967 01:00:16,207 --> 01:00:17,481 Forget it. 968 01:00:25,807 --> 01:00:28,685 Don't let her just get off. I think she was going to say something. 969 01:00:28,767 --> 01:00:31,281 You just overdramatized it, she was going to give us what we want. 970 01:00:31,367 --> 01:00:32,402 It's over. 971 01:00:32,487 --> 01:00:33,840 -What? -It's over. 972 01:01:17,007 --> 01:01:18,360 Is this the whole list? 973 01:01:18,447 --> 01:01:21,962 Look what it says. "Personnel, Committee to Re-Elect the President." 974 01:01:23,887 --> 01:01:26,447 This is all in alphabetical order. You can't tell who works for who. 975 01:01:26,527 --> 01:01:29,485 Well, find out the department heads like Mitchell, Magruder, Stans. 976 01:01:29,567 --> 01:01:30,761 Here. John Mitchell. 977 01:01:30,847 --> 01:01:32,326 -What's the number? -301. 978 01:01:32,407 --> 01:01:34,875 All right. Find somebody who has a number close to it. 979 01:01:34,967 --> 01:01:36,525 -They probably work for him. -There's a 303. 980 01:01:36,607 --> 01:01:37,676 Okay. 981 01:01:39,887 --> 01:01:43,402 Okay, we have to find out how the money got from Maurice Stans to the burglars. 982 01:01:43,487 --> 01:01:45,443 Somebody who worked in Finance. 983 01:01:46,127 --> 01:01:49,005 All right. Here's the head of Finance. Maurice Stans, 269. 984 01:01:49,087 --> 01:01:51,885 If we can just get somebody who works under Stans. 985 01:01:52,647 --> 01:01:54,603 -Sloan? You need him? -He's the treasurer. 986 01:01:54,687 --> 01:01:56,643 -What's the number? -Hugh Sloan, 287. 987 01:01:56,727 --> 01:01:58,445 Is there a secretary? 988 01:02:00,127 --> 01:02:03,085 Wait a minute. Manley. Here it is. lrene Manley? 989 01:02:03,887 --> 01:02:06,242 1406 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway. 990 01:02:06,607 --> 01:02:08,757 -Hi, I'm Bob Woodward. -I'm Carl Bernstein. 991 01:02:08,847 --> 01:02:09,916 We're from the Washington Post. 992 01:02:10,007 --> 01:02:12,202 We'd like to know if we could speak to you for a few minutes. 993 01:02:12,287 --> 01:02:14,676 We understand your daughter works for the Committee to Re-Elect. 994 01:02:14,767 --> 01:02:17,759 -Wouldn't be anything embarrassing. -Would you object to just-- 995 01:02:19,847 --> 01:02:20,882 -Yes? -Hi. 996 01:02:20,967 --> 01:02:22,320 Miss Milland? Betty Milland? 997 01:02:22,407 --> 01:02:24,125 -I'm Bob Woodward. -Carl Bernstein. 998 01:02:24,207 --> 01:02:25,481 We're from the Washington Post. 999 01:02:25,567 --> 01:02:28,206 I know you're trying to do your job. I mean.... 1000 01:02:28,847 --> 01:02:30,803 You don't understand the pressure that we're under. 1001 01:02:30,887 --> 01:02:33,924 lt'll just take a couple of seconds. If we can just come in for a couple of-- 1002 01:02:34,007 --> 01:02:35,725 -No, I really don't-- -We don't want to come in. 1003 01:02:35,807 --> 01:02:37,559 We understand that there was some documents... 1004 01:02:37,647 --> 01:02:39,399 that were shredded at the Committee. 1005 01:02:39,487 --> 01:02:40,840 Well, there.... 1006 01:02:41,047 --> 01:02:43,436 There's often shredding. We do that a lot. 1007 01:02:43,527 --> 01:02:45,722 -Were you there during the shredding? -Yes, I was. 1008 01:02:45,807 --> 01:02:48,321 I see. Were there any department heads from... 1009 01:02:48,407 --> 01:02:50,045 the Committee who were also present? 1010 01:02:50,127 --> 01:02:52,595 Yes. Mr. Mitchell came in one night. 1011 01:02:52,847 --> 01:02:54,917 John Mitchell? The Attorney General? 1012 01:02:55,367 --> 01:02:58,200 He was carrying a raincoat over his head. 1013 01:02:59,247 --> 01:03:01,477 I thought he was going to go.... 1014 01:03:02,087 --> 01:03:03,725 Did he supervise the shredding? 1015 01:03:03,807 --> 01:03:07,277 Can I not answer any more questions? I'd just soon not.... 1016 01:03:07,407 --> 01:03:09,318 Okay? Maybe I could call you? 1017 01:03:10,527 --> 01:03:13,644 -Are you being told not to talk? -Will you call us? 1018 01:03:14,207 --> 01:03:15,606 I don't know. 1019 01:03:16,007 --> 01:03:17,156 I'll try. 1020 01:03:17,247 --> 01:03:19,636 What about all that shredding that took place after the break-in? 1021 01:03:19,727 --> 01:03:21,638 Need to know more about the papers that were in shredding. 1022 01:03:21,727 --> 01:03:23,285 I think you've some idea what's in the papers... 1023 01:03:23,367 --> 01:03:25,164 when the former Attorney General comes to the office... 1024 01:03:25,247 --> 01:03:26,885 when it's taking place at the Committee to Re-Elect... 1025 01:03:26,967 --> 01:03:28,844 and got a raincoat over his head. Why's he in a raincoat? 1026 01:03:28,927 --> 01:03:30,280 Could be raining is what could've happened. 1027 01:03:30,367 --> 01:03:31,516 Let me go through the story again. 1028 01:03:31,607 --> 01:03:33,837 You got a woman who's frightened at the door. Works for CREEP. 1029 01:03:33,927 --> 01:03:36,919 She said there's shredding taking place. We don't know what's in the papers. 1030 01:03:37,007 --> 01:03:39,965 We know the former Attorney General comes in with an overcoat over his head. 1031 01:03:40,047 --> 01:03:41,685 It could be raining. There's a lawyer present. 1032 01:03:41,767 --> 01:03:43,917 We don't know what he asked them. She wouldn't talk about it. 1033 01:03:44,007 --> 01:03:45,725 Now, will you please tell me where there's a story? 1034 01:03:45,807 --> 01:03:48,924 There's a story in the fact that the interview did not take place in her home... 1035 01:03:49,007 --> 01:03:50,565 but in the office of the Committee to Re-Elect. 1036 01:03:50,647 --> 01:03:52,126 How's there a story in that? It's not enough! 1037 01:03:52,207 --> 01:03:54,118 There's a story because there's a lawyer in the office. 1038 01:03:54,207 --> 01:03:56,198 -I mean, you're more resistant than she is. -That's right. 1039 01:03:56,287 --> 01:03:58,164 -Why? -Because there's not enough fact. 1040 01:03:59,047 --> 01:04:02,119 Well, let's just turn around and go back and question her again. 1041 01:04:04,047 --> 01:04:06,766 -This won't take long at all. We just want-- -Please go away, okay? 1042 01:04:06,847 --> 01:04:09,202 Will you please leave before they see you. 1043 01:04:09,687 --> 01:04:12,326 -Who did you mean by-- -Who do you mean, "they"? 1044 01:04:12,647 --> 01:04:14,285 Could you give us their names? 1045 01:04:14,367 --> 01:04:17,723 We haven't revealed the sources of people that have talked to us. 1046 01:04:18,647 --> 01:04:20,683 You know, I really can't talk about this because-- 1047 01:04:20,767 --> 01:04:23,042 Would "they" be members of the Committee? 1048 01:04:25,807 --> 01:04:27,479 Someone got to that woman. 1049 01:04:27,567 --> 01:04:29,046 It's the key to the whole cover-up. 1050 01:04:29,127 --> 01:04:30,719 How can you write that there's a cover-up? 1051 01:04:30,807 --> 01:04:32,206 We don't know that there's a cover-up! 1052 01:04:32,287 --> 01:04:34,118 Well, then, I don't know what the hell you need. 1053 01:04:34,207 --> 01:04:36,323 So, you tell me what you need. 1054 01:04:36,767 --> 01:04:38,598 I need more fact for a story is what I need... 1055 01:04:38,687 --> 01:04:40,245 and I think you should need the same thing. 1056 01:04:40,327 --> 01:04:42,045 Okay, if you get in the car... 1057 01:04:42,127 --> 01:04:44,687 and there's music playing in the car, hypothetically. 1058 01:04:44,767 --> 01:04:46,678 There's music playing in the car for 10 minutes... 1059 01:04:46,767 --> 01:04:49,235 and there's no commercial. What can you deduce from that? 1060 01:04:49,327 --> 01:04:50,760 -Is it AM or FM? -Come on, Bernstein! 1061 01:04:50,847 --> 01:04:52,041 Is it AM or FM? 1062 01:04:52,127 --> 01:04:55,722 A guy can come up to me on the street and he can ask me an address. 1063 01:04:56,007 --> 01:04:58,805 Now, is the man interrogating me, or is he lost? 1064 01:04:58,887 --> 01:05:00,206 What kind of a story do I write? 1065 01:05:00,287 --> 01:05:02,118 What kind of a deduction do I make from that? 1066 01:05:02,207 --> 01:05:05,358 Because you don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us? 1067 01:05:05,447 --> 01:05:08,200 No, I don't have enough gut feeling and I wish I did. 1068 01:05:09,167 --> 01:05:11,476 We're from the Washington Post.... 1069 01:05:15,527 --> 01:05:18,439 Abbott, Addis, Agusto, Albus....