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Dan. Your rifle.
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All right,
do them all.
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First and second squad, too.
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Who's the longhair?
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That's Ellsberg. Works for
Lansdale at the embassy.
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He's observing.
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Let's move out.
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Let's go. Moving out.
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I'll take good care of it.
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Bravo 27,
this is Kilo 4 Tango.
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Fire mission. Grid 298471.
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Lay down.
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Just hang in there, buddy.
They're gonna fix you up.
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Dan?
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Dan?
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Dan!
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Secretary would like a word.
You wanna follow me?
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Well, you can say what
you want to the President.
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I've read every one
of Ellsberg's reports...
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and I'm telling you,
it's just not the case.
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Dan, you know Mr. Komer.
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He's been discussing the war
with the President...
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and, well,
his sense is that we've made
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real progress
over the past year...
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but I've been doing my own
review, and it seems to me...
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that things have gotten worse.
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But neither of us
have been in the field.
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You have,
you're the one who knows.
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So, what do you say?
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Are things better or worse?
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Well, Mr. Secretary...
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what I'm most impressed by is
how much things are the same.
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You see, that's exactly
what I'm saying.
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We put another
hundred thousand troops
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into the field,
things are no better.
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To me, that means things
are actually worse.
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Thank you, Dan.
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Mr. Secretary!
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Mr. Secretary! Sir!
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How was
your trip, sir? Sir.
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Good afternoon, gentlemen.
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I don't have
any prepared remarks...
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but I'd be very happy to take
your questions one at a time.
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- Jim.
- Mr. Secretary...
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I'm wondering
if the trip left you
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optimistic or pessimistic...
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about our prospects in this
war and our ability to win it.
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He asked whether I was
optimistic or pessimistic.
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Today, I can tell you
that military progress
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over the past 12 months...
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has exceeded our expectations.
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We're very encouraged by what
we're seeing in Vietnam.
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In every respect,
we're making progress.
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And I'm especially pleased
to have had
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Bob Komer along for the trip.
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So he could see for himself
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that we've been
showing great improvement...
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in every dimension
of the war effort.
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Derek.
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Good night, Dan.
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- Good night, Dan.
- Night, guys.
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You okay, Dan?
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Yeah. Yeah, thought
I'd forgot something.
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I didn't.
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Next left on Melrose.
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We have committed
ourselves to the cause...
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of a just
and peaceful world order
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through the United Nations.
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"May 3rd, 1950.
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"President Truman
approved $10 million
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"in military aid
to Indochina."
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America's leadership
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and prestige depend...
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on how we use our power in
the interests of world peace.
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"I feel concerned
about paragraph six...
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"which gives
authority to control
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"general elections
in Vietnam."
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The United
States, as the world knows,
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will never start a war.
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"May 11th, 1961.
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"President Kennedy orders
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"a full examination
by the Defense Department...
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"of a possible commitment
of U.S. forces to Vietnam."
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We are not
about to send American boys...
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9 or 10,000 miles
away from home...
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to do what Asian boys ought
to be doing for themselves.
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"President Johnson chose to
reaffirm the Kennedy policies.
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"Military operations
should be initiated
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"under close
political control."
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Can we just do the numbers
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just one more time?
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The company's selling
how many shares?
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1.35 million shares.
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And the price range is?
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Between $24.50
and $27 per share.
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Not exactly
a huge difference.
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For them.
But, you know, the bankers
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always do fiddle
with the prices.
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But for us,
that's over $3 million...
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and that represents
over five years' salary
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for 25 good reporters.
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Good. But why spend
in the newsroom?
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You're far less profitable
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than Gannett
or Knight or Ridder.
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Gannett and Knight and Ridder
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own monopoly papers
in smaller cities.
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And our readers are leaders,
you know.
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They're educated.
They demand more.
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That's why we invest
in really good reporters.
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And so...
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Because quality
and profitability
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do go hand in hand.
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- See?
- Yeah.
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- You know all this already.
- Oh, gosh!
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I don't know if I do.
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- I should get to breakfast.
- Yeah.
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We don't want Paul or Arthur
too antsy this afternoon.
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No.
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Good luck.
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- And thank you, Fritz.
- Mmm-hmm.
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- See you downtown.
- I'll see you.
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You think
this is really necessary?
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Oh, God, yes.
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Darling, you should hear how
they talk at these meetings.
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It's as if
it's in a foreign language.
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No, I meant
taking the company public.
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It seems we are cash poor.
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You know, barely solvent.
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That's the newspaper business.
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That's
our newspaper business...
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and we need
the public offering
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to stay in business
and to continue to grow.
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That's what Fritz says.
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And he also says
that the family
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can maintain control if we...
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Anyway, I'm just not sure
your grandfather...
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would have wanted us to
give up any control at all.
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- Hello?
- Mrs. Graham?
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Yes? This is she.
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Please hold
for the Chief of Staff.
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Who is it?
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Haldeman.
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Mrs. Graham,
Bob Haldeman.
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Yes, hello.
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We've got a bit of
an issue over here.
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Oh?
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Well,
that makes perfect sense.
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Do you agree with that?
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Without a doubt.
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Oh, Jesus.
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I'm so sorry.
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- Sorry, sorry, sorry.
- Good morning.
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So late. I had to get all this
stuff together...
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and then I had
an unexpected call.
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Well, what is
with the suitcase?
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Ben, I told you,
this is the day.
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We're meeting
with the bankers today.
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- Oh, yes. Right, right.
- You know this.
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I bet you every dollar
in my wallet
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that you are
the only person...
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in that boardroom who's read
through all that nonsense.
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I'm probably
the only one who needs to.
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What do you think
of Neil Sheehan?
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Oh, gosh,
his coverage of Vietnam
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is just absolutely marvelous.
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Why?
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You thinking of trying to
steal him from The Times?
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I'm not sure
we can afford him.
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He... He hasn't had
a piece in three months.
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Oh?
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Do you think
he's onto something?
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Well, I saw Abe
at a dinner party last week
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and he was looking
mighty, mighty smug.
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Doesn't he always?
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So who was it?
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Who was what?
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Your unexpected call.
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Oh, I buried the lede.
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The White House.
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- Haldeman rang.
- Yeah?
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It seems
the President has decided
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not to provide Judith...
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with credentials
to cover the Nixon wedding.
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- Jesus Christ.
- Yeah.
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They said we could
send another reporter.
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Oh, yeah? Can't believe that.
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I know, I know.
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- But...
- But what?
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I'm not sure I entirely blame
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the President
on this one, Ben.
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No?
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Would you want Judith to cover
your daughter's wedding?
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Well, my daughter's
only 10 years old...
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I think she burned her bridges
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when she
crashed Julie's reception.
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- They're being punitive.
- Her pen is so sharp.
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- Of course it's punitive.
- This is punitive.
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Of course it's punitive.
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She compared Tricia Nixon
to a vanilla ice cream cone.
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- Yeah, she did.
- Yeah.
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I mean, why would
her father want Judy
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to cover
his daughter's wedding?
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Oh, come on.
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I just...
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Are you sure we're striking
the right tone here, Ben?
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Oh, we're gonna
do this again?
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No. Uh,
the New Style section.
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Sometimes that stiletto party
coverage can be a little mean.
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I'm handling it.
I'm looking for a new editor.
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Yes, are you?
Because I know
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I've talked to you
about this before.
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You are losing
female readership, you know.
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And I think you might
want to focus more
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on what women read...
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Katharine, keep your finger
outta my eye.
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You...
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These breakfasts
were your idea, you know.
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Yes. And you are the publisher
and you are my boss.
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And I, uh...
I value the input,
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but I... I heard you
the first three times.
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You know, I just think
there might be another way...
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that we could cool it with
the White House.
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Maybe we could just send
somebody else, you know...
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Nope, nope. Nope. I'm not
gonna send another reporter.
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Because it's not
hard news, Ben.
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It's just a wedding.
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It's not just a wedding.
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It's a wedding of the daughter
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of the President
of the United States.
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Why not let that girl
have her day?
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And we can't have
an administration
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dictating to us
our coverage...
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just because they don't like
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what we print about them
in our newspaper.
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Wonder if Abe
cares so passionately
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about who covers
the wedding for his paper.
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I don't give a rat's ass
what Abe or anybody
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at The New York Times
cares about.
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Not true.
I give one rat's ass.
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- Yeah.
- One retromingent...
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rat's ass.
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Well, it's real important.
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Can you get him for me?
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Tell them it's from Sheehan.
Don't walk.
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It's from Sheehan.
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Abe, here it is.
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Okay,
Broder's got Nixon
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working on his second term.
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Osnos has something on G.I.s
buying heroin in Saigon...
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but Ryder's got
a rocket on the FBI list
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of potential subversives.
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Save it for the afternoon.
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I need Chal and Judith.
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Judith!
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Is that real,
the subversives list?
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Oh, yeah. Hoover
and Justice keep a copy.
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Thousands of names.
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Geyelin heard the White House
is shutting Judith out.
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Yeah, I'm working on that.
261
00:18:02,604 --> 00:18:03,969
We think editorial
should run something.
262
00:18:03,971 --> 00:18:05,604
I just heard somebody say
they're working on that.
263
00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:06,672
Well, if the White House is
264
00:18:06,674 --> 00:18:07,774
gonna take
a stance like that...
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00:18:07,776 --> 00:18:10,278
don't you think
we should plant a flag?
266
00:18:12,413 --> 00:18:16,449
Did you see Sheehan at the
Kissinger press conference?
267
00:18:16,451 --> 00:18:17,616
No.
268
00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:19,385
What about the Al Haig thing?
269
00:18:19,387 --> 00:18:21,389
No, Times sent the new kid.
270
00:18:22,124 --> 00:18:23,556
The new kid, huh?
271
00:18:23,558 --> 00:18:25,624
You think Sheehan's
onto something.
272
00:18:25,626 --> 00:18:27,192
Yeah.
273
00:18:27,194 --> 00:18:29,728
Well, Neil has been known
to disappear.
274
00:18:29,730 --> 00:18:32,597
No, no. I'm telling you,
he has something.
275
00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:34,801
You want me to do
a little digging?
276
00:18:34,803 --> 00:18:37,469
No, that's below
your pay grade.
277
00:18:37,471 --> 00:18:38,807
Intern!
278
00:18:39,773 --> 00:18:42,475
You working on anything
important, chief?
279
00:18:42,477 --> 00:18:44,878
Uh, no, Mr. Bradlee.
280
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,413
Well, everything we do
is important at The Post.
281
00:18:47,415 --> 00:18:48,815
Yeah. That's $40.
282
00:18:48,817 --> 00:18:51,884
I want you to take the
first train up to New York...
283
00:18:51,886 --> 00:18:53,687
and go to
The Times building on 43rd.
284
00:18:53,689 --> 00:18:54,888
Don't tell them
who you work for...
285
00:18:54,890 --> 00:18:57,556
but find a reporter
by the name of Sheehan.
286
00:18:57,558 --> 00:18:59,124
Uh, Neil Sheehan?
287
00:18:59,126 --> 00:19:03,765
Yeah, yeah, find out what
Neil Sheehan is working on.
288
00:19:04,532 --> 00:19:06,364
Is that legal?
289
00:19:06,366 --> 00:19:10,036
Well, what is it you think we
do here for a living, kid?
290
00:19:10,038 --> 00:19:11,536
Get a receipt for the tickets.
291
00:19:11,538 --> 00:19:12,540
Yeah.
292
00:19:28,756 --> 00:19:31,226
- Morning, Mrs. Graham.
- Hello, morning.
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00:19:34,896 --> 00:19:36,962
Hello.
Morning, everybody.
294
00:19:36,964 --> 00:19:38,297
- Hi, Oz.
- Mrs. Graham.
295
00:19:38,299 --> 00:19:39,534
Morning, Arthur.
296
00:19:40,835 --> 00:19:42,437
Hello. Hello, everyone.
297
00:19:44,972 --> 00:19:46,840
So, everyone's here.
298
00:19:46,842 --> 00:19:49,609
- Hello, Ray. My Galahad.
- Good morning.
299
00:19:49,611 --> 00:19:51,146
Thank you.
300
00:20:02,457 --> 00:20:03,789
And I used to be the only one
301
00:20:03,791 --> 00:20:05,725
who brought
his homework to class.
302
00:20:07,996 --> 00:20:10,796
I think we're all here.
Should we get started?
303
00:20:10,798 --> 00:20:12,198
Didn't you crash the wedding
304
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,499
of Nixon's other daughter
to get a story?
305
00:20:14,501 --> 00:20:17,303
Well, I did get a story but I
didn't crash Julie's wedding.
306
00:20:17,305 --> 00:20:19,372
No, just the reception
afterwards, right?
307
00:20:19,374 --> 00:20:20,605
There is a distinction.
308
00:20:20,607 --> 00:20:21,708
Not to
the father of the bride.
309
00:20:21,710 --> 00:20:23,008
He's paying per plate.
310
00:20:23,010 --> 00:20:24,777
I think the American people
are paying per plate.
311
00:20:24,779 --> 00:20:26,312
Wait, let's do
a story about that.
312
00:20:26,314 --> 00:20:28,748
- Yeah, let's...
- Judith should crash again.
313
00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:29,981
I didn't crash
Julie's wedding.
314
00:20:29,983 --> 00:20:31,284
What would you
call it, Judith?
315
00:20:31,286 --> 00:20:33,119
Well, I would call it
deft reportage.
316
00:20:33,121 --> 00:20:34,754
All right, come on,
come on, everybody.
317
00:20:34,756 --> 00:20:37,893
How are we gonna cover
this Nixon-Cox wedding?
318
00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:44,197
Uh... Who else
is gonna be there?
319
00:20:44,199 --> 00:20:45,663
- Here.
- Judith's got the guest list.
320
00:20:45,665 --> 00:20:47,533
No, I mean of
the other press.
321
00:20:47,535 --> 00:20:50,536
The Times, the Sun, the Globe,
all the international papers.
322
00:20:50,538 --> 00:20:52,203
All right.
323
00:20:52,205 --> 00:20:55,877
So, we call them,
we call all of them...
324
00:20:56,810 --> 00:20:59,712
and we say Nixon
has shut us out...
325
00:20:59,714 --> 00:21:02,413
and then we ask them
for their notes.
326
00:21:02,415 --> 00:21:04,816
Ben, there's no way in hell
anyone's gonna give me a fill.
327
00:21:04,818 --> 00:21:07,754
No, it'll be
an act of solidarity.
328
00:21:07,756 --> 00:21:10,256
They'll be defending
the First Amendment.
329
00:21:10,258 --> 00:21:12,091
We'll tell them
that the only way
330
00:21:12,093 --> 00:21:14,026
to protect
the right to publish...
331
00:21:14,028 --> 00:21:16,230
is to publish.
332
00:21:21,435 --> 00:21:22,736
I don't understand.
333
00:21:22,738 --> 00:21:25,537
You said
we'd set the price at $27.
334
00:21:25,539 --> 00:21:27,105
No, we said there was a range.
335
00:21:27,107 --> 00:21:29,875
And the demand on the
road show was soft.
336
00:21:29,877 --> 00:21:33,011
Why not set it at $26?
Or $25 even?
337
00:21:33,013 --> 00:21:34,913
Well, Paul, we feel
that setting the price
338
00:21:34,915 --> 00:21:36,982
at $24.50 would be
more prudent.
339
00:21:36,984 --> 00:21:38,418
It's just a couple bucks.
340
00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:40,286
It's not just
a couple of bucks.
341
00:21:40,288 --> 00:21:43,057
It's 1.35 million shares...
342
00:21:43,458 --> 00:21:45,227
so it is...
343
00:21:46,694 --> 00:21:48,527
Three million.
344
00:21:48,529 --> 00:21:52,899
Over $3 million less.
That's a lot to a newspaper.
345
00:21:52,901 --> 00:21:54,799
How many reporters is that?
346
00:21:54,801 --> 00:21:55,901
It's 25.
347
00:21:55,903 --> 00:21:57,269
Let's not get bogged down.
348
00:21:57,271 --> 00:21:58,705
It has to be quite a few.
349
00:21:58,707 --> 00:22:00,309
At least a dozen. Fritz?
350
00:22:01,876 --> 00:22:03,508
It's 25 reporters.
351
00:22:03,510 --> 00:22:05,678
Twenty-five reporters.
352
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:06,946
Twenty-five reporters.
353
00:22:06,948 --> 00:22:09,081
Gentlemen,
we know it's not ideal...
354
00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:10,417
but a few of our investors
355
00:22:10,419 --> 00:22:13,719
balked at the nature
of the company.
356
00:22:13,721 --> 00:22:14,953
They don't like newspapers?
357
00:22:14,955 --> 00:22:17,724
They like Gannett and
Knight and Ridder...
358
00:22:17,726 --> 00:22:18,924
but frankly they're concerned
359
00:22:18,926 --> 00:22:21,529
about your ability
to turn a serious profit.
360
00:22:35,209 --> 00:22:36,542
Gannett and Knight and Ridder
361
00:22:36,544 --> 00:22:38,443
own monopoly papers
in smaller markets.
362
00:22:38,445 --> 00:22:40,680
That's why
they're more profitable.
363
00:22:40,682 --> 00:22:43,917
The whole point of the
offering is to grow...
364
00:22:43,919 --> 00:22:46,085
while investing in the quality
of the paper.
365
00:22:46,087 --> 00:22:49,455
Kay and I have talked
a great deal about this...
366
00:22:49,457 --> 00:22:52,458
and we believe
that improving quality...
367
00:22:52,460 --> 00:22:56,097
will naturally lead to
greater profitability.
368
00:22:57,865 --> 00:22:59,097
Unfortunate.
369
00:22:59,099 --> 00:23:01,100
It's more than unfortunate.
370
00:23:01,102 --> 00:23:02,869
Doesn't this happen
all the time?
371
00:23:02,871 --> 00:23:06,139
Bankers lowering the price for
their institutional investors.
372
00:23:06,141 --> 00:23:07,806
Fritz, isn't this
what we discussed?
373
00:23:07,808 --> 00:23:08,974
I think the family
should consider
374
00:23:08,976 --> 00:23:10,142
giving up some control.
375
00:23:10,144 --> 00:23:12,344
- Maybe another board seat.
- Absolutely not.
376
00:23:12,346 --> 00:23:14,847
This isn't a surprise, Fritz.
Ever since Phil's accident...
377
00:23:14,849 --> 00:23:15,981
Arthur.
378
00:23:15,983 --> 00:23:18,449
No offense, Kay.
It's unfortunate...
379
00:23:18,451 --> 00:23:20,152
but the buyers
are obviously skittish
380
00:23:20,154 --> 00:23:21,586
about having
a woman in charge...
381
00:23:21,588 --> 00:23:23,789
and it's not like
it's an easy sell.
382
00:23:23,791 --> 00:23:26,926
It's a local paper with modest
margins, modest ambitions.
383
00:23:26,928 --> 00:23:28,361
I think Mr. Bradlee
would take issue
384
00:23:28,363 --> 00:23:29,629
with that characterization.
385
00:23:29,631 --> 00:23:31,596
Sure, she pads
his budget every year.
386
00:23:31,598 --> 00:23:33,365
Call my office.
Tell them I'm going to
387
00:23:33,367 --> 00:23:35,267
miss my lunch at Occidental.
388
00:23:35,269 --> 00:23:37,170
Another dozen reporters.
For what?
389
00:23:37,172 --> 00:23:38,938
To nip at the heels
of The Times?
390
00:23:38,940 --> 00:23:40,104
So we can pretend like
391
00:23:40,106 --> 00:23:42,107
we're even remotely
in the same league?
392
00:23:42,109 --> 00:23:44,477
Make it a five o'clock drink
at the Jefferson.
393
00:23:44,479 --> 00:23:46,578
Arthur, Kay was right.
Lazard is just trying...
394
00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:47,845
to cut a better deal
by squeezing us.
395
00:23:47,847 --> 00:23:49,014
Come on, Fritz.
396
00:23:49,016 --> 00:23:50,082
Why do you think that is?
397
00:23:50,084 --> 00:23:51,284
Because they're bankers.
398
00:23:51,286 --> 00:23:52,852
Which is why
they want more control.
399
00:23:52,854 --> 00:23:53,986
They want assurances
400
00:23:53,988 --> 00:23:55,121
that she's not
gonna squander it all.
401
00:23:55,123 --> 00:23:56,889
I mean, come on.
402
00:23:56,891 --> 00:23:59,290
Fritz, Kay throws
a great party...
403
00:23:59,292 --> 00:24:02,128
but her father gave the paper
to her husband.
404
00:24:02,130 --> 00:24:03,863
The only reason
she's running things
405
00:24:03,865 --> 00:24:06,233
is because he...
Because Phil died.
406
00:24:07,435 --> 00:24:11,203
Don't get me wrong,
I think she is a lovely woman.
407
00:24:11,205 --> 00:24:13,072
But she got rid
of Al Friendly...
408
00:24:13,074 --> 00:24:14,539
and brought in a pirate
409
00:24:14,541 --> 00:24:17,209
who does nothing
but bleed our margins.
410
00:24:17,211 --> 00:24:18,878
I mean, you can't be surprised
411
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,112
that the buyers
are concerned...
412
00:24:20,114 --> 00:24:21,346
that she doesn't have
the resolve
413
00:24:21,348 --> 00:24:23,317
to turn a serious profit.
414
00:24:28,722 --> 00:24:31,090
Kay, it's your decision...
415
00:24:31,092 --> 00:24:33,225
but in my opinion,
if you want this
416
00:24:33,227 --> 00:24:35,495
to be more than
a little family paper...
417
00:24:35,497 --> 00:24:38,767
it has to be more than
a little family business.
418
00:24:41,936 --> 00:24:44,673
Thank you, Arthur,
for your frankness.
419
00:24:45,906 --> 00:24:47,274
All right.
420
00:24:48,542 --> 00:24:49,642
We're set?
421
00:24:49,644 --> 00:24:51,613
All set, Mr. Parsons.
422
00:24:54,015 --> 00:24:55,550
Accident...
423
00:24:58,752 --> 00:25:00,489
It wasn't an accident.
424
00:25:01,588 --> 00:25:02,821
Phil's suicide.
425
00:25:02,823 --> 00:25:07,195
I don't know why people insist
on calling it an accident.
426
00:25:08,362 --> 00:25:10,899
Is it to make them
feel better?
427
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,200
Or do they think
they're being kind?
428
00:25:15,202 --> 00:25:17,404
I don't know, I don't know.
429
00:25:18,105 --> 00:25:20,273
So, do you think I should
430
00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:22,908
give up more seats
on the board?
431
00:25:22,910 --> 00:25:24,778
Of course not.
432
00:25:26,212 --> 00:25:28,480
We're going to be fine.
433
00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:29,949
Hmm.
434
00:25:29,951 --> 00:25:32,852
This passage
in the prospectus,
435
00:25:32,854 --> 00:25:35,490
I read it earlier today.
436
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,760
Oh, yes.
437
00:25:41,762 --> 00:25:43,962
"In the unlikely instance
of disaster
438
00:25:43,964 --> 00:25:45,296
"or catastrophic event...
439
00:25:45,298 --> 00:25:49,234
"in the week following the
initial public offering...
440
00:25:49,236 --> 00:25:51,170
"Lazard Frères
and Company retains
441
00:25:51,172 --> 00:25:53,171
"full right
to cancel the issue."
442
00:25:53,173 --> 00:25:54,707
It's boilerplate, Kay.
443
00:25:54,709 --> 00:25:57,142
It's standard
contractual language.
444
00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:02,547
But, so, the bankers
could pull out.
445
00:26:02,549 --> 00:26:05,350
Only if there's
a true disaster.
446
00:26:05,352 --> 00:26:07,487
Ben gets hit by a truck...
447
00:26:07,489 --> 00:26:11,523
the world
runs outta newspaper ink...
448
00:26:12,826 --> 00:26:14,427
the truck goes
around the block
449
00:26:14,429 --> 00:26:16,662
and hits Ben again...
450
00:26:16,664 --> 00:26:18,331
You think
one of those is possible.
451
00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,199
No, I don't...
452
00:26:20,201 --> 00:26:22,100
but, you know,
the Nixon White House
453
00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:24,036
is nothing if not vindictive.
454
00:26:24,038 --> 00:26:25,403
Just this morning...
455
00:26:25,405 --> 00:26:28,309
they barred us from covering
Tricia Nixon's wedding.
456
00:26:29,009 --> 00:26:30,809
Somehow,
I doubt that will rise
457
00:26:30,811 --> 00:26:32,277
to the level of catastrophe.
458
00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:33,845
I know. Probably not.
459
00:26:33,847 --> 00:26:37,417
Although, when Ben sets
his mind to plunder...
460
00:26:37,419 --> 00:26:40,989
it's not hard to imagine
something more serious.
461
00:26:42,490 --> 00:26:44,726
Catastrophic events...
462
00:26:46,027 --> 00:26:47,526
do occur, you know.
463
00:26:47,528 --> 00:26:51,596
Yeah, but the right to cancel
is only for a week.
464
00:26:51,598 --> 00:26:54,833
A week
from the public offering.
465
00:26:54,835 --> 00:26:58,737
Seven days after they
ring that bell on Tuesday...
466
00:26:58,739 --> 00:27:00,672
the deal is done.
467
00:27:00,674 --> 00:27:01,675
Hmm.
468
00:27:03,144 --> 00:27:05,380
It's gonna be fine, Kay.
469
00:27:23,964 --> 00:27:25,332
Jesus.
470
00:27:31,838 --> 00:27:34,009
Do you know what floor
the newsroom's on?
471
00:27:34,509 --> 00:27:35,641
Five.
472
00:27:35,643 --> 00:27:37,946
Uh, no, no, six, yeah. Six.
473
00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:54,192
Things are heating up
in East Pakistan?
474
00:27:54,194 --> 00:27:56,061
Well,
five million refugees
475
00:27:56,063 --> 00:27:58,197
could destabilize West Bengal.
476
00:27:58,199 --> 00:28:00,266
So, Lindsay's lowering
the boom tomorrow.
477
00:28:00,268 --> 00:28:01,900
They gotta cut 100 million.
478
00:28:01,902 --> 00:28:04,706
Gonna be some blood on
the floor of Gracie Mansion.
479
00:28:06,740 --> 00:28:09,007
I heard the Mayors gave it to
Nixon in Philly.
480
00:28:09,009 --> 00:28:10,910
Yeah, Tolchin's down there.
He's filing.
481
00:28:10,912 --> 00:28:12,378
Take a look at this.
482
00:28:12,380 --> 00:28:14,212
Any of you guys see that piece
on the hijacking?
483
00:28:14,214 --> 00:28:15,346
Jeez, there's been
another hijacking?
484
00:28:15,348 --> 00:28:16,849
You think six pages
is enough?
485
00:28:16,851 --> 00:28:20,151
Well, we got three columns on
the front page. I'll take it.
486
00:28:20,153 --> 00:28:22,321
- On the flight?
- On the flight.
487
00:28:22,323 --> 00:28:24,523
Can I help you, Mac?
488
00:28:24,525 --> 00:28:26,824
Just delivering a package
to Mr. Meetson.
489
00:28:26,826 --> 00:28:29,330
Mattson.
I'll see that he gets it.
490
00:28:30,531 --> 00:28:32,064
I knew a couple
491
00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:35,500
whose yacht was shipwrecked
in the South Pacific.
492
00:28:35,502 --> 00:28:36,737
Hold on, quiet.
493
00:28:37,371 --> 00:28:38,638
I knew a couple whose yacht
494
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,605
was shipwrecked
in the South Pacific.
495
00:28:40,607 --> 00:28:43,008
It looks bleak,
so the man asks...
496
00:28:43,010 --> 00:28:46,379
"Does the will take care
of the kids?" His wife nods.
497
00:28:46,381 --> 00:28:48,748
"What about your mother?"
"Yes."
498
00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:52,317
"Okay, did we
donate to Nixon?"
499
00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:55,120
His wife
shakes her head. "Yes."
500
00:28:55,122 --> 00:28:57,724
"Did we pledge or give?"
501
00:28:57,726 --> 00:28:58,856
"We pledged."
502
00:28:58,858 --> 00:29:01,059
"Thank God," shouts the man.
"Nixon'll find us.
503
00:29:01,061 --> 00:29:02,161
"We're saved!"
504
00:29:06,233 --> 00:29:08,866
Well, speaking of Nixon,
I just talked to Kissinger...
505
00:29:08,868 --> 00:29:11,703
who was going on about the end
of the China embargo.
506
00:29:11,705 --> 00:29:14,440
He's convinced it's a rather
clever geopolitical move.
507
00:29:14,442 --> 00:29:17,543
I think
this is our cue, ladies.
508
00:29:17,545 --> 00:29:19,378
Someone at this table
of luminaries
509
00:29:19,380 --> 00:29:20,912
must have an idea
what they're up to.
510
00:29:20,914 --> 00:29:23,315
I wonder what his buddy
Joe McCarthy would say.
511
00:29:23,317 --> 00:29:25,817
The New Style Section
did a lovely piece
512
00:29:25,819 --> 00:29:27,253
on Lawrence Durrell.
513
00:29:27,255 --> 00:29:29,755
It's about time
Style had a good piece.
514
00:29:29,757 --> 00:29:31,390
I think it's a bit improved.
515
00:29:31,392 --> 00:29:33,792
I hear he's at work on
another series of novels.
516
00:29:33,794 --> 00:29:36,929
I hear he's at work on finding
a fourth wife.
517
00:29:36,931 --> 00:29:38,597
I will say, he's
one of the few individuals...
518
00:29:38,599 --> 00:29:40,499
who could probably cozy up
to communist China...
519
00:29:40,501 --> 00:29:42,367
without fear
of major political cost.
520
00:29:42,369 --> 00:29:43,634
Eh, but is Nixon that smart?
521
00:29:43,636 --> 00:29:45,237
He never laughed
at one of my jokes.
522
00:29:47,342 --> 00:29:49,441
Oh, Kay, I don't know
how you do it.
523
00:29:49,443 --> 00:29:51,209
I don't know
how you keep up with it all
524
00:29:51,211 --> 00:29:53,278
when you have this day job.
525
00:29:54,382 --> 00:29:56,047
You need to read more books.
526
00:29:56,049 --> 00:29:58,883
Kay, could I have just a word?
527
00:30:01,122 --> 00:30:02,157
Um...
528
00:30:03,557 --> 00:30:05,190
Everything all right?
529
00:30:05,192 --> 00:30:07,226
- Marg okay?
- Yes, she's fine.
530
00:30:07,228 --> 00:30:08,994
Said the procedure
went very well.
531
00:30:08,996 --> 00:30:10,830
Oh, good,
I've been meaning to...
532
00:30:10,832 --> 00:30:11,900
I...
533
00:30:12,465 --> 00:30:13,632
I wanted to tell you,
534
00:30:13,634 --> 00:30:15,534
and I want you
to hear from me first...
535
00:30:15,536 --> 00:30:17,536
there's an article about me
536
00:30:17,538 --> 00:30:20,174
coming out
in The Times tomorrow.
537
00:30:21,308 --> 00:30:23,043
It's not flattering.
538
00:30:24,345 --> 00:30:25,878
Running? Me?
539
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,845
Now, you know me
better than that.
540
00:30:27,847 --> 00:30:29,715
Three days and three
nights and not a word.
541
00:30:29,717 --> 00:30:30,882
Well, I've been very busy.
542
00:30:30,884 --> 00:30:32,151
For all I knew
you were lying
543
00:30:32,153 --> 00:30:33,251
in the gutter somewhere...
544
00:30:33,253 --> 00:30:34,686
with a knife in your back.
545
00:30:34,688 --> 00:30:36,255
Lying in the gutter?
546
00:30:37,525 --> 00:30:39,828
Now, look, sweetheart,
I'll tell you what happened.
547
00:30:40,627 --> 00:30:42,494
I was in Birmingham.
548
00:30:42,496 --> 00:30:43,862
Birmingham?
549
00:30:43,864 --> 00:30:45,029
Hello?
550
00:30:45,031 --> 00:30:46,632
Hello, Ben.
551
00:30:46,634 --> 00:30:47,932
Hello, Katharine.
552
00:30:47,934 --> 00:30:50,902
I'm sorry
to bother you so late.
553
00:30:50,904 --> 00:30:54,238
Listen, were you able to make
any headway with Mr. Sheehan?
554
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,074
No, no. I haven't.
555
00:30:57,076 --> 00:31:01,279
I just had an odd conversation
with Bob McNamara...
556
00:31:01,281 --> 00:31:05,720
and I think The Times may
have a big story tomorrow.
557
00:31:06,353 --> 00:31:08,085
Oh, damn it.
558
00:31:08,087 --> 00:31:10,922
You know, he wouldn't
give me any details...
559
00:31:10,924 --> 00:31:16,230
but Bob said it was quite
detrimental to him and...
560
00:31:37,817 --> 00:31:39,584
Ben!
561
00:31:39,586 --> 00:31:41,254
We got 'em.
562
00:31:41,256 --> 00:31:42,854
We got 'em.
563
00:31:42,856 --> 00:31:43,889
Huh?
564
00:31:43,891 --> 00:31:45,557
- Yeah, quite good.
- The happy couple.
565
00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:47,526
- Hey, chief!
- Mr. Bradlee.
566
00:31:47,528 --> 00:31:49,694
So, did you
track down Sheehan?
567
00:31:49,696 --> 00:31:53,567
No, but, I saw a mock-up
of tomorrow's front page.
568
00:31:54,234 --> 00:31:56,201
There's a big gap.
569
00:31:56,203 --> 00:31:57,938
Nothing there but the name.
570
00:32:02,175 --> 00:32:03,475
Shit.
571
00:32:03,477 --> 00:32:04,846
Shit.
572
00:32:05,311 --> 00:32:06,680
Shit!
573
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,521
- Give us three.
- Here you go.
574
00:32:16,523 --> 00:32:19,059
Here, here, here.
Thank you, thank you.
575
00:32:19,626 --> 00:32:21,095
Thanks, got it.
576
00:32:27,034 --> 00:32:28,767
General Haig, sir.
577
00:32:28,769 --> 00:32:30,068
- Hi, Al.
- Yes, sir.
578
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:32,238
What about
the casualties last week?
579
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:33,471
You got that figure yet?
580
00:32:33,473 --> 00:32:36,144
No, sir, but I think
it's gonna be quite low.
581
00:32:36,544 --> 00:32:37,776
Fine.
582
00:32:37,778 --> 00:32:40,645
Okay. Nothing else of interest
in the world today?
583
00:32:40,647 --> 00:32:43,149
Yes, sir.
Very significant...
584
00:32:43,151 --> 00:32:46,584
this goddamn
New York Times expose...
585
00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:48,385
...of the most
highly classified
586
00:32:48,387 --> 00:32:50,088
documents of the war.
587
00:32:50,090 --> 00:32:52,324
You mean that was
leaked out of the Pentagon?
588
00:32:52,326 --> 00:32:56,661
The whole study that
was done for McNamara.
589
00:32:56,663 --> 00:33:00,900
This is a devastating, uh,
security breach...
590
00:33:00,902 --> 00:33:03,369
of the greatest magnitude
of anything I've ever seen.
591
00:33:03,371 --> 00:33:05,636
Well, what's being
done about it then?
592
00:33:05,638 --> 00:33:07,405
Did we know
this was coming out?
593
00:33:07,407 --> 00:33:09,007
No, we did not, sir.
594
00:33:09,009 --> 00:33:10,441
I have Doctor Kissinger.
595
00:33:10,443 --> 00:33:13,210
Henry, the thing to me
is just unconscionable.
596
00:33:13,212 --> 00:33:15,413
This is treasonable action
on the part
597
00:33:15,415 --> 00:33:17,682
of the bastards
that put it out.
598
00:33:17,684 --> 00:33:19,384
I'm absolutely certain...
599
00:33:19,386 --> 00:33:23,154
that this violates
all sorts of security laws.
600
00:33:23,156 --> 00:33:24,855
People have gotta
be put to the torch
601
00:33:24,857 --> 00:33:26,827
for this sort of thing.
602
00:33:28,127 --> 00:33:31,796
Christ! McNamara knew
we couldn't win in '65.
603
00:33:31,798 --> 00:33:34,701
That's six goddamn years ago.
604
00:33:37,538 --> 00:33:39,007
Well, at least
we got the wedding.
605
00:33:41,842 --> 00:33:43,775
Is anybody else tired
of reading the news
606
00:33:43,777 --> 00:33:46,178
instead of reporting it?
607
00:33:46,180 --> 00:33:47,345
Do we have any leads?
608
00:33:47,347 --> 00:33:48,779
There's a guy Phil and I know
in Boston...
609
00:33:48,781 --> 00:33:49,882
who worked at Defense
610
00:33:49,884 --> 00:33:51,217
when McNamara
commissioned the study.
611
00:33:51,219 --> 00:33:52,785
All right, call him.
612
00:33:52,787 --> 00:33:54,652
Anybody else?
613
00:33:54,654 --> 00:33:56,788
So that's it?
614
00:33:56,790 --> 00:33:59,757
Our best goddamn lead
is coming from editorial?
615
00:33:59,759 --> 00:34:01,559
Well, we are sucking hind tit
616
00:34:01,561 --> 00:34:02,827
in our own backyard.
617
00:34:02,829 --> 00:34:04,763
Ben, come on,
it's one story.
618
00:34:04,765 --> 00:34:06,698
No, it's 7,000 pages...
619
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:08,799
detailing how
the White House has been
620
00:34:08,801 --> 00:34:10,903
lying about the Vietnam War
for 30 years.
621
00:34:10,905 --> 00:34:16,208
It's Truman and Eisenhower
and Jack and LBJ lying.
622
00:34:16,210 --> 00:34:18,510
Lying about Vietnam.
623
00:34:18,512 --> 00:34:20,414
And you think
that's one story?
624
00:34:21,581 --> 00:34:23,350
Let's do our jobs.
625
00:34:24,751 --> 00:34:26,286
Find those pages!
626
00:34:31,025 --> 00:34:32,624
Ben, uh...
627
00:34:32,626 --> 00:34:35,193
I might have something.
Maybe.
628
00:34:35,195 --> 00:34:38,229
Well, let me know when it's
a little less wishy-washy.
629
00:34:38,231 --> 00:34:41,436
I'm gonna go chase down
a lead of my own.
630
00:34:45,438 --> 00:34:48,474
Why don't you cut
your bangs, just a little bit?
631
00:34:48,476 --> 00:34:50,211
Mummy,
I'm right in the middle.
632
00:34:55,916 --> 00:34:58,684
It's a bit hard to read,
isn't it?
633
00:34:58,686 --> 00:35:01,289
Harder for you, I imagine.
634
00:35:01,688 --> 00:35:02,989
No.
635
00:35:03,291 --> 00:35:04,492
Why?
636
00:35:05,326 --> 00:35:06,825
These were your people...
637
00:35:06,827 --> 00:35:10,229
McNamara and Kennedy
and Johnson.
638
00:35:10,231 --> 00:35:12,798
Well, Jack and Lyndon
were your father's friends.
639
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,233
You flew down to Texas
with Lyndon
640
00:35:14,235 --> 00:35:15,633
the weekend
after his convention.
641
00:35:15,635 --> 00:35:17,903
That's your fault. You wanted
to see his helicopter land.
642
00:35:17,905 --> 00:35:20,170
And the instant he saw you,
he invited you to the ranch.
643
00:35:20,172 --> 00:35:22,574
Oh, well, he just wanted
the paper to endorse.
644
00:35:22,576 --> 00:35:23,842
Yes, but my point is
645
00:35:23,844 --> 00:35:25,811
you had Steve and Bill
waiting at home.
646
00:35:25,813 --> 00:35:27,012
- You had houseguests...
- I know.
647
00:35:27,014 --> 00:35:28,345
...waiting at the farm.
648
00:35:28,347 --> 00:35:30,014
You had nothing but dirty
clothes in your suitcase.
649
00:35:30,016 --> 00:35:31,516
How do you know what
I had in my suitcase?
650
00:35:31,518 --> 00:35:32,617
Yet you jumped
on Air Force One,
651
00:35:32,619 --> 00:35:33,686
spent the weekend...
652
00:35:33,688 --> 00:35:34,753
I did not jump.
653
00:35:34,755 --> 00:35:36,021
...swimming
and speed-boating...
654
00:35:36,023 --> 00:35:37,588
You and Luvie Pearson
said I had to go!
655
00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:39,159
...with Lyndon
and Lady Bird.
656
00:35:44,331 --> 00:35:46,932
It's hard to say...
657
00:35:46,934 --> 00:35:49,802
"no" to the President
of the United States.
658
00:35:54,474 --> 00:35:56,474
Were you expecting someone?
659
00:35:56,476 --> 00:35:58,245
At this hour?
660
00:36:03,516 --> 00:36:05,583
I hope I'm not too early.
661
00:36:05,585 --> 00:36:08,153
Not at all.
Must be urgent.
662
00:36:08,155 --> 00:36:09,954
Where's your sister?
663
00:36:12,226 --> 00:36:14,258
That's my tea, darling.
664
00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:17,229
Where's your sister?
Let's go find her.
665
00:36:17,231 --> 00:36:19,000
Let's go find her.
666
00:36:21,335 --> 00:36:23,905
I trust you saw
The New York Times.
667
00:36:24,371 --> 00:36:25,403
Hmm.
668
00:36:25,405 --> 00:36:27,738
The study, the one
they are working off of...
669
00:36:27,740 --> 00:36:29,273
that was commissioned
by Robert McNamara.
670
00:36:29,275 --> 00:36:30,342
Yeah.
671
00:36:30,344 --> 00:36:32,744
And if he commissioned it,
he might have a copy.
672
00:36:38,050 --> 00:36:40,786
I don't need to tell you
that finding a source...
673
00:36:40,788 --> 00:36:42,688
it's like finding a
needle in a haystack.
674
00:36:42,690 --> 00:36:43,887
I don't need the metaphor.
675
00:36:43,889 --> 00:36:44,956
Well, I haven't been a writer
676
00:36:44,958 --> 00:36:46,291
for a while
so that old cliche...
677
00:36:46,293 --> 00:36:48,461
that was the best comparison
I could come up with.
678
00:36:49,829 --> 00:36:52,532
I need a copy
of that study, Kay.
679
00:36:54,068 --> 00:36:55,766
Give her the ball, Ben.
680
00:36:55,768 --> 00:36:57,304
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
681
00:36:59,672 --> 00:37:02,374
You know, Ben,
as much as I do relish
682
00:37:02,376 --> 00:37:04,178
a good investigative
assignment...
683
00:37:05,612 --> 00:37:08,313
Bob McNamara is an old friend.
684
00:37:08,315 --> 00:37:10,615
He's going through a lot
in his life right now.
685
00:37:10,617 --> 00:37:13,952
I just think he's probably
said all he wants to say.
686
00:37:13,954 --> 00:37:16,255
Why do you think?
687
00:37:16,257 --> 00:37:17,554
- Why?
- Why?
688
00:37:17,556 --> 00:37:19,023
Why is he talking to you?
689
00:37:19,025 --> 00:37:21,392
Well, I just told you,
he's my friend and...
690
00:37:21,394 --> 00:37:24,197
Is he talking to
any other friends?
691
00:37:25,733 --> 00:37:27,097
I'm not sure
692
00:37:27,099 --> 00:37:29,200
I appreciate the implication
of what you just said.
693
00:37:29,202 --> 00:37:31,503
McNamara is talking
to you...
694
00:37:31,505 --> 00:37:33,838
because you are the publisher
of The Washington Post.
695
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,673
That's not true.
No, that is not why.
696
00:37:35,675 --> 00:37:37,575
Because he wants you
to bail him out.
697
00:37:37,577 --> 00:37:38,677
Because he wants you
on his side.
698
00:37:38,679 --> 00:37:39,943
No, there's no ulterior...
No!
699
00:37:39,945 --> 00:37:42,447
Ben, that's not my role.
You know that.
700
00:37:42,449 --> 00:37:45,583
I wouldn't presume to tell you
how to write about him.
701
00:37:45,585 --> 00:37:49,287
Just as I wouldn't
take it upon myself...
702
00:37:49,289 --> 00:37:53,258
to tell him he should hand
over a classified study...
703
00:37:53,260 --> 00:37:55,894
which would be a crime,
by the way...
704
00:37:55,896 --> 00:37:59,000
just so he can serve
as your source.
705
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,303
Our source, Katharine.
706
00:38:13,981 --> 00:38:15,414
No. Uh... No...
707
00:38:15,416 --> 00:38:19,383
I'm not. I'm not going to ask
Bob for the study.
708
00:38:19,385 --> 00:38:20,385
All right.
709
00:38:20,387 --> 00:38:21,985
I get it.
You have a relationship
710
00:38:21,987 --> 00:38:24,188
with Bob McNamara.
711
00:38:24,190 --> 00:38:27,291
But don't you think you have
an obligation as well
712
00:38:27,293 --> 00:38:29,193
to the paper
and to the public?
713
00:38:29,195 --> 00:38:30,896
Let me ask you something.
714
00:38:30,898 --> 00:38:32,831
Was that how you felt
when you were
715
00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,798
palling around
with Jack Kennedy?
716
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,800
Where was
your sense of duty then?
717
00:38:36,802 --> 00:38:40,905
I don't recall you pushing him
particularly hard on anything.
718
00:38:40,907 --> 00:38:43,742
I pushed Jack when I had to.
719
00:38:43,744 --> 00:38:45,510
I never pulled any punches.
720
00:38:45,512 --> 00:38:46,677
Is that right?
721
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:49,847
'Cause you used to dine at
the White House once a week.
722
00:38:49,849 --> 00:38:52,117
All the trips to Camp David.
723
00:38:52,119 --> 00:38:54,086
Oh, and that drunken
birthday cruise
724
00:38:54,088 --> 00:38:56,423
on the Sequoia
you told me about.
725
00:38:58,057 --> 00:38:59,289
Hard to believe you would have
726
00:38:59,291 --> 00:39:01,226
gotten
all those invitations...
727
00:39:01,228 --> 00:39:04,331
if you didn't
pull a few punches.
728
00:39:09,302 --> 00:39:10,869
Street protests
broke out today
729
00:39:10,871 --> 00:39:12,103
across the country...
730
00:39:12,105 --> 00:39:13,704
after the publication
of more excerpts...
731
00:39:13,706 --> 00:39:15,940
from a classified
Department of Defense study
732
00:39:15,942 --> 00:39:17,641
in The New York Times.
733
00:39:17,643 --> 00:39:18,644
The study, commissioned
734
00:39:18,646 --> 00:39:21,211
by former Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara...
735
00:39:21,213 --> 00:39:22,581
has ignited further debate
736
00:39:22,583 --> 00:39:24,682
over the ongoing war
in Vietnam...
737
00:39:24,684 --> 00:39:27,251
as it makes clear
that Kennedy and Johnson...
738
00:39:27,253 --> 00:39:29,287
as well as
Eisenhower and Truman,
739
00:39:29,289 --> 00:39:32,157
deeply misled
the country on Vietnam.
740
00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:34,025
The bombshell series
has appeared
741
00:39:34,027 --> 00:39:36,394
for the last two days
in The New York Times.
742
00:39:36,396 --> 00:39:38,796
We don't want
your stinking war.
743
00:39:38,798 --> 00:39:40,398
One, two, three, four.
744
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,737
We don't want
your stinking war.
745
00:39:44,538 --> 00:39:46,037
♪ I've walked and I've crawled
on six crooked highways ♪
746
00:39:46,039 --> 00:39:49,374
Not for what is politic
but for what is right.
747
00:39:49,376 --> 00:39:50,307
Right!
748
00:39:50,309 --> 00:39:52,943
Like my brother Mario said...
749
00:39:52,945 --> 00:39:55,213
"There is a time
when the operation
750
00:39:55,215 --> 00:39:57,349
"of the machine
becomes so odious...
751
00:39:57,351 --> 00:40:00,251
"that you've got to put
your body upon the gears...
752
00:40:00,253 --> 00:40:02,920
"and upon the wheels,
and upon the levers...
753
00:40:02,922 --> 00:40:05,157
"and you've got to
make it stop."
754
00:40:05,159 --> 00:40:06,490
One, two, three four.
755
00:40:06,492 --> 00:40:08,793
We don't want
your stinking war.
756
00:40:08,795 --> 00:40:11,295
Someone gives up his life,
757
00:40:11,297 --> 00:40:13,030
so that the President...
758
00:40:13,032 --> 00:40:14,900
doesn't have
to admit something
759
00:40:14,902 --> 00:40:16,467
the entire world
already knows.
760
00:40:16,469 --> 00:40:18,101
Your dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal
761
00:40:18,103 --> 00:40:19,304
is at seven in the Oak Room...
762
00:40:19,306 --> 00:40:20,604
and then I'll meet you
tomorrow morning
763
00:40:20,606 --> 00:40:21,472
in the lobby at eight...
764
00:40:21,474 --> 00:40:22,541
so you'll have plenty of time
765
00:40:22,543 --> 00:40:23,842
to get downtown
before the offering.
766
00:40:23,844 --> 00:40:25,209
And the breakfast.
767
00:40:25,211 --> 00:40:27,612
"All designed to meet
these five desiderata."
768
00:40:29,983 --> 00:40:31,083
Bagdikian.
769
00:40:31,085 --> 00:40:32,583
It's Harry Rowen.
770
00:40:32,585 --> 00:40:36,589
Hey, uh, let me call you back
from outside the newsroom.
771
00:40:59,211 --> 00:41:03,347
Excuse me,
are you important?
772
00:41:03,349 --> 00:41:05,650
I'm a general
assignment reporter.
773
00:41:05,652 --> 00:41:07,153
Okay.
774
00:41:39,219 --> 00:41:41,219
Uh, I think I got something.
775
00:41:41,221 --> 00:41:42,688
Be my guest.
776
00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:44,222
Can we lose The New York
Times from the nut graph?
777
00:41:44,224 --> 00:41:45,590
Ben, they are
the source of the story.
778
00:41:45,592 --> 00:41:47,659
Every time I read The New York
Times above the fold...
779
00:41:47,661 --> 00:41:48,793
- Mr. Bradlee?
- No.
780
00:41:48,795 --> 00:41:50,695
I feel like somebody's shoving
a hot poker up my ass.
781
00:41:50,697 --> 00:41:51,996
All right, just say The Times,
782
00:41:51,998 --> 00:41:53,197
and drop it
a graph below the fold.
783
00:41:53,199 --> 00:41:54,266
There you go.
784
00:41:54,268 --> 00:41:55,568
That would
be less painful.
785
00:41:56,235 --> 00:41:57,635
I think I got something.
786
00:41:57,637 --> 00:41:59,537
"McNaughton had McNamara
plan for action."
787
00:41:59,539 --> 00:42:02,039
Well, that's two months
before the election.
788
00:42:02,041 --> 00:42:03,541
"Suggested
sending large numbers
789
00:42:03,543 --> 00:42:05,175
"of U.S. forces to interlard."
790
00:42:05,177 --> 00:42:06,311
"Interlard"?
791
00:42:06,313 --> 00:42:07,378
Where'd you get these?
792
00:42:07,380 --> 00:42:08,679
Somebody left them on my desk.
793
00:42:08,681 --> 00:42:10,148
All these guys
sound like they sleep
794
00:42:10,150 --> 00:42:11,652
with a damn thesaurus.
795
00:42:12,751 --> 00:42:15,820
So McNaughton was secretly
suggesting to McNamara...
796
00:42:15,822 --> 00:42:16,854
to provoke the North so we'd
797
00:42:16,856 --> 00:42:18,123
- have grounds for escalation?
- Yep.
798
00:42:18,125 --> 00:42:19,758
Yeah, it was
in The Times article.
799
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,525
It was a good piece.
You should check it out.
800
00:42:21,527 --> 00:42:22,894
- It was well-written.
- Jesus Christ.
801
00:42:22,896 --> 00:42:25,262
Give it to someone who can't
type 91 words a minute...
802
00:42:25,264 --> 00:42:27,065
and have it proofed, okay?
803
00:42:27,067 --> 00:42:28,365
- Ben?
- Yeah?
804
00:42:28,367 --> 00:42:30,101
I think we got something.
805
00:42:30,103 --> 00:42:31,539
What is it?
806
00:42:39,612 --> 00:42:40,914
Jesus Christ.
807
00:42:41,782 --> 00:42:43,180
Shit. Are these
808
00:42:43,182 --> 00:42:44,782
part of the pages
of the McNamara study?
809
00:42:44,784 --> 00:42:45,950
Where did you get these?
810
00:42:45,952 --> 00:42:47,686
Somebody left them on my desk.
811
00:42:47,688 --> 00:42:48,720
On your desk?
812
00:42:48,722 --> 00:42:51,155
- I didn't... It was a woman.
- A woman?
813
00:42:51,157 --> 00:42:53,891
We got over 100 pages
of the McNamara study here.
814
00:42:53,893 --> 00:42:55,894
A hippie woman.
815
00:42:55,896 --> 00:42:57,427
Hey, Debbie,
get me Bagdikian.
816
00:42:57,429 --> 00:42:58,528
She had one of those skirts...
817
00:42:58,530 --> 00:43:00,499
He's out.
He went somewhere.
818
00:43:00,501 --> 00:43:01,365
Fine.
819
00:43:01,367 --> 00:43:02,766
Probably
between 5'4 " and 5'6"...
820
00:43:02,768 --> 00:43:07,037
If these are the real thing,
we are back in the ballgame.
821
00:43:07,039 --> 00:43:08,472
It was a tie-dye skirt.
822
00:43:08,474 --> 00:43:11,641
And this is gonna be the front
page of tomorrow's paper.
823
00:43:11,643 --> 00:43:15,748
Um... Give it to Marder.
It's his lucky day.
824
00:43:21,989 --> 00:43:24,257
My God, the fun.
825
00:43:26,192 --> 00:43:27,458
RAND Corporation.
826
00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:28,996
Harry Rowen, please.
827
00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:35,534
This is Harry.
828
00:43:35,536 --> 00:43:37,534
Harry, it's Ben Bagdikian.
829
00:43:37,536 --> 00:43:39,670
You think someone's
bugging your phone?
830
00:43:39,672 --> 00:43:43,307
I think someone
might be bugging yours.
831
00:43:43,309 --> 00:43:45,909
Why would someone
bug my phone?
832
00:43:45,911 --> 00:43:47,278
If I thought
the McNamara study
833
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:48,512
had leaked from RAND...
834
00:43:48,514 --> 00:43:51,816
I'd bug the phone of the
president of RAND.
835
00:43:51,818 --> 00:43:53,517
It's a DoD study.
836
00:43:53,519 --> 00:43:56,054
A copy of which was sent to
RAND for safekeeping.
837
00:43:56,056 --> 00:43:59,724
Two copies,
if I'm not mistaken.
838
00:43:59,726 --> 00:44:02,760
Jesus Christ, Ben, that leak
didn't come from us.
839
00:44:02,762 --> 00:44:04,398
You sure about that?
840
00:44:04,998 --> 00:44:06,498
Look, in my experience...
841
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:08,266
guys who
want stuff like this out there
842
00:44:08,268 --> 00:44:09,467
and have the guts to do it...
843
00:44:09,469 --> 00:44:10,767
they're a particular type.
844
00:44:10,769 --> 00:44:12,369
They've got conscience
and conviction...
845
00:44:12,371 --> 00:44:14,639
but they've also got ego.
846
00:44:14,641 --> 00:44:17,175
Now, there's a guy that
we both know, okay?
847
00:44:17,177 --> 00:44:19,010
He was there
the same time as I was.
848
00:44:19,012 --> 00:44:20,445
He left right after.
849
00:44:20,447 --> 00:44:22,380
You know
who I'm talking about, right?
850
00:44:22,382 --> 00:44:23,782
Isn't he the first guy
you thought of
851
00:44:23,784 --> 00:44:26,452
when you saw
the article in The Times?
852
00:44:28,822 --> 00:44:31,722
Okay, look, I gotta go.
853
00:44:39,097 --> 00:44:40,465
Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal.
854
00:44:40,467 --> 00:44:42,536
- Oh, yes, I see.
- You're welcome.
855
00:44:44,304 --> 00:44:45,436
I don't wanna push it.
856
00:44:45,438 --> 00:44:47,072
- Hi.
- Ah, Kay.
857
00:44:47,074 --> 00:44:48,238
What a treat!
858
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:50,008
I'm just going to
apologize in advance.
859
00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:51,376
Great to see you.
860
00:44:51,378 --> 00:44:55,079
I'm no fun at all, Abe.
I'm just so nervous...
861
00:44:55,081 --> 00:44:56,581
about tomorrow
at the stock exchange.
862
00:44:56,583 --> 00:44:58,182
And I have to make
a big speech.
863
00:44:58,184 --> 00:44:59,784
- No, no, no, no.
- Poor you.
864
00:44:59,786 --> 00:45:02,253
No, going public is
a good move for The Post.
865
00:45:02,255 --> 00:45:04,354
Maybe you can even think
about expanding.
866
00:45:04,356 --> 00:45:06,657
Try to be more
of a national paper.
867
00:45:06,659 --> 00:45:08,459
I wish Abe would
let me buy shares.
868
00:45:08,461 --> 00:45:10,394
That's against
company policy...
869
00:45:10,396 --> 00:45:12,930
but if you're nervous
and need distraction...
870
00:45:12,932 --> 00:45:16,068
I do happen to have a copy
of today's Times.
871
00:45:16,070 --> 00:45:17,071
Abe!
872
00:45:18,070 --> 00:45:19,670
Unless you read it already.
873
00:45:19,672 --> 00:45:23,141
Oh, you awful man.
You really are.
874
00:45:23,143 --> 00:45:24,575
Can we get you
something to drink?
875
00:45:24,577 --> 00:45:26,845
Bundy argues
for sustained bombing.
876
00:45:26,847 --> 00:45:27,811
Great stuff.
877
00:45:27,813 --> 00:45:29,079
He thinks
it'll turn the tide.
878
00:45:29,081 --> 00:45:30,280
This is February of '65.
879
00:45:30,282 --> 00:45:31,650
Jesus Christ.
880
00:45:31,652 --> 00:45:33,985
But by April, they realize
it's not gonna cut it...
881
00:45:33,987 --> 00:45:35,753
and LBJ sends two battalions.
882
00:45:35,755 --> 00:45:37,121
- Great stuff.
- And get this.
883
00:45:37,123 --> 00:45:38,557
He changes the mission
884
00:45:38,559 --> 00:45:40,657
from base security
to active combat.
885
00:45:40,659 --> 00:45:42,594
- My God.
- It's a huge shift.
886
00:45:42,596 --> 00:45:44,128
He's widening the war.
887
00:45:44,130 --> 00:45:45,796
But he insists on secrecy.
888
00:45:45,798 --> 00:45:47,432
The American people are
not to be told.
889
00:45:47,434 --> 00:45:48,900
All right, okay.
So this is the real deal...
890
00:45:48,902 --> 00:45:50,702
so how long
till you can write it up?
891
00:45:50,704 --> 00:45:52,369
I can have it for Thursday.
892
00:45:52,371 --> 00:45:53,505
Well, what if we pretend
893
00:45:53,507 --> 00:45:55,706
you're a reporter,
not a novelist?
894
00:45:55,708 --> 00:45:57,208
Uh, I suppose I could pull
895
00:45:57,210 --> 00:45:58,642
something together
by tomorrow night.
896
00:45:58,644 --> 00:46:00,646
Okay, we can
run it on Wednesday.
897
00:46:01,815 --> 00:46:03,581
I know
we need to get this out, Ben,
898
00:46:03,583 --> 00:46:05,016
but I'd like to
spend a minute...
899
00:46:05,018 --> 00:46:07,418
going through what we've got
on Rolling Thunder.
900
00:46:07,420 --> 00:46:08,987
Go through
all the research you want...
901
00:46:08,989 --> 00:46:10,755
but so help me God,
if we don't have
902
00:46:10,757 --> 00:46:12,389
these pages
by tomorrow night...
903
00:46:12,391 --> 00:46:13,691
we might as well
not have them at all.
904
00:46:13,693 --> 00:46:14,762
Too late.
905
00:46:15,961 --> 00:46:17,028
What?
906
00:46:17,030 --> 00:46:18,432
Times already has it.
907
00:46:22,367 --> 00:46:23,700
Well, of course they have it.
908
00:46:23,702 --> 00:46:25,970
"President Johnson
decided on April 1, 1965..."
909
00:46:25,972 --> 00:46:28,706
Of course The Times had...
Written by Neil Sheehan.
910
00:46:28,708 --> 00:46:31,342
"...because
a month of bombing..."
911
00:46:31,344 --> 00:46:32,744
Neil Sheehan's a bastard.
912
00:46:32,746 --> 00:46:34,211
He's been a bastard for years.
913
00:46:34,213 --> 00:46:36,079
Mr. President,
the Attorney General
914
00:46:36,081 --> 00:46:37,481
has called a couple times...
915
00:46:37,483 --> 00:46:40,418
about these
New York Times stories.
916
00:46:40,420 --> 00:46:42,153
You mean to
prosecute The Times?
917
00:46:42,155 --> 00:46:43,588
Hell, my view is
918
00:46:43,590 --> 00:46:45,490
to prosecute the goddamn
pricks that gave it to 'em.
919
00:46:45,492 --> 00:46:46,590
If you can
find out who that is.
920
00:46:46,592 --> 00:46:47,724
Yeah, I know.
921
00:46:47,726 --> 00:46:49,559
I mean, could The Times
be prosecuted?
922
00:46:49,561 --> 00:46:51,628
Apparently so.
923
00:46:51,630 --> 00:46:52,796
As far as
The Times is concerned,
924
00:46:52,798 --> 00:46:54,132
hell, they're our enemies.
925
00:46:54,134 --> 00:46:56,900
I think we just oughta do it.
926
00:46:56,902 --> 00:46:58,838
Son of a bitch.
927
00:47:02,009 --> 00:47:03,175
Abe Rosenthal.
928
00:47:03,177 --> 00:47:05,945
Good evening. Their table
is right over there, sir.
929
00:47:07,514 --> 00:47:09,514
Brownell and Loeb over
at Lord Day and Lord...
930
00:47:09,516 --> 00:47:12,883
told Punch in no uncertain
terms not to publish.
931
00:47:12,885 --> 00:47:15,052
Only after Scotty Reston
threatened
932
00:47:15,054 --> 00:47:16,653
to publish
in the Vineyard Gazette...
933
00:47:16,655 --> 00:47:18,289
did Punch decide to print.
934
00:47:18,291 --> 00:47:20,825
Wouldn't have had
quite the same impact.
935
00:47:21,927 --> 00:47:22,929
Jimmy.
936
00:47:24,797 --> 00:47:28,967
We've been asked to refrain
from further publication...
937
00:47:28,969 --> 00:47:31,104
by the Attorney General.
938
00:47:32,505 --> 00:47:35,008
Nixon's taking us to court?
939
00:47:41,081 --> 00:47:42,780
Kay, I'm sorry...
940
00:47:42,782 --> 00:47:44,050
Oh, no.
941
00:47:47,786 --> 00:47:48,922
Gosh.
942
00:47:53,659 --> 00:47:55,525
Why don't I go get the check?
943
00:47:55,527 --> 00:47:57,028
No, sit tight,
don't argue with me.
944
00:47:57,030 --> 00:47:58,966
I'll be right back.
945
00:48:04,137 --> 00:48:06,604
Mr. Rosenthal
had to leave on business.
946
00:48:06,606 --> 00:48:08,505
Certainly,
we'll put it on his tab.
947
00:48:08,507 --> 00:48:09,740
No, I'll take the bill,
948
00:48:09,742 --> 00:48:12,476
but could I trouble you
to use your telephone?
949
00:48:12,478 --> 00:48:13,913
But of course, madam.
950
00:48:21,621 --> 00:48:23,722
There's a fella I overlapped
with at RAND.
951
00:48:23,724 --> 00:48:25,822
He was a bit of
a showboat, but smart.
952
00:48:25,824 --> 00:48:27,525
And he worked for McNamara...
953
00:48:27,527 --> 00:48:28,758
and he had opinions
954
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,862
on the decision-making
that went into Vietnam.
955
00:48:31,864 --> 00:48:32,762
Okay.
956
00:48:32,764 --> 00:48:35,700
Word is, he doved.
Pretty hard.
957
00:48:35,702 --> 00:48:37,769
Would he have access
to the study?
958
00:48:37,771 --> 00:48:39,871
Pretty sure RAND had a copy.
959
00:48:39,873 --> 00:48:43,074
No shit. All right,
well, can you find him?
960
00:48:43,076 --> 00:48:45,242
Thought maybe I'd try.
961
00:48:48,547 --> 00:48:50,950
I've got
Mrs. Graham on the line.
962
00:48:52,152 --> 00:48:53,885
Katharine.
963
00:48:53,887 --> 00:48:57,655
Hey, listen,
I've got tomorrow's headline.
964
00:48:57,657 --> 00:49:00,724
Oh, Christ, okay, again?
965
00:49:00,726 --> 00:49:02,860
John Mitchell contacted
The Times.
966
00:49:02,862 --> 00:49:05,999
Seems the President is going
to seek an injunction.
967
00:49:06,565 --> 00:49:08,532
No, shit.
968
00:49:08,534 --> 00:49:10,800
This means that we're in
the goddamn ballgame.
969
00:49:10,802 --> 00:49:13,037
Because if The Times
gets shut down...
970
00:49:13,039 --> 00:49:14,139
If they get shut down,
971
00:49:14,141 --> 00:49:17,008
there is no ballgame.
Ballgame's over.
972
00:49:17,010 --> 00:49:18,041
Now, Katharine,
973
00:49:18,043 --> 00:49:20,679
anybody would kill
to have a crack at this.
974
00:49:20,681 --> 00:49:23,481
Well, sure, but not if it
means breaking the law.
975
00:49:23,483 --> 00:49:27,651
If a federal judge stops
The Times from publishing...
976
00:49:27,653 --> 00:49:30,121
well, I don't see how
we could publish...
977
00:49:30,123 --> 00:49:32,858
even if we could
get hold of a copy.
978
00:49:35,594 --> 00:49:38,764
Ben?
You have something?
979
00:49:39,865 --> 00:49:41,499
No.
980
00:49:41,501 --> 00:49:44,601
Okay, so then there's
nothing to talk about really.
981
00:49:44,603 --> 00:49:47,671
No, nothing
to talk about at all...
982
00:49:47,673 --> 00:49:50,708
but thank you for the tip,
Mrs. Graham.
983
00:49:51,811 --> 00:49:54,047
What are you still doing here?
984
00:50:17,804 --> 00:50:19,306
Excuse me.
985
00:50:23,076 --> 00:50:24,344
All right.
986
00:50:27,179 --> 00:50:28,445
Oh, there she is.
987
00:50:28,447 --> 00:50:30,046
- Hello.
- How are ya, Kay?
988
00:50:30,048 --> 00:50:32,316
Good morning, everyone.
Good to see you.
989
00:50:32,318 --> 00:50:33,184
Hello?
990
00:50:33,186 --> 00:50:34,885
Yeah, I'm looking
for Dan Ellsberg.
991
00:50:34,887 --> 00:50:36,653
He doesn't work here anymore.
992
00:50:36,655 --> 00:50:38,488
Do you know where he is now?
993
00:50:38,490 --> 00:50:40,624
No, I don't. Who is this?
994
00:50:40,626 --> 00:50:42,092
Thank you.
995
00:50:42,094 --> 00:50:44,662
And it is
my great privilege to welcome
996
00:50:44,664 --> 00:50:46,764
The Washington Post Company...
997
00:50:46,766 --> 00:50:49,268
to the American
Stock Exchange.
998
00:50:54,007 --> 00:50:56,507
More than a privilege,
Mrs. Graham.
999
00:50:56,509 --> 00:50:58,043
This is a real honor.
1000
00:50:59,010 --> 00:51:00,110
Hello, this is Karen.
1001
00:51:00,112 --> 00:51:01,545
Yeah, I'm looking
for Dan Ellsberg.
1002
00:51:01,547 --> 00:51:03,150
You got the wrong number.
1003
00:51:05,451 --> 00:51:06,550
Speech.
1004
00:51:06,552 --> 00:51:08,889
Go and project
confidence, Kay.
1005
00:51:10,690 --> 00:51:11,892
Gentlemen...
1006
00:51:12,657 --> 00:51:15,224
thank you all for helping make
1007
00:51:15,226 --> 00:51:18,030
The Washington Post
a more robust company.
1008
00:51:20,032 --> 00:51:21,798
Center
for International Studies.
1009
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,601
Yeah, I'm looking
for Dan Ellsberg.
1010
00:51:23,603 --> 00:51:25,137
He's not here.
1011
00:51:26,304 --> 00:51:27,938
But he still works there?
1012
00:51:27,940 --> 00:51:30,907
Yes. Can I take a message?
1013
00:51:30,909 --> 00:51:33,677
Uh, tell him
Ben Bagdikian called.
1014
00:51:33,679 --> 00:51:34,778
Congratulations.
1015
00:51:34,780 --> 00:51:35,845
Guys, why don't we
1016
00:51:35,847 --> 00:51:37,180
get together for a photograph?
1017
00:51:37,182 --> 00:51:38,349
- Yes.
- Good idea. Absolutely.
1018
00:51:38,351 --> 00:51:39,650
- Here we go.
- Let me see it.
1019
00:51:39,652 --> 00:51:41,619
- Smile, Kay.
- Shall I hold it?
1020
00:51:41,621 --> 00:51:43,287
You just bought
a share of The Post!
1021
00:51:43,289 --> 00:51:45,822
I know. I'm so happy.
1022
00:51:45,824 --> 00:51:51,128
1.35 million shares
at $24.50 a share.
1023
00:51:54,099 --> 00:51:56,534
I believe this will not only
make The Post solvent...
1024
00:51:56,536 --> 00:51:58,802
but stronger
than it ever has been.
1025
00:51:58,804 --> 00:51:59,936
- To The Post!
- The Post!
1026
00:51:59,938 --> 00:52:01,706
He said to call
from a secure phone.
1027
00:52:01,708 --> 00:52:03,009
Mmm-hmm.
1028
00:52:09,949 --> 00:52:11,548
I hear
Kennedy said Phil Graham
1029
00:52:11,550 --> 00:52:12,983
was the smartest man
he ever met.
1030
00:52:12,985 --> 00:52:15,786
Yeah, for Kay's father to hand
her husband the company...
1031
00:52:15,788 --> 00:52:17,688
says something about the guy.
1032
00:52:17,690 --> 00:52:20,992
I thought it said something
about the time.
1033
00:52:20,994 --> 00:52:22,492
Turn it up.
1034
00:52:22,494 --> 00:52:24,128
Good evening.
The New York Times late today
1035
00:52:24,130 --> 00:52:26,296
was barred,
at least until Saturday...
1036
00:52:26,298 --> 00:52:29,032
from publishing any more
classified documents...
1037
00:52:29,034 --> 00:52:32,836
dealing with the cause and
conduct of the Vietnam War.
1038
00:52:32,838 --> 00:52:34,771
The Times, true to its word...
1039
00:52:34,773 --> 00:52:36,307
said it would abide
by the decision
1040
00:52:36,309 --> 00:52:38,275
of Federal Judge
Murray Gurfein...
1041
00:52:38,277 --> 00:52:40,543
but will resist
a permanent injunction
1042
00:52:40,545 --> 00:52:41,912
at a hearing Friday.
1043
00:52:41,914 --> 00:52:43,847
The Nixon administration
have charged that
1044
00:52:43,849 --> 00:52:45,916
the final two parts of
The Times' series...
1045
00:52:45,918 --> 00:52:47,651
would result in
irreparable injury
1046
00:52:47,653 --> 00:52:49,286
to the national defense.
1047
00:52:49,288 --> 00:52:51,054
Hell, why bother
fighting the communists?
1048
00:52:51,056 --> 00:52:52,757
Think Jefferson just
rolled over in his grave.
1049
00:52:52,759 --> 00:52:55,793
Have the courts ever stopped a
paper from publishing before?
1050
00:52:55,795 --> 00:52:59,363
Not in the history
of the republic.
1051
00:52:59,365 --> 00:53:01,731
Good thing
we're not part of this mess.
1052
00:53:01,733 --> 00:53:04,969
I'd give my left one
to be in this mess.
1053
00:53:04,971 --> 00:53:07,371
There's our
front page lede tomorrow.
1054
00:53:07,373 --> 00:53:08,909
Chal, that's yours.
1055
00:53:09,474 --> 00:53:11,374
All right.
1056
00:53:11,376 --> 00:53:14,346
Party's over.
Let's get back to our jobs.
1057
00:53:29,461 --> 00:53:32,429
- Hello?
- Hi, it's Ben.
1058
00:53:32,431 --> 00:53:34,197
- Yes.
- Dan?
1059
00:53:34,199 --> 00:53:35,365
No.
1060
00:53:35,367 --> 00:53:39,237
Oh, I'm trying to get a hold
of a fella I used to know...
1061
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:41,704
617-597-4580.
1062
00:53:41,706 --> 00:53:43,009
Okay.
1063
00:53:45,811 --> 00:53:47,580
Hold on.
1064
00:53:48,847 --> 00:53:50,548
Was it 4580?
1065
00:53:50,550 --> 00:53:52,383
Call from another phone.
1066
00:53:52,385 --> 00:53:56,489
617-597-4580.
1067
00:54:06,233 --> 00:54:10,537
617-597-4580.
1068
00:54:18,911 --> 00:54:20,311
Hello?
1069
00:54:20,313 --> 00:54:23,380
- Yeah, I'm looking for...
- Yeah. Hey, Ben, it's Dan.
1070
00:54:23,382 --> 00:54:26,883
Dan, it's good
to hear your voice.
1071
00:54:26,885 --> 00:54:28,586
Yeah, it's been a while.
1072
00:54:28,588 --> 00:54:29,956
Yeah.
1073
00:54:48,106 --> 00:54:50,309
- Who is it?
- It's Ben.
1074
00:54:59,751 --> 00:55:00,987
Ben.
1075
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:02,621
Dan.
1076
00:55:08,059 --> 00:55:10,795
The study had 47 volumes.
1077
00:55:10,797 --> 00:55:12,530
I slipped out
a couple at a time.
1078
00:55:12,532 --> 00:55:14,067
Took me months to copy it all.
1079
00:55:17,836 --> 00:55:19,070
What the hell?
1080
00:55:19,072 --> 00:55:22,039
Well, we were
all former government guys.
1081
00:55:22,041 --> 00:55:23,941
Top clearance, all of that.
1082
00:55:23,943 --> 00:55:25,976
McNamara wanted
academics to have
1083
00:55:25,978 --> 00:55:27,811
the chance to examine
what had happened.
1084
00:55:27,813 --> 00:55:28,912
He would say to us,
1085
00:55:28,914 --> 00:55:30,613
"Let the chips fall
where they may."
1086
00:55:30,615 --> 00:55:31,816
Brave man.
1087
00:55:31,818 --> 00:55:34,584
Well, I think guilt was a
bigger motivator than courage.
1088
00:55:34,586 --> 00:55:36,487
McNamara didn't lie
as well as the rest...
1089
00:55:36,489 --> 00:55:39,590
but I don't think he saw what
was coming, what we'd find.
1090
00:55:39,592 --> 00:55:41,825
But it didn't take him long
to figure out...
1091
00:55:41,827 --> 00:55:42,927
well, for us all
to figure out
1092
00:55:42,929 --> 00:55:44,762
if the public ever saw
these papers...
1093
00:55:44,764 --> 00:55:46,396
they would turn
against the war.
1094
00:55:46,398 --> 00:55:49,400
Covert ops, guaranteed debt,
rigged elections?
1095
00:55:49,402 --> 00:55:53,336
It's all in there.
Ike, Kennedy, Johnson.
1096
00:55:53,338 --> 00:55:55,039
They violated
the Geneva Convention.
1097
00:55:55,041 --> 00:55:57,775
They lied to Congress
and they lied to the public.
1098
00:55:57,777 --> 00:56:01,945
They knew we couldn't win
and still sent boys to die.
1099
00:56:01,947 --> 00:56:03,682
What about Nixon?
1100
00:56:04,951 --> 00:56:06,749
He's just carrying on
like all the others.
1101
00:56:06,751 --> 00:56:10,023
Too afraid to be the one who
loses the war on his watch.
1102
00:56:11,423 --> 00:56:14,291
Someone said this
at some point...
1103
00:56:14,293 --> 00:56:17,230
about why we stayed
when we knew we were losing.
1104
00:56:18,197 --> 00:56:20,731
10% was to help
the South Vietnamese.
1105
00:56:20,733 --> 00:56:22,602
20% was to hold back
the commies.
1106
00:56:23,570 --> 00:56:25,802
70% was to avoid
1107
00:56:25,804 --> 00:56:28,572
the humiliation
of an American defeat.
1108
00:56:28,574 --> 00:56:32,776
70% of those boys...
1109
00:56:32,778 --> 00:56:35,081
just to avoid
being humiliated?
1110
00:56:35,681 --> 00:56:37,317
That stuck with me.
1111
00:56:46,224 --> 00:56:48,157
They're gonna come after you,
you know.
1112
00:56:48,159 --> 00:56:50,461
And I gotta be honest...
1113
00:56:50,463 --> 00:56:53,365
the bread crumbs
weren't too hard to follow.
1114
00:56:54,867 --> 00:56:56,102
I know.
1115
00:56:58,204 --> 00:57:00,570
They're gonna
lock you up, Dan.
1116
00:57:00,572 --> 00:57:03,710
Wouldn't you go to prison
to stop this war?
1117
00:57:05,577 --> 00:57:07,780
Theoretically, sure.
1118
00:57:11,016 --> 00:57:14,353
You are gonna
publish these documents?
1119
00:57:16,688 --> 00:57:18,090
Yeah.
1120
00:57:18,891 --> 00:57:21,628
Even with the injunction?
1121
00:57:23,262 --> 00:57:24,431
Yes.
1122
00:57:28,333 --> 00:57:31,570
Well, then it's not
so theoretical then, is it?
1123
00:57:42,181 --> 00:57:45,318
I'm gonna go do some
work in the studio.
1124
00:57:53,492 --> 00:57:56,429
My day was great,
thanks for asking.
1125
00:58:12,777 --> 00:58:15,614
That picture makes me sad.
1126
00:58:16,815 --> 00:58:18,483
Me too.
1127
00:58:23,556 --> 00:58:25,255
- Bradlee.
- I'm in Boston.
1128
00:58:25,257 --> 00:58:27,490
I'm gonna need two seats.
1129
00:58:27,492 --> 00:58:28,425
Why?
1130
00:58:28,427 --> 00:58:30,594
I'm gonna need to
buy two seats
1131
00:58:30,596 --> 00:58:32,128
on the first flight
out tomorrow...
1132
00:58:32,130 --> 00:58:33,732
probably first class.
1133
00:58:34,833 --> 00:58:36,635
No shit, you have them?
1134
00:58:39,070 --> 00:58:41,537
Well then just get
your ass back here...
1135
00:58:41,539 --> 00:58:43,106
and come
straight to the house.
1136
00:58:43,108 --> 00:58:44,608
Get Chal and Meg
and the others.
1137
00:58:44,610 --> 00:58:45,876
I don't want
the whole newsroom
1138
00:58:45,878 --> 00:58:47,077
knowing about this yet.
1139
00:58:47,079 --> 00:58:48,378
I gotta go.
1140
00:58:48,380 --> 00:58:50,847
Didn't you just invite
a bunch of people over?
1141
00:58:50,849 --> 00:58:52,048
Yeah.
1142
00:58:52,050 --> 00:58:54,284
Yeah, they'll show up
sometime tomorrow.
1143
00:58:54,286 --> 00:58:55,418
When sometime tomorrow?
1144
00:58:55,420 --> 00:58:57,153
Is this a breakfast thing
or a lunch thing?
1145
00:58:57,155 --> 00:58:59,289
- Don't know.
- Do you need me to get things?
1146
00:58:59,291 --> 00:59:01,025
- Nah, we'll figure it all out.
- Okay.
1147
00:59:01,027 --> 00:59:03,059
- Well, where are you going?
- Out.
1148
00:59:03,061 --> 00:59:04,728
- You going to the newsroom?
- No.
1149
00:59:04,730 --> 00:59:06,229
Love you, bear.
1150
00:59:07,432 --> 00:59:09,566
I got a cake.
I hope it's okay?
1151
00:59:09,568 --> 00:59:12,505
Oh, sure, as long as nobody
counts the candles.
1152
00:59:14,340 --> 00:59:17,007
Uh, sorry to barge in again.
1153
00:59:17,009 --> 00:59:19,242
Maybe I should give you a key.
1154
00:59:19,244 --> 00:59:22,012
Ah, not here
to crash your party.
1155
00:59:22,014 --> 00:59:23,146
What's up?
1156
00:59:23,148 --> 00:59:25,249
Well, I could use a minute.
1157
00:59:32,356 --> 00:59:34,391
So, can I ask you a
hypothetical question?
1158
00:59:34,393 --> 00:59:36,659
Oh, dear, I don't like
hypothetical questions.
1159
00:59:36,661 --> 00:59:38,128
Well, I don't think
you're gonna
1160
00:59:38,130 --> 00:59:39,665
like the real one either.
1161
00:59:42,802 --> 00:59:44,237
Do you have the papers?
1162
00:59:45,871 --> 00:59:47,240
Not yet.
1163
00:59:50,675 --> 00:59:54,311
Oh, gosh,
because you know...
1164
00:59:54,313 --> 00:59:57,213
the position
that would put me in.
1165
00:59:57,215 --> 00:59:58,682
You know, we have language
1166
00:59:58,684 --> 01:00:00,349
in the prospectus
that we've...
1167
01:00:00,351 --> 01:00:02,820
Yeah, I know that the
bankers can change their mind.
1168
01:00:02,822 --> 01:00:05,021
And I know what is at stake.
1169
01:00:05,023 --> 01:00:06,322
You know...
1170
01:00:06,324 --> 01:00:08,925
the only couple I knew
that both Kennedy
1171
01:00:08,927 --> 01:00:10,528
and LBJ wanted
to socialize with...
1172
01:00:10,530 --> 01:00:14,767
was you and your husband and
you owned the damn paper.
1173
01:00:16,436 --> 01:00:18,334
Of course that's the way
things worked.
1174
01:00:18,336 --> 01:00:20,604
Politicians and the press,
they trusted each other...
1175
01:00:20,606 --> 01:00:22,305
so they could go to
the same dinner party
1176
01:00:22,307 --> 01:00:23,807
and drink cocktails
and tell jokes...
1177
01:00:23,809 --> 01:00:25,842
while there was a war
waging in Vietnam.
1178
01:00:25,844 --> 01:00:27,543
Ben, I don't know
what we're talking about.
1179
01:00:27,545 --> 01:00:29,546
I'm not protecting Lyndon.
1180
01:00:29,548 --> 01:00:30,914
No, you got his former
Secretary of Defense,
1181
01:00:30,916 --> 01:00:32,048
Robert McNamara...
1182
01:00:32,050 --> 01:00:34,217
the man
who commissioned this study.
1183
01:00:34,219 --> 01:00:35,619
He's one of about
a dozen party guests...
1184
01:00:35,621 --> 01:00:37,420
- out on your patio.
- I'm not protecting him.
1185
01:00:37,422 --> 01:00:38,487
I'm not protecting
any of them.
1186
01:00:38,489 --> 01:00:39,789
I'm protecting the paper.
1187
01:00:39,791 --> 01:00:43,492
Yeah? Well, I wasn't a stooge
for Jack Kennedy.
1188
01:00:43,494 --> 01:00:45,128
The night he was assassinated
1189
01:00:45,130 --> 01:00:47,465
Tony and I were down
at the Naval Hospital...
1190
01:00:47,467 --> 01:00:51,200
so we would be there to meet
Jackie when she landed.
1191
01:00:51,202 --> 01:00:52,269
She was bringing Jack's body
1192
01:00:52,271 --> 01:00:54,070
back on the plane
from Dallas...
1193
01:00:54,072 --> 01:00:56,440
and she walked into the room.
1194
01:00:56,442 --> 01:00:58,374
She was still
wearing that pink suit
1195
01:00:58,376 --> 01:01:00,911
with Jack's blood all over it.
1196
01:01:00,913 --> 01:01:04,113
She fell into Tony's arms
and they held each other...
1197
01:01:04,115 --> 01:01:06,318
for quite a long time.
1198
01:01:08,086 --> 01:01:10,619
And then Jackie looked at me
and said...
1199
01:01:10,621 --> 01:01:13,289
"None of this,
none of what you see,
1200
01:01:13,291 --> 01:01:14,557
"none of what I say...
1201
01:01:14,559 --> 01:01:19,128
"is ever going to be
in your newspaper, Ben."
1202
01:01:19,130 --> 01:01:22,099
And that just about
broke my heart.
1203
01:01:22,101 --> 01:01:24,266
I never...
1204
01:01:24,268 --> 01:01:26,036
I never thought of Jack
as a source,
1205
01:01:26,038 --> 01:01:28,070
I thought of him as a friend.
1206
01:01:28,072 --> 01:01:30,440
And that was my mistake.
1207
01:01:30,442 --> 01:01:33,911
And it was something that
Jack knew all along.
1208
01:01:33,913 --> 01:01:36,882
We can't be both.
We have to choose.
1209
01:01:37,248 --> 01:01:38,849
And...
1210
01:01:38,851 --> 01:01:40,516
And that's the point.
1211
01:01:40,518 --> 01:01:42,552
The days of us all
smoking cigars together
1212
01:01:42,554 --> 01:01:45,289
down on Pennsylvania Avenue
are over.
1213
01:01:45,291 --> 01:01:49,495
Your friend McNamara's
study proves that.
1214
01:01:50,295 --> 01:01:52,465
The way they lied.
1215
01:01:53,833 --> 01:01:55,999
The way they lied.
1216
01:01:56,001 --> 01:01:58,104
Those days have to be over.
1217
01:01:59,737 --> 01:02:02,838
We have to be the check
on their power.
1218
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:05,108
If we don't
hold them accountable,
1219
01:02:05,110 --> 01:02:07,547
I mean, my God, who will?
1220
01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:10,648
Well, I've never
smoked a cigar...
1221
01:02:10,650 --> 01:02:13,349
and I have no problem
holding Lyndon or Jack...
1222
01:02:13,351 --> 01:02:15,719
or Bob or any of them
accountable.
1223
01:02:15,721 --> 01:02:18,021
But we can't
hold them accountable
1224
01:02:18,023 --> 01:02:19,925
if we don't have a newspaper.
1225
01:02:21,693 --> 01:02:24,260
When I get my hands
on that study...
1226
01:02:24,262 --> 01:02:26,898
what are you going to do,
Mrs. Graham?
1227
01:02:30,268 --> 01:02:32,302
Oh, uh...
1228
01:02:32,304 --> 01:02:33,871
Happy birthday, by the way.
1229
01:02:36,409 --> 01:02:38,775
Oh, that's not what I heard.
1230
01:02:38,777 --> 01:02:39,976
Am I right?
1231
01:02:45,617 --> 01:02:47,117
- Hi. Good morning.
- Club soda.
1232
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:48,788
- Enjoy your flight.
- Yes, thank you.
1233
01:02:49,621 --> 01:02:51,722
Sir, I'm gonna need
to put your seat
1234
01:02:51,724 --> 01:02:53,856
in the full upright position
before takeoff.
1235
01:02:53,858 --> 01:02:54,893
Yeah.
1236
01:02:55,494 --> 01:02:57,661
Must be precious cargo.
1237
01:02:57,663 --> 01:03:00,831
Yeah. It's just
government secrets.
1238
01:03:00,833 --> 01:03:04,570
Please fasten
your seatbelt. Thank you.
1239
01:03:17,583 --> 01:03:20,650
- You know why we're here?
- Beats me.
1240
01:03:20,652 --> 01:03:22,418
- Hi, Marina.
- Hi.
1241
01:03:22,420 --> 01:03:24,655
- Do you want lemonade?
- Little early for me.
1242
01:03:24,657 --> 01:03:26,322
Loosen up, I'm buying.
1243
01:03:26,324 --> 01:03:28,624
What kinda lemonade
do you have there?
1244
01:03:28,626 --> 01:03:31,494
Uh... It's the one
with the lemons in it.
1245
01:03:31,496 --> 01:03:32,697
Okay.
1246
01:03:33,965 --> 01:03:35,500
There you go.
1247
01:03:37,568 --> 01:03:39,771
Phil, help me out.
1248
01:03:41,472 --> 01:03:43,608
Grab my briefcase.
1249
01:03:45,376 --> 01:03:46,876
- Is that...?
- Yep.
1250
01:03:59,625 --> 01:04:01,157
It's not the full report
1251
01:04:01,159 --> 01:04:03,596
but it's over
4,000 pages of it.
1252
01:04:06,465 --> 01:04:08,599
- Are these in order?
- I don't think so.
1253
01:04:08,601 --> 01:04:09,900
There are no page numbers.
1254
01:04:09,902 --> 01:04:11,800
Yeah, that's where the
top secret stamps were.
1255
01:04:11,802 --> 01:04:13,302
My source had to cut 'em off.
1256
01:04:13,304 --> 01:04:14,737
I was supposed to
retire on Friday.
1257
01:04:14,739 --> 01:04:16,273
Ben, how we supposed
to comb through
1258
01:04:16,275 --> 01:04:17,407
4,000 pages of material?
1259
01:04:17,409 --> 01:04:18,575
They're not even
loosely organized?
1260
01:04:18,577 --> 01:04:19,842
The Times had three months.
1261
01:04:19,844 --> 01:04:21,043
There's no way
we can possibly get this done.
1262
01:04:21,045 --> 01:04:22,811
He's right. We've got
less than eight hours.
1263
01:04:22,813 --> 01:04:24,447
We could shoot for city.
Then we'd have ten.
1264
01:04:24,449 --> 01:04:25,916
Hey, hey, hey.
For the last six years
1265
01:04:25,918 --> 01:04:27,416
we've been playin' catch-up...
1266
01:04:27,418 --> 01:04:28,519
and now thanks to
1267
01:04:28,521 --> 01:04:29,920
the President
of the United States...
1268
01:04:29,922 --> 01:04:31,554
who, by the way,
is taking a shit
1269
01:04:31,556 --> 01:04:33,222
all over
the First Amendment...
1270
01:04:33,224 --> 01:04:34,891
we have the goods.
1271
01:04:34,893 --> 01:04:36,992
And we don't have
any competition.
1272
01:04:36,994 --> 01:04:39,028
There's dozens
of stories in here.
1273
01:04:39,030 --> 01:04:41,999
The Times has barely
scratched the surface.
1274
01:04:42,001 --> 01:04:45,171
We have ten hours
'til the deadline...
1275
01:04:45,570 --> 01:04:47,606
so we dig in.
1276
01:04:51,010 --> 01:04:53,276
I think this memo's
from McNamara.
1277
01:04:53,278 --> 01:04:54,844
"It is my belief
that there should be
1278
01:04:54,846 --> 01:04:56,679
"a three- or four-week pause
in bombing."
1279
01:04:56,681 --> 01:04:58,816
Wait, wait, wait. I saw
the other half of that memo.
1280
01:04:58,818 --> 01:05:02,184
Anyone have the back half of
a cable from Dulles in '54?
1281
01:05:02,186 --> 01:05:04,088
I thought I saw one from July.
1282
01:05:04,090 --> 01:05:06,389
Yeah, here it is. "The reasons
for this belief...
1283
01:05:06,391 --> 01:05:08,291
"are that we must
lay a foundation
1284
01:05:08,293 --> 01:05:09,726
"in the mind
of the American public."
1285
01:05:09,728 --> 01:05:11,697
That's it! That's it!
1286
01:05:13,030 --> 01:05:14,664
So Johnson wasn't trying
to make peace.
1287
01:05:14,666 --> 01:05:15,965
He was just
manipulating the public?
1288
01:05:15,967 --> 01:05:18,969
Eyes out for a suspension
in bombing from when?
1289
01:05:18,971 --> 01:05:20,570
'65 to '68.
1290
01:05:20,572 --> 01:05:21,905
What about a memo
1291
01:05:21,907 --> 01:05:25,275
from Eisenhower's special
committee on Indochina?
1292
01:05:25,277 --> 01:05:26,376
Uh, Meg read
a part of one to me.
1293
01:05:26,378 --> 01:05:27,443
Meg?
1294
01:05:27,445 --> 01:05:28,677
Anybody see a mention
1295
01:05:28,679 --> 01:05:29,912
of the RAND Viet Cong study?
1296
01:05:29,914 --> 01:05:32,248
Yeah, I think this might be
from your RAND study.
1297
01:05:32,250 --> 01:05:33,816
"VC are deeply committed.
1298
01:05:33,818 --> 01:05:35,851
"South Vietnam
is a lost cause."
1299
01:05:35,853 --> 01:05:37,854
- Whoa! There you go.
- Bingo.
1300
01:05:37,856 --> 01:05:39,356
- All right.
- Meg, I need the...
1301
01:05:39,358 --> 01:05:40,490
Yeah,
I put it on the shelf.
1302
01:05:40,492 --> 01:05:43,159
Couple of piles.
We're getting somewhere.
1303
01:05:43,161 --> 01:05:45,961
All right, it's 1:30.
Four o'clock story conference.
1304
01:05:45,963 --> 01:05:48,097
Can I interest anyone
in some lemonade?
1305
01:05:48,099 --> 01:05:49,800
- Yes!
- Does it have vodka in it?
1306
01:05:49,802 --> 01:05:51,300
I don't put vodka
in my lemonade.
1307
01:05:51,302 --> 01:05:52,401
Go easy on the kid.
1308
01:05:52,403 --> 01:05:53,737
Why not?
1309
01:05:53,739 --> 01:05:55,070
- How much, sweetheart?
- A quarter.
1310
01:05:55,072 --> 01:05:56,139
It's 50 cents.
1311
01:05:56,141 --> 01:05:58,243
- Inflation.
- Price is going up.
1312
01:06:01,612 --> 01:06:03,213
Mr. Bradlee.
1313
01:06:03,215 --> 01:06:04,514
Roger Clark.
1314
01:06:04,516 --> 01:06:06,615
Oh, you're Roger Clark?
1315
01:06:06,617 --> 01:06:08,517
It's nice to
meet you in person.
1316
01:06:08,519 --> 01:06:12,121
You are our
senior legal counsel.
1317
01:06:12,123 --> 01:06:14,090
Yes, we've spoken
on the phone.
1318
01:06:14,092 --> 01:06:15,791
My voice should
sound familiar.
1319
01:06:15,793 --> 01:06:18,628
When did you
finish law school?
1320
01:06:18,630 --> 01:06:21,030
- I graduated...
- Rhetorical question.
1321
01:06:21,032 --> 01:06:23,166
You know,
the guy we had before you
1322
01:06:23,168 --> 01:06:25,135
is now Secretary of State.
1323
01:06:25,137 --> 01:06:27,936
I did not know that.
1324
01:06:27,938 --> 01:06:29,873
A little joke,
perhaps not the time.
1325
01:06:29,875 --> 01:06:31,474
What exactly
can I help you with...
1326
01:06:31,476 --> 01:06:34,309
So, why would the CIA Director
send a memo on war policy?
1327
01:06:34,311 --> 01:06:36,179
Because they weren't
calling it a war yet.
1328
01:06:36,181 --> 01:06:38,215
Okay, I've got
turkey with mustard.
1329
01:06:38,217 --> 01:06:39,483
Roast beef with horseradish.
1330
01:06:39,485 --> 01:06:42,017
- Howard, come look at this.
- Chal, you've gotta see this.
1331
01:06:42,019 --> 01:06:44,320
It's a full analysis
of McNamara's
1332
01:06:44,322 --> 01:06:45,389
changing view of the war.
1333
01:06:45,391 --> 01:06:46,789
Does it say anything
about why he does?
1334
01:06:46,791 --> 01:06:48,525
So we knew they were
gonna assassinate Diem.
1335
01:06:48,527 --> 01:06:50,025
Yeah, and we did
nothing to stop it.
1336
01:06:50,027 --> 01:06:51,862
I think I got something
on McNamara on the fireplace.
1337
01:06:51,864 --> 01:06:53,630
The other fireplace.
1338
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:56,766
Murrey, where's
the back half of this one?
1339
01:06:56,768 --> 01:06:58,336
What's the thing
you just gave me?
1340
01:06:59,672 --> 01:07:01,338
Tell me these aren't
the classified documents
1341
01:07:01,340 --> 01:07:02,771
from the McNamara study.
1342
01:07:02,773 --> 01:07:04,575
4,000 pages of 'em.
1343
01:07:04,577 --> 01:07:07,443
- Hungry?
- I need to use a phone.
1344
01:07:07,445 --> 01:07:09,545
There's one in the other room.
1345
01:07:09,547 --> 01:07:10,780
- Two.
- Is that it?
1346
01:07:10,782 --> 01:07:12,215
This is it. This is it.
1347
01:07:12,217 --> 01:07:13,682
Hmm?
1348
01:07:13,684 --> 01:07:15,517
This is
the other half of it.
1349
01:07:26,731 --> 01:07:28,900
Oh, my God.
1350
01:07:56,527 --> 01:07:59,829
Hi. Thanks for
letting me drop by.
1351
01:07:59,831 --> 01:08:02,164
- Marg still napping?
- Yeah.
1352
01:08:02,166 --> 01:08:03,833
Do you mind
if we talk in the sunroom?
1353
01:08:03,835 --> 01:08:05,269
Just so I can hear her
if she wakes.
1354
01:08:05,271 --> 01:08:07,204
No, of course not.
I can't stay long.
1355
01:08:07,206 --> 01:08:08,905
I've got a big event
at the house later.
1356
01:08:08,907 --> 01:08:11,876
I guess you've read
everything now.
1357
01:08:12,610 --> 01:08:14,577
Yes, I have. I have, yes.
1358
01:08:14,579 --> 01:08:16,748
And I went over it
again this morning.
1359
01:08:17,148 --> 01:08:18,751
All of it.
1360
01:08:19,717 --> 01:08:21,319
And I just...
1361
01:08:22,887 --> 01:08:27,225
Forgive me, Bob, I know you're
dealing with so much...
1362
01:08:28,894 --> 01:08:32,928
but it's just so hard to try
to make sense of why.
1363
01:08:32,930 --> 01:08:35,565
Of how you could have done
all these things.
1364
01:08:35,567 --> 01:08:37,500
How you could
just lie to us all.
1365
01:08:37,502 --> 01:08:42,104
Well, it's easy for the papers
to characterize us as liars.
1366
01:08:42,106 --> 01:08:44,340
We were just trying to
push back...
1367
01:08:44,342 --> 01:08:46,576
No, but you let it
go on and on and on.
1368
01:08:46,578 --> 01:08:49,478
My son is home now and safe,
thank God.
1369
01:08:49,480 --> 01:08:51,214
But you watched him go.
1370
01:08:51,216 --> 01:08:52,581
You knew
we couldn't win over there...
1371
01:08:52,583 --> 01:08:55,954
for years and years and years,
and yet you let me...
1372
01:08:57,189 --> 01:09:00,322
you let so many of our friends
send our boys off.
1373
01:09:00,324 --> 01:09:03,192
Kay, we were doing
the best we could.
1374
01:09:03,194 --> 01:09:06,495
It was domino theory,
containment...
1375
01:09:06,497 --> 01:09:08,031
and eventually we felt
1376
01:09:08,033 --> 01:09:09,965
that military pressure
was the only thing...
1377
01:09:09,967 --> 01:09:11,934
that was gonna drive
Ho Chi Minh to the table.
1378
01:09:11,936 --> 01:09:13,702
Our decision-making
process was...
1379
01:09:13,704 --> 01:09:15,341
Flawed.
1380
01:09:20,078 --> 01:09:23,382
It was flawed.
That's what your study said.
1381
01:09:25,184 --> 01:09:26,418
Yes.
1382
01:09:28,487 --> 01:09:33,525
I do believe that you were
trying to do your best...
1383
01:09:34,493 --> 01:09:37,027
and I know
how difficult it can be
1384
01:09:37,029 --> 01:09:39,295
to make choices that will...
1385
01:09:39,297 --> 01:09:41,930
That's kind of you.
1386
01:09:41,932 --> 01:09:45,570
Well, what comes next
might not be so kind.
1387
01:09:47,639 --> 01:09:49,705
You have the papers.
1388
01:09:51,576 --> 01:09:53,041
Let's just say...
1389
01:09:53,043 --> 01:09:56,581
I may have
a big decision to make.
1390
01:10:01,787 --> 01:10:03,452
They will
argue it's a violation
1391
01:10:03,454 --> 01:10:04,553
of the Espionage Act.
1392
01:10:04,555 --> 01:10:05,787
That is a felony, Ben.
1393
01:10:05,789 --> 01:10:07,723
That's only
if the documents we print
1394
01:10:07,725 --> 01:10:09,058
could damage
the United States.
1395
01:10:09,060 --> 01:10:10,893
There's a federal judge
in New York
1396
01:10:10,895 --> 01:10:12,061
who seems to think
that they could.
1397
01:10:12,063 --> 01:10:13,362
Well, I've got
six seasoned journalists
1398
01:10:13,364 --> 01:10:14,664
in the next room...
1399
01:10:14,666 --> 01:10:16,299
who've been reporting on this
war for the last ten years...
1400
01:10:16,301 --> 01:10:18,434
and I'll lay odds that they
have a better idea...
1401
01:10:18,436 --> 01:10:19,936
of what could damage
the United States
1402
01:10:19,938 --> 01:10:21,071
than some judge...
1403
01:10:21,073 --> 01:10:22,338
who is just now wading
1404
01:10:22,340 --> 01:10:24,072
into this territory
for the first time.
1405
01:10:24,074 --> 01:10:26,509
"Wading." Is that a metaphor
for Vietnam?
1406
01:10:26,511 --> 01:10:29,478
Okay. Ben, look, we know
your reporters are talented.
1407
01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:31,781
But The New York Times
spent three months
1408
01:10:31,783 --> 01:10:33,816
going over these documents.
1409
01:10:33,818 --> 01:10:35,651
You've got, what,
seven hours now
1410
01:10:35,653 --> 01:10:36,986
until the paper goes to press?
1411
01:10:36,988 --> 01:10:39,388
Can you honestly tell me
that that is enough time...
1412
01:10:39,390 --> 01:10:43,460
to make sure
not a single military plan,
1413
01:10:43,462 --> 01:10:44,593
not a single U.S. soldier...
1414
01:10:44,595 --> 01:10:47,496
not a single American life
will be put in harm's way?
1415
01:10:47,498 --> 01:10:49,098
That this will do no damage
1416
01:10:49,100 --> 01:10:51,334
to the United States
if you publish?
1417
01:10:51,336 --> 01:10:52,371
Yes.
1418
01:10:54,573 --> 01:10:56,106
You're sure about that?
1419
01:10:56,108 --> 01:10:57,072
No!
1420
01:10:57,074 --> 01:11:00,309
That's why
I've called you guys.
1421
01:11:00,311 --> 01:11:02,845
Look, Kay, I know
why The Times ran the story
1422
01:11:02,847 --> 01:11:04,447
but you need to understand...
1423
01:11:04,449 --> 01:11:05,915
the study was for posterity.
1424
01:11:05,917 --> 01:11:08,085
It was written for academics
in the future...
1425
01:11:08,087 --> 01:11:09,885
and right now we're still
in the middle of the war.
1426
01:11:09,887 --> 01:11:11,454
The papers can't be objective.
1427
01:11:11,456 --> 01:11:13,889
And I suppose the public
has a right to know...
1428
01:11:13,891 --> 01:11:16,159
but I would prefer
that the study
1429
01:11:16,161 --> 01:11:17,593
not be made
widely available...
1430
01:11:17,595 --> 01:11:20,664
until it can be read with some
perspective. You understand.
1431
01:11:20,666 --> 01:11:22,298
Mmm.
1432
01:11:25,136 --> 01:11:27,571
We've been through a lot,
haven't we?
1433
01:11:27,573 --> 01:11:31,007
You and Marg
were there for me...
1434
01:11:31,009 --> 01:11:33,209
at the lowest point
of my life.
1435
01:11:33,211 --> 01:11:36,812
You helped me, you selected
my entire board...
1436
01:11:36,814 --> 01:11:39,482
you're my most
trusted advisor...
1437
01:11:39,484 --> 01:11:41,085
my dear friend.
1438
01:11:42,020 --> 01:11:45,487
But my feelings about that
and about you...
1439
01:11:45,489 --> 01:11:49,192
can't be part of this decision
to publish or not.
1440
01:11:49,194 --> 01:11:53,763
I'm here
asking your advice, Bob...
1441
01:11:53,765 --> 01:11:56,499
not your permission.
1442
01:11:56,501 --> 01:11:59,468
Well, then as one of your
most trusted advisors...
1443
01:11:59,470 --> 01:12:01,772
and someone who knows how much
you care about this company...
1444
01:12:01,774 --> 01:12:02,905
I'm worried, Kay.
1445
01:12:02,907 --> 01:12:04,441
I worked in Washington
for ten years,
1446
01:12:04,443 --> 01:12:05,909
I've seen
these people up close.
1447
01:12:05,911 --> 01:12:08,210
Bobby and Lyndon,
they were tough customers,
1448
01:12:08,212 --> 01:12:10,312
but Nixon is different.
1449
01:12:10,314 --> 01:12:12,549
He's got some real bad
people around him.
1450
01:12:12,551 --> 01:12:14,785
And if you publish he'll
get the very worst of them.
1451
01:12:14,787 --> 01:12:16,018
The Colsons
and the Ehrlichmans
1452
01:12:16,020 --> 01:12:17,152
and he'll crush you.
1453
01:12:17,154 --> 01:12:18,521
I know he's just awful,
but I...
1454
01:12:18,523 --> 01:12:21,391
Nixon's a son of a bitch!
He hates you.
1455
01:12:21,393 --> 01:12:22,392
He hates Ben.
1456
01:12:22,394 --> 01:12:23,558
He's wanted to ruin
the paper for years...
1457
01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:26,362
and you will not get
a second chance, Kay.
1458
01:12:26,364 --> 01:12:28,263
The Richard Nixon I know
will muster
1459
01:12:28,265 --> 01:12:29,933
the full power
of the presidency...
1460
01:12:29,935 --> 01:12:31,934
and if there's a way
to destroy your paper,
1461
01:12:31,936 --> 01:12:34,238
by God, he'll find it.
1462
01:12:36,707 --> 01:12:39,075
Publish information
that harms national security.
1463
01:12:39,077 --> 01:12:40,308
I told you,
there is nothing in there.
1464
01:12:40,310 --> 01:12:42,211
If there is, the paper
will be prosecuted.
1465
01:12:42,213 --> 01:12:43,845
Isn't that why you're here?
1466
01:12:43,847 --> 01:12:45,281
Yes, Ben, but if we lose...
1467
01:12:45,283 --> 01:12:47,017
With what we pay you,
you really shouldn't lose.
1468
01:12:47,019 --> 01:12:48,084
Ben, you need
to listen to them.
1469
01:12:48,086 --> 01:12:49,218
Hey, Fritz.
Good to see you.
1470
01:12:49,220 --> 01:12:50,285
This is about
the future of the company
1471
01:12:50,287 --> 01:12:51,588
and ensuring there is one.
1472
01:12:51,590 --> 01:12:53,822
That's a little melodramatic,
don't you think?
1473
01:12:53,824 --> 01:12:55,223
Melodramatic?
You're talking about
1474
01:12:55,225 --> 01:12:58,327
exposing years
of government secrets.
1475
01:12:58,329 --> 01:13:00,963
I can't imagine they're
gonna take that lightly.
1476
01:13:00,965 --> 01:13:02,498
You could jeopardize
the public offering.
1477
01:13:02,500 --> 01:13:04,634
You could jeopardize
our television stations.
1478
01:13:04,636 --> 01:13:06,768
You know a felon can't
hold a broadcast license.
1479
01:13:06,770 --> 01:13:08,804
You think I give two shits
about the television stations?
1480
01:13:08,806 --> 01:13:09,871
You should.
They make a hell of
1481
01:13:09,873 --> 01:13:11,141
a lot more money
than you do...
1482
01:13:11,143 --> 01:13:13,442
and without that revenue
we'll be forced to sell.
1483
01:13:13,444 --> 01:13:15,510
If the government wins
and we're convicted...
1484
01:13:15,512 --> 01:13:18,380
The Washington Post as we
know it will cease to exist.
1485
01:13:18,382 --> 01:13:20,083
If we live in a world
where the government
1486
01:13:20,085 --> 01:13:21,851
can tell us what we can
and cannot print...
1487
01:13:21,853 --> 01:13:23,053
then The Washington Post
as we know it
1488
01:13:23,055 --> 01:13:25,356
has already ceased to exist.
1489
01:13:26,557 --> 01:13:28,260
What if we wait?
1490
01:13:29,127 --> 01:13:31,227
What if we hold off
on printing today
1491
01:13:31,229 --> 01:13:33,629
and instead we call
the Attorney General...
1492
01:13:33,631 --> 01:13:36,398
and we tell him that
we intend to print on Sunday?
1493
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:38,101
That way we give
them and us time
1494
01:13:38,103 --> 01:13:40,336
to figure out
the legality of all of it...
1495
01:13:40,338 --> 01:13:42,839
while the court in New York
decides The Times' case.
1496
01:13:42,841 --> 01:13:45,308
You're suggesting we alert
the Attorney General...
1497
01:13:45,310 --> 01:13:47,576
to the fact that we
have these documents...
1498
01:13:47,578 --> 01:13:50,482
that we're going to print
in a few days?
1499
01:13:54,051 --> 01:13:57,253
Well, yes, that is the idea.
1500
01:13:57,255 --> 01:13:58,854
Yeah, well...
1501
01:13:58,856 --> 01:14:00,322
outside of
landing the Hindenburg
1502
01:14:00,324 --> 01:14:01,691
in a lightning storm...
1503
01:14:01,693 --> 01:14:03,992
that's about the shittiest
idea I've ever heard.
1504
01:14:03,994 --> 01:14:05,363
Oh, boy.
1505
01:14:12,970 --> 01:14:14,970
Oh, here's
the man of the hour.
1506
01:14:14,972 --> 01:14:16,705
Kay.
1507
01:14:16,707 --> 01:14:17,941
For you.
1508
01:14:17,943 --> 01:14:19,041
I'm found.
1509
01:14:19,043 --> 01:14:20,343
Thank you, Kay.
1510
01:14:20,345 --> 01:14:21,509
You didn't have to
go through all this trouble.
1511
01:14:21,511 --> 01:14:22,844
No, we had to turn them
away at the door.
1512
01:14:22,846 --> 01:14:23,979
Didn't we, dear?
1513
01:14:23,981 --> 01:14:25,113
- Thanks.
- Oh.
1514
01:14:25,115 --> 01:14:27,282
- Gene.
- Mrs. Graham.
1515
01:14:27,284 --> 01:14:29,518
So, everything okay?
1516
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:32,787
Uh, it's gotten pretty hot
over at Ben's house.
1517
01:14:32,789 --> 01:14:35,191
Oh, things are
not going well?
1518
01:14:35,193 --> 01:14:39,062
No. Ben and Mr. Beebe
are at real loggerheads.
1519
01:14:39,064 --> 01:14:41,129
Fritz and Ben
on opposite sides?
1520
01:14:41,131 --> 01:14:42,231
I made a commitment
to publish these papers.
1521
01:14:42,233 --> 01:14:43,532
Excuse me. Pardon me.
1522
01:14:43,534 --> 01:14:45,268
The whole staff will revolt,
if we don't publish.
1523
01:14:45,270 --> 01:14:47,803
Meg, I hardly think
people are gonna resign.
1524
01:14:47,805 --> 01:14:48,937
Enjoying the fight?
1525
01:14:48,939 --> 01:14:50,339
Yeah, who's winning?
1526
01:14:50,341 --> 01:14:52,441
- Nixon.
- I didn't see him come in.
1527
01:14:52,443 --> 01:14:55,380
Really? He's got his hand
so far up Fritz's ass.
1528
01:14:56,747 --> 01:14:58,149
Where is Fritz?
1529
01:15:00,251 --> 01:15:02,918
That is not at all
what I'm saying. No.
1530
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:04,786
Not in so many words,
but you're a bunch of lawyers.
1531
01:15:04,788 --> 01:15:05,655
Will you cut through the shit!
1532
01:15:05,657 --> 01:15:07,022
Is the profanity necessary?
1533
01:15:07,024 --> 01:15:08,124
If we're not gonna publish,
1534
01:15:08,126 --> 01:15:10,093
why are we busting
our rear ends, Ben?
1535
01:15:10,095 --> 01:15:11,861
Just keep writing.
1536
01:15:13,163 --> 01:15:15,531
Can you stop
playing Chopsticks?
1537
01:15:15,533 --> 01:15:17,903
We're not gonna get it wrong!
1538
01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:22,307
What's up there, Fritz?
1539
01:15:22,841 --> 01:15:25,174
Calling Kay.
1540
01:15:25,176 --> 01:15:28,244
I'm sorry, Ben.
I know you want this.
1541
01:15:28,246 --> 01:15:30,847
There will be another one.
1542
01:15:30,849 --> 01:15:33,214
Like hell there will be.
1543
01:15:33,216 --> 01:15:35,050
Given the
sensitive circumstances...
1544
01:15:35,052 --> 01:15:36,652
Sensitive circumstances?
Really?
1545
01:15:36,654 --> 01:15:38,321
How would you describe it?
1546
01:15:38,323 --> 01:15:41,290
Uh, well,
we're trying to make a story.
1547
01:15:41,292 --> 01:15:43,826
Hello. Hello, I'm
making a telephone call.
1548
01:15:43,828 --> 01:15:45,628
Yeah, well, it's my house.
1549
01:15:45,630 --> 01:15:48,330
- So I'll be on the call.
- All right, Ben.
1550
01:15:48,332 --> 01:15:52,968
I just want to thank you all
for coming out this evening...
1551
01:15:52,970 --> 01:15:55,905
to help me launch
Harry Gladstein...
1552
01:15:55,907 --> 01:15:58,074
and his new sailboat...
1553
01:15:58,076 --> 01:16:00,511
into the Chesapeake Bay.
1554
01:16:02,113 --> 01:16:05,682
And into his
very well earned retirement.
1555
01:16:05,684 --> 01:16:07,784
Let me just tell you
a little bit about
1556
01:16:07,786 --> 01:16:10,186
why I'm so wild about Harry.
1557
01:16:10,188 --> 01:16:13,188
Mrs. Graham.
It's Mr. Beebe on the phone.
1558
01:16:13,190 --> 01:16:16,259
In 1949, wasn't it?
1559
01:16:16,261 --> 01:16:19,928
Uh, Phil Graham first brought
Harry to the company.
1560
01:16:19,930 --> 01:16:22,898
- I'm afraid they need you now.
- And I remember, he told me...
1561
01:16:22,900 --> 01:16:24,200
Mrs. Graham.
1562
01:16:24,202 --> 01:16:25,804
They need you now.
1563
01:16:28,139 --> 01:16:31,441
Oh, dear. I'm so sorry.
1564
01:16:31,443 --> 01:16:33,375
- Forgive me, Harry.
- Yeah.
1565
01:16:33,377 --> 01:16:35,343
I think I'll have to suspend.
1566
01:16:35,345 --> 01:16:37,679
Well, you're paying
the overtime.
1567
01:16:37,681 --> 01:16:40,049
I'll be right back.
1568
01:16:40,051 --> 01:16:41,787
I'm so sorry, Mrs. Graham.
1569
01:16:42,153 --> 01:16:43,620
Yeah.
1570
01:16:43,622 --> 01:16:44,888
We should wait.
1571
01:16:44,890 --> 01:16:48,627
Yeah, I understand, Ben,
but if you wait a day...
1572
01:16:49,726 --> 01:16:52,461
- Fritz on the phone for me?
- We should be on this call.
1573
01:16:52,463 --> 01:16:54,796
Well, there's an extension
in the living room.
1574
01:16:54,798 --> 01:16:57,868
Liz, show them where, please?
Thank you.
1575
01:17:08,046 --> 01:17:09,277
Hello, Fritz?
1576
01:17:09,279 --> 01:17:11,680
Hello, Kay. Would you like me
to catch you up?
1577
01:17:11,682 --> 01:17:13,016
I say we can,
he says we can't.
1578
01:17:13,018 --> 01:17:14,150
There, you're caught up.
1579
01:17:14,152 --> 01:17:15,785
- Ben...
- Hello, it's Art.
1580
01:17:15,787 --> 01:17:18,521
Well, Ben,
there are concerns here
1581
01:17:18,523 --> 01:17:20,555
that are frankly
above your pay grade.
1582
01:17:20,557 --> 01:17:22,291
Well, there's
a few above yours, Art,
1583
01:17:22,293 --> 01:17:23,660
like fucking freedom
of the press.
1584
01:17:23,662 --> 01:17:25,562
Let's just be civil if we can.
1585
01:17:25,564 --> 01:17:27,595
Do you think
Nixon is going to be civil?
1586
01:17:27,597 --> 01:17:30,333
He is trying to censor the
goddamn New York Times.
1587
01:17:30,335 --> 01:17:32,067
Yes, The Times, not The Post.
1588
01:17:32,069 --> 01:17:33,702
It's the same damn thing.
1589
01:17:33,704 --> 01:17:37,673
This is an historic fight.
If they lose, we lose.
1590
01:17:37,675 --> 01:17:39,541
Hello? Is someone
on the phone?
1591
01:17:39,543 --> 01:17:40,977
This is Phil.
1592
01:17:40,979 --> 01:17:42,611
Is that Phil Geyelin?
1593
01:17:42,613 --> 01:17:44,848
Uh, yes, Mrs. Graham.
1594
01:17:44,850 --> 01:17:47,416
Good. I'd like you to weigh in
if you would...
1595
01:17:47,418 --> 01:17:48,616
because I wanna know
1596
01:17:48,618 --> 01:17:50,753
what the staff
is feeling about this.
1597
01:17:50,755 --> 01:17:53,522
Uh, well,
frankly Mrs. Graham...
1598
01:17:53,524 --> 01:17:55,525
Ben Bagdikian and Chal Roberts
1599
01:17:55,527 --> 01:17:58,259
have, uh, both
threatened to resign...
1600
01:17:58,261 --> 01:18:00,429
if we don't publish, that is.
1601
01:18:00,431 --> 01:18:01,897
Come on, Kay,
what do you expect?
1602
01:18:01,899 --> 01:18:02,764
They got nothing to lose.
1603
01:18:02,766 --> 01:18:04,366
Due respect,
we all have everything
1604
01:18:04,368 --> 01:18:05,768
to lose if we don't publish.
1605
01:18:05,770 --> 01:18:08,638
What will happen to the
reputation of this paper?
1606
01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:10,839
Everyone will find out
we had the study.
1607
01:18:10,841 --> 01:18:12,875
Hell, I bet half the town
knows already.
1608
01:18:12,877 --> 01:18:15,044
What will it look like
if we sit on our asses?
1609
01:18:15,046 --> 01:18:16,646
It'll look like
we were prudent.
1610
01:18:16,648 --> 01:18:18,380
It will look like
we were afraid!
1611
01:18:18,382 --> 01:18:21,517
We will lose! The country
will lose! Nixon wins!
1612
01:18:21,519 --> 01:18:23,385
Nixon wins this one,
and the next one...
1613
01:18:23,387 --> 01:18:25,353
and all the ones after that,
because we were scared.
1614
01:18:25,355 --> 01:18:26,621
Because the only way to assert
1615
01:18:26,623 --> 01:18:28,894
the right to publish
is to publish.
1616
01:18:33,698 --> 01:18:34,897
Fritz.
1617
01:18:34,899 --> 01:18:37,101
Is Fritz there?
1618
01:18:38,935 --> 01:18:41,336
Fritz, are you on?
1619
01:18:41,338 --> 01:18:43,341
I'm here, Kay.
1620
01:18:46,110 --> 01:18:48,346
What do you think?
1621
01:18:49,613 --> 01:18:52,784
What do you think I should do?
1622
01:18:54,786 --> 01:18:56,753
I think...
1623
01:18:56,755 --> 01:18:59,688
there are arguments
on both sides.
1624
01:18:59,690 --> 01:19:00,692
Yeah.
1625
01:19:03,194 --> 01:19:05,397
But I guess
I wouldn't publish.
1626
01:19:28,386 --> 01:19:30,786
Let's go.
Let's do it.
1627
01:19:30,788 --> 01:19:35,025
Let's go. Let's go, let's go.
Let's publish.
1628
01:19:39,130 --> 01:19:40,862
- What?
- Phil?
1629
01:19:40,864 --> 01:19:42,533
What'd she say?
1630
01:19:43,201 --> 01:19:44,770
We go.
1631
01:19:46,470 --> 01:19:48,537
She says, we publish.
1632
01:19:49,606 --> 01:19:50,673
- Hot damn.
- My God.
1633
01:19:50,675 --> 01:19:52,474
- Holy shit.
- Let's get this out.
1634
01:19:52,476 --> 01:19:54,443
Holy shit.
1635
01:19:54,445 --> 01:19:55,711
- I need that, Meg.
- Sorry.
1636
01:19:55,713 --> 01:19:56,979
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hold your horses.
1637
01:19:56,981 --> 01:19:58,214
- I need the notes!
- Sorry.
1638
01:19:58,216 --> 01:19:59,581
- How many pages is it?
- 13.
1639
01:19:59,583 --> 01:20:01,217
We got two hours to get it
to the composing room.
1640
01:20:01,219 --> 01:20:03,385
I got it! Almost!
Wait one moment. I'm typing.
1641
01:20:03,387 --> 01:20:04,855
All right.
1642
01:20:05,823 --> 01:20:07,156
- Wait, wait, wait.
- Who's taking it?
1643
01:20:07,158 --> 01:20:08,324
I got it.
1644
01:20:08,326 --> 01:20:09,491
Call National desk.
1645
01:20:09,493 --> 01:20:11,126
Tell them Bagdikian
is coming with the story.
1646
01:20:11,128 --> 01:20:12,460
Done!
1647
01:20:12,462 --> 01:20:14,229
All right.
Get it in the paper.
1648
01:20:14,231 --> 01:20:15,732
Editorial meeting.
1649
01:20:15,734 --> 01:20:18,299
- Ben?
- Yeah? Thanks.
1650
01:20:18,301 --> 01:20:20,570
Good job, Murrey.
1651
01:20:27,078 --> 01:20:29,344
- That it?
- That's it.
1652
01:20:39,490 --> 01:20:41,926
You... You got half an hour.
1653
01:20:52,871 --> 01:20:55,370
I'm not sure how much thought
1654
01:20:55,372 --> 01:20:57,071
you've put
into this decision...
1655
01:20:57,073 --> 01:20:58,007
but we still have time.
1656
01:20:58,009 --> 01:20:59,842
The print deadline
is not 'til midnight.
1657
01:20:59,844 --> 01:21:01,977
I know when the
print deadline is.
1658
01:21:01,979 --> 01:21:03,946
Look, I'm still learning
how to do this,
1659
01:21:03,948 --> 01:21:05,548
but everything
I know about business...
1660
01:21:05,550 --> 01:21:08,049
tells me you're making
a serious mistake here.
1661
01:21:08,051 --> 01:21:09,918
One that will cost you
and your paper dearly,
1662
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:11,920
and hurt every person
gathered here.
1663
01:21:11,922 --> 01:21:14,690
Not to mention, the hundreds
of others who work for you.
1664
01:21:14,692 --> 01:21:16,692
I'm just trying to put
my thoughts together.
1665
01:21:16,694 --> 01:21:19,260
Kay, all I want is
what is best
1666
01:21:19,262 --> 01:21:21,196
for you and your business.
1667
01:21:21,198 --> 01:21:24,098
But I just got off the phone
with a couple of bankers...
1668
01:21:24,100 --> 01:21:27,236
and they think it's possible,
likely even...
1669
01:21:27,238 --> 01:21:29,871
that a number of their
institutional investors...
1670
01:21:29,873 --> 01:21:31,973
will pull out
if you go ahead and publish.
1671
01:21:31,975 --> 01:21:35,513
And if they pull out, Kay...
1672
01:21:36,447 --> 01:21:38,850
You got a couple of hours.
1673
01:21:39,283 --> 01:21:40,516
For your sake,
1674
01:21:40,518 --> 01:21:42,684
and for the sake of every one
of your employees...
1675
01:21:42,686 --> 01:21:44,622
I hope you will reconsider.
1676
01:21:52,029 --> 01:21:53,764
Give me the canister.
1677
01:21:59,337 --> 01:22:00,503
Get it downstairs...
1678
01:22:00,505 --> 01:22:02,371
and I want the page editor
standing over Lino
1679
01:22:02,373 --> 01:22:03,906
'til they got it
ready to print.
1680
01:22:03,908 --> 01:22:04,910
Okay.
1681
01:22:08,479 --> 01:22:10,214
Mr. Bagdikian.
1682
01:22:15,487 --> 01:22:17,952
I need to know your source.
1683
01:22:17,954 --> 01:22:20,688
I thought I was clear earlier.
1684
01:22:20,690 --> 01:22:23,025
Well, we weren't
going to press earlier.
1685
01:22:23,027 --> 01:22:25,794
Yeah, well,
my answer's the same.
1686
01:22:25,796 --> 01:22:27,830
"This action has been
commenced to enjoin
1687
01:22:27,832 --> 01:22:29,665
"The New York Times
and their agents...
1688
01:22:29,667 --> 01:22:31,467
"from further
disseminating or disclosing
1689
01:22:31,469 --> 01:22:32,867
"certain alleged
top secret documents."
1690
01:22:32,869 --> 01:22:34,937
Are you trying
to piss me off?
1691
01:22:34,939 --> 01:22:36,772
No. Not me.
Judge Gurfein.
1692
01:22:36,774 --> 01:22:38,706
If you look at the text
of his restraining order...
1693
01:22:38,708 --> 01:22:40,809
I read his restraining order.
1694
01:22:40,811 --> 01:22:42,812
So then you know that if
The Times was your source...
1695
01:22:42,814 --> 01:22:44,479
we would be in
direct violation...
1696
01:22:44,481 --> 01:22:47,416
I did not get the study
from The Times.
1697
01:22:47,418 --> 01:22:48,619
You're sure?
1698
01:22:49,453 --> 01:22:51,022
We done?
1699
01:22:54,524 --> 01:22:56,994
Did you get it
from their source?
1700
01:23:03,935 --> 01:23:05,370
Excuse me?
1701
01:23:08,271 --> 01:23:10,371
Did you get the study
1702
01:23:10,373 --> 01:23:13,043
from the same source
as The Times?
1703
01:23:15,380 --> 01:23:18,847
We do not reveal
our sources.
1704
01:23:18,849 --> 01:23:20,883
"This action has been
commenced to enjoin
1705
01:23:20,885 --> 01:23:22,750
"The New York Times
and its agents..."
1706
01:23:22,752 --> 01:23:24,355
I get it!
I get it!
1707
01:23:27,891 --> 01:23:30,259
If you got the study
from the same source
1708
01:23:30,261 --> 01:23:31,994
that would
amount to collusion.
1709
01:23:31,996 --> 01:23:35,100
Yeah, we could
all be executed at dawn.
1710
01:23:36,100 --> 01:23:39,235
And we could be held
in contempt of court...
1711
01:23:39,237 --> 01:23:42,974
which means Mr. Bradlee and
Mrs. Graham could go to jail.
1712
01:23:46,677 --> 01:23:48,712
Mr. Bagdikian...
1713
01:23:49,713 --> 01:23:53,182
how likely is it
that your source...
1714
01:23:53,184 --> 01:23:56,087
and The Times source
are the same person?
1715
01:23:57,688 --> 01:23:59,690
It's likely.
1716
01:24:01,192 --> 01:24:02,860
How likely?
1717
01:24:05,128 --> 01:24:06,928
Very.
1718
01:24:06,930 --> 01:24:09,000
- It's very likely.
- Yes.
1719
01:24:20,144 --> 01:24:22,311
What is all this?
1720
01:24:22,313 --> 01:24:25,113
Lemonade earnings.
1721
01:24:25,115 --> 01:24:28,349
Marina wanted me to
put it away for safekeeping.
1722
01:24:28,351 --> 01:24:29,688
Oh, wow.
1723
01:24:34,390 --> 01:24:36,226
We're publishing.
1724
01:24:39,930 --> 01:24:41,065
Wow.
1725
01:24:43,634 --> 01:24:46,070
I didn't think Kay'd do it.
1726
01:24:48,706 --> 01:24:51,173
That's brave.
1727
01:24:51,175 --> 01:24:54,143
Well, she's not the only one
who's brave.
1728
01:24:54,145 --> 01:24:55,410
Oh.
1729
01:24:55,412 --> 01:24:57,545
What have you got to lose?
1730
01:24:57,547 --> 01:24:59,281
Uh, my job.
1731
01:24:59,283 --> 01:25:00,683
My reputation.
1732
01:25:00,685 --> 01:25:02,387
Oh, Ben, please.
1733
01:25:03,554 --> 01:25:05,687
We both know
this will do nothing
1734
01:25:05,689 --> 01:25:08,691
but burnish your reputation.
1735
01:25:08,693 --> 01:25:10,559
And as for your job...
1736
01:25:10,561 --> 01:25:12,831
you can always
find another one.
1737
01:25:13,864 --> 01:25:17,098
Now, if you're trying to
make me feel better...
1738
01:25:17,100 --> 01:25:20,037
there's nicer ways
of doing it.
1739
01:25:21,471 --> 01:25:23,474
You're very brave.
1740
01:25:25,443 --> 01:25:28,076
But Kay...
1741
01:25:28,078 --> 01:25:32,615
Kay is in a position
she never thought she'd be in.
1742
01:25:32,617 --> 01:25:34,583
A position
I'm sure plenty of people
1743
01:25:34,585 --> 01:25:37,352
don't think she should have.
1744
01:25:37,354 --> 01:25:39,655
And when you're told
time and time again
1745
01:25:39,657 --> 01:25:41,723
that you're not good enough.
1746
01:25:41,725 --> 01:25:45,193
That your opinion
doesn't matter as much.
1747
01:25:45,195 --> 01:25:48,897
When they don't
just look past you.
1748
01:25:48,899 --> 01:25:52,835
When, to them,
you're not even there.
1749
01:25:52,837 --> 01:25:55,003
When that's been your
reality for so long...
1750
01:25:55,005 --> 01:25:58,042
it's hard not to let
yourself think it's true.
1751
01:25:59,010 --> 01:26:02,244
So, to make this decision...
1752
01:26:02,246 --> 01:26:04,979
to risk her fortune
and the company
1753
01:26:04,981 --> 01:26:07,452
that's been her entire life...
1754
01:26:08,786 --> 01:26:11,021
well, I think that's brave.
1755
01:26:17,395 --> 01:26:18,260
Bradlee.
1756
01:26:18,262 --> 01:26:20,931
Ben, we got a problem.
1757
01:26:31,475 --> 01:26:33,344
You remember this?
1758
01:26:35,212 --> 01:26:37,280
- The day before the funeral.
- Yeah.
1759
01:26:37,282 --> 01:26:38,483
Wasn't it?
1760
01:26:39,250 --> 01:26:40,417
Yeah.
1761
01:26:41,953 --> 01:26:43,085
I didn't...
1762
01:26:43,087 --> 01:26:45,754
I didn't wanna do it...
1763
01:26:45,756 --> 01:26:48,257
but Fritz said
I should go in...
1764
01:26:48,259 --> 01:26:50,962
and say a few words
to the Board.
1765
01:26:53,197 --> 01:26:56,197
So, I tried
to rehearse something...
1766
01:26:56,199 --> 01:26:58,567
but it all
turned out so awful,
1767
01:26:58,569 --> 01:26:59,802
and before I knew it...
1768
01:26:59,804 --> 01:27:01,469
the car was there
ready to take me
1769
01:27:01,471 --> 01:27:03,041
and then you came out.
1770
01:27:03,774 --> 01:27:05,507
I remember.
1771
01:27:05,509 --> 01:27:06,775
You came out in
1772
01:27:06,777 --> 01:27:09,210
your little nightgown
and your robe.
1773
01:27:09,212 --> 01:27:11,713
And you hopped
in the car with me.
1774
01:27:11,715 --> 01:27:14,316
Gave me this.
1775
01:27:14,318 --> 01:27:19,120
Somehow you managed to
scribble these notes for me.
1776
01:27:19,122 --> 01:27:22,391
So I'd know what to say.
1777
01:27:22,393 --> 01:27:25,361
But I don't
have my glasses up here.
1778
01:27:25,363 --> 01:27:27,995
- So, just read it for me.
- Mummy...
1779
01:27:27,997 --> 01:27:30,234
Oh, come on, just...
Would you read it to me?
1780
01:27:35,038 --> 01:27:37,772
"One, thank them.
1781
01:27:37,774 --> 01:27:40,808
"Two, there has been a crisis,
1782
01:27:40,810 --> 01:27:42,745
"but you know
they will carry on.
1783
01:27:42,747 --> 01:27:46,084
"Three, never expected
to be in this...
1784
01:27:47,318 --> 01:27:49,483
"situation.
1785
01:27:49,485 --> 01:27:54,824
"Four, going off to clear mind
and think about the future.
1786
01:27:54,826 --> 01:27:57,393
"Five, no changes
at this time,
1787
01:27:57,395 --> 01:27:59,995
"paper will remain
in the family.
1788
01:27:59,997 --> 01:28:03,264
"And six, and be carried on
in the tradition...
1789
01:28:03,266 --> 01:28:05,768
- "so well set."
- So well set.
1790
01:28:07,137 --> 01:28:10,871
You know, I just wanted
to hold on to the company...
1791
01:28:10,873 --> 01:28:13,474
for you and Don
and Billy and Steve.
1792
01:28:13,476 --> 01:28:15,376
You did. You have.
1793
01:28:15,378 --> 01:28:16,948
Well...
1794
01:28:19,082 --> 01:28:21,219
You know that quote?
1795
01:28:22,854 --> 01:28:24,285
That quote...
1796
01:28:24,287 --> 01:28:29,758
"A woman preaching is like a
dog walking on its hind legs.
1797
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:31,358
"It's not done well...
1798
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:36,033
"and you're surprised to see
it's done at all."
1799
01:28:36,833 --> 01:28:38,165
Samuel Johnson.
1800
01:28:38,167 --> 01:28:39,835
- Oh, Mummy.
- Yeah.
1801
01:28:39,837 --> 01:28:41,370
Well, it's a bunch
of nonsense.
1802
01:28:41,372 --> 01:28:44,609
No, but that's the way
we all thought then...
1803
01:28:45,375 --> 01:28:47,009
you know?
1804
01:28:47,011 --> 01:28:50,648
I was never
supposed to be in this job.
1805
01:28:52,315 --> 01:28:56,718
When my father chose your dad
to run the company...
1806
01:28:56,720 --> 01:28:59,420
I thought it was the most
natural thing in the world.
1807
01:28:59,422 --> 01:29:01,923
I was so proud,
because you know...
1808
01:29:01,925 --> 01:29:05,963
Phil was so brilliant.
And he was...
1809
01:29:09,332 --> 01:29:12,166
so gifted...
1810
01:29:12,168 --> 01:29:15,103
But I thought that was the way
it was supposed to be.
1811
01:29:15,105 --> 01:29:18,208
Everybody thought
that way then.
1812
01:29:19,109 --> 01:29:21,713
And I was raising you kids...
1813
01:29:23,881 --> 01:29:28,049
and I was happy in my life.
1814
01:29:28,051 --> 01:29:30,354
The way it was.
1815
01:29:32,590 --> 01:29:36,327
But then when it
all fell apart, you know...
1816
01:29:40,197 --> 01:29:43,098
When Phil died, it was just...
1817
01:29:43,100 --> 01:29:46,468
I was 45 years old
and I had never held...
1818
01:29:46,470 --> 01:29:50,274
I'd never had to
hold a job in my life.
1819
01:29:52,242 --> 01:29:55,611
But I just, I loved the paper,
you know...
1820
01:29:55,613 --> 01:29:57,115
I do.
1821
01:29:57,881 --> 01:29:59,281
I do so love the paper.
1822
01:29:59,283 --> 01:30:01,415
I don't want it
to be my fault.
1823
01:30:01,417 --> 01:30:02,786
I don't want
to be the one who...
1824
01:30:04,055 --> 01:30:08,257
I don't wanna
let Phil and my father...
1825
01:30:08,259 --> 01:30:11,662
and all of you kids
and everybody down.
1826
01:30:13,063 --> 01:30:14,699
Mrs. Graham?
1827
01:30:23,373 --> 01:30:25,643
- You ran here?
- Yeah.
1828
01:30:27,344 --> 01:30:29,710
There's been a bit of a...
1829
01:30:29,712 --> 01:30:31,314
complication.
1830
01:30:32,416 --> 01:30:34,016
I didn't understand at first,
1831
01:30:34,018 --> 01:30:35,617
but now everything
is in a different light.
1832
01:30:35,619 --> 01:30:39,588
Our source might be the same
as The New York Times.
1833
01:30:39,590 --> 01:30:40,591
Okay.
1834
01:30:41,425 --> 01:30:44,358
If so, we could be
held in contempt.
1835
01:30:44,360 --> 01:30:46,128
Meaning?
1836
01:30:46,130 --> 01:30:48,533
Well, we could
all go to prison.
1837
01:30:51,268 --> 01:30:53,337
Now putting that aside...
1838
01:30:54,438 --> 01:30:57,475
Katharine,
I've come to realize...
1839
01:30:58,842 --> 01:31:01,813
just how much
you have at stake.
1840
01:31:30,106 --> 01:31:31,706
- Paul.
- Glad you're here.
1841
01:31:31,708 --> 01:31:33,008
Fritz is sitting
with Mrs. Graham now.
1842
01:31:33,010 --> 01:31:34,076
And Ben is here.
1843
01:31:34,078 --> 01:31:36,114
Yes, I figured he would be.
1844
01:31:59,537 --> 01:32:00,902
Jesus Christ.
1845
01:32:00,904 --> 01:32:02,137
Mr. Bradlee, if you knew
1846
01:32:02,139 --> 01:32:03,271
Mr. Bagdikian
received the study...
1847
01:32:03,273 --> 01:32:04,572
from the same source
as The Times...
1848
01:32:04,574 --> 01:32:06,441
I didn't know because
I'm not in the habit...
1849
01:32:06,443 --> 01:32:08,076
of asking my reporters
who their sources are...
1850
01:32:08,078 --> 01:32:09,311
and if you'd spent any time
1851
01:32:09,313 --> 01:32:10,544
at a real goddamn newspaper
you'd know why.
1852
01:32:10,546 --> 01:32:12,349
You understand he's trying
to help you, Ben?
1853
01:32:12,984 --> 01:32:14,852
Mrs. Graham, hi.
1854
01:32:15,552 --> 01:32:16,652
We can all...
1855
01:32:16,654 --> 01:32:19,353
We can all appreciate
why Ben wants to publish...
1856
01:32:19,355 --> 01:32:21,156
and if these papers had
come from someone else...
1857
01:32:21,158 --> 01:32:23,494
we might have been
able to skirt the issue.
1858
01:32:24,595 --> 01:32:26,160
Anything from
the folks upstairs?
1859
01:32:26,162 --> 01:32:27,294
No.
1860
01:32:27,296 --> 01:32:28,696
We gotta start the run
1861
01:32:28,698 --> 01:32:31,668
or we won't get
to the carriers on time.
1862
01:32:35,070 --> 01:32:36,638
I disagreed with you earlier,
1863
01:32:36,640 --> 01:32:38,473
but I thought it brave.
But this?
1864
01:32:38,475 --> 01:32:40,075
If we were
to publish knowing this,
1865
01:32:40,077 --> 01:32:41,875
it would just
be irresponsible.
1866
01:32:41,877 --> 01:32:44,611
Fritz, do you agree?
1867
01:32:44,613 --> 01:32:47,049
Well, I don't particularly
like the idea
1868
01:32:47,051 --> 01:32:49,785
of Kay as a convicted felon.
1869
01:32:49,787 --> 01:32:51,585
And then there's the
issue of the prospectus.
1870
01:32:51,587 --> 01:32:53,021
Based on
the conversations I've had
1871
01:32:53,023 --> 01:32:54,255
with my friends at Cravath...
1872
01:32:54,257 --> 01:32:55,691
I believe
a criminal indictment
1873
01:32:55,693 --> 01:32:58,259
would qualify
as a catastrophic event.
1874
01:32:58,261 --> 01:33:01,465
And given the likelihood
of indictment now...
1875
01:33:03,033 --> 01:33:04,165
Kay, it could...
1876
01:33:04,167 --> 01:33:06,704
Yes, I understand.
1877
01:33:08,139 --> 01:33:11,406
We have a responsibility
to the company...
1878
01:33:11,408 --> 01:33:12,607
to all the employees
1879
01:33:12,609 --> 01:33:14,945
and to the long-term health
of the paper.
1880
01:33:15,746 --> 01:33:17,381
Absolutely, Kay.
1881
01:33:20,417 --> 01:33:23,454
Yes. However, um...
1882
01:33:31,328 --> 01:33:33,728
The prospectus
also talks about...
1883
01:33:33,730 --> 01:33:36,799
the mission
of the paper, which is...
1884
01:33:36,801 --> 01:33:38,433
"outstanding news collection
1885
01:33:38,435 --> 01:33:40,436
"and reporting,"
isn't that right?
1886
01:33:40,438 --> 01:33:41,503
Yes.
1887
01:33:41,505 --> 01:33:42,403
And...
1888
01:33:42,405 --> 01:33:45,005
And it also says...
1889
01:33:45,007 --> 01:33:46,208
that the newspaper will
1890
01:33:46,210 --> 01:33:48,443
"be dedicated to the welfare
of the nation...
1891
01:33:48,445 --> 01:33:51,312
"and to the, uh, principles
of a free press..."
1892
01:33:51,314 --> 01:33:52,714
Yes, but...
1893
01:33:52,716 --> 01:33:57,317
So, one could argue that the
bankers were put on notice.
1894
01:33:57,319 --> 01:33:59,754
But Kay, these are
extraordinary circumstances.
1895
01:33:59,756 --> 01:34:02,758
Are they? Are they?
For a newspaper?
1896
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:05,393
One that covers
the Nixon White House.
1897
01:34:05,395 --> 01:34:08,229
Can you guarantee me that
we could go to print...
1898
01:34:08,231 --> 01:34:10,063
without endangering
any of our soldiers?
1899
01:34:10,065 --> 01:34:11,500
You can't be considering...
1900
01:34:11,502 --> 01:34:14,038
I'm talking
to Mr. Bradlee now.
1901
01:34:17,873 --> 01:34:20,308
Fritz, you're not gonna
let her do this.
1902
01:34:20,310 --> 01:34:21,442
She can't go to...
1903
01:34:21,444 --> 01:34:23,277
No, now, she can, Arthur.
1904
01:34:23,279 --> 01:34:24,713
And it's entirely
her decision.
1905
01:34:24,715 --> 01:34:27,383
Kay, you're allowing
Mr. Bradlee...
1906
01:34:27,385 --> 01:34:29,250
to lead you to folly.
1907
01:34:29,252 --> 01:34:30,884
The legacy of the company
is at stake
1908
01:34:30,886 --> 01:34:33,455
and if you want
to protect that legacy...
1909
01:34:33,457 --> 01:34:35,290
This company's
been in my life...
1910
01:34:35,292 --> 01:34:36,456
for longer
than most of the people
1911
01:34:36,458 --> 01:34:37,858
working there have been alive.
1912
01:34:37,860 --> 01:34:41,032
So, I don't need
the lecture on legacy.
1913
01:34:42,699 --> 01:34:46,768
And this is no longer
my father's company.
1914
01:34:46,770 --> 01:34:49,138
It's no longer
my husband's company.
1915
01:34:49,140 --> 01:34:51,272
It's my company.
1916
01:34:51,274 --> 01:34:53,174
And anyone
who thinks otherwise...
1917
01:34:53,176 --> 01:34:56,378
probably doesn't belong
on my board.
1918
01:34:56,380 --> 01:34:58,647
Can you guarantee me
that we can go to...
1919
01:34:58,649 --> 01:34:59,947
100%!
1920
01:34:59,949 --> 01:35:02,250
All right, then.
1921
01:35:02,252 --> 01:35:04,654
My decision stands...
1922
01:35:07,224 --> 01:35:09,060
and I'm going to bed.
1923
01:35:25,074 --> 01:35:26,875
It's Ben Bradlee.
Run it.
1924
01:35:26,877 --> 01:35:28,076
Yes, sir.
1925
01:35:28,078 --> 01:35:29,747
Start it up.
1926
01:36:44,887 --> 01:36:48,490
Let's go! Let's go!
1927
01:36:48,492 --> 01:36:51,192
This is not a party,
this is a war here!
1928
01:37:03,605 --> 01:37:05,874
I've got the
Assistant Attorney General.
1929
01:37:05,876 --> 01:37:07,144
Put him on.
1930
01:37:08,345 --> 01:37:10,144
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
1931
01:37:10,146 --> 01:37:11,213
This is William Rehnquist
1932
01:37:11,215 --> 01:37:13,514
from the Office
of Legal Counsel at Justice.
1933
01:37:13,516 --> 01:37:14,816
Yes, sir.
1934
01:37:14,818 --> 01:37:16,651
Mr. Bradlee,
I have been advised
1935
01:37:16,653 --> 01:37:18,285
by the Secretary of Defense...
1936
01:37:18,287 --> 01:37:19,653
that the material published
1937
01:37:19,655 --> 01:37:21,555
in The Washington Post
this morning...
1938
01:37:21,557 --> 01:37:23,157
contains information
relating to
1939
01:37:23,159 --> 01:37:25,559
the national defense
of the United States...
1940
01:37:25,561 --> 01:37:28,496
and bears
a top-secret classification.
1941
01:37:28,498 --> 01:37:31,165
As such, the publication
of this information...
1942
01:37:31,167 --> 01:37:33,902
is directly prohibited by
the Espionage Act...
1943
01:37:33,904 --> 01:37:38,639
title 18 of the United States
code, section 793.
1944
01:37:38,641 --> 01:37:41,108
As publication will cause
irreparable injury...
1945
01:37:41,110 --> 01:37:44,079
to the defense interests
of the United States...
1946
01:37:44,081 --> 01:37:46,113
I respectfully request
that you publish
1947
01:37:46,115 --> 01:37:49,217
no further information
of this character...
1948
01:37:49,219 --> 01:37:51,986
and advise me that you
have made arrangements...
1949
01:37:51,988 --> 01:37:53,655
for the return
of these documents
1950
01:37:53,657 --> 01:37:55,723
to the Department of Defense.
1951
01:37:55,725 --> 01:37:57,826
Well, thank you for the call,
Mr. Rehnquist...
1952
01:37:57,828 --> 01:38:02,630
but I'm sure you understand
I must respectfully decline.
1953
01:38:02,632 --> 01:38:05,202
I appreciate your time.
1954
01:38:09,139 --> 01:38:10,371
What's next?
1955
01:38:10,373 --> 01:38:12,839
We're going to court. Today.
1956
01:38:12,841 --> 01:38:16,044
If we get a ruling in our
favor, or The Times does...
1957
01:38:16,046 --> 01:38:19,617
we'll be at the Supreme Court
sometime next week.
1958
01:38:30,859 --> 01:38:31,927
No, I wanna make sure
all the dates
1959
01:38:31,929 --> 01:38:33,227
are locked down
between sixth...
1960
01:38:33,229 --> 01:38:34,631
We're focusing on Johnson...
1961
01:38:36,766 --> 01:38:38,333
I don't want any more articles
1962
01:38:38,335 --> 01:38:40,104
just about shoes
and about dresses.
1963
01:38:41,537 --> 01:38:42,970
Well, that's where
you're wrong, Al.
1964
01:38:42,972 --> 01:38:44,942
I happen to be
a woman and I know a few.
1965
01:38:46,842 --> 01:38:47,976
Your Honor,
the stories published
1966
01:38:47,978 --> 01:38:49,277
in The Times
and now The Post...
1967
01:38:49,279 --> 01:38:50,512
have created a diplomatic
1968
01:38:50,514 --> 01:38:52,680
and security disaster
for the United States.
1969
01:38:52,682 --> 01:38:55,951
How exactly have these papers
created a diplomatic disaster?
1970
01:38:55,953 --> 01:38:58,419
Why would other countries
talk to us in confidence...
1971
01:38:58,421 --> 01:38:59,955
if secrets like this
can be leaked?
1972
01:38:59,957 --> 01:39:01,388
So, does this
make it difficult
1973
01:39:01,390 --> 01:39:02,790
for the President to govern?
1974
01:39:02,792 --> 01:39:05,593
If the President can't
keep secrets, he can't govern.
1975
01:39:05,595 --> 01:39:07,394
Nothing less
than the integrity
1976
01:39:07,396 --> 01:39:10,000
of the presidency is at stake.
1977
01:39:10,434 --> 01:39:11,866
Yes, I know.
1978
01:39:11,868 --> 01:39:13,934
I'm sure it has
rattled investors, Jerry.
1979
01:39:13,936 --> 01:39:16,437
That's why I'm calling you.
1980
01:39:16,439 --> 01:39:18,638
Yes, I understand
a number of them
1981
01:39:18,640 --> 01:39:21,344
have considered pulling out
but we feel...
1982
01:39:22,679 --> 01:39:26,617
Of course.
I stand behind the decision.
1983
01:39:31,822 --> 01:39:33,655
Well, you know,
one could argue
1984
01:39:33,657 --> 01:39:38,026
it's raising
the profile of The Post.
1985
01:39:38,028 --> 01:39:41,629
Would The Post have published
military plans for D-Day...
1986
01:39:41,631 --> 01:39:44,699
if they'd had them in advance?
1987
01:39:44,701 --> 01:39:47,067
Well, I don't think
there's any comparison
1988
01:39:47,069 --> 01:39:48,903
between a pending invasion
of Europe...
1989
01:39:48,905 --> 01:39:51,805
and a historical survey
of American involvement
1990
01:39:51,807 --> 01:39:53,377
in the Vietnam War.
1991
01:39:54,810 --> 01:39:56,510
The Supreme Court has decided
1992
01:39:56,512 --> 01:39:58,211
to hold a hearing
tomorrow morning...
1993
01:39:58,213 --> 01:40:01,482
to resolve the tangle of
conflicting decisions...
1994
01:40:01,484 --> 01:40:03,151
over what
of the Pentagon Papers
1995
01:40:03,153 --> 01:40:04,986
can be published
and more broadly...
1996
01:40:04,988 --> 01:40:06,620
the issue
of freedom of the press
1997
01:40:06,622 --> 01:40:08,723
versus government security.
1998
01:40:08,725 --> 01:40:10,157
But in agreeing
to hear the cases of
1999
01:40:10,159 --> 01:40:11,791
The New York Times
and The Washington Post...
2000
01:40:11,793 --> 01:40:14,794
Supreme's granted cert.
2001
01:40:14,796 --> 01:40:16,296
Emergency expedited basis.
2002
01:40:16,298 --> 01:40:18,268
We're in court
with The Times tomorrow.
2003
01:40:20,503 --> 01:40:22,372
What are you so happy about?
2004
01:40:28,112 --> 01:40:31,782
I always wanted to be part
of a small rebellion.
2005
01:40:41,990 --> 01:40:43,892
I asked him
what he considers...
2006
01:40:43,894 --> 01:40:45,559
the most important revelations
2007
01:40:45,561 --> 01:40:47,829
to date
from the Pentagon documents.
2008
01:40:47,831 --> 01:40:49,863
I think the lesson is
the people of this country...
2009
01:40:49,865 --> 01:40:51,598
can't afford
to let the President
2010
01:40:51,600 --> 01:40:53,802
run the country by himself.
2011
01:40:53,804 --> 01:40:56,303
Even foreign affairs any more
than domestic affairs,
2012
01:40:56,305 --> 01:40:57,871
without the help of Congress.
2013
01:40:57,873 --> 01:40:58,973
I was struck, in fact,
2014
01:40:58,975 --> 01:41:00,174
by President Johnson's
reaction...
2015
01:41:00,176 --> 01:41:02,910
to these revelations
as close to treason.
2016
01:41:02,912 --> 01:41:04,845
Because it reflected
to me the sense
2017
01:41:04,847 --> 01:41:07,415
that what was damaging
to the reputation...
2018
01:41:07,417 --> 01:41:08,982
of a particular
administration,
2019
01:41:08,984 --> 01:41:10,652
a particular individual...
2020
01:41:10,654 --> 01:41:12,887
was in itself treason.
2021
01:41:12,889 --> 01:41:15,993
Which is very close to saying,
"I am the State."
2022
01:41:22,230 --> 01:41:23,563
But this is
a self-governing country.
2023
01:41:23,565 --> 01:41:25,066
Ben?
2024
01:41:25,068 --> 01:41:27,902
The Constitution provides
for a separation of powers...
2025
01:41:27,904 --> 01:41:31,075
What on earth are you doing?
2026
01:41:46,355 --> 01:41:49,425
They all followed your lead
and published the papers.
2027
01:41:50,359 --> 01:41:52,729
At least we're not alone.
2028
01:41:53,529 --> 01:41:55,062
No matter
what happens tomorrow,
2029
01:41:55,064 --> 01:41:58,098
we are not
a little local paper anymore.
2030
01:41:58,100 --> 01:41:59,168
Hmm.
2031
01:42:11,782 --> 01:42:12,880
I'd be very interested
in your opinion.
2032
01:42:12,882 --> 01:42:14,214
Sounds good.
2033
01:42:14,216 --> 01:42:15,415
All right, I'll see you
at the first break.
2034
01:42:15,417 --> 01:42:16,420
All right.
2035
01:42:18,387 --> 01:42:19,890
I am sorry.
2036
01:42:23,760 --> 01:42:25,559
Mrs. Graham,
there's an entrance
2037
01:42:25,561 --> 01:42:26,928
around the side
for the appellants.
2038
01:42:26,930 --> 01:42:28,332
Oh, thank you very much.
2039
01:42:29,731 --> 01:42:31,398
I'm sorry I'm walking so fast.
2040
01:42:31,400 --> 01:42:33,701
I was supposed to be here
half hour ago...
2041
01:42:33,703 --> 01:42:35,169
but then I had to
make copies of the brief
2042
01:42:35,171 --> 01:42:36,771
and there
was so much traffic...
2043
01:42:36,773 --> 01:42:37,871
and you just wouldn't think
2044
01:42:37,873 --> 01:42:39,107
there'd be all these people,
you know?
2045
01:42:39,109 --> 01:42:41,509
No, you wouldn't.
You work for Roger Clark then?
2046
01:42:41,511 --> 01:42:42,876
I work for the government.
2047
01:42:42,878 --> 01:42:44,946
The Solicitor
General's office.
2048
01:42:44,948 --> 01:42:46,647
Oh. You're on the other team.
2049
01:42:46,649 --> 01:42:47,850
Mrs. Graham...
2050
01:42:48,685 --> 01:42:51,686
I probably shouldn't say this.
2051
01:42:51,688 --> 01:42:54,992
My brother,
he's still over there and...
2052
01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:00,430
Well, I hope you win.
2053
01:43:01,831 --> 01:43:03,063
Besides, I like someone
2054
01:43:03,065 --> 01:43:04,699
telling these guys
what's what.
2055
01:43:04,701 --> 01:43:05,933
But don't tell my boss
I said that.
2056
01:43:05,935 --> 01:43:07,367
He'd fire me just
for talking to you.
2057
01:43:15,345 --> 01:43:16,844
- Ben.
- How are ya, kid?
2058
01:43:16,846 --> 01:43:18,414
- Fritz.
- Roger.
2059
01:43:22,150 --> 01:43:23,684
I told you
to be here at eight.
2060
01:43:23,686 --> 01:43:24,751
Yes. I was here at eight,
2061
01:43:24,753 --> 01:43:25,919
but Richard
sent me back to make...
2062
01:43:25,921 --> 01:43:27,054
Is Richard your boss?
2063
01:43:27,056 --> 01:43:29,023
No, but you weren't here so...
2064
01:43:29,025 --> 01:43:31,929
I don't want excuses.
Just take a seat.
2065
01:43:33,363 --> 01:43:34,495
Mrs. Graham.
2066
01:43:34,497 --> 01:43:35,566
Morning.
2067
01:43:38,935 --> 01:43:40,768
Morning, gentlemen.
Good to see you.
2068
01:43:40,770 --> 01:43:42,870
- Kay.
- Punch, Abe.
2069
01:43:42,872 --> 01:43:45,138
Nice to be on the same
side for a change.
2070
01:43:45,140 --> 01:43:46,741
I'll tell you what's nice...
2071
01:43:46,743 --> 01:43:50,644
making the front page of your
newspaper on a daily basis.
2072
01:43:50,646 --> 01:43:52,546
Must be a lot of people
from Boston
2073
01:43:52,548 --> 01:43:54,283
to Washington
reading about us.
2074
01:43:54,751 --> 01:43:56,250
Yes...
2075
01:43:56,252 --> 01:43:58,919
well, I suppose
it's appropriate...
2076
01:43:58,921 --> 01:44:00,590
given what's at stake.
2077
01:44:01,791 --> 01:44:02,993
All rise.
2078
01:44:06,529 --> 01:44:08,128
The Honorable,
the Chief Justice
2079
01:44:08,130 --> 01:44:09,464
and the Associate Justices...
2080
01:44:09,466 --> 01:44:12,700
of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
2081
01:44:12,702 --> 01:44:16,006
Oyez, oyez, oyez.
2082
01:44:17,039 --> 01:44:18,772
All persons
having business before
2083
01:44:18,774 --> 01:44:21,509
the Honorable
of the Supreme Court...
2084
01:44:21,511 --> 01:44:23,878
Mr. Rosenthal. Mr. Rosenthal.
2085
01:44:23,880 --> 01:44:25,213
Mr. Sulzberger,
do you think
2086
01:44:25,215 --> 01:44:26,781
they'll decide in your favor?
2087
01:44:26,783 --> 01:44:29,483
Well, overall
we feel encouraged.
2088
01:44:29,485 --> 01:44:33,388
27 congressmen filed
amicus briefs on our behalf.
2089
01:44:33,390 --> 01:44:34,522
As well as the ACLU...
2090
01:44:34,524 --> 01:44:35,389
We should make a statement.
2091
01:44:35,391 --> 01:44:36,790
You would think
that's her job.
2092
01:44:36,792 --> 01:44:40,294
I believe everything we had
to say we've already said.
2093
01:44:40,296 --> 01:44:42,632
Well, we feel confident...
2094
01:45:00,684 --> 01:45:02,085
Meg Greenfield.
2095
01:45:03,286 --> 01:45:04,384
Okay.
2096
01:45:04,386 --> 01:45:07,588
Everyone, listen up!
Listen up!
2097
01:45:07,590 --> 01:45:08,923
We've got a decision.
2098
01:45:08,925 --> 01:45:10,694
We've got a decision.
2099
01:45:14,130 --> 01:45:15,396
- Where'd they go?
- The same place.
2100
01:45:15,398 --> 01:45:18,302
The Supreme Court.
The decision's in.
2101
01:45:28,944 --> 01:45:30,947
The vote is...
2102
01:45:32,215 --> 01:45:33,684
6-3.
2103
01:45:34,550 --> 01:45:36,351
6-3. We win.
2104
01:45:36,353 --> 01:45:39,019
We win! And so does The Times!
2105
01:45:42,626 --> 01:45:43,627
Yes!
2106
01:45:46,863 --> 01:45:48,465
No shit!
2107
01:45:51,400 --> 01:45:53,500
Nice job, Gene.
2108
01:45:53,502 --> 01:45:56,072
- No gloating! No gloating.
- I'm just satisfied.
2109
01:46:00,676 --> 01:46:03,678
What? I can't hear you.
It's too loud.
2110
01:46:03,680 --> 01:46:04,912
Okay.
2111
01:46:04,914 --> 01:46:06,781
Listen up, everybody.
Listen up.
2112
01:46:06,783 --> 01:46:08,650
Justice Black's opinion.
2113
01:46:08,652 --> 01:46:09,653
Okay.
2114
01:46:12,122 --> 01:46:15,456
"The founding fathers
gave the free press...
2115
01:46:15,458 --> 01:46:18,228
"the protection
it must have...
2116
01:46:20,630 --> 01:46:24,734
"to fulfill its essential role
in our democracy.
2117
01:46:28,104 --> 01:46:30,437
"The press was
to serve the governed,
2118
01:46:30,439 --> 01:46:31,906
"not the governors."
2119
01:46:36,645 --> 01:46:37,646
Thank you.
2120
01:46:56,798 --> 01:46:58,435
That looks great.
2121
01:47:14,117 --> 01:47:17,751
You know what my husband
said about the news?
2122
01:47:17,753 --> 01:47:21,121
He called it the first
rough draft of history.
2123
01:47:21,123 --> 01:47:23,790
That's good, isn't it?
2124
01:47:23,792 --> 01:47:26,559
Oh, well, we don't always
get it right, you know?
2125
01:47:26,561 --> 01:47:28,796
We're not always perfect,
but I think
2126
01:47:28,798 --> 01:47:31,031
if we just keep on it,
you know?
2127
01:47:31,033 --> 01:47:32,568
That's the job, isn't it?
2128
01:47:37,038 --> 01:47:38,474
Yes, it is.
2129
01:47:54,189 --> 01:47:56,891
Oh, Ken Clawson came by
to see me earlier.
2130
01:47:56,893 --> 01:47:58,025
Oh?
2131
01:47:58,027 --> 01:47:59,994
Apparently,
Justice is still considering
2132
01:47:59,996 --> 01:48:01,262
criminal charges against us.
2133
01:48:01,264 --> 01:48:03,196
Yeah, well,
I bet they are.
2134
01:48:03,198 --> 01:48:04,531
And you're not worried.
2135
01:48:04,533 --> 01:48:06,768
Nope. No, Katharine,
that's your job.
2136
01:48:06,770 --> 01:48:08,235
I suppose it is.
2137
01:48:08,237 --> 01:48:11,405
Oh, thank God the court ruling
was very clear.
2138
01:48:11,407 --> 01:48:15,009
Yeah, well, I'm sure
Nixon will fall right in line.
2139
01:48:15,011 --> 01:48:16,442
Hmm.
Good, because you know...
2140
01:48:16,444 --> 01:48:18,211
I don't think
I could ever live through
2141
01:48:18,213 --> 01:48:19,850
something like this again.
2142
01:48:21,350 --> 01:48:23,317
I want it
clearly understood
2143
01:48:23,319 --> 01:48:25,785
that from now on, ever...
2144
01:48:25,787 --> 01:48:28,423
no reporter
from The Washington Post
2145
01:48:28,425 --> 01:48:30,124
is ever to be
in the White House.
2146
01:48:30,126 --> 01:48:31,728
- Is that clear?
- Absolutely.
2147
01:48:33,229 --> 01:48:35,662
Never.
Never in the White House.
2148
01:48:35,664 --> 01:48:39,166
No church service.
Nothing that Mrs. Nixon does.
2149
01:48:39,168 --> 01:48:41,102
You tell Connie,
"Don't tell Mrs. Nixon,"
2150
01:48:41,104 --> 01:48:42,335
'cause she'll approve it.
2151
01:48:42,337 --> 01:48:45,173
No reporter
from The Washington Post
2152
01:48:45,175 --> 01:48:47,473
is ever to be
in the White House again.
2153
01:48:47,475 --> 01:48:49,143
And no photographer either.
2154
01:48:49,145 --> 01:48:50,844
No photographer,
is that clear?
2155
01:48:50,846 --> 01:48:53,013
None ever to be in.
2156
01:48:53,015 --> 01:48:54,581
Now that is a total order.
2157
01:48:54,583 --> 01:48:56,416
And if necessary,
I'll fire you.
2158
01:48:56,418 --> 01:48:58,050
- You understand?
- I do understand.
2159
01:48:58,052 --> 01:49:00,657
Okay. All right. Good.
2160
01:49:21,211 --> 01:49:22,742
DC police, second precinct.
2161
01:49:22,744 --> 01:49:24,579
Yes, hello.
This is Frank Wills.
2162
01:49:24,581 --> 01:49:26,414
I think we might have
a burglary in progress
2163
01:49:26,416 --> 01:49:28,318
at The Watergate.
2164
01:49:28,320 --> 01:49:33,320
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