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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:50,244 --> 00:00:55,244 filme noi 2 00:01:06,942 --> 00:01:12,247 Well, take me back down where cool water flow, yeh 3 00:01:15,386 --> 00:01:17,852 Let me remember things I love 4 00:01:17,854 --> 00:01:19,755 Dan. Your rifle. 5 00:01:19,757 --> 00:01:21,256 All right, do them all. 6 00:01:21,258 --> 00:01:22,489 First and second squad, too. 7 00:01:22,491 --> 00:01:25,663 Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite 8 00:01:26,663 --> 00:01:28,229 Who's the longhair? 9 00:01:28,231 --> 00:01:32,366 That's Ellsberg. Works for Lansdale at the embassy. 10 00:01:32,368 --> 00:01:33,903 He's observing. 11 00:01:35,972 --> 00:01:39,510 I can hear the bull frog callin' me 12 00:01:42,746 --> 00:01:46,714 Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree 13 00:01:46,716 --> 00:01:47,815 Let's move out. 14 00:01:47,817 --> 00:01:49,950 Let's go. Moving out. 15 00:01:49,952 --> 00:01:53,188 Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water 16 00:01:53,190 --> 00:01:56,557 Shoe fly, dragon fly, get back to your mother 17 00:01:56,559 --> 00:01:58,660 I'll take good care of it. 18 00:01:58,662 --> 00:02:00,830 Skip it across Green River 19 00:03:08,798 --> 00:03:11,933 Bravo 27, this is Kilo 4 Tango. 20 00:03:19,542 --> 00:03:23,681 Fire mission. Grid 298471. 21 00:03:24,847 --> 00:03:26,951 Lay down. 22 00:03:38,895 --> 00:03:41,362 Just hang in there, buddy. They're gonna fix you up. 23 00:03:57,947 --> 00:03:59,316 Dan? 24 00:04:01,417 --> 00:04:02,987 Dan? 25 00:04:04,254 --> 00:04:06,053 Dan! 26 00:04:06,055 --> 00:04:09,192 Secretary would like a word. You wanna follow me? 27 00:04:14,997 --> 00:04:17,231 Well, you can say what you want to the President. 28 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:19,567 I've read every one of Ellsberg's reports... 29 00:04:19,569 --> 00:04:22,403 and I'm telling you, it's just not the case. 30 00:04:22,405 --> 00:04:23,874 Dan, you know Mr. Komer. 31 00:04:25,042 --> 00:04:26,941 He's been discussing the war with the President... 32 00:04:26,943 --> 00:04:28,442 and, well, his sense is that we've made 33 00:04:28,444 --> 00:04:29,877 real progress over the past year... 34 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:31,478 but I've been doing my own review, and it seems to me... 35 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,913 that things have gotten worse. 36 00:04:32,915 --> 00:04:34,014 But neither of us have been in the field. 37 00:04:34,016 --> 00:04:35,249 You have, you're the one who knows. 38 00:04:35,251 --> 00:04:37,485 So, what do you say? 39 00:04:37,487 --> 00:04:39,390 Are things better or worse? 40 00:04:40,924 --> 00:04:42,590 Well, Mr. Secretary... 41 00:04:42,592 --> 00:04:45,692 what I'm most impressed by is how much things are the same. 42 00:04:45,694 --> 00:04:48,064 You see, that's exactly what I'm saying. 43 00:04:49,732 --> 00:04:50,999 We put another hundred thousand troops 44 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:52,867 into the field, things are no better. 45 00:04:52,869 --> 00:04:55,339 To me, that means things are actually worse. 46 00:04:57,741 --> 00:04:59,143 Thank you, Dan. 47 00:05:02,212 --> 00:05:03,981 Mr. Secretary! 48 00:05:04,515 --> 00:05:06,383 Mr. Secretary! Sir! 49 00:05:07,484 --> 00:05:10,585 How was your trip, sir? Sir. 50 00:05:10,587 --> 00:05:11,920 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 51 00:05:11,922 --> 00:05:13,687 I don't have any prepared remarks... 52 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:15,922 but I'd be very happy to take your questions one at a time. 53 00:05:15,924 --> 00:05:17,626 - Jim. - Mr. Secretary... 54 00:05:17,628 --> 00:05:19,026 I'm wondering if the trip left you 55 00:05:19,028 --> 00:05:20,461 optimistic or pessimistic... 56 00:05:20,463 --> 00:05:22,898 about our prospects in this war and our ability to win it. 57 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:25,100 He asked whether I was optimistic or pessimistic. 58 00:05:25,102 --> 00:05:26,634 Today, I can tell you that military progress 59 00:05:26,636 --> 00:05:27,802 over the past 12 months... 60 00:05:27,804 --> 00:05:29,271 has exceeded our expectations. 61 00:05:29,273 --> 00:05:31,939 We're very encouraged by what we're seeing in Vietnam. 62 00:05:31,941 --> 00:05:34,107 In every respect, we're making progress. 63 00:05:34,109 --> 00:05:35,776 And I'm especially pleased to have had 64 00:05:35,778 --> 00:05:37,345 Bob Komer along for the trip. 65 00:05:37,347 --> 00:05:38,379 So he could see for himself 66 00:05:38,381 --> 00:05:40,014 that we've been showing great improvement... 67 00:05:40,016 --> 00:05:41,882 in every dimension of the war effort. 68 00:05:45,487 --> 00:05:46,823 Derek. 69 00:06:54,825 --> 00:06:56,057 Good night, Dan. 70 00:06:56,059 --> 00:06:58,261 - Good night, Dan. - Night, guys. 71 00:07:03,566 --> 00:07:04,567 You okay, Dan? 72 00:07:06,869 --> 00:07:09,470 Yeah. Yeah, thought I'd forgot something. 73 00:07:09,472 --> 00:07:10,573 I didn't. 74 00:07:18,047 --> 00:07:19,816 Next left on Melrose. 75 00:08:27,484 --> 00:08:29,783 We have committed ourselves to the cause... 76 00:08:29,785 --> 00:08:31,718 of a just and peaceful world order 77 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,887 through the United Nations. 78 00:08:33,889 --> 00:08:35,990 "May 3rd, 1950. 79 00:08:35,992 --> 00:08:37,958 "President Truman approved $10 million 80 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,897 "in military aid to Indochina." 81 00:08:46,502 --> 00:08:48,136 America's leadership 82 00:08:48,138 --> 00:08:49,603 and prestige depend... 83 00:08:49,605 --> 00:08:53,974 on how we use our power in the interests of world peace. 84 00:08:53,976 --> 00:08:55,910 "I feel concerned about paragraph six... 85 00:08:55,912 --> 00:08:57,344 "which gives authority to control 86 00:08:57,346 --> 00:08:59,282 "general elections in Vietnam." 87 00:09:01,517 --> 00:09:03,818 The United States, as the world knows, 88 00:09:03,820 --> 00:09:06,123 will never start a war. 89 00:09:06,889 --> 00:09:08,923 "May 11th, 1961. 90 00:09:08,925 --> 00:09:10,190 "President Kennedy orders 91 00:09:10,192 --> 00:09:11,793 "a full examination by the Defense Department... 92 00:09:11,795 --> 00:09:15,165 "of a possible commitment of U.S. forces to Vietnam." 93 00:09:19,234 --> 00:09:22,402 We are not about to send American boys... 94 00:09:22,404 --> 00:09:25,540 9 or 10,000 miles away from home... 95 00:09:25,542 --> 00:09:29,642 to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. 96 00:09:29,644 --> 00:09:32,146 "President Johnson chose to reaffirm the Kennedy policies. 97 00:09:32,148 --> 00:09:33,982 "Military operations should be initiated 98 00:09:33,984 --> 00:09:36,018 "under close political control." 99 00:10:21,965 --> 00:10:24,098 Can we just do the numbers 100 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,534 just one more time? 101 00:10:26,569 --> 00:10:28,736 The company's selling how many shares? 102 00:10:28,738 --> 00:10:31,304 1.35 million shares. 103 00:10:31,306 --> 00:10:33,274 And the price range is? 104 00:10:33,276 --> 00:10:36,810 Between $24.50 and $27 per share. 105 00:10:36,812 --> 00:10:38,747 Not exactly a huge difference. 106 00:10:38,749 --> 00:10:40,881 For them. But, you know, the bankers 107 00:10:40,883 --> 00:10:42,415 always do fiddle with the prices. 108 00:10:42,417 --> 00:10:46,085 But for us, that's over $3 million... 109 00:10:46,087 --> 00:10:48,990 and that represents over five years' salary 110 00:10:48,992 --> 00:10:50,891 for 25 good reporters. 111 00:10:50,893 --> 00:10:53,194 Good. But why spend in the newsroom? 112 00:10:53,196 --> 00:10:54,761 You're far less profitable 113 00:10:54,763 --> 00:10:56,731 than Gannett or Knight or Ridder. 114 00:10:56,733 --> 00:10:58,165 Gannett and Knight and Ridder 115 00:10:58,167 --> 00:11:01,135 own monopoly papers in smaller cities. 116 00:11:01,137 --> 00:11:03,871 And our readers are leaders, you know. 117 00:11:03,873 --> 00:11:05,372 They're educated. They demand more. 118 00:11:05,374 --> 00:11:09,412 That's why we invest in really good reporters. 119 00:11:10,046 --> 00:11:11,112 And so... 120 00:11:11,114 --> 00:11:13,814 Because quality and profitability 121 00:11:13,816 --> 00:11:15,882 do go hand in hand. 122 00:11:16,985 --> 00:11:18,252 - See? - Yeah. 123 00:11:18,254 --> 00:11:20,654 - You know all this already. - Oh, gosh! 124 00:11:20,656 --> 00:11:21,622 I don't know if I do. 125 00:11:21,624 --> 00:11:23,190 - I should get to breakfast. - Yeah. 126 00:11:23,192 --> 00:11:24,891 We don't want Paul or Arthur too antsy this afternoon. 127 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:26,093 No. 128 00:11:26,095 --> 00:11:27,929 Good luck. 129 00:11:27,931 --> 00:11:29,566 - And thank you, Fritz. - Mmm-hmm. 130 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:32,800 - See you downtown. - I'll see you. 131 00:11:32,802 --> 00:11:34,468 You think this is really necessary? 132 00:11:34,470 --> 00:11:35,670 Oh, God, yes. 133 00:11:35,672 --> 00:11:39,240 Darling, you should hear how they talk at these meetings. 134 00:11:39,242 --> 00:11:40,909 It's as if it's in a foreign language. 135 00:11:40,911 --> 00:11:43,213 No, I meant taking the company public. 136 00:11:48,283 --> 00:11:51,785 It seems we are cash poor. 137 00:11:51,787 --> 00:11:53,286 You know, barely solvent. 138 00:11:53,288 --> 00:11:54,955 That's the newspaper business. 139 00:11:54,957 --> 00:11:56,357 That's our newspaper business... 140 00:11:56,359 --> 00:11:57,958 and we need the public offering 141 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,160 to stay in business and to continue to grow. 142 00:12:00,162 --> 00:12:01,462 That's what Fritz says. 143 00:12:01,464 --> 00:12:03,263 And he also says that the family 144 00:12:03,265 --> 00:12:05,501 can maintain control if we... 145 00:12:06,769 --> 00:12:08,602 Anyway, I'm just not sure your grandfather... 146 00:12:08,604 --> 00:12:10,938 would have wanted us to give up any control at all. 147 00:12:14,210 --> 00:12:16,243 - Hello? - Mrs. Graham? 148 00:12:16,245 --> 00:12:18,179 Yes? This is she. 149 00:12:18,181 --> 00:12:20,749 Please hold for the Chief of Staff. 150 00:12:21,683 --> 00:12:22,685 Who is it? 151 00:12:23,686 --> 00:12:25,352 Haldeman. 152 00:12:25,354 --> 00:12:26,753 Mrs. Graham, Bob Haldeman. 153 00:12:26,755 --> 00:12:28,287 Yes, hello. 154 00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:31,391 We've got a bit of an issue over here. 155 00:12:31,393 --> 00:12:33,059 Oh? 156 00:12:33,061 --> 00:12:34,428 Well, that makes perfect sense. 157 00:12:34,430 --> 00:12:35,996 Do you agree with that? 158 00:12:35,998 --> 00:12:37,964 Without a doubt. 159 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,276 Oh, Jesus. 160 00:12:47,510 --> 00:12:49,208 I'm so sorry. 161 00:12:49,210 --> 00:12:50,878 - Sorry, sorry, sorry. - Good morning. 162 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,982 So late. I had to get all this stuff together... 163 00:12:55,984 --> 00:12:58,085 and then I had an unexpected call. 164 00:12:58,087 --> 00:13:00,987 Well, what is with the suitcase? 165 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:04,125 Ben, I told you, this is the day. 166 00:13:04,127 --> 00:13:05,526 We're meeting with the bankers today. 167 00:13:05,528 --> 00:13:08,094 - Oh, yes. Right, right. - You know this. 168 00:13:08,096 --> 00:13:09,796 I bet you every dollar in my wallet 169 00:13:09,798 --> 00:13:10,930 that you are the only person... 170 00:13:10,932 --> 00:13:13,367 in that boardroom who's read through all that nonsense. 171 00:13:13,369 --> 00:13:16,102 I'm probably the only one who needs to. 172 00:13:16,104 --> 00:13:18,939 What do you think of Neil Sheehan? 173 00:13:18,941 --> 00:13:20,940 Oh, gosh, his coverage of Vietnam 174 00:13:20,942 --> 00:13:22,676 is just absolutely marvelous. 175 00:13:22,678 --> 00:13:23,810 Why? 176 00:13:23,812 --> 00:13:26,247 You thinking of trying to steal him from The Times? 177 00:13:26,249 --> 00:13:27,747 I'm not sure we can afford him. 178 00:13:27,749 --> 00:13:30,952 He... He hasn't had a piece in three months. 179 00:13:30,954 --> 00:13:32,319 Oh? 180 00:13:32,321 --> 00:13:34,421 Do you think he's onto something? 181 00:13:34,423 --> 00:13:36,690 Well, I saw Abe at a dinner party last week 182 00:13:36,692 --> 00:13:40,294 and he was looking mighty, mighty smug. 183 00:13:40,296 --> 00:13:42,796 Doesn't he always? 184 00:13:42,798 --> 00:13:43,931 So who was it? 185 00:13:43,933 --> 00:13:45,065 Who was what? 186 00:13:45,067 --> 00:13:47,200 Your unexpected call. 187 00:13:47,202 --> 00:13:50,271 Oh, I buried the lede. 188 00:13:50,273 --> 00:13:52,205 The White House. 189 00:13:52,207 --> 00:13:54,175 - Haldeman rang. - Yeah? 190 00:13:54,177 --> 00:13:56,377 It seems the President has decided 191 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:58,246 not to provide Judith... 192 00:13:58,248 --> 00:14:00,314 with credentials to cover the Nixon wedding. 193 00:14:00,316 --> 00:14:02,348 - Jesus Christ. - Yeah. 194 00:14:02,350 --> 00:14:04,584 They said we could send another reporter. 195 00:14:04,586 --> 00:14:07,253 Oh, yeah? Can't believe that. 196 00:14:07,255 --> 00:14:08,988 I know, I know. 197 00:14:08,990 --> 00:14:10,357 - But... - But what? 198 00:14:10,359 --> 00:14:11,592 I'm not sure I entirely blame 199 00:14:11,594 --> 00:14:13,460 the President on this one, Ben. 200 00:14:13,462 --> 00:14:14,661 No? 201 00:14:14,663 --> 00:14:16,631 Would you want Judith to cover your daughter's wedding? 202 00:14:16,633 --> 00:14:18,332 Well, my daughter's only 10 years old... 203 00:14:18,334 --> 00:14:20,067 I think she burned her bridges 204 00:14:20,069 --> 00:14:22,170 when she crashed Julie's reception. 205 00:14:22,172 --> 00:14:23,771 - They're being punitive. - Her pen is so sharp. 206 00:14:23,773 --> 00:14:25,173 - Of course it's punitive. - This is punitive. 207 00:14:25,175 --> 00:14:27,440 Of course it's punitive. 208 00:14:27,442 --> 00:14:31,444 She compared Tricia Nixon to a vanilla ice cream cone. 209 00:14:31,446 --> 00:14:33,780 - Yeah, she did. - Yeah. 210 00:14:33,782 --> 00:14:35,616 I mean, why would her father want Judy 211 00:14:35,618 --> 00:14:37,184 to cover his daughter's wedding? 212 00:14:37,186 --> 00:14:38,685 Oh, come on. 213 00:14:38,687 --> 00:14:39,987 I just... 214 00:14:39,989 --> 00:14:43,623 Are you sure we're striking the right tone here, Ben? 215 00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:45,025 Oh, we're gonna do this again? 216 00:14:45,027 --> 00:14:46,993 No. Uh, the New Style section. 217 00:14:46,995 --> 00:14:50,463 Sometimes that stiletto party coverage can be a little mean. 218 00:14:50,465 --> 00:14:52,433 I'm handling it. I'm looking for a new editor. 219 00:14:52,435 --> 00:14:53,733 Yes, are you? Because I know 220 00:14:53,735 --> 00:14:56,203 I've talked to you about this before. 221 00:14:56,205 --> 00:14:59,740 You are losing female readership, you know. 222 00:14:59,742 --> 00:15:01,407 And I think you might want to focus more 223 00:15:01,409 --> 00:15:02,543 on what women read... 224 00:15:02,545 --> 00:15:05,515 Katharine, keep your finger outta my eye. 225 00:15:12,388 --> 00:15:13,787 You... 226 00:15:16,725 --> 00:15:18,825 These breakfasts were your idea, you know. 227 00:15:18,827 --> 00:15:22,396 Yes. And you are the publisher and you are my boss. 228 00:15:22,398 --> 00:15:24,165 And I, uh... I value the input, 229 00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:26,400 but I... I heard you the first three times. 230 00:15:26,402 --> 00:15:29,203 You know, I just think there might be another way... 231 00:15:29,205 --> 00:15:31,439 that we could cool it with the White House. 232 00:15:31,441 --> 00:15:34,641 Maybe we could just send somebody else, you know... 233 00:15:34,643 --> 00:15:37,310 Nope, nope. Nope. I'm not gonna send another reporter. 234 00:15:37,312 --> 00:15:39,280 Because it's not hard news, Ben. 235 00:15:39,282 --> 00:15:40,615 It's just a wedding. 236 00:15:40,617 --> 00:15:42,382 It's not just a wedding. 237 00:15:42,384 --> 00:15:43,450 It's a wedding of the daughter 238 00:15:43,452 --> 00:15:45,151 of the President of the United States. 239 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:46,686 Why not let that girl have her day? 240 00:15:46,688 --> 00:15:48,322 And we can't have an administration 241 00:15:48,324 --> 00:15:49,555 dictating to us our coverage... 242 00:15:49,557 --> 00:15:50,790 just because they don't like 243 00:15:50,792 --> 00:15:53,696 what we print about them in our newspaper. 244 00:15:58,167 --> 00:16:00,300 Wonder if Abe cares so passionately 245 00:16:00,302 --> 00:16:02,402 about who covers the wedding for his paper. 246 00:16:02,404 --> 00:16:04,405 I don't give a rat's ass what Abe or anybody 247 00:16:04,407 --> 00:16:06,073 at The New York Times cares about. 248 00:16:06,075 --> 00:16:07,607 Not true. I give one rat's ass. 249 00:16:07,609 --> 00:16:09,676 - Yeah. - One retromingent... 250 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:11,513 rat's ass. 251 00:16:37,105 --> 00:16:38,372 Well, it's real important. 252 00:16:38,374 --> 00:16:40,774 Can you get him for me? 253 00:16:40,776 --> 00:16:44,147 Tell them it's from Sheehan. Don't walk. 254 00:17:11,273 --> 00:17:12,641 It's from Sheehan. 255 00:17:19,515 --> 00:17:21,551 Abe, here it is. 256 00:17:38,434 --> 00:17:39,665 Okay, Broder's got Nixon 257 00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:41,801 working on his second term. 258 00:17:41,803 --> 00:17:45,005 Osnos has something on G.I.s buying heroin in Saigon... 259 00:17:45,007 --> 00:17:47,607 but Ryder's got a rocket on the FBI list 260 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:48,809 of potential subversives. 261 00:17:48,811 --> 00:17:50,377 Save it for the afternoon. 262 00:17:50,379 --> 00:17:52,479 I need Chal and Judith. 263 00:17:52,481 --> 00:17:53,780 Judith! 264 00:17:53,782 --> 00:17:55,982 Is that real, the subversives list? 265 00:17:55,984 --> 00:17:58,319 Oh, yeah. Hoover and Justice keep a copy. 266 00:17:58,321 --> 00:17:59,619 Thousands of names. 267 00:17:59,621 --> 00:18:01,288 Geyelin heard the White House is shutting Judith out. 268 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:02,356 Yeah, I'm working on that. 269 00:18:02,358 --> 00:18:03,723 We think editorial should run something. 270 00:18:03,725 --> 00:18:05,358 I just heard somebody say they're working on that. 271 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:06,426 Well, if the White House is 272 00:18:06,428 --> 00:18:07,528 gonna take a stance like that... 273 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:10,032 don't you think we should plant a flag? 274 00:18:12,167 --> 00:18:16,203 Did you see Sheehan at the Kissinger press conference? 275 00:18:16,205 --> 00:18:17,370 No. 276 00:18:17,372 --> 00:18:19,139 What about the Al Haig thing? 277 00:18:19,141 --> 00:18:21,143 No, Times sent the new kid. 278 00:18:21,878 --> 00:18:23,310 The new kid, huh? 279 00:18:23,312 --> 00:18:25,378 You think Sheehan's onto something. 280 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:26,946 Yeah. 281 00:18:26,948 --> 00:18:29,482 Well, Neil has been known to disappear. 282 00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:32,351 No, no. I'm telling you, he has something. 283 00:18:32,353 --> 00:18:34,555 You want me to do a little digging? 284 00:18:34,557 --> 00:18:37,223 No, that's below your pay grade. 285 00:18:37,225 --> 00:18:38,561 Intern! 286 00:18:39,527 --> 00:18:42,229 You working on anything important, chief? 287 00:18:42,231 --> 00:18:44,632 Uh, no, Mr. Bradlee. 288 00:18:44,634 --> 00:18:47,167 Well, everything we do is important at The Post. 289 00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:48,569 Yeah. That's $40. 290 00:18:48,571 --> 00:18:51,638 I want you to take the first train up to New York... 291 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,441 and go to The Times building on 43rd. 292 00:18:53,443 --> 00:18:54,642 Don't tell them who you work for... 293 00:18:54,644 --> 00:18:57,310 but find a reporter by the name of Sheehan. 294 00:18:57,312 --> 00:18:58,878 Uh, Neil Sheehan? 295 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,519 Yeah, yeah, find out what Neil Sheehan is working on. 296 00:19:04,286 --> 00:19:06,118 Is that legal? 297 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:09,790 Well, what is it you think we do here for a living, kid? 298 00:19:09,792 --> 00:19:11,290 Get a receipt for the tickets. 299 00:19:11,292 --> 00:19:12,294 Yeah. 300 00:19:28,510 --> 00:19:30,980 - Morning, Mrs. Graham. - Hello, morning. 301 00:19:34,650 --> 00:19:36,716 Hello. Morning, everybody. 302 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:38,051 - Hi, Oz. - Mrs. Graham. 303 00:19:38,053 --> 00:19:39,288 Morning, Arthur. 304 00:19:40,589 --> 00:19:42,191 Hello. Hello, everyone. 305 00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:46,594 So, everyone's here. 306 00:19:46,596 --> 00:19:49,363 - Hello, Ray. My Galahad. - Good morning. 307 00:19:49,365 --> 00:19:50,900 Thank you. 308 00:20:02,211 --> 00:20:03,543 And I used to be the only one 309 00:20:03,545 --> 00:20:05,479 who brought his homework to class. 310 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:10,550 I think we're all here. Should we get started? 311 00:20:10,552 --> 00:20:11,952 Didn't you crash the wedding 312 00:20:11,954 --> 00:20:14,253 of Nixon's other daughter to get a story? 313 00:20:14,255 --> 00:20:17,057 Well, I did get a story but I didn't crash Julie's wedding. 314 00:20:17,059 --> 00:20:19,126 No, just the reception afterwards, right? 315 00:20:19,128 --> 00:20:20,359 There is a distinction. 316 00:20:20,361 --> 00:20:21,462 Not to the father of the bride. 317 00:20:21,464 --> 00:20:22,762 He's paying per plate. 318 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:24,531 I think the American people are paying per plate. 319 00:20:24,533 --> 00:20:26,066 Wait, let's do a story about that. 320 00:20:26,068 --> 00:20:28,502 - Yeah, let's... - Judith should crash again. 321 00:20:28,504 --> 00:20:29,735 I didn't crash Julie's wedding. 322 00:20:29,737 --> 00:20:31,038 What would you call it, Judith? 323 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,873 Well, I would call it deft reportage. 324 00:20:32,875 --> 00:20:34,508 All right, come on, come on, everybody. 325 00:20:34,510 --> 00:20:37,647 How are we gonna cover this Nixon-Cox wedding? 326 00:20:41,984 --> 00:20:43,951 Uh... Who else is gonna be there? 327 00:20:43,953 --> 00:20:45,417 - Here. - Judith's got the guest list. 328 00:20:45,419 --> 00:20:47,287 No, I mean of the other press. 329 00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:50,290 The Times, the Sun, the Globe, all the international papers. 330 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:51,957 All right. 331 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:55,631 So, we call them, we call all of them... 332 00:20:56,564 --> 00:20:59,466 and we say Nixon has shut us out... 333 00:20:59,468 --> 00:21:02,167 and then we ask them for their notes. 334 00:21:02,169 --> 00:21:04,570 Ben, there's no way in hell anyone's gonna give me a fill. 335 00:21:04,572 --> 00:21:07,508 No, it'll be an act of solidarity. 336 00:21:07,510 --> 00:21:10,010 They'll be defending the First Amendment. 337 00:21:10,012 --> 00:21:11,845 We'll tell them that the only way 338 00:21:11,847 --> 00:21:13,780 to protect the right to publish... 339 00:21:13,782 --> 00:21:15,984 is to publish. 340 00:21:21,189 --> 00:21:22,490 I don't understand. 341 00:21:22,492 --> 00:21:25,291 You said we'd set the price at $27. 342 00:21:25,293 --> 00:21:26,859 No, we said there was a range. 343 00:21:26,861 --> 00:21:29,629 And the demand on the road show was soft. 344 00:21:29,631 --> 00:21:32,765 Why not set it at $26? Or $25 even? 345 00:21:32,767 --> 00:21:34,667 Well, Paul, we feel that setting the price 346 00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:36,736 at $24.50 would be more prudent. 347 00:21:36,738 --> 00:21:38,172 It's just a couple bucks. 348 00:21:38,174 --> 00:21:40,040 It's not just a couple of bucks. 349 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:42,811 It's 1.35 million shares... 350 00:21:43,212 --> 00:21:44,981 so it is... 351 00:21:46,448 --> 00:21:48,281 Three million. 352 00:21:48,283 --> 00:21:52,653 Over $3 million less. That's a lot to a newspaper. 353 00:21:52,655 --> 00:21:54,553 How many reporters is that? 354 00:21:54,555 --> 00:21:55,655 It's 25. 355 00:21:55,657 --> 00:21:57,023 Let's not get bogged down. 356 00:21:57,025 --> 00:21:58,459 It has to be quite a few. 357 00:21:58,461 --> 00:22:00,063 At least a dozen. Fritz? 358 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,262 It's 25 reporters. 359 00:22:03,264 --> 00:22:05,432 Twenty-five reporters. 360 00:22:05,434 --> 00:22:06,700 Twenty-five reporters. 361 00:22:06,702 --> 00:22:08,835 Gentlemen, we know it's not ideal... 362 00:22:08,837 --> 00:22:10,171 but a few of our investors 363 00:22:10,173 --> 00:22:13,473 balked at the nature of the company. 364 00:22:13,475 --> 00:22:14,707 They don't like newspapers? 365 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:17,478 They like Gannett and Knight and Ridder... 366 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,678 but frankly they're concerned 367 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,283 about your ability to turn a serious profit. 368 00:22:34,963 --> 00:22:36,296 Gannett and Knight and Ridder 369 00:22:36,298 --> 00:22:38,197 own monopoly papers in smaller markets. 370 00:22:38,199 --> 00:22:40,434 That's why they're more profitable. 371 00:22:40,436 --> 00:22:43,671 The whole point of the offering is to grow... 372 00:22:43,673 --> 00:22:45,839 while investing in the quality of the paper. 373 00:22:45,841 --> 00:22:49,209 Kay and I have talked a great deal about this... 374 00:22:49,211 --> 00:22:52,212 and we believe that improving quality... 375 00:22:52,214 --> 00:22:55,851 will naturally lead to greater profitability. 376 00:22:57,619 --> 00:22:58,851 Unfortunate. 377 00:22:58,853 --> 00:23:00,854 It's more than unfortunate. 378 00:23:00,856 --> 00:23:02,623 Doesn't this happen all the time? 379 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:05,893 Bankers lowering the price for their institutional investors. 380 00:23:05,895 --> 00:23:07,560 Fritz, isn't this what we discussed? 381 00:23:07,562 --> 00:23:08,728 I think the family should consider 382 00:23:08,730 --> 00:23:09,896 giving up some control. 383 00:23:09,898 --> 00:23:12,098 - Maybe another board seat. - Absolutely not. 384 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,601 This isn't a surprise, Fritz. Ever since Phil's accident... 385 00:23:14,603 --> 00:23:15,735 Arthur. 386 00:23:15,737 --> 00:23:18,203 No offense, Kay. It's unfortunate... 387 00:23:18,205 --> 00:23:19,906 but the buyers are obviously skittish 388 00:23:19,908 --> 00:23:21,340 about having a woman in charge... 389 00:23:21,342 --> 00:23:23,543 and it's not like it's an easy sell. 390 00:23:23,545 --> 00:23:26,680 It's a local paper with modest margins, modest ambitions. 391 00:23:26,682 --> 00:23:28,115 I think Mr. Bradlee would take issue 392 00:23:28,117 --> 00:23:29,383 with that characterization. 393 00:23:29,385 --> 00:23:31,350 Sure, she pads his budget every year. 394 00:23:31,352 --> 00:23:33,119 Call my office. Tell them I'm going to 395 00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:35,021 miss my lunch at Occidental. 396 00:23:35,023 --> 00:23:36,924 Another dozen reporters. For what? 397 00:23:36,926 --> 00:23:38,692 To nip at the heels of The Times? 398 00:23:38,694 --> 00:23:39,858 So we can pretend like 399 00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:41,861 we're even remotely in the same league? 400 00:23:41,863 --> 00:23:44,231 Make it a five o'clock drink at the Jefferson. 401 00:23:44,233 --> 00:23:46,332 Arthur, Kay was right. Lazard is just trying... 402 00:23:46,334 --> 00:23:47,599 to cut a better deal by squeezing us. 403 00:23:47,601 --> 00:23:48,768 Come on, Fritz. 404 00:23:48,770 --> 00:23:49,836 Why do you think that is? 405 00:23:49,838 --> 00:23:51,038 Because they're bankers. 406 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,606 Which is why they want more control. 407 00:23:52,608 --> 00:23:53,740 They want assurances 408 00:23:53,742 --> 00:23:54,875 that she's not gonna squander it all. 409 00:23:54,877 --> 00:23:56,643 I mean, come on. 410 00:23:56,645 --> 00:23:59,044 Fritz, Kay throws a great party... 411 00:23:59,046 --> 00:24:01,882 but her father gave the paper to her husband. 412 00:24:01,884 --> 00:24:03,617 The only reason she's running things 413 00:24:03,619 --> 00:24:05,987 is because he... Because Phil died. 414 00:24:07,189 --> 00:24:10,957 Don't get me wrong, I think she is a lovely woman. 415 00:24:10,959 --> 00:24:12,826 But she got rid of Al Friendly... 416 00:24:12,828 --> 00:24:14,293 and brought in a pirate 417 00:24:14,295 --> 00:24:16,963 who does nothing but bleed our margins. 418 00:24:16,965 --> 00:24:18,632 I mean, you can't be surprised 419 00:24:18,634 --> 00:24:19,866 that the buyers are concerned... 420 00:24:19,868 --> 00:24:21,100 that she doesn't have the resolve 421 00:24:21,102 --> 00:24:23,071 to turn a serious profit. 422 00:24:28,476 --> 00:24:30,844 Kay, it's your decision... 423 00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:32,979 but in my opinion, if you want this 424 00:24:32,981 --> 00:24:35,249 to be more than a little family paper... 425 00:24:35,251 --> 00:24:38,521 it has to be more than a little family business. 426 00:24:41,690 --> 00:24:44,427 Thank you, Arthur, for your frankness. 427 00:24:45,660 --> 00:24:47,028 All right. 428 00:24:48,296 --> 00:24:49,396 We're set? 429 00:24:49,398 --> 00:24:51,367 All set, Mr. Parsons. 430 00:24:53,769 --> 00:24:55,304 Accident... 431 00:24:58,506 --> 00:25:00,243 It wasn't an accident. 432 00:25:01,342 --> 00:25:02,575 Phil's suicide. 433 00:25:02,577 --> 00:25:06,949 I don't know why people insist on calling it an accident. 434 00:25:08,116 --> 00:25:10,653 Is it to make them feel better? 435 00:25:11,754 --> 00:25:14,954 Or do they think they're being kind? 436 00:25:14,956 --> 00:25:17,158 I don't know, I don't know. 437 00:25:17,859 --> 00:25:20,027 So, do you think I should 438 00:25:20,029 --> 00:25:22,662 give up more seats on the board? 439 00:25:22,664 --> 00:25:24,532 Of course not. 440 00:25:25,966 --> 00:25:28,234 We're going to be fine. 441 00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:29,703 Hmm. 442 00:25:29,705 --> 00:25:32,606 This passage in the prospectus, 443 00:25:32,608 --> 00:25:35,244 I read it earlier today. 444 00:25:38,914 --> 00:25:41,514 Oh, yes. 445 00:25:41,516 --> 00:25:43,716 "In the unlikely instance of disaster 446 00:25:43,718 --> 00:25:45,050 "or catastrophic event... 447 00:25:45,052 --> 00:25:48,988 "in the week following the initial public offering... 448 00:25:48,990 --> 00:25:50,924 "Lazard Frères and Company retains 449 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:52,925 "full right to cancel the issue." 450 00:25:52,927 --> 00:25:54,461 It's boilerplate, Kay. 451 00:25:54,463 --> 00:25:56,896 It's standard contractual language. 452 00:25:58,134 --> 00:26:02,301 But, so, the bankers could pull out. 453 00:26:02,303 --> 00:26:05,104 Only if there's a true disaster. 454 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:07,241 Ben gets hit by a truck... 455 00:26:07,243 --> 00:26:11,277 the world runs outta newspaper ink... 456 00:26:12,580 --> 00:26:14,181 the truck goes around the block 457 00:26:14,183 --> 00:26:16,416 and hits Ben again... 458 00:26:16,418 --> 00:26:18,085 You think one of those is possible. 459 00:26:18,087 --> 00:26:19,953 No, I don't... 460 00:26:19,955 --> 00:26:21,854 but, you know, the Nixon White House 461 00:26:21,856 --> 00:26:23,790 is nothing if not vindictive. 462 00:26:23,792 --> 00:26:25,157 Just this morning... 463 00:26:25,159 --> 00:26:28,063 they barred us from covering Tricia Nixon's wedding. 464 00:26:28,763 --> 00:26:30,563 Somehow, I doubt that will rise 465 00:26:30,565 --> 00:26:32,031 to the level of catastrophe. 466 00:26:32,033 --> 00:26:33,599 I know. Probably not. 467 00:26:33,601 --> 00:26:37,171 Although, when Ben sets his mind to plunder... 468 00:26:37,173 --> 00:26:40,743 it's not hard to imagine something more serious. 469 00:26:42,244 --> 00:26:44,480 Catastrophic events... 470 00:26:45,781 --> 00:26:47,280 do occur, you know. 471 00:26:47,282 --> 00:26:51,350 Yeah, but the right to cancel is only for a week. 472 00:26:51,352 --> 00:26:54,587 A week from the public offering. 473 00:26:54,589 --> 00:26:58,491 Seven days after they ring that bell on Tuesday... 474 00:26:58,493 --> 00:27:00,426 the deal is done. 475 00:27:00,428 --> 00:27:01,429 Hmm. 476 00:27:02,898 --> 00:27:05,134 It's gonna be fine, Kay. 477 00:27:23,718 --> 00:27:25,086 Jesus. 478 00:27:31,592 --> 00:27:33,763 Do you know what floor the newsroom's on? 479 00:27:34,263 --> 00:27:35,395 Five. 480 00:27:35,397 --> 00:27:37,700 Uh, no, no, six, yeah. Six. 481 00:27:51,946 --> 00:27:53,946 Things are heating up in East Pakistan? 482 00:27:53,948 --> 00:27:55,815 Well, five million refugees 483 00:27:55,817 --> 00:27:57,951 could destabilize West Bengal. 484 00:27:57,953 --> 00:28:00,020 So, Lindsay's lowering the boom tomorrow. 485 00:28:00,022 --> 00:28:01,654 They gotta cut 100 million. 486 00:28:01,656 --> 00:28:04,460 Gonna be some blood on the floor of Gracie Mansion. 487 00:28:06,494 --> 00:28:08,761 I heard the Mayors gave it to Nixon in Philly. 488 00:28:08,763 --> 00:28:10,664 Yeah, Tolchin's down there. He's filing. 489 00:28:10,666 --> 00:28:12,132 Take a look at this. 490 00:28:12,134 --> 00:28:13,966 Any of you guys see that piece on the hijacking? 491 00:28:13,968 --> 00:28:15,100 Jeez, there's been another hijacking? 492 00:28:15,102 --> 00:28:16,603 You think six pages is enough? 493 00:28:16,605 --> 00:28:19,905 Well, we got three columns on the front page. I'll take it. 494 00:28:19,907 --> 00:28:22,075 - On the flight? - On the flight. 495 00:28:22,077 --> 00:28:24,277 Can I help you, Mac? 496 00:28:24,279 --> 00:28:26,578 Just delivering a package to Mr. Meetson. 497 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:29,084 Mattson. I'll see that he gets it. 498 00:28:30,285 --> 00:28:31,818 I knew a couple 499 00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:35,254 whose yacht was shipwrecked in the South Pacific. 500 00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:37,101 Hold on, quiet. 501 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:38,392 I knew a couple whose yacht 502 00:28:38,394 --> 00:28:40,359 was shipwrecked in the South Pacific. 503 00:28:40,361 --> 00:28:42,762 It looks bleak, so the man asks... 504 00:28:42,764 --> 00:28:46,133 "Does the will take care of the kids?" His wife nods. 505 00:28:46,135 --> 00:28:48,502 "What about your mother?" "Yes." 506 00:28:48,504 --> 00:28:52,071 "Okay, did we donate to Nixon?" 507 00:28:52,073 --> 00:28:54,874 His wife shakes her head. "Yes." 508 00:28:54,876 --> 00:28:57,478 "Did we pledge or give?" 509 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:58,610 "We pledged." 510 00:28:58,612 --> 00:29:00,813 "Thank God," shouts the man. "Nixon'll find us. 511 00:29:00,815 --> 00:29:01,915 "We're saved!" 512 00:29:05,987 --> 00:29:08,620 Well, speaking of Nixon, I just talked to Kissinger... 513 00:29:08,622 --> 00:29:11,457 who was going on about the end of the China embargo. 514 00:29:11,459 --> 00:29:14,194 He's convinced it's a rather clever geopolitical move. 515 00:29:14,196 --> 00:29:17,297 I think this is our cue, ladies. 516 00:29:17,299 --> 00:29:19,132 Someone at this table of luminaries 517 00:29:19,134 --> 00:29:20,666 must have an idea what they're up to. 518 00:29:20,668 --> 00:29:23,069 I wonder what his buddy Joe McCarthy would say. 519 00:29:23,071 --> 00:29:25,571 The New Style Section did a lovely piece 520 00:29:25,573 --> 00:29:27,007 on Lawrence Durrell. 521 00:29:27,009 --> 00:29:29,509 It's about time Style had a good piece. 522 00:29:29,511 --> 00:29:31,144 I think it's a bit improved. 523 00:29:31,146 --> 00:29:33,546 I hear he's at work on another series of novels. 524 00:29:33,548 --> 00:29:36,683 I hear he's at work on finding a fourth wife. 525 00:29:36,685 --> 00:29:38,351 I will say, he's one of the few individuals... 526 00:29:38,353 --> 00:29:40,253 who could probably cozy up to communist China... 527 00:29:40,255 --> 00:29:42,121 without fear of major political cost. 528 00:29:42,123 --> 00:29:43,388 Eh, but is Nixon that smart? 529 00:29:43,390 --> 00:29:44,991 He never laughed at one of my jokes. 530 00:29:47,096 --> 00:29:49,195 Oh, Kay, I don't know how you do it. 531 00:29:49,197 --> 00:29:50,963 I don't know how you keep up with it all 532 00:29:50,965 --> 00:29:53,032 when you have this day job. 533 00:29:54,136 --> 00:29:55,801 You need to read more books. 534 00:29:55,803 --> 00:29:58,637 Kay, could I have just a word? 535 00:30:00,876 --> 00:30:01,911 Um... 536 00:30:03,311 --> 00:30:04,944 Everything all right? 537 00:30:04,946 --> 00:30:06,980 - Marg okay? - Yes, she's fine. 538 00:30:06,982 --> 00:30:08,748 Said the procedure went very well. 539 00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:10,584 Oh, good, I've been meaning to... 540 00:30:10,586 --> 00:30:11,654 I... 541 00:30:12,219 --> 00:30:13,386 I wanted to tell you, 542 00:30:13,388 --> 00:30:15,288 and I want you to hear from me first... 543 00:30:15,290 --> 00:30:17,290 there's an article about me 544 00:30:17,292 --> 00:30:19,928 coming out in The Times tomorrow. 545 00:30:21,062 --> 00:30:22,797 It's not flattering. 546 00:30:24,099 --> 00:30:25,632 Running? Me? 547 00:30:25,634 --> 00:30:27,599 Now, you know me better than that. 548 00:30:27,601 --> 00:30:29,469 Three days and three nights and not a word. 549 00:30:29,471 --> 00:30:30,636 Well, I've been very busy. 550 00:30:30,638 --> 00:30:31,905 For all I knew you were lying 551 00:30:31,907 --> 00:30:33,005 in the gutter somewhere... 552 00:30:33,007 --> 00:30:34,440 with a knife in your back. 553 00:30:34,442 --> 00:30:36,009 Lying in the gutter? 554 00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:39,582 Now, look, sweetheart, I'll tell you what happened. 555 00:30:40,381 --> 00:30:42,248 I was in Birmingham. 556 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:43,616 Birmingham? 557 00:30:43,618 --> 00:30:44,783 Hello? 558 00:30:44,785 --> 00:30:46,386 Hello, Ben. 559 00:30:46,388 --> 00:30:47,686 Hello, Katharine. 560 00:30:47,688 --> 00:30:50,656 I'm sorry to bother you so late. 561 00:30:50,658 --> 00:30:53,992 Listen, were you able to make any headway with Mr. Sheehan? 562 00:30:53,994 --> 00:30:56,828 No, no. I haven't. 563 00:30:56,830 --> 00:31:01,033 I just had an odd conversation with Bob McNamara... 564 00:31:01,035 --> 00:31:05,474 and I think The Times may have a big story tomorrow. 565 00:31:06,107 --> 00:31:07,839 Oh, damn it. 566 00:31:07,841 --> 00:31:10,676 You know, he wouldn't give me any details... 567 00:31:10,678 --> 00:31:15,984 but Bob said it was quite detrimental to him and... 568 00:31:37,571 --> 00:31:39,338 Ben! 569 00:31:39,340 --> 00:31:41,008 We got 'em. 570 00:31:41,010 --> 00:31:42,608 We got 'em. 571 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:43,643 Huh? 572 00:31:43,645 --> 00:31:45,311 - Yeah, quite good. - The happy couple. 573 00:31:45,313 --> 00:31:47,280 - Hey, chief! - Mr. Bradlee. 574 00:31:47,282 --> 00:31:49,448 So, did you track down Sheehan? 575 00:31:49,450 --> 00:31:53,321 No, but, I saw a mock-up of tomorrow's front page. 576 00:31:53,988 --> 00:31:55,955 There's a big gap. 577 00:31:55,957 --> 00:31:57,692 Nothing there but the name. 578 00:32:01,929 --> 00:32:03,229 Shit. 579 00:32:03,231 --> 00:32:04,600 Shit. 580 00:32:05,065 --> 00:32:06,434 Shit! 581 00:32:14,274 --> 00:32:16,275 - Give us three. - Here you go. 582 00:32:16,277 --> 00:32:18,813 Here, here, here. Thank you, thank you. 583 00:32:19,380 --> 00:32:20,849 Thanks, got it. 584 00:32:26,788 --> 00:32:28,521 General Haig, sir. 585 00:32:28,523 --> 00:32:29,822 - Hi, Al. - Yes, sir. 586 00:32:29,824 --> 00:32:31,992 What about the casualties last week? 587 00:32:31,994 --> 00:32:33,225 You got that figure yet? 588 00:32:33,227 --> 00:32:35,898 No, sir, but I think it's gonna be quite low. 589 00:32:36,298 --> 00:32:37,530 Fine. 590 00:32:37,532 --> 00:32:40,399 Okay. Nothing else of interest in the world today? 591 00:32:40,401 --> 00:32:42,903 Yes, sir. Very significant... 592 00:32:42,905 --> 00:32:46,338 this goddamn New York Times expose... 593 00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:48,139 ...of the most highly classified 594 00:32:48,141 --> 00:32:49,842 documents of the war. 595 00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:52,078 You mean that was leaked out of the Pentagon? 596 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,415 The whole study that was done for McNamara. 597 00:32:56,417 --> 00:33:00,654 This is a devastating, uh, security breach... 598 00:33:00,656 --> 00:33:03,123 of the greatest magnitude of anything I've ever seen. 599 00:33:03,125 --> 00:33:05,390 Well, what's being done about it then? 600 00:33:05,392 --> 00:33:07,159 Did we know this was coming out? 601 00:33:07,161 --> 00:33:08,761 No, we did not, sir. 602 00:33:08,763 --> 00:33:10,195 I have Doctor Kissinger. 603 00:33:10,197 --> 00:33:12,964 Henry, the thing to me is just unconscionable. 604 00:33:12,966 --> 00:33:15,167 This is treasonable action on the part 605 00:33:15,169 --> 00:33:17,436 of the bastards that put it out. 606 00:33:17,438 --> 00:33:19,138 I'm absolutely certain... 607 00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:22,908 that this violates all sorts of security laws. 608 00:33:22,910 --> 00:33:24,609 People have gotta be put to the torch 609 00:33:24,611 --> 00:33:26,581 for this sort of thing. 610 00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:31,550 Christ! McNamara knew we couldn't win in '65. 611 00:33:31,552 --> 00:33:34,455 That's six goddamn years ago. 612 00:33:37,292 --> 00:33:38,761 Well, at least we got the wedding. 613 00:33:41,596 --> 00:33:43,529 Is anybody else tired of reading the news 614 00:33:43,531 --> 00:33:45,932 instead of reporting it? 615 00:33:45,934 --> 00:33:47,099 Do we have any leads? 616 00:33:47,101 --> 00:33:48,533 There's a guy Phil and I know in Boston... 617 00:33:48,535 --> 00:33:49,636 who worked at Defense 618 00:33:49,638 --> 00:33:50,971 when McNamara commissioned the study. 619 00:33:50,973 --> 00:33:52,539 All right, call him. 620 00:33:52,541 --> 00:33:54,406 Anybody else? 621 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:56,542 So that's it? 622 00:33:56,544 --> 00:33:59,511 Our best goddamn lead is coming from editorial? 623 00:33:59,513 --> 00:34:01,313 Well, we are sucking hind tit 624 00:34:01,315 --> 00:34:02,581 in our own backyard. 625 00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,517 Ben, come on, it's one story. 626 00:34:04,519 --> 00:34:06,452 No, it's 7,000 pages... 627 00:34:06,454 --> 00:34:08,553 detailing how the White House has been 628 00:34:08,555 --> 00:34:10,657 lying about the Vietnam War for 30 years. 629 00:34:10,659 --> 00:34:15,962 It's Truman and Eisenhower and Jack and LBJ lying. 630 00:34:15,964 --> 00:34:18,264 Lying about Vietnam. 631 00:34:18,266 --> 00:34:20,168 And you think that's one story? 632 00:34:21,335 --> 00:34:23,104 Let's do our jobs. 633 00:34:24,505 --> 00:34:26,040 Find those pages! 634 00:34:30,779 --> 00:34:32,378 Ben, uh... 635 00:34:32,380 --> 00:34:34,947 I might have something. Maybe. 636 00:34:34,949 --> 00:34:37,983 Well, let me know when it's a little less wishy-washy. 637 00:34:37,985 --> 00:34:41,190 I'm gonna go chase down a lead of my own. 638 00:34:45,192 --> 00:34:48,228 Why don't you cut your bangs, just a little bit? 639 00:34:48,230 --> 00:34:49,965 Mummy, I'm right in the middle. 640 00:34:55,670 --> 00:34:58,438 It's a bit hard to read, isn't it? 641 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,043 Harder for you, I imagine. 642 00:35:01,442 --> 00:35:02,743 No. 643 00:35:03,045 --> 00:35:04,246 Why? 644 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,579 These were your people... 645 00:35:06,581 --> 00:35:09,983 McNamara and Kennedy and Johnson. 646 00:35:09,985 --> 00:35:12,552 Well, Jack and Lyndon were your father's friends. 647 00:35:12,554 --> 00:35:13,987 You flew down to Texas with Lyndon 648 00:35:13,989 --> 00:35:15,387 the weekend after his convention. 649 00:35:15,389 --> 00:35:17,657 That's your fault. You wanted to see his helicopter land. 650 00:35:17,659 --> 00:35:19,924 And the instant he saw you, he invited you to the ranch. 651 00:35:19,926 --> 00:35:22,328 Oh, well, he just wanted the paper to endorse. 652 00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:23,596 Yes, but my point is 653 00:35:23,598 --> 00:35:25,565 you had Steve and Bill waiting at home. 654 00:35:25,567 --> 00:35:26,766 - You had houseguests... - I know. 655 00:35:26,768 --> 00:35:28,099 ...waiting at the farm. 656 00:35:28,101 --> 00:35:29,768 You had nothing but dirty clothes in your suitcase. 657 00:35:29,770 --> 00:35:31,270 How do you know what I had in my suitcase? 658 00:35:31,272 --> 00:35:32,371 Yet you jumped on Air Force One, 659 00:35:32,373 --> 00:35:33,440 spent the weekend... 660 00:35:33,442 --> 00:35:34,507 I did not jump. 661 00:35:34,509 --> 00:35:35,775 ...swimming and speed-boating... 662 00:35:35,777 --> 00:35:37,342 You and Luvie Pearson said I had to go! 663 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:38,913 ...with Lyndon and Lady Bird. 664 00:35:44,085 --> 00:35:46,686 It's hard to say... 665 00:35:46,688 --> 00:35:49,556 "no" to the President of the United States. 666 00:35:54,228 --> 00:35:56,228 Were you expecting someone? 667 00:35:56,230 --> 00:35:57,999 At this hour? 668 00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:05,337 I hope I'm not too early. 669 00:36:05,339 --> 00:36:07,907 Not at all. Must be urgent. 670 00:36:07,909 --> 00:36:09,708 Where's your sister? 671 00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:14,012 That's my tea, darling. 672 00:36:14,014 --> 00:36:16,983 Where's your sister? Let's go find her. 673 00:36:16,985 --> 00:36:18,754 Let's go find her. 674 00:36:21,089 --> 00:36:23,659 I trust you saw The New York Times. 675 00:36:24,125 --> 00:36:25,157 Hmm. 676 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:27,492 The study, the one they are working off of... 677 00:36:27,494 --> 00:36:29,027 that was commissioned by Robert McNamara. 678 00:36:29,029 --> 00:36:30,096 Yeah. 679 00:36:30,098 --> 00:36:32,498 And if he commissioned it, he might have a copy. 680 00:36:37,804 --> 00:36:40,540 I don't need to tell you that finding a source... 681 00:36:40,542 --> 00:36:42,442 it's like finding a needle in a haystack. 682 00:36:42,444 --> 00:36:43,641 I don't need the metaphor. 683 00:36:43,643 --> 00:36:44,710 Well, I haven't been a writer 684 00:36:44,712 --> 00:36:46,045 for a while so that old cliche... 685 00:36:46,047 --> 00:36:48,215 that was the best comparison I could come up with. 686 00:36:49,583 --> 00:36:52,286 I need a copy of that study, Kay. 687 00:36:53,822 --> 00:36:55,520 Give her the ball, Ben. 688 00:36:55,522 --> 00:36:57,058 - Here you go. - Thank you. 689 00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:02,128 You know, Ben, as much as I do relish 690 00:37:02,130 --> 00:37:03,932 a good investigative assignment... 691 00:37:05,366 --> 00:37:08,067 Bob McNamara is an old friend. 692 00:37:08,069 --> 00:37:10,369 He's going through a lot in his life right now. 693 00:37:10,371 --> 00:37:13,706 I just think he's probably said all he wants to say. 694 00:37:13,708 --> 00:37:16,009 Why do you think? 695 00:37:16,011 --> 00:37:17,308 - Why? - Why? 696 00:37:17,310 --> 00:37:18,777 Why is he talking to you? 697 00:37:18,779 --> 00:37:21,146 Well, I just told you, he's my friend and... 698 00:37:21,148 --> 00:37:23,951 Is he talking to any other friends? 699 00:37:25,487 --> 00:37:26,851 I'm not sure 700 00:37:26,853 --> 00:37:28,954 I appreciate the implication of what you just said. 701 00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:31,257 McNamara is talking to you... 702 00:37:31,259 --> 00:37:33,592 because you are the publisher of The Washington Post. 703 00:37:33,594 --> 00:37:35,427 That's not true. No, that is not why. 704 00:37:35,429 --> 00:37:37,329 Because he wants you to bail him out. 705 00:37:37,331 --> 00:37:38,431 Because he wants you on his side. 706 00:37:38,433 --> 00:37:39,697 No, there's no ulterior... No! 707 00:37:39,699 --> 00:37:42,201 Ben, that's not my role. You know that. 708 00:37:42,203 --> 00:37:45,337 I wouldn't presume to tell you how to write about him. 709 00:37:45,339 --> 00:37:49,041 Just as I wouldn't take it upon myself... 710 00:37:49,043 --> 00:37:53,012 to tell him he should hand over a classified study... 711 00:37:53,014 --> 00:37:55,648 which would be a crime, by the way... 712 00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:58,754 just so he can serve as your source. 713 00:37:59,554 --> 00:38:02,057 Our source, Katharine. 714 00:38:13,735 --> 00:38:15,168 No. Uh... No... 715 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:19,137 I'm not. I'm not going to ask Bob for the study. 716 00:38:19,139 --> 00:38:20,139 All right. 717 00:38:20,141 --> 00:38:21,739 I get it. You have a relationship 718 00:38:21,741 --> 00:38:23,942 with Bob McNamara. 719 00:38:23,944 --> 00:38:27,045 But don't you think you have an obligation as well 720 00:38:27,047 --> 00:38:28,947 to the paper and to the public? 721 00:38:28,949 --> 00:38:30,650 Let me ask you something. 722 00:38:30,652 --> 00:38:32,585 Was that how you felt when you were 723 00:38:32,587 --> 00:38:34,552 palling around with Jack Kennedy? 724 00:38:34,554 --> 00:38:36,554 Where was your sense of duty then? 725 00:38:36,556 --> 00:38:40,659 I don't recall you pushing him particularly hard on anything. 726 00:38:40,661 --> 00:38:43,496 I pushed Jack when I had to. 727 00:38:43,498 --> 00:38:45,264 I never pulled any punches. 728 00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:46,431 Is that right? 729 00:38:46,433 --> 00:38:49,601 'Cause you used to dine at the White House once a week. 730 00:38:49,603 --> 00:38:51,871 All the trips to Camp David. 731 00:38:51,873 --> 00:38:53,840 Oh, and that drunken birthday cruise 732 00:38:53,842 --> 00:38:56,177 on the Sequoia you told me about. 733 00:38:57,811 --> 00:38:59,043 Hard to believe you would have 734 00:38:59,045 --> 00:39:00,980 gotten all those invitations... 735 00:39:00,982 --> 00:39:04,085 if you didn't pull a few punches. 736 00:39:09,056 --> 00:39:10,623 Street protests broke out today 737 00:39:10,625 --> 00:39:11,857 across the country... 738 00:39:11,859 --> 00:39:13,458 after the publication of more excerpts... 739 00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:15,694 from a classified Department of Defense study 740 00:39:15,696 --> 00:39:17,395 in The New York Times. 741 00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:18,398 The study, commissioned 742 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,965 by former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara... 743 00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:22,335 has ignited further debate 744 00:39:22,337 --> 00:39:24,436 over the ongoing war in Vietnam... 745 00:39:24,438 --> 00:39:27,005 as it makes clear that Kennedy and Johnson... 746 00:39:27,007 --> 00:39:29,041 as well as Eisenhower and Truman, 747 00:39:29,043 --> 00:39:31,911 deeply misled the country on Vietnam. 748 00:39:31,913 --> 00:39:33,779 The bombshell series has appeared 749 00:39:33,781 --> 00:39:36,148 for the last two days in The New York Times. 750 00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:38,550 We don't want your stinking war. 751 00:39:38,552 --> 00:39:40,152 One, two, three, four. 752 00:39:40,154 --> 00:39:42,491 We don't want your stinking war. 753 00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:45,791 I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways 754 00:39:45,793 --> 00:39:49,128 Not for what is politic but for what is right. 755 00:39:49,130 --> 00:39:50,061 Right! 756 00:39:50,063 --> 00:39:52,697 Like my brother Mario said... 757 00:39:52,699 --> 00:39:54,967 "There is a time when the operation 758 00:39:54,969 --> 00:39:57,103 "of the machine becomes so odious... 759 00:39:57,105 --> 00:40:00,005 "that you've got to put your body upon the gears... 760 00:40:00,007 --> 00:40:02,674 "and upon the wheels, and upon the levers... 761 00:40:02,676 --> 00:40:04,911 "and you've got to make it stop." 762 00:40:04,913 --> 00:40:06,244 One, two, three four. 763 00:40:06,246 --> 00:40:08,547 We don't want your stinking war. 764 00:40:08,549 --> 00:40:11,049 Someone gives up his life, 765 00:40:11,051 --> 00:40:12,784 so that the President... 766 00:40:12,786 --> 00:40:14,654 doesn't have to admit something 767 00:40:14,656 --> 00:40:16,221 the entire world already knows. 768 00:40:16,223 --> 00:40:17,855 Your dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal 769 00:40:17,857 --> 00:40:19,058 is at seven in the Oak Room... 770 00:40:19,060 --> 00:40:20,358 and then I'll meet you tomorrow morning 771 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,226 in the lobby at eight... 772 00:40:21,228 --> 00:40:22,295 so you'll have plenty of time 773 00:40:22,297 --> 00:40:23,596 to get downtown before the offering. 774 00:40:23,598 --> 00:40:24,963 And the breakfast. 775 00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:27,366 "All designed to meet these five desiderata." 776 00:40:29,737 --> 00:40:30,837 Bagdikian. 777 00:40:30,839 --> 00:40:32,337 It's Harry Rowen. 778 00:40:32,339 --> 00:40:36,343 Hey, uh, let me call you back from outside the newsroom. 779 00:40:58,965 --> 00:41:03,101 Excuse me, are you important? 780 00:41:03,103 --> 00:41:05,404 I'm a general assignment reporter. 781 00:41:05,406 --> 00:41:06,907 Okay. 782 00:41:38,973 --> 00:41:40,973 Uh, I think I got something. 783 00:41:40,975 --> 00:41:42,442 Be my guest. 784 00:41:42,444 --> 00:41:43,976 Can we lose The New York Times from the nut graph? 785 00:41:43,978 --> 00:41:45,344 Ben, they are the source of the story. 786 00:41:45,346 --> 00:41:47,413 Every time I read The New York Times above the fold... 787 00:41:47,415 --> 00:41:48,547 - Mr. Bradlee? - No. 788 00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:50,449 I feel like somebody's shoving a hot poker up my ass. 789 00:41:50,451 --> 00:41:51,750 All right, just say The Times, 790 00:41:51,752 --> 00:41:52,951 and drop it a graph below the fold. 791 00:41:52,953 --> 00:41:54,020 There you go. 792 00:41:54,022 --> 00:41:55,322 That would be less painful. 793 00:41:55,989 --> 00:41:57,389 I think I got something. 794 00:41:57,391 --> 00:41:59,291 "McNaughton had McNamara plan for action." 795 00:41:59,293 --> 00:42:01,793 Well, that's two months before the election. 796 00:42:01,795 --> 00:42:03,295 "Suggested sending large numbers 797 00:42:03,297 --> 00:42:04,929 "of U.S. forces to interlard." 798 00:42:04,931 --> 00:42:06,065 "Interlard"? 799 00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:07,132 Where'd you get these? 800 00:42:07,134 --> 00:42:08,433 Somebody left them on my desk. 801 00:42:08,435 --> 00:42:09,902 All these guys sound like they sleep 802 00:42:09,904 --> 00:42:11,406 with a damn thesaurus. 803 00:42:12,505 --> 00:42:15,574 So McNaughton was secretly suggesting to McNamara... 804 00:42:15,576 --> 00:42:16,608 to provoke the North so we'd 805 00:42:16,610 --> 00:42:17,877 - have grounds for escalation? - Yep. 806 00:42:17,879 --> 00:42:19,512 Yeah, it was in The Times article. 807 00:42:19,514 --> 00:42:21,279 It was a good piece. You should check it out. 808 00:42:21,281 --> 00:42:22,648 - It was well-written. - Jesus Christ. 809 00:42:22,650 --> 00:42:25,016 Give it to someone who can't type 91 words a minute... 810 00:42:25,018 --> 00:42:26,819 and have it proofed, okay? 811 00:42:26,821 --> 00:42:28,119 - Ben? - Yeah? 812 00:42:28,121 --> 00:42:29,855 I think we got something. 813 00:42:29,857 --> 00:42:31,293 What is it? 814 00:42:39,366 --> 00:42:40,668 Jesus Christ. 815 00:42:41,536 --> 00:42:42,934 Shit. Are these 816 00:42:42,936 --> 00:42:44,536 part of the pages of the McNamara study? 817 00:42:44,538 --> 00:42:45,704 Where did you get these? 818 00:42:45,706 --> 00:42:47,440 Somebody left them on my desk. 819 00:42:47,442 --> 00:42:48,474 On your desk? 820 00:42:48,476 --> 00:42:50,909 - I didn't... It was a woman. - A woman? 821 00:42:50,911 --> 00:42:53,645 We got over 100 pages of the McNamara study here. 822 00:42:53,647 --> 00:42:55,648 A hippie woman. 823 00:42:55,650 --> 00:42:57,181 Hey, Debbie, get me Bagdikian. 824 00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:58,282 She had one of those skirts... 825 00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:00,253 He's out. He went somewhere. 826 00:43:00,255 --> 00:43:01,119 Fine. 827 00:43:01,121 --> 00:43:02,520 Probably between 5'4 " and 5'6"... 828 00:43:02,522 --> 00:43:06,791 If these are the real thing, we are back in the ballgame. 829 00:43:06,793 --> 00:43:08,226 It was a tie-dye skirt. 830 00:43:08,228 --> 00:43:11,395 And this is gonna be the front page of tomorrow's paper. 831 00:43:11,397 --> 00:43:15,502 Um... Give it to Marder. It's his lucky day. 832 00:43:21,743 --> 00:43:24,011 My God, the fun. 833 00:43:25,946 --> 00:43:27,212 RAND Corporation. 834 00:43:27,214 --> 00:43:28,750 Harry Rowen, please. 835 00:43:34,054 --> 00:43:35,288 This is Harry. 836 00:43:35,290 --> 00:43:37,288 Harry, it's Ben Bagdikian. 837 00:43:37,290 --> 00:43:39,424 You think someone's bugging your phone? 838 00:43:39,426 --> 00:43:43,061 I think someone might be bugging yours. 839 00:43:43,063 --> 00:43:45,663 Why would someone bug my phone? 840 00:43:45,665 --> 00:43:47,032 If I thought the McNamara study 841 00:43:47,034 --> 00:43:48,266 had leaked from RAND... 842 00:43:48,268 --> 00:43:51,570 I'd bug the phone of the president of RAND. 843 00:43:51,572 --> 00:43:53,271 It's a DoD study. 844 00:43:53,273 --> 00:43:55,808 A copy of which was sent to RAND for safekeeping. 845 00:43:55,810 --> 00:43:59,478 Two copies, if I'm not mistaken. 846 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,514 Jesus Christ, Ben, that leak didn't come from us. 847 00:44:02,516 --> 00:44:04,152 You sure about that? 848 00:44:04,752 --> 00:44:06,252 Look, in my experience... 849 00:44:06,254 --> 00:44:08,020 guys who want stuff like this out there 850 00:44:08,022 --> 00:44:09,221 and have the guts to do it... 851 00:44:09,223 --> 00:44:10,521 they're a particular type. 852 00:44:10,523 --> 00:44:12,123 They've got conscience and conviction... 853 00:44:12,125 --> 00:44:14,393 but they've also got ego. 854 00:44:14,395 --> 00:44:16,929 Now, there's a guy that we both know, okay? 855 00:44:16,931 --> 00:44:18,764 He was there the same time as I was. 856 00:44:18,766 --> 00:44:20,199 He left right after. 857 00:44:20,201 --> 00:44:22,134 You know who I'm talking about, right? 858 00:44:22,136 --> 00:44:23,536 Isn't he the first guy you thought of 859 00:44:23,538 --> 00:44:26,206 when you saw the article in The Times? 860 00:44:28,576 --> 00:44:31,476 Okay, look, I gotta go. 861 00:44:38,851 --> 00:44:40,219 Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal. 862 00:44:40,221 --> 00:44:42,290 - Oh, yes, I see. - You're welcome. 863 00:44:44,058 --> 00:44:45,190 I don't wanna push it. 864 00:44:45,192 --> 00:44:46,826 - Hi. - Ah, Kay. 865 00:44:46,828 --> 00:44:47,992 What a treat! 866 00:44:47,994 --> 00:44:49,762 I'm just going to apologize in advance. 867 00:44:49,764 --> 00:44:51,130 Great to see you. 868 00:44:51,132 --> 00:44:54,833 I'm no fun at all, Abe. I'm just so nervous... 869 00:44:54,835 --> 00:44:56,335 about tomorrow at the stock exchange. 870 00:44:56,337 --> 00:44:57,936 And I have to make a big speech. 871 00:44:57,938 --> 00:44:59,538 - No, no, no, no. - Poor you. 872 00:44:59,540 --> 00:45:02,007 No, going public is a good move for The Post. 873 00:45:02,009 --> 00:45:04,108 Maybe you can even think about expanding. 874 00:45:04,110 --> 00:45:06,411 Try to be more of a national paper. 875 00:45:06,413 --> 00:45:08,213 I wish Abe would let me buy shares. 876 00:45:08,215 --> 00:45:10,148 That's against company policy... 877 00:45:10,150 --> 00:45:12,684 but if you're nervous and need distraction... 878 00:45:12,686 --> 00:45:15,822 I do happen to have a copy of today's Times. 879 00:45:15,824 --> 00:45:16,825 Abe! 880 00:45:17,824 --> 00:45:19,424 Unless you read it already. 881 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:22,895 Oh, you awful man. You really are. 882 00:45:22,897 --> 00:45:24,329 Can we get you something to drink? 883 00:45:24,331 --> 00:45:26,599 Bundy argues for sustained bombing. 884 00:45:26,601 --> 00:45:27,565 Great stuff. 885 00:45:27,567 --> 00:45:28,833 He thinks it'll turn the tide. 886 00:45:28,835 --> 00:45:30,034 This is February of '65. 887 00:45:30,036 --> 00:45:31,404 Jesus Christ. 888 00:45:31,406 --> 00:45:33,739 But by April, they realize it's not gonna cut it... 889 00:45:33,741 --> 00:45:35,507 and LBJ sends two battalions. 890 00:45:35,509 --> 00:45:36,875 - Great stuff. - And get this. 891 00:45:36,877 --> 00:45:38,311 He changes the mission 892 00:45:38,313 --> 00:45:40,411 from base security to active combat. 893 00:45:40,413 --> 00:45:42,348 - My God. - It's a huge shift. 894 00:45:42,350 --> 00:45:43,882 He's widening the war. 895 00:45:43,884 --> 00:45:45,550 But he insists on secrecy. 896 00:45:45,552 --> 00:45:47,186 The American people are not to be told. 897 00:45:47,188 --> 00:45:48,654 All right, okay. So this is the real deal... 898 00:45:48,656 --> 00:45:50,456 so how long till you can write it up? 899 00:45:50,458 --> 00:45:52,123 I can have it for Thursday. 900 00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:53,259 Well, what if we pretend 901 00:45:53,261 --> 00:45:55,460 you're a reporter, not a novelist? 902 00:45:55,462 --> 00:45:56,962 Uh, I suppose I could pull 903 00:45:56,964 --> 00:45:58,396 something together by tomorrow night. 904 00:45:58,398 --> 00:46:00,400 Okay, we can run it on Wednesday. 905 00:46:01,569 --> 00:46:03,335 I know we need to get this out, Ben, 906 00:46:03,337 --> 00:46:04,770 but I'd like to spend a minute... 907 00:46:04,772 --> 00:46:07,172 going through what we've got on Rolling Thunder. 908 00:46:07,174 --> 00:46:08,741 Go through all the research you want... 909 00:46:08,743 --> 00:46:10,509 but so help me God, if we don't have 910 00:46:10,511 --> 00:46:12,143 these pages by tomorrow night... 911 00:46:12,145 --> 00:46:13,445 we might as well not have them at all. 912 00:46:13,447 --> 00:46:14,516 Too late. 913 00:46:15,715 --> 00:46:16,782 What? 914 00:46:16,784 --> 00:46:18,186 Times already has it. 915 00:46:22,121 --> 00:46:23,454 Well, of course they have it. 916 00:46:23,456 --> 00:46:25,724 "President Johnson decided on April 1, 1965..." 917 00:46:25,726 --> 00:46:28,460 Of course The Times had... Written by Neil Sheehan. 918 00:46:28,462 --> 00:46:31,096 "...because a month of bombing..." 919 00:46:31,098 --> 00:46:32,498 Neil Sheehan's a bastard. 920 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:33,965 He's been a bastard for years. 921 00:46:33,967 --> 00:46:35,833 Mr. President, the Attorney General 922 00:46:35,835 --> 00:46:37,235 has called a couple times... 923 00:46:37,237 --> 00:46:40,172 about these New York Times stories. 924 00:46:40,174 --> 00:46:41,907 You mean to prosecute The Times? 925 00:46:41,909 --> 00:46:43,342 Hell, my view is 926 00:46:43,344 --> 00:46:45,244 to prosecute the goddamn pricks that gave it to 'em. 927 00:46:45,246 --> 00:46:46,344 If you can find out who that is. 928 00:46:46,346 --> 00:46:47,478 Yeah, I know. 929 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,313 I mean, could The Times be prosecuted? 930 00:46:49,315 --> 00:46:51,382 Apparently so. 931 00:46:51,384 --> 00:46:52,550 As far as The Times is concerned, 932 00:46:52,552 --> 00:46:53,886 hell, they're our enemies. 933 00:46:53,888 --> 00:46:56,654 I think we just oughta do it. 934 00:46:56,656 --> 00:46:58,592 Son of a bitch. 935 00:47:01,763 --> 00:47:02,929 Abe Rosenthal. 936 00:47:02,931 --> 00:47:05,699 Good evening. Their table is right over there, sir. 937 00:47:07,268 --> 00:47:09,268 Brownell and Loeb over at Lord Day and Lord... 938 00:47:09,270 --> 00:47:12,637 told Punch in no uncertain terms not to publish. 939 00:47:12,639 --> 00:47:14,806 Only after Scotty Reston threatened 940 00:47:14,808 --> 00:47:16,407 to publish in the Vineyard Gazette... 941 00:47:16,409 --> 00:47:18,043 did Punch decide to print. 942 00:47:18,045 --> 00:47:20,579 Wouldn't have had quite the same impact. 943 00:47:21,681 --> 00:47:22,683 Jimmy. 944 00:47:24,551 --> 00:47:28,721 We've been asked to refrain from further publication... 945 00:47:28,723 --> 00:47:30,858 by the Attorney General. 946 00:47:32,259 --> 00:47:34,762 Nixon's taking us to court? 947 00:47:40,835 --> 00:47:42,534 Kay, I'm sorry... 948 00:47:42,536 --> 00:47:43,804 Oh, no. 949 00:47:47,540 --> 00:47:48,676 Gosh. 950 00:47:53,413 --> 00:47:55,279 Why don't I go get the check? 951 00:47:55,281 --> 00:47:56,782 No, sit tight, don't argue with me. 952 00:47:56,784 --> 00:47:58,720 I'll be right back. 953 00:48:03,891 --> 00:48:06,358 Mr. Rosenthal had to leave on business. 954 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,259 Certainly, we'll put it on his tab. 955 00:48:08,261 --> 00:48:09,494 No, I'll take the bill, 956 00:48:09,496 --> 00:48:12,230 but could I trouble you to use your telephone? 957 00:48:12,232 --> 00:48:13,667 But of course, madam. 958 00:48:21,375 --> 00:48:23,476 There's a fella I overlapped with at RAND. 959 00:48:23,478 --> 00:48:25,576 He was a bit of a showboat, but smart. 960 00:48:25,578 --> 00:48:27,279 And he worked for McNamara... 961 00:48:27,281 --> 00:48:28,512 and he had opinions 962 00:48:28,514 --> 00:48:31,616 on the decision-making that went into Vietnam. 963 00:48:31,618 --> 00:48:32,516 Okay. 964 00:48:32,518 --> 00:48:35,454 Word is, he doved. Pretty hard. 965 00:48:35,456 --> 00:48:37,523 Would he have access to the study? 966 00:48:37,525 --> 00:48:39,625 Pretty sure RAND had a copy. 967 00:48:39,627 --> 00:48:42,828 No shit. All right, well, can you find him? 968 00:48:42,830 --> 00:48:44,996 Thought maybe I'd try. 969 00:48:48,301 --> 00:48:50,704 I've got Mrs. Graham on the line. 970 00:48:51,906 --> 00:48:53,639 Katharine. 971 00:48:53,641 --> 00:48:57,409 Hey, listen, I've got tomorrow's headline. 972 00:48:57,411 --> 00:49:00,478 Oh, Christ, okay, again? 973 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,614 John Mitchell contacted The Times. 974 00:49:02,616 --> 00:49:05,753 Seems the President is going to seek an injunction. 975 00:49:06,319 --> 00:49:08,286 No, shit. 976 00:49:08,288 --> 00:49:10,554 This means that we're in the goddamn ballgame. 977 00:49:10,556 --> 00:49:12,791 Because if The Times gets shut down... 978 00:49:12,793 --> 00:49:13,893 If they get shut down, 979 00:49:13,895 --> 00:49:16,762 there is no ballgame. Ballgame's over. 980 00:49:16,764 --> 00:49:17,795 Now, Katharine, 981 00:49:17,797 --> 00:49:20,433 anybody would kill to have a crack at this. 982 00:49:20,435 --> 00:49:23,235 Well, sure, but not if it means breaking the law. 983 00:49:23,237 --> 00:49:27,405 If a federal judge stops The Times from publishing... 984 00:49:27,407 --> 00:49:29,875 well, I don't see how we could publish... 985 00:49:29,877 --> 00:49:32,612 even if we could get hold of a copy. 986 00:49:35,348 --> 00:49:38,518 Ben? You have something? 987 00:49:39,619 --> 00:49:41,253 No. 988 00:49:41,255 --> 00:49:44,355 Okay, so then there's nothing to talk about really. 989 00:49:44,357 --> 00:49:47,425 No, nothing to talk about at all... 990 00:49:47,427 --> 00:49:50,462 but thank you for the tip, Mrs. Graham. 991 00:49:51,565 --> 00:49:53,801 What are you still doing here? 992 00:50:17,558 --> 00:50:19,060 Excuse me. 993 00:50:22,830 --> 00:50:24,098 All right. 994 00:50:26,933 --> 00:50:28,199 Oh, there she is. 995 00:50:28,201 --> 00:50:29,800 - Hello. - How are ya, Kay? 996 00:50:29,802 --> 00:50:32,070 Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. 997 00:50:32,072 --> 00:50:32,938 Hello? 998 00:50:32,940 --> 00:50:34,639 Yeah, I'm looking for Dan Ellsberg. 999 00:50:34,641 --> 00:50:36,407 He doesn't work here anymore. 1000 00:50:36,409 --> 00:50:38,242 Do you know where he is now? 1001 00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:40,378 No, I don't. Who is this? 1002 00:50:40,380 --> 00:50:41,846 Thank you. 1003 00:50:41,848 --> 00:50:44,416 And it is my great privilege to welcome 1004 00:50:44,418 --> 00:50:46,518 The Washington Post Company... 1005 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,022 to the American Stock Exchange. 1006 00:50:53,761 --> 00:50:56,261 More than a privilege, Mrs. Graham. 1007 00:50:56,263 --> 00:50:57,797 This is a real honor. 1008 00:50:58,764 --> 00:50:59,864 Hello, this is Karen. 1009 00:50:59,866 --> 00:51:01,299 Yeah, I'm looking for Dan Ellsberg. 1010 00:51:01,301 --> 00:51:02,904 You got the wrong number. 1011 00:51:05,205 --> 00:51:06,304 Speech. 1012 00:51:06,306 --> 00:51:08,643 Go and project confidence, Kay. 1013 00:51:10,444 --> 00:51:11,646 Gentlemen... 1014 00:51:12,411 --> 00:51:14,978 thank you all for helping make 1015 00:51:14,980 --> 00:51:17,784 The Washington Post a more robust company. 1016 00:51:19,786 --> 00:51:21,552 Center for International Studies. 1017 00:51:21,554 --> 00:51:23,355 Yeah, I'm looking for Dan Ellsberg. 1018 00:51:23,357 --> 00:51:24,891 He's not here. 1019 00:51:26,058 --> 00:51:27,692 But he still works there? 1020 00:51:27,694 --> 00:51:30,661 Yes. Can I take a message? 1021 00:51:30,663 --> 00:51:33,431 Uh, tell him Ben Bagdikian called. 1022 00:51:33,433 --> 00:51:34,532 Congratulations. 1023 00:51:34,534 --> 00:51:35,599 Guys, why don't we 1024 00:51:35,601 --> 00:51:36,934 get together for a photograph? 1025 00:51:36,936 --> 00:51:38,103 - Yes. - Good idea. Absolutely. 1026 00:51:38,105 --> 00:51:39,404 - Here we go. - Let me see it. 1027 00:51:39,406 --> 00:51:41,373 - Smile, Kay. - Shall I hold it? 1028 00:51:41,375 --> 00:51:43,041 You just bought a share of The Post! 1029 00:51:43,043 --> 00:51:45,576 I know. I'm so happy. 1030 00:51:45,578 --> 00:51:50,882 1.35 million shares at $24.50 a share. 1031 00:51:53,853 --> 00:51:56,288 I believe this will not only make The Post solvent... 1032 00:51:56,290 --> 00:51:58,556 but stronger than it ever has been. 1033 00:51:58,558 --> 00:51:59,690 - To The Post! - The Post! 1034 00:51:59,692 --> 00:52:01,460 He said to call from a secure phone. 1035 00:52:01,462 --> 00:52:02,763 Mmm-hmm. 1036 00:52:09,703 --> 00:52:11,302 I hear Kennedy said Phil Graham 1037 00:52:11,304 --> 00:52:12,737 was the smartest man he ever met. 1038 00:52:12,739 --> 00:52:15,540 Yeah, for Kay's father to hand her husband the company... 1039 00:52:15,542 --> 00:52:17,442 says something about the guy. 1040 00:52:17,444 --> 00:52:20,746 I thought it said something about the time. 1041 00:52:20,748 --> 00:52:22,246 Turn it up. 1042 00:52:22,248 --> 00:52:23,882 Good evening. The New York Times late today 1043 00:52:23,884 --> 00:52:26,050 was barred, at least until Saturday... 1044 00:52:26,052 --> 00:52:28,786 from publishing any more classified documents... 1045 00:52:28,788 --> 00:52:32,590 dealing with the cause and conduct of the Vietnam War. 1046 00:52:32,592 --> 00:52:34,525 The Times, true to its word... 1047 00:52:34,527 --> 00:52:36,061 said it would abide by the decision 1048 00:52:36,063 --> 00:52:38,029 of Federal Judge Murray Gurfein... 1049 00:52:38,031 --> 00:52:40,297 but will resist a permanent injunction 1050 00:52:40,299 --> 00:52:41,666 at a hearing Friday. 1051 00:52:41,668 --> 00:52:43,601 The Nixon administration have charged that 1052 00:52:43,603 --> 00:52:45,670 the final two parts of The Times' series... 1053 00:52:45,672 --> 00:52:47,405 would result in irreparable injury 1054 00:52:47,407 --> 00:52:49,040 to the national defense. 1055 00:52:49,042 --> 00:52:50,808 Hell, why bother fighting the communists? 1056 00:52:50,810 --> 00:52:52,511 Think Jefferson just rolled over in his grave. 1057 00:52:52,513 --> 00:52:55,547 Have the courts ever stopped a paper from publishing before? 1058 00:52:55,549 --> 00:52:59,117 Not in the history of the republic. 1059 00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:01,485 Good thing we're not part of this mess. 1060 00:53:01,487 --> 00:53:04,723 I'd give my left one to be in this mess. 1061 00:53:04,725 --> 00:53:07,125 There's our front page lede tomorrow. 1062 00:53:07,127 --> 00:53:08,663 Chal, that's yours. 1063 00:53:09,228 --> 00:53:11,128 All right. 1064 00:53:11,130 --> 00:53:14,100 Party's over. Let's get back to our jobs. 1065 00:53:29,215 --> 00:53:32,183 - Hello? - Hi, it's Ben. 1066 00:53:32,185 --> 00:53:33,951 - Yes. - Dan? 1067 00:53:33,953 --> 00:53:35,119 No. 1068 00:53:35,121 --> 00:53:38,991 Oh, I'm trying to get a hold of a fella I used to know... 1069 00:53:38,993 --> 00:53:41,458 617-597-4580. 1070 00:53:41,460 --> 00:53:42,763 Okay. 1071 00:53:45,565 --> 00:53:47,334 Hold on. 1072 00:53:48,601 --> 00:53:50,302 Was it 4580? 1073 00:53:50,304 --> 00:53:52,137 Call from another phone. 1074 00:53:52,139 --> 00:53:56,243 617-597-4580. 1075 00:54:05,987 --> 00:54:10,291 617-597-4580. 1076 00:54:18,665 --> 00:54:20,065 Hello? 1077 00:54:20,067 --> 00:54:23,134 - Yeah, I'm looking for... - Yeah. Hey, Ben, it's Dan. 1078 00:54:23,136 --> 00:54:26,637 Dan, it's good to hear your voice. 1079 00:54:26,639 --> 00:54:28,340 Yeah, it's been a while. 1080 00:54:28,342 --> 00:54:29,710 Yeah. 1081 00:54:47,860 --> 00:54:50,063 - Who is it? - It's Ben. 1082 00:54:59,505 --> 00:55:00,741 Ben. 1083 00:55:01,074 --> 00:55:02,375 Dan. 1084 00:55:07,813 --> 00:55:10,549 The study had 47 volumes. 1085 00:55:10,551 --> 00:55:12,284 I slipped out a couple at a time. 1086 00:55:12,286 --> 00:55:13,821 Took me months to copy it all. 1087 00:55:17,590 --> 00:55:18,824 What the hell? 1088 00:55:18,826 --> 00:55:21,793 Well, we were all former government guys. 1089 00:55:21,795 --> 00:55:23,695 Top clearance, all of that. 1090 00:55:23,697 --> 00:55:25,730 McNamara wanted academics to have 1091 00:55:25,732 --> 00:55:27,565 the chance to examine what had happened. 1092 00:55:27,567 --> 00:55:28,666 He would say to us, 1093 00:55:28,668 --> 00:55:30,367 "Let the chips fall where they may." 1094 00:55:30,369 --> 00:55:31,570 Brave man. 1095 00:55:31,572 --> 00:55:34,338 Well, I think guilt was a bigger motivator than courage. 1096 00:55:34,340 --> 00:55:36,241 McNamara didn't lie as well as the rest... 1097 00:55:36,243 --> 00:55:39,344 but I don't think he saw what was coming, what we'd find. 1098 00:55:39,346 --> 00:55:41,579 But it didn't take him long to figure out... 1099 00:55:41,581 --> 00:55:42,681 well, for us all to figure out 1100 00:55:42,683 --> 00:55:44,516 if the public ever saw these papers... 1101 00:55:44,518 --> 00:55:46,150 they would turn against the war. 1102 00:55:46,152 --> 00:55:49,154 Covert ops, guaranteed debt, rigged elections? 1103 00:55:49,156 --> 00:55:53,090 It's all in there. Ike, Kennedy, Johnson. 1104 00:55:53,092 --> 00:55:54,793 They violated the Geneva Convention. 1105 00:55:54,795 --> 00:55:57,529 They lied to Congress and they lied to the public. 1106 00:55:57,531 --> 00:56:01,699 They knew we couldn't win and still sent boys to die. 1107 00:56:01,701 --> 00:56:03,436 What about Nixon? 1108 00:56:04,705 --> 00:56:06,503 He's just carrying on like all the others. 1109 00:56:06,505 --> 00:56:09,777 Too afraid to be the one who loses the war on his watch. 1110 00:56:11,177 --> 00:56:14,045 Someone said this at some point... 1111 00:56:14,047 --> 00:56:16,984 about why we stayed when we knew we were losing. 1112 00:56:17,951 --> 00:56:20,485 10% was to help the South Vietnamese. 1113 00:56:20,487 --> 00:56:22,356 20% was to hold back the commies. 1114 00:56:23,324 --> 00:56:25,556 70% was to avoid 1115 00:56:25,558 --> 00:56:28,326 the humiliation of an American defeat. 1116 00:56:28,328 --> 00:56:32,530 70% of those boys... 1117 00:56:32,532 --> 00:56:34,835 just to avoid being humiliated? 1118 00:56:35,435 --> 00:56:37,071 That stuck with me. 1119 00:56:45,978 --> 00:56:47,911 They're gonna come after you, you know. 1120 00:56:47,913 --> 00:56:50,215 And I gotta be honest... 1121 00:56:50,217 --> 00:56:53,119 the bread crumbs weren't too hard to follow. 1122 00:56:54,621 --> 00:56:55,856 I know. 1123 00:56:57,958 --> 00:57:00,324 They're gonna lock you up, Dan. 1124 00:57:00,326 --> 00:57:03,464 Wouldn't you go to prison to stop this war? 1125 00:57:05,331 --> 00:57:07,534 Theoretically, sure. 1126 00:57:10,770 --> 00:57:14,107 You are gonna publish these documents? 1127 00:57:16,442 --> 00:57:17,844 Yeah. 1128 00:57:18,645 --> 00:57:21,382 Even with the injunction? 1129 00:57:23,016 --> 00:57:24,185 Yes. 1130 00:57:28,087 --> 00:57:31,324 Well, then it's not so theoretical then, is it? 1131 00:57:41,935 --> 00:57:45,072 I'm gonna go do some work in the studio. 1132 00:57:53,246 --> 00:57:56,183 My day was great, thanks for asking. 1133 00:58:12,531 --> 00:58:15,368 That picture makes me sad. 1134 00:58:16,569 --> 00:58:18,237 Me too. 1135 00:58:23,310 --> 00:58:25,009 - Bradlee. - I'm in Boston. 1136 00:58:25,011 --> 00:58:27,244 I'm gonna need two seats. 1137 00:58:27,246 --> 00:58:28,179 Why? 1138 00:58:28,181 --> 00:58:30,348 I'm gonna need to buy two seats 1139 00:58:30,350 --> 00:58:31,882 on the first flight out tomorrow... 1140 00:58:31,884 --> 00:58:33,486 probably first class. 1141 00:58:34,587 --> 00:58:36,389 No shit, you have them? 1142 00:58:38,824 --> 00:58:41,291 Well then just get your ass back here... 1143 00:58:41,293 --> 00:58:42,860 and come straight to the house. 1144 00:58:42,862 --> 00:58:44,362 Get Chal and Meg and the others. 1145 00:58:44,364 --> 00:58:45,630 I don't want the whole newsroom 1146 00:58:45,632 --> 00:58:46,831 knowing about this yet. 1147 00:58:46,833 --> 00:58:48,132 I gotta go. 1148 00:58:48,134 --> 00:58:50,601 Didn't you just invite a bunch of people over? 1149 00:58:50,603 --> 00:58:51,802 Yeah. 1150 00:58:51,804 --> 00:58:54,038 Yeah, they'll show up sometime tomorrow. 1151 00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:55,172 When sometime tomorrow? 1152 00:58:55,174 --> 00:58:56,907 Is this a breakfast thing or a lunch thing? 1153 00:58:56,909 --> 00:58:59,043 - Don't know. - Do you need me to get things? 1154 00:58:59,045 --> 00:59:00,779 - Nah, we'll figure it all out. - Okay. 1155 00:59:00,781 --> 00:59:02,813 - Well, where are you going? - Out. 1156 00:59:02,815 --> 00:59:04,482 - You going to the newsroom? - No. 1157 00:59:04,484 --> 00:59:05,983 Love you, bear. 1158 00:59:07,186 --> 00:59:09,320 I got a cake. I hope it's okay? 1159 00:59:09,322 --> 00:59:12,259 Oh, sure, as long as nobody counts the candles. 1160 00:59:14,094 --> 00:59:16,761 Uh, sorry to barge in again. 1161 00:59:16,763 --> 00:59:18,996 Maybe I should give you a key. 1162 00:59:18,998 --> 00:59:21,766 Ah, not here to crash your party. 1163 00:59:21,768 --> 00:59:22,900 What's up? 1164 00:59:22,902 --> 00:59:25,003 Well, I could use a minute. 1165 00:59:32,110 --> 00:59:34,145 So, can I ask you a hypothetical question? 1166 00:59:34,147 --> 00:59:36,413 Oh, dear, I don't like hypothetical questions. 1167 00:59:36,415 --> 00:59:37,882 Well, I don't think you're gonna 1168 00:59:37,884 --> 00:59:39,419 like the real one either. 1169 00:59:42,556 --> 00:59:43,991 Do you have the papers? 1170 00:59:45,625 --> 00:59:46,994 Not yet. 1171 00:59:50,429 --> 00:59:54,065 Oh, gosh, because you know... 1172 00:59:54,067 --> 00:59:56,967 the position that would put me in. 1173 00:59:56,969 --> 00:59:58,436 You know, we have language 1174 00:59:58,438 --> 01:00:00,103 in the prospectus that we've... 1175 01:00:00,105 --> 01:00:02,574 Yeah, I know that the bankers can change their mind. 1176 01:00:02,576 --> 01:00:04,775 And I know what is at stake. 1177 01:00:04,777 --> 01:00:06,076 You know... 1178 01:00:06,078 --> 01:00:08,679 the only couple I knew that both Kennedy 1179 01:00:08,681 --> 01:00:10,282 and LBJ wanted to socialize with... 1180 01:00:10,284 --> 01:00:14,521 was you and your husband and you owned the damn paper. 1181 01:00:16,190 --> 01:00:18,088 Of course that's the way things worked. 1182 01:00:18,090 --> 01:00:20,358 Politicians and the press, they trusted each other... 1183 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:22,059 so they could go to the same dinner party 1184 01:00:22,061 --> 01:00:23,561 and drink cocktails and tell jokes... 1185 01:00:23,563 --> 01:00:25,596 while there was a war waging in Vietnam. 1186 01:00:25,598 --> 01:00:27,297 Ben, I don't know what we're talking about. 1187 01:00:27,299 --> 01:00:29,300 I'm not protecting Lyndon. 1188 01:00:29,302 --> 01:00:30,668 No, you got his former Secretary of Defense, 1189 01:00:30,670 --> 01:00:31,802 Robert McNamara... 1190 01:00:31,804 --> 01:00:33,971 the man who commissioned this study. 1191 01:00:33,973 --> 01:00:35,373 He's one of about a dozen party guests... 1192 01:00:35,375 --> 01:00:37,174 - out on your patio. - I'm not protecting him. 1193 01:00:37,176 --> 01:00:38,241 I'm not protecting any of them. 1194 01:00:38,243 --> 01:00:39,543 I'm protecting the paper. 1195 01:00:39,545 --> 01:00:43,246 Yeah? Well, I wasn't a stooge for Jack Kennedy. 1196 01:00:43,248 --> 01:00:44,882 The night he was assassinated 1197 01:00:44,884 --> 01:00:47,219 Tony and I were down at the Naval Hospital... 1198 01:00:47,221 --> 01:00:50,954 so we would be there to meet Jackie when she landed. 1199 01:00:50,956 --> 01:00:52,023 She was bringing Jack's body 1200 01:00:52,025 --> 01:00:53,824 back on the plane from Dallas... 1201 01:00:53,826 --> 01:00:56,194 and she walked into the room. 1202 01:00:56,196 --> 01:00:58,128 She was still wearing that pink suit 1203 01:00:58,130 --> 01:01:00,665 with Jack's blood all over it. 1204 01:01:00,667 --> 01:01:03,867 She fell into Tony's arms and they held each other... 1205 01:01:03,869 --> 01:01:06,072 for quite a long time. 1206 01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:10,373 And then Jackie looked at me and said... 1207 01:01:10,375 --> 01:01:13,043 "None of this, none of what you see, 1208 01:01:13,045 --> 01:01:14,311 "none of what I say... 1209 01:01:14,313 --> 01:01:18,882 "is ever going to be in your newspaper, Ben." 1210 01:01:18,884 --> 01:01:21,853 And that just about broke my heart. 1211 01:01:21,855 --> 01:01:24,020 I never... 1212 01:01:24,022 --> 01:01:25,790 I never thought of Jack as a source, 1213 01:01:25,792 --> 01:01:27,824 I thought of him as a friend. 1214 01:01:27,826 --> 01:01:30,194 And that was my mistake. 1215 01:01:30,196 --> 01:01:33,665 And it was something that Jack knew all along. 1216 01:01:33,667 --> 01:01:36,636 We can't be both. We have to choose. 1217 01:01:37,002 --> 01:01:38,603 And... 1218 01:01:38,605 --> 01:01:40,270 And that's the point. 1219 01:01:40,272 --> 01:01:42,306 The days of us all smoking cigars together 1220 01:01:42,308 --> 01:01:45,043 down on Pennsylvania Avenue are over. 1221 01:01:45,045 --> 01:01:49,249 Your friend McNamara's study proves that. 1222 01:01:50,049 --> 01:01:52,219 The way they lied. 1223 01:01:53,587 --> 01:01:55,753 The way they lied. 1224 01:01:55,755 --> 01:01:57,858 Those days have to be over. 1225 01:01:59,491 --> 01:02:02,592 We have to be the check on their power. 1226 01:02:02,594 --> 01:02:04,862 If we don't hold them accountable, 1227 01:02:04,864 --> 01:02:07,301 I mean, my God, who will? 1228 01:02:08,634 --> 01:02:10,402 Well, I've never smoked a cigar... 1229 01:02:10,404 --> 01:02:13,103 and I have no problem holding Lyndon or Jack... 1230 01:02:13,105 --> 01:02:15,473 or Bob or any of them accountable. 1231 01:02:15,475 --> 01:02:17,775 But we can't hold them accountable 1232 01:02:17,777 --> 01:02:19,679 if we don't have a newspaper. 1233 01:02:21,447 --> 01:02:24,014 When I get my hands on that study... 1234 01:02:24,016 --> 01:02:26,652 what are you going to do, Mrs. Graham? 1235 01:02:30,022 --> 01:02:32,056 Oh, uh... 1236 01:02:32,058 --> 01:02:33,625 Happy birthday, by the way. 1237 01:02:36,163 --> 01:02:38,529 Oh, that's not what I heard. 1238 01:02:38,531 --> 01:02:39,730 Am I right? 1239 01:02:45,371 --> 01:02:46,871 - Hi. Good morning. - Club soda. 1240 01:02:46,873 --> 01:02:48,542 - Enjoy your flight. - Yes, thank you. 1241 01:02:49,375 --> 01:02:51,476 Sir, I'm gonna need to put your seat 1242 01:02:51,478 --> 01:02:53,610 in the full upright position before takeoff. 1243 01:02:53,612 --> 01:02:54,647 Yeah. 1244 01:02:55,248 --> 01:02:57,415 Must be precious cargo. 1245 01:02:57,417 --> 01:03:00,585 Yeah. It's just government secrets. 1246 01:03:00,587 --> 01:03:04,324 Please fasten your seatbelt. Thank you. 1247 01:03:17,337 --> 01:03:20,404 - You know why we're here? - Beats me. 1248 01:03:20,406 --> 01:03:22,172 - Hi, Marina. - Hi. 1249 01:03:22,174 --> 01:03:24,409 - Do you want lemonade? - Little early for me. 1250 01:03:24,411 --> 01:03:26,076 Loosen up, I'm buying. 1251 01:03:26,078 --> 01:03:28,378 What kinda lemonade do you have there? 1252 01:03:28,380 --> 01:03:31,248 Uh... It's the one with the lemons in it. 1253 01:03:31,250 --> 01:03:32,451 Okay. 1254 01:03:33,719 --> 01:03:35,254 There you go. 1255 01:03:37,322 --> 01:03:39,525 Phil, help me out. 1256 01:03:41,226 --> 01:03:43,362 Grab my briefcase. 1257 01:03:45,130 --> 01:03:46,630 - Is that...? - Yep. 1258 01:03:59,379 --> 01:04:00,911 It's not the full report 1259 01:04:00,913 --> 01:04:03,350 but it's over 4,000 pages of it. 1260 01:04:06,219 --> 01:04:08,353 - Are these in order? - I don't think so. 1261 01:04:08,355 --> 01:04:09,654 There are no page numbers. 1262 01:04:09,656 --> 01:04:11,554 Yeah, that's where the top secret stamps were. 1263 01:04:11,556 --> 01:04:13,056 My source had to cut 'em off. 1264 01:04:13,058 --> 01:04:14,491 I was supposed to retire on Friday. 1265 01:04:14,493 --> 01:04:16,027 Ben, how we supposed to comb through 1266 01:04:16,029 --> 01:04:17,161 4,000 pages of material? 1267 01:04:17,163 --> 01:04:18,329 They're not even loosely organized? 1268 01:04:18,331 --> 01:04:19,596 The Times had three months. 1269 01:04:19,598 --> 01:04:20,797 There's no way we can possibly get this done. 1270 01:04:20,799 --> 01:04:22,565 He's right. We've got less than eight hours. 1271 01:04:22,567 --> 01:04:24,201 We could shoot for city. Then we'd have ten. 1272 01:04:24,203 --> 01:04:25,670 Hey, hey, hey. For the last six years 1273 01:04:25,672 --> 01:04:27,170 we've been playin' catch-up... 1274 01:04:27,172 --> 01:04:28,273 and now thanks to 1275 01:04:28,275 --> 01:04:29,674 the President of the United States... 1276 01:04:29,676 --> 01:04:31,308 who, by the way, is taking a shit 1277 01:04:31,310 --> 01:04:32,976 all over the First Amendment... 1278 01:04:32,978 --> 01:04:34,645 we have the goods. 1279 01:04:34,647 --> 01:04:36,746 And we don't have any competition. 1280 01:04:36,748 --> 01:04:38,782 There's dozens of stories in here. 1281 01:04:38,784 --> 01:04:41,753 The Times has barely scratched the surface. 1282 01:04:41,755 --> 01:04:44,925 We have ten hours 'til the deadline... 1283 01:04:45,324 --> 01:04:47,360 so we dig in. 1284 01:04:50,764 --> 01:04:53,030 I think this memo's from McNamara. 1285 01:04:53,032 --> 01:04:54,598 "It is my belief that there should be 1286 01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:56,433 "a three- or four-week pause in bombing." 1287 01:04:56,435 --> 01:04:58,570 Wait, wait, wait. I saw the other half of that memo. 1288 01:04:58,572 --> 01:05:01,938 Anyone have the back half of a cable from Dulles in '54? 1289 01:05:01,940 --> 01:05:03,842 I thought I saw one from July. 1290 01:05:03,844 --> 01:05:06,143 Yeah, here it is. "The reasons for this belief... 1291 01:05:06,145 --> 01:05:08,045 "are that we must lay a foundation 1292 01:05:08,047 --> 01:05:09,480 "in the mind of the American public." 1293 01:05:09,482 --> 01:05:11,451 That's it! That's it! 1294 01:05:12,784 --> 01:05:14,418 So Johnson wasn't trying to make peace. 1295 01:05:14,420 --> 01:05:15,719 He was just manipulating the public? 1296 01:05:15,721 --> 01:05:18,723 Eyes out for a suspension in bombing from when? 1297 01:05:18,725 --> 01:05:20,324 '65 to '68. 1298 01:05:20,326 --> 01:05:21,659 What about a memo 1299 01:05:21,661 --> 01:05:25,029 from Eisenhower's special committee on Indochina? 1300 01:05:25,031 --> 01:05:26,130 Uh, Meg read a part of one to me. 1301 01:05:26,132 --> 01:05:27,197 Meg? 1302 01:05:27,199 --> 01:05:28,431 Anybody see a mention 1303 01:05:28,433 --> 01:05:29,666 of the RAND Viet Cong study? 1304 01:05:29,668 --> 01:05:32,002 Yeah, I think this might be from your RAND study. 1305 01:05:32,004 --> 01:05:33,570 "VC are deeply committed. 1306 01:05:33,572 --> 01:05:35,605 "South Vietnam is a lost cause." 1307 01:05:35,607 --> 01:05:37,608 - Whoa! There you go. - Bingo. 1308 01:05:37,610 --> 01:05:39,110 - All right. - Meg, I need the... 1309 01:05:39,112 --> 01:05:40,244 Yeah, I put it on the shelf. 1310 01:05:40,246 --> 01:05:42,913 Couple of piles. We're getting somewhere. 1311 01:05:42,915 --> 01:05:45,715 All right, it's 1:30. Four o'clock story conference. 1312 01:05:45,717 --> 01:05:47,851 Can I interest anyone in some lemonade? 1313 01:05:47,853 --> 01:05:49,554 - Yes! - Does it have vodka in it? 1314 01:05:49,556 --> 01:05:51,054 I don't put vodka in my lemonade. 1315 01:05:51,056 --> 01:05:52,155 Go easy on the kid. 1316 01:05:52,157 --> 01:05:53,491 Why not? 1317 01:05:53,493 --> 01:05:54,824 - How much, sweetheart? - A quarter. 1318 01:05:54,826 --> 01:05:55,893 It's 50 cents. 1319 01:05:55,895 --> 01:05:57,997 - Inflation. - Price is going up. 1320 01:06:01,366 --> 01:06:02,967 Mr. Bradlee. 1321 01:06:02,969 --> 01:06:04,268 Roger Clark. 1322 01:06:04,270 --> 01:06:06,369 Oh, you're Roger Clark? 1323 01:06:06,371 --> 01:06:08,271 It's nice to meet you in person. 1324 01:06:08,273 --> 01:06:11,875 You are our senior legal counsel. 1325 01:06:11,877 --> 01:06:13,844 Yes, we've spoken on the phone. 1326 01:06:13,846 --> 01:06:15,545 My voice should sound familiar. 1327 01:06:15,547 --> 01:06:18,382 When did you finish law school? 1328 01:06:18,384 --> 01:06:20,784 - I graduated... - Rhetorical question. 1329 01:06:20,786 --> 01:06:22,920 You know, the guy we had before you 1330 01:06:22,922 --> 01:06:24,889 is now Secretary of State. 1331 01:06:24,891 --> 01:06:27,690 I did not know that. 1332 01:06:27,692 --> 01:06:29,627 A little joke, perhaps not the time. 1333 01:06:29,629 --> 01:06:31,228 What exactly can I help you with... 1334 01:06:31,230 --> 01:06:34,063 So, why would the CIA Director send a memo on war policy? 1335 01:06:34,065 --> 01:06:35,933 Because they weren't calling it a war yet. 1336 01:06:35,935 --> 01:06:37,969 Okay, I've got turkey with mustard. 1337 01:06:37,971 --> 01:06:39,237 Roast beef with horseradish. 1338 01:06:39,239 --> 01:06:41,771 - Howard, come look at this. - Chal, you've gotta see this. 1339 01:06:41,773 --> 01:06:44,074 It's a full analysis of McNamara's 1340 01:06:44,076 --> 01:06:45,143 changing view of the war. 1341 01:06:45,145 --> 01:06:46,543 Does it say anything about why he does? 1342 01:06:46,545 --> 01:06:48,279 So we knew they were gonna assassinate Diem. 1343 01:06:48,281 --> 01:06:49,779 Yeah, and we did nothing to stop it. 1344 01:06:49,781 --> 01:06:51,616 I think I got something on McNamara on the fireplace. 1345 01:06:51,618 --> 01:06:53,384 The other fireplace. 1346 01:06:54,754 --> 01:06:56,520 Murrey, where's the back half of this one? 1347 01:06:56,522 --> 01:06:58,090 What's the thing you just gave me? 1348 01:06:59,426 --> 01:07:01,092 Tell me these aren't the classified documents 1349 01:07:01,094 --> 01:07:02,525 from the McNamara study. 1350 01:07:02,527 --> 01:07:04,329 4,000 pages of 'em. 1351 01:07:04,331 --> 01:07:07,197 - Hungry? - I need to use a phone. 1352 01:07:07,199 --> 01:07:09,299 There's one in the other room. 1353 01:07:09,301 --> 01:07:10,534 - Two. - Is that it? 1354 01:07:10,536 --> 01:07:11,969 This is it. This is it. 1355 01:07:11,971 --> 01:07:13,436 Hmm? 1356 01:07:13,438 --> 01:07:15,271 This is the other half of it. 1357 01:07:26,485 --> 01:07:28,654 Oh, my God. 1358 01:07:56,281 --> 01:07:59,583 Hi. Thanks for letting me drop by. 1359 01:07:59,585 --> 01:08:01,918 - Marg still napping? - Yeah. 1360 01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:03,587 Do you mind if we talk in the sunroom? 1361 01:08:03,589 --> 01:08:05,023 Just so I can hear her if she wakes. 1362 01:08:05,025 --> 01:08:06,958 No, of course not. I can't stay long. 1363 01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:08,659 I've got a big event at the house later. 1364 01:08:08,661 --> 01:08:11,630 I guess you've read everything now. 1365 01:08:12,364 --> 01:08:14,331 Yes, I have. I have, yes. 1366 01:08:14,333 --> 01:08:16,502 And I went over it again this morning. 1367 01:08:16,902 --> 01:08:18,505 All of it. 1368 01:08:19,471 --> 01:08:21,073 And I just... 1369 01:08:22,641 --> 01:08:26,979 Forgive me, Bob, I know you're dealing with so much... 1370 01:08:28,648 --> 01:08:32,682 but it's just so hard to try to make sense of why. 1371 01:08:32,684 --> 01:08:35,319 Of how you could have done all these things. 1372 01:08:35,321 --> 01:08:37,254 How you could just lie to us all. 1373 01:08:37,256 --> 01:08:41,858 Well, it's easy for the papers to characterize us as liars. 1374 01:08:41,860 --> 01:08:44,094 We were just trying to push back... 1375 01:08:44,096 --> 01:08:46,330 No, but you let it go on and on and on. 1376 01:08:46,332 --> 01:08:49,232 My son is home now and safe, thank God. 1377 01:08:49,234 --> 01:08:50,968 But you watched him go. 1378 01:08:50,970 --> 01:08:52,335 You knew we couldn't win over there... 1379 01:08:52,337 --> 01:08:55,708 for years and years and years, and yet you let me... 1380 01:08:56,943 --> 01:09:00,076 you let so many of our friends send our boys off. 1381 01:09:00,078 --> 01:09:02,946 Kay, we were doing the best we could. 1382 01:09:02,948 --> 01:09:06,249 It was domino theory, containment... 1383 01:09:06,251 --> 01:09:07,785 and eventually we felt 1384 01:09:07,787 --> 01:09:09,719 that military pressure was the only thing... 1385 01:09:09,721 --> 01:09:11,688 that was gonna drive Ho Chi Minh to the table. 1386 01:09:11,690 --> 01:09:13,456 Our decision-making process was... 1387 01:09:13,458 --> 01:09:15,095 Flawed. 1388 01:09:19,832 --> 01:09:23,136 It was flawed. That's what your study said. 1389 01:09:24,938 --> 01:09:26,172 Yes. 1390 01:09:28,241 --> 01:09:33,279 I do believe that you were trying to do your best... 1391 01:09:34,247 --> 01:09:36,781 and I know how difficult it can be 1392 01:09:36,783 --> 01:09:39,049 to make choices that will... 1393 01:09:39,051 --> 01:09:41,684 That's kind of you. 1394 01:09:41,686 --> 01:09:45,324 Well, what comes next might not be so kind. 1395 01:09:47,393 --> 01:09:49,459 You have the papers. 1396 01:09:51,330 --> 01:09:52,795 Let's just say... 1397 01:09:52,797 --> 01:09:56,335 I may have a big decision to make. 1398 01:10:01,541 --> 01:10:03,206 They will argue it's a violation 1399 01:10:03,208 --> 01:10:04,307 of the Espionage Act. 1400 01:10:04,309 --> 01:10:05,541 That is a felony, Ben. 1401 01:10:05,543 --> 01:10:07,477 That's only if the documents we print 1402 01:10:07,479 --> 01:10:08,812 could damage the United States. 1403 01:10:08,814 --> 01:10:10,647 There's a federal judge in New York 1404 01:10:10,649 --> 01:10:11,815 who seems to think that they could. 1405 01:10:11,817 --> 01:10:13,116 Well, I've got six seasoned journalists 1406 01:10:13,118 --> 01:10:14,418 in the next room... 1407 01:10:14,420 --> 01:10:16,053 who've been reporting on this war for the last ten years... 1408 01:10:16,055 --> 01:10:18,188 and I'll lay odds that they have a better idea... 1409 01:10:18,190 --> 01:10:19,690 of what could damage the United States 1410 01:10:19,692 --> 01:10:20,825 than some judge... 1411 01:10:20,827 --> 01:10:22,092 who is just now wading 1412 01:10:22,094 --> 01:10:23,826 into this territory for the first time. 1413 01:10:23,828 --> 01:10:26,263 "Wading." Is that a metaphor for Vietnam? 1414 01:10:26,265 --> 01:10:29,232 Okay. Ben, look, we know your reporters are talented. 1415 01:10:29,234 --> 01:10:31,535 But The New York Times spent three months 1416 01:10:31,537 --> 01:10:33,570 going over these documents. 1417 01:10:33,572 --> 01:10:35,405 You've got, what, seven hours now 1418 01:10:35,407 --> 01:10:36,740 until the paper goes to press? 1419 01:10:36,742 --> 01:10:39,142 Can you honestly tell me that that is enough time... 1420 01:10:39,144 --> 01:10:43,214 to make sure not a single military plan, 1421 01:10:43,216 --> 01:10:44,347 not a single U.S. soldier... 1422 01:10:44,349 --> 01:10:47,250 not a single American life will be put in harm's way? 1423 01:10:47,252 --> 01:10:48,852 That this will do no damage 1424 01:10:48,854 --> 01:10:51,088 to the United States if you publish? 1425 01:10:51,090 --> 01:10:52,125 Yes. 1426 01:10:54,327 --> 01:10:55,860 You're sure about that? 1427 01:10:55,862 --> 01:10:56,826 No! 1428 01:10:56,828 --> 01:11:00,063 That's why I've called you guys. 1429 01:11:00,065 --> 01:11:02,599 Look, Kay, I know why The Times ran the story 1430 01:11:02,601 --> 01:11:04,201 but you need to understand... 1431 01:11:04,203 --> 01:11:05,669 the study was for posterity. 1432 01:11:05,671 --> 01:11:07,839 It was written for academics in the future... 1433 01:11:07,841 --> 01:11:09,639 and right now we're still in the middle of the war. 1434 01:11:09,641 --> 01:11:11,208 The papers can't be objective. 1435 01:11:11,210 --> 01:11:13,643 And I suppose the public has a right to know... 1436 01:11:13,645 --> 01:11:15,913 but I would prefer that the study 1437 01:11:15,915 --> 01:11:17,347 not be made widely available... 1438 01:11:17,349 --> 01:11:20,418 until it can be read with some perspective. You understand. 1439 01:11:20,420 --> 01:11:22,052 Mmm. 1440 01:11:24,890 --> 01:11:27,325 We've been through a lot, haven't we? 1441 01:11:27,327 --> 01:11:30,761 You and Marg were there for me... 1442 01:11:30,763 --> 01:11:32,963 at the lowest point of my life. 1443 01:11:32,965 --> 01:11:36,566 You helped me, you selected my entire board... 1444 01:11:36,568 --> 01:11:39,236 you're my most trusted advisor... 1445 01:11:39,238 --> 01:11:40,839 my dear friend. 1446 01:11:41,774 --> 01:11:45,241 But my feelings about that and about you... 1447 01:11:45,243 --> 01:11:48,946 can't be part of this decision to publish or not. 1448 01:11:48,948 --> 01:11:53,517 I'm here asking your advice, Bob... 1449 01:11:53,519 --> 01:11:56,253 not your permission. 1450 01:11:56,255 --> 01:11:59,222 Well, then as one of your most trusted advisors... 1451 01:11:59,224 --> 01:12:01,526 and someone who knows how much you care about this company... 1452 01:12:01,528 --> 01:12:02,659 I'm worried, Kay. 1453 01:12:02,661 --> 01:12:04,195 I worked in Washington for ten years, 1454 01:12:04,197 --> 01:12:05,663 I've seen these people up close. 1455 01:12:05,665 --> 01:12:07,964 Bobby and Lyndon, they were tough customers, 1456 01:12:07,966 --> 01:12:10,066 but Nixon is different. 1457 01:12:10,068 --> 01:12:12,303 He's got some real bad people around him. 1458 01:12:12,305 --> 01:12:14,539 And if you publish he'll get the very worst of them. 1459 01:12:14,541 --> 01:12:15,772 The Colsons and the Ehrlichmans 1460 01:12:15,774 --> 01:12:16,906 and he'll crush you. 1461 01:12:16,908 --> 01:12:18,275 I know he's just awful, but I... 1462 01:12:18,277 --> 01:12:21,145 Nixon's a son of a bitch! He hates you. 1463 01:12:21,147 --> 01:12:22,146 He hates Ben. 1464 01:12:22,148 --> 01:12:23,312 He's wanted to ruin the paper for years... 1465 01:12:23,314 --> 01:12:26,116 and you will not get a second chance, Kay. 1466 01:12:26,118 --> 01:12:28,017 The Richard Nixon I know will muster 1467 01:12:28,019 --> 01:12:29,687 the full power of the presidency... 1468 01:12:29,689 --> 01:12:31,688 and if there's a way to destroy your paper, 1469 01:12:31,690 --> 01:12:33,992 by God, he'll find it. 1470 01:12:36,461 --> 01:12:38,829 Publish information that harms national security. 1471 01:12:38,831 --> 01:12:40,062 I told you, there is nothing in there. 1472 01:12:40,064 --> 01:12:41,965 If there is, the paper will be prosecuted. 1473 01:12:41,967 --> 01:12:43,599 Isn't that why you're here? 1474 01:12:43,601 --> 01:12:45,035 Yes, Ben, but if we lose... 1475 01:12:45,037 --> 01:12:46,771 With what we pay you, you really shouldn't lose. 1476 01:12:46,773 --> 01:12:47,838 Ben, you need to listen to them. 1477 01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:48,972 Hey, Fritz. Good to see you. 1478 01:12:48,974 --> 01:12:50,039 This is about the future of the company 1479 01:12:50,041 --> 01:12:51,342 and ensuring there is one. 1480 01:12:51,344 --> 01:12:53,576 That's a little melodramatic, don't you think? 1481 01:12:53,578 --> 01:12:54,977 Melodramatic? You're talking about 1482 01:12:54,979 --> 01:12:58,081 exposing years of government secrets. 1483 01:12:58,083 --> 01:13:00,717 I can't imagine they're gonna take that lightly. 1484 01:13:00,719 --> 01:13:02,252 You could jeopardize the public offering. 1485 01:13:02,254 --> 01:13:04,388 You could jeopardize our television stations. 1486 01:13:04,390 --> 01:13:06,522 You know a felon can't hold a broadcast license. 1487 01:13:06,524 --> 01:13:08,558 You think I give two shits about the television stations? 1488 01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:09,625 You should. They make a hell of 1489 01:13:09,627 --> 01:13:10,895 a lot more money than you do... 1490 01:13:10,897 --> 01:13:13,196 and without that revenue we'll be forced to sell. 1491 01:13:13,198 --> 01:13:15,264 If the government wins and we're convicted... 1492 01:13:15,266 --> 01:13:18,134 The Washington Post as we know it will cease to exist. 1493 01:13:18,136 --> 01:13:19,837 If we live in a world where the government 1494 01:13:19,839 --> 01:13:21,605 can tell us what we can and cannot print... 1495 01:13:21,607 --> 01:13:22,807 then The Washington Post as we know it 1496 01:13:22,809 --> 01:13:25,110 has already ceased to exist. 1497 01:13:26,311 --> 01:13:28,014 What if we wait? 1498 01:13:28,881 --> 01:13:30,981 What if we hold off on printing today 1499 01:13:30,983 --> 01:13:33,383 and instead we call the Attorney General... 1500 01:13:33,385 --> 01:13:36,152 and we tell him that we intend to print on Sunday? 1501 01:13:36,154 --> 01:13:37,855 That way we give them and us time 1502 01:13:37,857 --> 01:13:40,090 to figure out the legality of all of it... 1503 01:13:40,092 --> 01:13:42,593 while the court in New York decides The Times' case. 1504 01:13:42,595 --> 01:13:45,062 You're suggesting we alert the Attorney General... 1505 01:13:45,064 --> 01:13:47,330 to the fact that we have these documents... 1506 01:13:47,332 --> 01:13:50,236 that we're going to print in a few days? 1507 01:13:53,805 --> 01:13:57,007 Well, yes, that is the idea. 1508 01:13:57,009 --> 01:13:58,608 Yeah, well... 1509 01:13:58,610 --> 01:14:00,076 outside of landing the Hindenburg 1510 01:14:00,078 --> 01:14:01,445 in a lightning storm... 1511 01:14:01,447 --> 01:14:03,746 that's about the shittiest idea I've ever heard. 1512 01:14:03,748 --> 01:14:05,117 Oh, boy. 1513 01:14:12,724 --> 01:14:14,724 Oh, here's the man of the hour. 1514 01:14:14,726 --> 01:14:16,459 Kay. 1515 01:14:16,461 --> 01:14:17,695 For you. 1516 01:14:17,697 --> 01:14:18,795 I'm found. 1517 01:14:18,797 --> 01:14:20,097 Thank you, Kay. 1518 01:14:20,099 --> 01:14:21,263 You didn't have to go through all this trouble. 1519 01:14:21,265 --> 01:14:22,598 No, we had to turn them away at the door. 1520 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:23,733 Didn't we, dear? 1521 01:14:23,735 --> 01:14:24,867 - Thanks. - Oh. 1522 01:14:24,869 --> 01:14:27,036 - Gene. - Mrs. Graham. 1523 01:14:27,038 --> 01:14:29,272 So, everything okay? 1524 01:14:29,274 --> 01:14:32,541 Uh, it's gotten pretty hot over at Ben's house. 1525 01:14:32,543 --> 01:14:34,945 Oh, things are not going well? 1526 01:14:34,947 --> 01:14:38,816 No. Ben and Mr. Beebe are at real loggerheads. 1527 01:14:38,818 --> 01:14:40,883 Fritz and Ben on opposite sides? 1528 01:14:40,885 --> 01:14:41,985 I made a commitment to publish these papers. 1529 01:14:41,987 --> 01:14:43,286 Excuse me. Pardon me. 1530 01:14:43,288 --> 01:14:45,022 The whole staff will revolt, if we don't publish. 1531 01:14:45,024 --> 01:14:47,557 Meg, I hardly think people are gonna resign. 1532 01:14:47,559 --> 01:14:48,691 Enjoying the fight? 1533 01:14:48,693 --> 01:14:50,093 Yeah, who's winning? 1534 01:14:50,095 --> 01:14:52,195 - Nixon. - I didn't see him come in. 1535 01:14:52,197 --> 01:14:55,134 Really? He's got his hand so far up Fritz's ass. 1536 01:14:56,501 --> 01:14:57,903 Where is Fritz? 1537 01:15:00,005 --> 01:15:02,672 That is not at all what I'm saying. No. 1538 01:15:02,674 --> 01:15:04,540 Not in so many words, but you're a bunch of lawyers. 1539 01:15:04,542 --> 01:15:05,409 Will you cut through the shit! 1540 01:15:05,411 --> 01:15:06,776 Is the profanity necessary? 1541 01:15:06,778 --> 01:15:07,878 If we're not gonna publish, 1542 01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:09,847 why are we busting our rear ends, Ben? 1543 01:15:09,849 --> 01:15:11,615 Just keep writing. 1544 01:15:12,917 --> 01:15:15,285 Can you stop playing Chopsticks? 1545 01:15:15,287 --> 01:15:17,657 We're not gonna get it wrong! 1546 01:15:20,193 --> 01:15:22,061 What's up there, Fritz? 1547 01:15:22,595 --> 01:15:24,928 Calling Kay. 1548 01:15:24,930 --> 01:15:27,998 I'm sorry, Ben. I know you want this. 1549 01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:30,601 There will be another one. 1550 01:15:30,603 --> 01:15:32,968 Like hell there will be. 1551 01:15:32,970 --> 01:15:34,804 Given the sensitive circumstances... 1552 01:15:34,806 --> 01:15:36,406 Sensitive circumstances? Really? 1553 01:15:36,408 --> 01:15:38,075 How would you describe it? 1554 01:15:38,077 --> 01:15:41,044 Uh, well, we're trying to make a story. 1555 01:15:41,046 --> 01:15:43,580 Hello. Hello, I'm making a telephone call. 1556 01:15:43,582 --> 01:15:45,382 Yeah, well, it's my house. 1557 01:15:45,384 --> 01:15:48,084 - So I'll be on the call. - All right, Ben. 1558 01:15:48,086 --> 01:15:52,722 I just want to thank you all for coming out this evening... 1559 01:15:52,724 --> 01:15:55,659 to help me launch Harry Gladstein... 1560 01:15:55,661 --> 01:15:57,828 and his new sailboat... 1561 01:15:57,830 --> 01:16:00,265 into the Chesapeake Bay. 1562 01:16:01,867 --> 01:16:05,436 And into his very well earned retirement. 1563 01:16:05,438 --> 01:16:07,538 Let me just tell you a little bit about 1564 01:16:07,540 --> 01:16:09,940 why I'm so wild about Harry. 1565 01:16:09,942 --> 01:16:12,942 Mrs. Graham. It's Mr. Beebe on the phone. 1566 01:16:12,944 --> 01:16:16,013 In 1949, wasn't it? 1567 01:16:16,015 --> 01:16:19,682 Uh, Phil Graham first brought Harry to the company. 1568 01:16:19,684 --> 01:16:22,652 - I'm afraid they need you now. - And I remember, he told me... 1569 01:16:22,654 --> 01:16:23,954 Mrs. Graham. 1570 01:16:23,956 --> 01:16:25,558 They need you now. 1571 01:16:27,893 --> 01:16:31,195 Oh, dear. I'm so sorry. 1572 01:16:31,197 --> 01:16:33,129 - Forgive me, Harry. - Yeah. 1573 01:16:33,131 --> 01:16:35,097 I think I'll have to suspend. 1574 01:16:35,099 --> 01:16:37,433 Well, you're paying the overtime. 1575 01:16:37,435 --> 01:16:39,803 I'll be right back. 1576 01:16:39,805 --> 01:16:41,541 I'm so sorry, Mrs. Graham. 1577 01:16:41,907 --> 01:16:43,374 Yeah. 1578 01:16:43,376 --> 01:16:44,642 We should wait. 1579 01:16:44,644 --> 01:16:48,381 Yeah, I understand, Ben, but if you wait a day... 1580 01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:52,215 - Fritz on the phone for me? - We should be on this call. 1581 01:16:52,217 --> 01:16:54,550 Well, there's an extension in the living room. 1582 01:16:54,552 --> 01:16:57,622 Liz, show them where, please? Thank you. 1583 01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:09,031 Hello, Fritz? 1584 01:17:09,033 --> 01:17:11,434 Hello, Kay. Would you like me to catch you up? 1585 01:17:11,436 --> 01:17:12,770 I say we can, he says we can't. 1586 01:17:12,772 --> 01:17:13,904 There, you're caught up. 1587 01:17:13,906 --> 01:17:15,539 - Ben... - Hello, it's Art. 1588 01:17:15,541 --> 01:17:18,275 Well, Ben, there are concerns here 1589 01:17:18,277 --> 01:17:20,309 that are frankly above your pay grade. 1590 01:17:20,311 --> 01:17:22,045 Well, there's a few above yours, Art, 1591 01:17:22,047 --> 01:17:23,414 like fucking freedom of the press. 1592 01:17:23,416 --> 01:17:25,316 Let's just be civil if we can. 1593 01:17:25,318 --> 01:17:27,349 Do you think Nixon is going to be civil? 1594 01:17:27,351 --> 01:17:30,087 He is trying to censor the goddamn New York Times. 1595 01:17:30,089 --> 01:17:31,821 Yes, The Times, not The Post. 1596 01:17:31,823 --> 01:17:33,456 It's the same damn thing. 1597 01:17:33,458 --> 01:17:37,427 This is an historic fight. If they lose, we lose. 1598 01:17:37,429 --> 01:17:39,295 Hello? Is someone on the phone? 1599 01:17:39,297 --> 01:17:40,731 This is Phil. 1600 01:17:40,733 --> 01:17:42,365 Is that Phil Geyelin? 1601 01:17:42,367 --> 01:17:44,602 Uh, yes, Mrs. Graham. 1602 01:17:44,604 --> 01:17:47,170 Good. I'd like you to weigh in if you would... 1603 01:17:47,172 --> 01:17:48,370 because I wanna know 1604 01:17:48,372 --> 01:17:50,507 what the staff is feeling about this. 1605 01:17:50,509 --> 01:17:53,276 Uh, well, frankly Mrs. Graham... 1606 01:17:53,278 --> 01:17:55,279 Ben Bagdikian and Chal Roberts 1607 01:17:55,281 --> 01:17:58,013 have, uh, both threatened to resign... 1608 01:17:58,015 --> 01:18:00,183 if we don't publish, that is. 1609 01:18:00,185 --> 01:18:01,651 Come on, Kay, what do you expect? 1610 01:18:01,653 --> 01:18:02,518 They got nothing to lose. 1611 01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:04,120 Due respect, we all have everything 1612 01:18:04,122 --> 01:18:05,522 to lose if we don't publish. 1613 01:18:05,524 --> 01:18:08,392 What will happen to the reputation of this paper? 1614 01:18:08,394 --> 01:18:10,593 Everyone will find out we had the study. 1615 01:18:10,595 --> 01:18:12,629 Hell, I bet half the town knows already. 1616 01:18:12,631 --> 01:18:14,798 What will it look like if we sit on our asses? 1617 01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:16,400 It'll look like we were prudent. 1618 01:18:16,402 --> 01:18:18,134 It will look like we were afraid! 1619 01:18:18,136 --> 01:18:21,271 We will lose! The country will lose! Nixon wins! 1620 01:18:21,273 --> 01:18:23,139 Nixon wins this one, and the next one... 1621 01:18:23,141 --> 01:18:25,107 and all the ones after that, because we were scared. 1622 01:18:25,109 --> 01:18:26,375 Because the only way to assert 1623 01:18:26,377 --> 01:18:28,648 the right to publish is to publish. 1624 01:18:33,452 --> 01:18:34,651 Fritz. 1625 01:18:34,653 --> 01:18:36,855 Is Fritz there? 1626 01:18:38,689 --> 01:18:41,090 Fritz, are you on? 1627 01:18:41,092 --> 01:18:43,095 I'm here, Kay. 1628 01:18:45,864 --> 01:18:48,100 What do you think? 1629 01:18:49,367 --> 01:18:52,538 What do you think I should do? 1630 01:18:54,540 --> 01:18:56,507 I think... 1631 01:18:56,509 --> 01:18:59,442 there are arguments on both sides. 1632 01:18:59,444 --> 01:19:00,446 Yeah. 1633 01:19:02,948 --> 01:19:05,151 But I guess I wouldn't publish. 1634 01:19:28,140 --> 01:19:30,540 Let's go. Let's do it. 1635 01:19:30,542 --> 01:19:34,779 Let's go. Let's go, let's go. Let's publish. 1636 01:19:38,884 --> 01:19:40,616 - What? - Phil? 1637 01:19:40,618 --> 01:19:42,287 What'd she say? 1638 01:19:42,955 --> 01:19:44,524 We go. 1639 01:19:46,224 --> 01:19:48,291 She says, we publish. 1640 01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:50,427 - Hot damn. - My God. 1641 01:19:50,429 --> 01:19:52,228 - Holy shit. - Let's get this out. 1642 01:19:52,230 --> 01:19:54,197 Holy shit. 1643 01:19:54,199 --> 01:19:55,465 - I need that, Meg. - Sorry. 1644 01:19:55,467 --> 01:19:56,733 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your horses. 1645 01:19:56,735 --> 01:19:57,968 - I need the notes! - Sorry. 1646 01:19:57,970 --> 01:19:59,335 - How many pages is it? - 13. 1647 01:19:59,337 --> 01:20:00,971 We got two hours to get it to the composing room. 1648 01:20:00,973 --> 01:20:03,139 I got it! Almost! Wait one moment. I'm typing. 1649 01:20:03,141 --> 01:20:04,609 All right. 1650 01:20:05,577 --> 01:20:06,910 - Wait, wait, wait. - Who's taking it? 1651 01:20:06,912 --> 01:20:08,078 I got it. 1652 01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:09,245 Call National desk. 1653 01:20:09,247 --> 01:20:10,880 Tell them Bagdikian is coming with the story. 1654 01:20:10,882 --> 01:20:12,214 Done! 1655 01:20:12,216 --> 01:20:13,983 All right. Get it in the paper. 1656 01:20:13,985 --> 01:20:15,486 Editorial meeting. 1657 01:20:15,488 --> 01:20:18,053 - Ben? - Yeah? Thanks. 1658 01:20:18,055 --> 01:20:20,324 Good job, Murrey. 1659 01:20:26,832 --> 01:20:29,098 - That it? - That's it. 1660 01:20:39,244 --> 01:20:41,680 You... You got half an hour. 1661 01:20:52,625 --> 01:20:55,124 I'm not sure how much thought 1662 01:20:55,126 --> 01:20:56,825 you've put into this decision... 1663 01:20:56,827 --> 01:20:57,761 but we still have time. 1664 01:20:57,763 --> 01:20:59,596 The print deadline is not 'til midnight. 1665 01:20:59,598 --> 01:21:01,731 I know when the print deadline is. 1666 01:21:01,733 --> 01:21:03,700 Look, I'm still learning how to do this, 1667 01:21:03,702 --> 01:21:05,302 but everything I know about business... 1668 01:21:05,304 --> 01:21:07,803 tells me you're making a serious mistake here. 1669 01:21:07,805 --> 01:21:09,672 One that will cost you and your paper dearly, 1670 01:21:09,674 --> 01:21:11,674 and hurt every person gathered here. 1671 01:21:11,676 --> 01:21:14,444 Not to mention, the hundreds of others who work for you. 1672 01:21:14,446 --> 01:21:16,446 I'm just trying to put my thoughts together. 1673 01:21:16,448 --> 01:21:19,014 Kay, all I want is what is best 1674 01:21:19,016 --> 01:21:20,950 for you and your business. 1675 01:21:20,952 --> 01:21:23,852 But I just got off the phone with a couple of bankers... 1676 01:21:23,854 --> 01:21:26,990 and they think it's possible, likely even... 1677 01:21:26,992 --> 01:21:29,625 that a number of their institutional investors... 1678 01:21:29,627 --> 01:21:31,727 will pull out if you go ahead and publish. 1679 01:21:31,729 --> 01:21:35,267 And if they pull out, Kay... 1680 01:21:36,201 --> 01:21:38,604 You got a couple of hours. 1681 01:21:39,037 --> 01:21:40,270 For your sake, 1682 01:21:40,272 --> 01:21:42,438 and for the sake of every one of your employees... 1683 01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:44,376 I hope you will reconsider. 1684 01:21:51,783 --> 01:21:53,518 Give me the canister. 1685 01:21:59,091 --> 01:22:00,257 Get it downstairs... 1686 01:22:00,259 --> 01:22:02,125 and I want the page editor standing over Lino 1687 01:22:02,127 --> 01:22:03,660 'til they got it ready to print. 1688 01:22:03,662 --> 01:22:04,664 Okay. 1689 01:22:08,233 --> 01:22:09,968 Mr. Bagdikian. 1690 01:22:15,241 --> 01:22:17,706 I need to know your source. 1691 01:22:17,708 --> 01:22:20,442 I thought I was clear earlier. 1692 01:22:20,444 --> 01:22:22,779 Well, we weren't going to press earlier. 1693 01:22:22,781 --> 01:22:25,548 Yeah, well, my answer's the same. 1694 01:22:25,550 --> 01:22:27,584 "This action has been commenced to enjoin 1695 01:22:27,586 --> 01:22:29,419 "The New York Times and their agents... 1696 01:22:29,421 --> 01:22:31,221 "from further disseminating or disclosing 1697 01:22:31,223 --> 01:22:32,621 "certain alleged top secret documents." 1698 01:22:32,623 --> 01:22:34,691 Are you trying to piss me off? 1699 01:22:34,693 --> 01:22:36,526 No. Not me. Judge Gurfein. 1700 01:22:36,528 --> 01:22:38,460 If you look at the text of his restraining order... 1701 01:22:38,462 --> 01:22:40,563 I read his restraining order. 1702 01:22:40,565 --> 01:22:42,566 So then you know that if The Times was your source... 1703 01:22:42,568 --> 01:22:44,233 we would be in direct violation... 1704 01:22:44,235 --> 01:22:47,170 I did not get the study from The Times. 1705 01:22:47,172 --> 01:22:48,373 You're sure? 1706 01:22:49,207 --> 01:22:50,776 We done? 1707 01:22:54,278 --> 01:22:56,748 Did you get it from their source? 1708 01:23:03,689 --> 01:23:05,124 Excuse me? 1709 01:23:08,025 --> 01:23:10,125 Did you get the study 1710 01:23:10,127 --> 01:23:12,797 from the same source as The Times? 1711 01:23:15,134 --> 01:23:18,601 We do not reveal our sources. 1712 01:23:18,603 --> 01:23:20,637 "This action has been commenced to enjoin 1713 01:23:20,639 --> 01:23:22,504 "The New York Times and its agents..." 1714 01:23:22,506 --> 01:23:24,109 I get it! I get it! 1715 01:23:27,645 --> 01:23:30,013 If you got the study from the same source 1716 01:23:30,015 --> 01:23:31,748 that would amount to collusion. 1717 01:23:31,750 --> 01:23:34,854 Yeah, we could all be executed at dawn. 1718 01:23:35,854 --> 01:23:38,989 And we could be held in contempt of court... 1719 01:23:38,991 --> 01:23:42,728 which means Mr. Bradlee and Mrs. Graham could go to jail. 1720 01:23:46,431 --> 01:23:48,466 Mr. Bagdikian... 1721 01:23:49,467 --> 01:23:52,936 how likely is it that your source... 1722 01:23:52,938 --> 01:23:55,841 and The Times source are the same person? 1723 01:23:57,442 --> 01:23:59,444 It's likely. 1724 01:24:00,946 --> 01:24:02,614 How likely? 1725 01:24:04,882 --> 01:24:06,682 Very. 1726 01:24:06,684 --> 01:24:08,754 - It's very likely. - Yes. 1727 01:24:19,898 --> 01:24:22,065 What is all this? 1728 01:24:22,067 --> 01:24:24,867 Lemonade earnings. 1729 01:24:24,869 --> 01:24:28,103 Marina wanted me to put it away for safekeeping. 1730 01:24:28,105 --> 01:24:29,442 Oh, wow. 1731 01:24:34,144 --> 01:24:35,980 We're publishing. 1732 01:24:39,684 --> 01:24:40,819 Wow. 1733 01:24:43,388 --> 01:24:45,824 I didn't think Kay'd do it. 1734 01:24:48,460 --> 01:24:50,927 That's brave. 1735 01:24:50,929 --> 01:24:53,897 Well, she's not the only one who's brave. 1736 01:24:53,899 --> 01:24:55,164 Oh. 1737 01:24:55,166 --> 01:24:57,299 What have you got to lose? 1738 01:24:57,301 --> 01:24:59,035 Uh, my job. 1739 01:24:59,037 --> 01:25:00,437 My reputation. 1740 01:25:00,439 --> 01:25:02,141 Oh, Ben, please. 1741 01:25:03,308 --> 01:25:05,441 We both know this will do nothing 1742 01:25:05,443 --> 01:25:08,445 but burnish your reputation. 1743 01:25:08,447 --> 01:25:10,313 And as for your job... 1744 01:25:10,315 --> 01:25:12,585 you can always find another one. 1745 01:25:13,618 --> 01:25:16,852 Now, if you're trying to make me feel better... 1746 01:25:16,854 --> 01:25:19,791 there's nicer ways of doing it. 1747 01:25:21,225 --> 01:25:23,228 You're very brave. 1748 01:25:25,197 --> 01:25:27,830 But Kay... 1749 01:25:27,832 --> 01:25:32,369 Kay is in a position she never thought she'd be in. 1750 01:25:32,371 --> 01:25:34,337 A position I'm sure plenty of people 1751 01:25:34,339 --> 01:25:37,106 don't think she should have. 1752 01:25:37,108 --> 01:25:39,409 And when you're told time and time again 1753 01:25:39,411 --> 01:25:41,477 that you're not good enough. 1754 01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:44,947 That your opinion doesn't matter as much. 1755 01:25:44,949 --> 01:25:48,651 When they don't just look past you. 1756 01:25:48,653 --> 01:25:52,589 When, to them, you're not even there. 1757 01:25:52,591 --> 01:25:54,757 When that's been your reality for so long... 1758 01:25:54,759 --> 01:25:57,796 it's hard not to let yourself think it's true. 1759 01:25:58,764 --> 01:26:01,998 So, to make this decision... 1760 01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,733 to risk her fortune and the company 1761 01:26:04,735 --> 01:26:07,206 that's been her entire life... 1762 01:26:08,540 --> 01:26:10,775 well, I think that's brave. 1763 01:26:17,149 --> 01:26:18,014 Bradlee. 1764 01:26:18,016 --> 01:26:20,685 Ben, we got a problem. 1765 01:26:31,229 --> 01:26:33,098 You remember this? 1766 01:26:34,966 --> 01:26:37,034 - The day before the funeral. - Yeah. 1767 01:26:37,036 --> 01:26:38,237 Wasn't it? 1768 01:26:39,004 --> 01:26:40,171 Yeah. 1769 01:26:41,707 --> 01:26:42,839 I didn't... 1770 01:26:42,841 --> 01:26:45,508 I didn't wanna do it... 1771 01:26:45,510 --> 01:26:48,011 but Fritz said I should go in... 1772 01:26:48,013 --> 01:26:50,716 and say a few words to the Board. 1773 01:26:52,951 --> 01:26:55,951 So, I tried to rehearse something... 1774 01:26:55,953 --> 01:26:58,321 but it all turned out so awful, 1775 01:26:58,323 --> 01:26:59,556 and before I knew it... 1776 01:26:59,558 --> 01:27:01,223 the car was there ready to take me 1777 01:27:01,225 --> 01:27:02,795 and then you came out. 1778 01:27:03,528 --> 01:27:05,261 I remember. 1779 01:27:05,263 --> 01:27:06,529 You came out in 1780 01:27:06,531 --> 01:27:08,964 your little nightgown and your robe. 1781 01:27:08,966 --> 01:27:11,467 And you hopped in the car with me. 1782 01:27:11,469 --> 01:27:14,070 Gave me this. 1783 01:27:14,072 --> 01:27:18,874 Somehow you managed to scribble these notes for me. 1784 01:27:18,876 --> 01:27:22,145 So I'd know what to say. 1785 01:27:22,147 --> 01:27:25,115 But I don't have my glasses up here. 1786 01:27:25,117 --> 01:27:27,749 - So, just read it for me. - Mummy... 1787 01:27:27,751 --> 01:27:29,988 Oh, come on, just... Would you read it to me? 1788 01:27:34,792 --> 01:27:37,526 "One, thank them. 1789 01:27:37,528 --> 01:27:40,562 "Two, there has been a crisis, 1790 01:27:40,564 --> 01:27:42,499 "but you know they will carry on. 1791 01:27:42,501 --> 01:27:45,838 "Three, never expected to be in this... 1792 01:27:47,072 --> 01:27:49,237 "situation. 1793 01:27:49,239 --> 01:27:54,578 "Four, going off to clear mind and think about the future. 1794 01:27:54,580 --> 01:27:57,147 "Five, no changes at this time, 1795 01:27:57,149 --> 01:27:59,749 "paper will remain in the family. 1796 01:27:59,751 --> 01:28:03,018 "And six, and be carried on in the tradition... 1797 01:28:03,020 --> 01:28:05,522 - "so well set." - So well set. 1798 01:28:06,891 --> 01:28:10,625 You know, I just wanted to hold on to the company... 1799 01:28:10,627 --> 01:28:13,228 for you and Don and Billy and Steve. 1800 01:28:13,230 --> 01:28:15,130 You did. You have. 1801 01:28:15,132 --> 01:28:16,702 Well... 1802 01:28:18,836 --> 01:28:20,973 You know that quote? 1803 01:28:22,608 --> 01:28:24,039 That quote... 1804 01:28:24,041 --> 01:28:29,512 "A woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs. 1805 01:28:29,514 --> 01:28:31,112 "It's not done well... 1806 01:28:31,114 --> 01:28:35,787 "and you're surprised to see it's done at all." 1807 01:28:36,587 --> 01:28:37,919 Samuel Johnson. 1808 01:28:37,921 --> 01:28:39,589 - Oh, Mummy. - Yeah. 1809 01:28:39,591 --> 01:28:41,124 Well, it's a bunch of nonsense. 1810 01:28:41,126 --> 01:28:44,363 No, but that's the way we all thought then... 1811 01:28:45,129 --> 01:28:46,763 you know? 1812 01:28:46,765 --> 01:28:50,402 I was never supposed to be in this job. 1813 01:28:52,069 --> 01:28:56,472 When my father chose your dad to run the company... 1814 01:28:56,474 --> 01:28:59,174 I thought it was the most natural thing in the world. 1815 01:28:59,176 --> 01:29:01,677 I was so proud, because you know... 1816 01:29:01,679 --> 01:29:05,717 Phil was so brilliant. And he was... 1817 01:29:09,086 --> 01:29:11,920 so gifted... 1818 01:29:11,922 --> 01:29:14,857 But I thought that was the way it was supposed to be. 1819 01:29:14,859 --> 01:29:17,962 Everybody thought that way then. 1820 01:29:18,863 --> 01:29:21,467 And I was raising you kids... 1821 01:29:23,635 --> 01:29:27,803 and I was happy in my life. 1822 01:29:27,805 --> 01:29:30,108 The way it was. 1823 01:29:32,344 --> 01:29:36,081 But then when it all fell apart, you know... 1824 01:29:39,951 --> 01:29:42,852 When Phil died, it was just... 1825 01:29:42,854 --> 01:29:46,222 I was 45 years old and I had never held... 1826 01:29:46,224 --> 01:29:50,028 I'd never had to hold a job in my life. 1827 01:29:51,996 --> 01:29:55,365 But I just, I loved the paper, you know... 1828 01:29:55,367 --> 01:29:56,869 I do. 1829 01:29:57,635 --> 01:29:59,035 I do so love the paper. 1830 01:29:59,037 --> 01:30:01,169 I don't want it to be my fault. 1831 01:30:01,171 --> 01:30:02,540 I don't want to be the one who... 1832 01:30:03,809 --> 01:30:08,011 I don't wanna let Phil and my father... 1833 01:30:08,013 --> 01:30:11,416 and all of you kids and everybody down. 1834 01:30:12,817 --> 01:30:14,453 Mrs. Graham? 1835 01:30:23,127 --> 01:30:25,397 - You ran here? - Yeah. 1836 01:30:27,098 --> 01:30:29,464 There's been a bit of a... 1837 01:30:29,466 --> 01:30:31,068 complication. 1838 01:30:32,170 --> 01:30:33,770 I didn't understand at first, 1839 01:30:33,772 --> 01:30:35,371 but now everything is in a different light. 1840 01:30:35,373 --> 01:30:39,342 Our source might be the same as The New York Times. 1841 01:30:39,344 --> 01:30:40,345 Okay. 1842 01:30:41,179 --> 01:30:44,112 If so, we could be held in contempt. 1843 01:30:44,114 --> 01:30:45,882 Meaning? 1844 01:30:45,884 --> 01:30:48,287 Well, we could all go to prison. 1845 01:30:51,022 --> 01:30:53,091 Now putting that aside... 1846 01:30:54,192 --> 01:30:57,229 Katharine, I've come to realize... 1847 01:30:58,596 --> 01:31:01,567 just how much you have at stake. 1848 01:31:29,860 --> 01:31:31,460 - Paul. - Glad you're here. 1849 01:31:31,462 --> 01:31:32,762 Fritz is sitting with Mrs. Graham now. 1850 01:31:32,764 --> 01:31:33,830 And Ben is here. 1851 01:31:33,832 --> 01:31:35,868 Yes, I figured he would be. 1852 01:31:59,291 --> 01:32:00,656 Jesus Christ. 1853 01:32:00,658 --> 01:32:01,891 Mr. Bradlee, if you knew 1854 01:32:01,893 --> 01:32:03,025 Mr. Bagdikian received the study... 1855 01:32:03,027 --> 01:32:04,326 from the same source as The Times... 1856 01:32:04,328 --> 01:32:06,195 I didn't know because I'm not in the habit... 1857 01:32:06,197 --> 01:32:07,830 of asking my reporters who their sources are... 1858 01:32:07,832 --> 01:32:09,065 and if you'd spent any time 1859 01:32:09,067 --> 01:32:10,298 at a real goddamn newspaper you'd know why. 1860 01:32:10,300 --> 01:32:12,103 You understand he's trying to help you, Ben? 1861 01:32:12,738 --> 01:32:14,606 Mrs. Graham, hi. 1862 01:32:15,306 --> 01:32:16,406 We can all... 1863 01:32:16,408 --> 01:32:19,107 We can all appreciate why Ben wants to publish... 1864 01:32:19,109 --> 01:32:20,910 and if these papers had come from someone else... 1865 01:32:20,912 --> 01:32:23,248 we might have been able to skirt the issue. 1866 01:32:24,349 --> 01:32:25,914 Anything from the folks upstairs? 1867 01:32:25,916 --> 01:32:27,048 No. 1868 01:32:27,050 --> 01:32:28,450 We gotta start the run 1869 01:32:28,452 --> 01:32:31,422 or we won't get to the carriers on time. 1870 01:32:34,824 --> 01:32:36,392 I disagreed with you earlier, 1871 01:32:36,394 --> 01:32:38,227 but I thought it brave. But this? 1872 01:32:38,229 --> 01:32:39,829 If we were to publish knowing this, 1873 01:32:39,831 --> 01:32:41,629 it would just be irresponsible. 1874 01:32:41,631 --> 01:32:44,365 Fritz, do you agree? 1875 01:32:44,367 --> 01:32:46,803 Well, I don't particularly like the idea 1876 01:32:46,805 --> 01:32:49,539 of Kay as a convicted felon. 1877 01:32:49,541 --> 01:32:51,339 And then there's the issue of the prospectus. 1878 01:32:51,341 --> 01:32:52,775 Based on the conversations I've had 1879 01:32:52,777 --> 01:32:54,009 with my friends at Cravath... 1880 01:32:54,011 --> 01:32:55,445 I believe a criminal indictment 1881 01:32:55,447 --> 01:32:58,013 would qualify as a catastrophic event. 1882 01:32:58,015 --> 01:33:01,219 And given the likelihood of indictment now... 1883 01:33:02,787 --> 01:33:03,919 Kay, it could... 1884 01:33:03,921 --> 01:33:06,458 Yes, I understand. 1885 01:33:07,893 --> 01:33:11,160 We have a responsibility to the company... 1886 01:33:11,162 --> 01:33:12,361 to all the employees 1887 01:33:12,363 --> 01:33:14,699 and to the long-term health of the paper. 1888 01:33:15,500 --> 01:33:17,135 Absolutely, Kay. 1889 01:33:20,171 --> 01:33:23,208 Yes. However, um... 1890 01:33:31,082 --> 01:33:33,482 The prospectus also talks about... 1891 01:33:33,484 --> 01:33:36,553 the mission of the paper, which is... 1892 01:33:36,555 --> 01:33:38,187 "outstanding news collection 1893 01:33:38,189 --> 01:33:40,190 "and reporting," isn't that right? 1894 01:33:40,192 --> 01:33:41,257 Yes. 1895 01:33:41,259 --> 01:33:42,157 And... 1896 01:33:42,159 --> 01:33:44,759 And it also says... 1897 01:33:44,761 --> 01:33:45,962 that the newspaper will 1898 01:33:45,964 --> 01:33:48,197 "be dedicated to the welfare of the nation... 1899 01:33:48,199 --> 01:33:51,066 "and to the, uh, principles of a free press..." 1900 01:33:51,068 --> 01:33:52,468 Yes, but... 1901 01:33:52,470 --> 01:33:57,071 So, one could argue that the bankers were put on notice. 1902 01:33:57,073 --> 01:33:59,508 But Kay, these are extraordinary circumstances. 1903 01:33:59,510 --> 01:34:02,512 Are they? Are they? For a newspaper? 1904 01:34:02,514 --> 01:34:05,147 One that covers the Nixon White House. 1905 01:34:05,149 --> 01:34:07,983 Can you guarantee me that we could go to print... 1906 01:34:07,985 --> 01:34:09,817 without endangering any of our soldiers? 1907 01:34:09,819 --> 01:34:11,254 You can't be considering... 1908 01:34:11,256 --> 01:34:13,792 I'm talking to Mr. Bradlee now. 1909 01:34:17,627 --> 01:34:20,062 Fritz, you're not gonna let her do this. 1910 01:34:20,064 --> 01:34:21,196 She can't go to... 1911 01:34:21,198 --> 01:34:23,031 No, now, she can, Arthur. 1912 01:34:23,033 --> 01:34:24,467 And it's entirely her decision. 1913 01:34:24,469 --> 01:34:27,137 Kay, you're allowing Mr. Bradlee... 1914 01:34:27,139 --> 01:34:29,004 to lead you to folly. 1915 01:34:29,006 --> 01:34:30,638 The legacy of the company is at stake 1916 01:34:30,640 --> 01:34:33,209 and if you want to protect that legacy... 1917 01:34:33,211 --> 01:34:35,044 This company's been in my life... 1918 01:34:35,046 --> 01:34:36,210 for longer than most of the people 1919 01:34:36,212 --> 01:34:37,612 working there have been alive. 1920 01:34:37,614 --> 01:34:40,786 So, I don't need the lecture on legacy. 1921 01:34:42,453 --> 01:34:46,522 And this is no longer my father's company. 1922 01:34:46,524 --> 01:34:48,892 It's no longer my husband's company. 1923 01:34:48,894 --> 01:34:51,026 It's my company. 1924 01:34:51,028 --> 01:34:52,928 And anyone who thinks otherwise... 1925 01:34:52,930 --> 01:34:56,132 probably doesn't belong on my board. 1926 01:34:56,134 --> 01:34:58,401 Can you guarantee me that we can go to... 1927 01:34:58,403 --> 01:34:59,701 100%! 1928 01:34:59,703 --> 01:35:02,004 All right, then. 1929 01:35:02,006 --> 01:35:04,408 My decision stands... 1930 01:35:06,978 --> 01:35:08,814 and I'm going to bed. 1931 01:35:24,828 --> 01:35:26,629 It's Ben Bradlee. Run it. 1932 01:35:26,631 --> 01:35:27,830 Yes, sir. 1933 01:35:27,832 --> 01:35:29,501 Start it up. 1934 01:36:44,641 --> 01:36:48,244 Let's go! Let's go! 1935 01:36:48,246 --> 01:36:50,946 This is not a party, this is a war here! 1936 01:37:03,359 --> 01:37:05,628 I've got the Assistant Attorney General. 1937 01:37:05,630 --> 01:37:06,898 Put him on. 1938 01:37:08,099 --> 01:37:09,898 - Good morning. - Good morning. 1939 01:37:09,900 --> 01:37:10,967 This is William Rehnquist 1940 01:37:10,969 --> 01:37:13,268 from the Office of Legal Counsel at Justice. 1941 01:37:13,270 --> 01:37:14,570 Yes, sir. 1942 01:37:14,572 --> 01:37:16,405 Mr. Bradlee, I have been advised 1943 01:37:16,407 --> 01:37:18,039 by the Secretary of Defense... 1944 01:37:18,041 --> 01:37:19,407 that the material published 1945 01:37:19,409 --> 01:37:21,309 in The Washington Post this morning... 1946 01:37:21,311 --> 01:37:22,911 contains information relating to 1947 01:37:22,913 --> 01:37:25,313 the national defense of the United States... 1948 01:37:25,315 --> 01:37:28,250 and bears a top-secret classification. 1949 01:37:28,252 --> 01:37:30,919 As such, the publication of this information... 1950 01:37:30,921 --> 01:37:33,656 is directly prohibited by the Espionage Act... 1951 01:37:33,658 --> 01:37:38,393 title 18 of the United States code, section 793. 1952 01:37:38,395 --> 01:37:40,862 As publication will cause irreparable injury... 1953 01:37:40,864 --> 01:37:43,833 to the defense interests of the United States... 1954 01:37:43,835 --> 01:37:45,867 I respectfully request that you publish 1955 01:37:45,869 --> 01:37:48,971 no further information of this character... 1956 01:37:48,973 --> 01:37:51,740 and advise me that you have made arrangements... 1957 01:37:51,742 --> 01:37:53,409 for the return of these documents 1958 01:37:53,411 --> 01:37:55,477 to the Department of Defense. 1959 01:37:55,479 --> 01:37:57,580 Well, thank you for the call, Mr. Rehnquist... 1960 01:37:57,582 --> 01:38:02,384 but I'm sure you understand I must respectfully decline. 1961 01:38:02,386 --> 01:38:04,956 I appreciate your time. 1962 01:38:08,893 --> 01:38:10,125 What's next? 1963 01:38:10,127 --> 01:38:12,593 We're going to court. Today. 1964 01:38:12,595 --> 01:38:15,798 If we get a ruling in our favor, or The Times does... 1965 01:38:15,800 --> 01:38:19,371 we'll be at the Supreme Court sometime next week. 1966 01:38:30,613 --> 01:38:31,681 No, I wanna make sure all the dates 1967 01:38:31,683 --> 01:38:32,981 are locked down between sixth... 1968 01:38:32,983 --> 01:38:34,385 We're focusing on Johnson... 1969 01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:38,087 I don't want any more articles 1970 01:38:38,089 --> 01:38:39,858 just about shoes and about dresses. 1971 01:38:41,291 --> 01:38:42,724 Well, that's where you're wrong, Al. 1972 01:38:42,726 --> 01:38:44,696 I happen to be a woman and I know a few. 1973 01:38:46,596 --> 01:38:47,730 Your Honor, the stories published 1974 01:38:47,732 --> 01:38:49,031 in The Times and now The Post... 1975 01:38:49,033 --> 01:38:50,266 have created a diplomatic 1976 01:38:50,268 --> 01:38:52,434 and security disaster for the United States. 1977 01:38:52,436 --> 01:38:55,705 How exactly have these papers created a diplomatic disaster? 1978 01:38:55,707 --> 01:38:58,173 Why would other countries talk to us in confidence... 1979 01:38:58,175 --> 01:38:59,709 if secrets like this can be leaked? 1980 01:38:59,711 --> 01:39:01,142 So, does this make it difficult 1981 01:39:01,144 --> 01:39:02,544 for the President to govern? 1982 01:39:02,546 --> 01:39:05,347 If the President can't keep secrets, he can't govern. 1983 01:39:05,349 --> 01:39:07,148 Nothing less than the integrity 1984 01:39:07,150 --> 01:39:09,754 of the presidency is at stake. 1985 01:39:10,188 --> 01:39:11,620 Yes, I know. 1986 01:39:11,622 --> 01:39:13,688 I'm sure it has rattled investors, Jerry. 1987 01:39:13,690 --> 01:39:16,191 That's why I'm calling you. 1988 01:39:16,193 --> 01:39:18,392 Yes, I understand a number of them 1989 01:39:18,394 --> 01:39:21,098 have considered pulling out but we feel... 1990 01:39:22,433 --> 01:39:26,371 Of course. I stand behind the decision. 1991 01:39:31,576 --> 01:39:33,409 Well, you know, one could argue 1992 01:39:33,411 --> 01:39:37,780 it's raising the profile of The Post. 1993 01:39:37,782 --> 01:39:41,383 Would The Post have published military plans for D-Day... 1994 01:39:41,385 --> 01:39:44,453 if they'd had them in advance? 1995 01:39:44,455 --> 01:39:46,821 Well, I don't think there's any comparison 1996 01:39:46,823 --> 01:39:48,657 between a pending invasion of Europe... 1997 01:39:48,659 --> 01:39:51,559 and a historical survey of American involvement 1998 01:39:51,561 --> 01:39:53,131 in the Vietnam War. 1999 01:39:54,564 --> 01:39:56,264 The Supreme Court has decided 2000 01:39:56,266 --> 01:39:57,965 to hold a hearing tomorrow morning... 2001 01:39:57,967 --> 01:40:01,236 to resolve the tangle of conflicting decisions... 2002 01:40:01,238 --> 01:40:02,905 over what of the Pentagon Papers 2003 01:40:02,907 --> 01:40:04,740 can be published and more broadly... 2004 01:40:04,742 --> 01:40:06,374 the issue of freedom of the press 2005 01:40:06,376 --> 01:40:08,477 versus government security. 2006 01:40:08,479 --> 01:40:09,911 But in agreeing to hear the cases of 2007 01:40:09,913 --> 01:40:11,545 The New York Times and The Washington Post... 2008 01:40:11,547 --> 01:40:14,548 Supreme's granted cert. 2009 01:40:14,550 --> 01:40:16,050 Emergency expedited basis. 2010 01:40:16,052 --> 01:40:18,022 We're in court with The Times tomorrow. 2011 01:40:20,257 --> 01:40:22,126 What are you so happy about? 2012 01:40:27,866 --> 01:40:31,536 I always wanted to be part of a small rebellion. 2013 01:40:41,744 --> 01:40:43,646 I asked him what he considers... 2014 01:40:43,648 --> 01:40:45,313 the most important revelations 2015 01:40:45,315 --> 01:40:47,583 to date from the Pentagon documents. 2016 01:40:47,585 --> 01:40:49,617 I think the lesson is the people of this country... 2017 01:40:49,619 --> 01:40:51,352 can't afford to let the President 2018 01:40:51,354 --> 01:40:53,556 run the country by himself. 2019 01:40:53,558 --> 01:40:56,057 Even foreign affairs any more than domestic affairs, 2020 01:40:56,059 --> 01:40:57,625 without the help of Congress. 2021 01:40:57,627 --> 01:40:58,727 I was struck, in fact, 2022 01:40:58,729 --> 01:40:59,928 by President Johnson's reaction... 2023 01:40:59,930 --> 01:41:02,664 to these revelations as close to treason. 2024 01:41:02,666 --> 01:41:04,599 Because it reflected to me the sense 2025 01:41:04,601 --> 01:41:07,169 that what was damaging to the reputation... 2026 01:41:07,171 --> 01:41:08,736 of a particular administration, 2027 01:41:08,738 --> 01:41:10,406 a particular individual... 2028 01:41:10,408 --> 01:41:12,641 was in itself treason. 2029 01:41:12,643 --> 01:41:15,747 Which is very close to saying, "I am the State." 2030 01:41:21,984 --> 01:41:23,317 But this is a self-governing country. 2031 01:41:23,319 --> 01:41:24,820 Ben? 2032 01:41:24,822 --> 01:41:27,656 The Constitution provides for a separation of powers... 2033 01:41:27,658 --> 01:41:30,829 What on earth are you doing? 2034 01:41:46,109 --> 01:41:49,179 They all followed your lead and published the papers. 2035 01:41:50,113 --> 01:41:52,483 At least we're not alone. 2036 01:41:53,283 --> 01:41:54,816 No matter what happens tomorrow, 2037 01:41:54,818 --> 01:41:57,852 we are not a little local paper anymore. 2038 01:41:57,854 --> 01:41:58,922 Hmm. 2039 01:42:11,536 --> 01:42:12,634 I'd be very interested in your opinion. 2040 01:42:12,636 --> 01:42:13,968 Sounds good. 2041 01:42:13,970 --> 01:42:15,169 All right, I'll see you at the first break. 2042 01:42:15,171 --> 01:42:16,174 All right. 2043 01:42:18,141 --> 01:42:19,644 I am sorry. 2044 01:42:23,514 --> 01:42:25,313 Mrs. Graham, there's an entrance 2045 01:42:25,315 --> 01:42:26,682 around the side for the appellants. 2046 01:42:26,684 --> 01:42:28,086 Oh, thank you very much. 2047 01:42:29,485 --> 01:42:31,152 I'm sorry I'm walking so fast. 2048 01:42:31,154 --> 01:42:33,455 I was supposed to be here half hour ago... 2049 01:42:33,457 --> 01:42:34,923 but then I had to make copies of the brief 2050 01:42:34,925 --> 01:42:36,525 and there was so much traffic... 2051 01:42:36,527 --> 01:42:37,625 and you just wouldn't think 2052 01:42:37,627 --> 01:42:38,861 there'd be all these people, you know? 2053 01:42:38,863 --> 01:42:41,263 No, you wouldn't. You work for Roger Clark then? 2054 01:42:41,265 --> 01:42:42,630 I work for the government. 2055 01:42:42,632 --> 01:42:44,700 The Solicitor General's office. 2056 01:42:44,702 --> 01:42:46,401 Oh. You're on the other team. 2057 01:42:46,403 --> 01:42:47,604 Mrs. Graham... 2058 01:42:48,439 --> 01:42:51,440 I probably shouldn't say this. 2059 01:42:51,442 --> 01:42:54,746 My brother, he's still over there and... 2060 01:42:58,114 --> 01:43:00,184 Well, I hope you win. 2061 01:43:01,585 --> 01:43:02,817 Besides, I like someone 2062 01:43:02,819 --> 01:43:04,453 telling these guys what's what. 2063 01:43:04,455 --> 01:43:05,687 But don't tell my boss I said that. 2064 01:43:05,689 --> 01:43:07,129 He'd fire me just for talking to you. 2065 01:43:15,099 --> 01:43:16,598 - Ben. - How are ya, kid? 2066 01:43:16,600 --> 01:43:18,168 - Fritz. - Roger. 2067 01:43:21,904 --> 01:43:23,438 I told you to be here at eight. 2068 01:43:23,440 --> 01:43:24,505 Yes. I was here at eight, 2069 01:43:24,507 --> 01:43:25,673 but Richard sent me back to make... 2070 01:43:25,675 --> 01:43:26,808 Is Richard your boss? 2071 01:43:26,810 --> 01:43:28,777 No, but you weren't here so... 2072 01:43:28,779 --> 01:43:31,683 I don't want excuses. Just take a seat. 2073 01:43:33,117 --> 01:43:34,249 Mrs. Graham. 2074 01:43:34,251 --> 01:43:35,320 Morning. 2075 01:43:38,689 --> 01:43:40,522 Morning, gentlemen. Good to see you. 2076 01:43:40,524 --> 01:43:42,624 - Kay. - Punch, Abe. 2077 01:43:42,626 --> 01:43:44,892 Nice to be on the same side for a change. 2078 01:43:44,894 --> 01:43:46,495 I'll tell you what's nice... 2079 01:43:46,497 --> 01:43:50,398 making the front page of your newspaper on a daily basis. 2080 01:43:50,400 --> 01:43:52,300 Must be a lot of people from Boston 2081 01:43:52,302 --> 01:43:54,037 to Washington reading about us. 2082 01:43:54,505 --> 01:43:56,004 Yes... 2083 01:43:56,006 --> 01:43:58,673 well, I suppose it's appropriate... 2084 01:43:58,675 --> 01:44:00,344 given what's at stake. 2085 01:44:01,545 --> 01:44:02,747 All rise. 2086 01:44:06,283 --> 01:44:07,882 The Honorable, the Chief Justice 2087 01:44:07,884 --> 01:44:09,218 and the Associate Justices... 2088 01:44:09,220 --> 01:44:12,454 of the Supreme Court of the United States. 2089 01:44:12,456 --> 01:44:15,760 Oyez, oyez, oyez. 2090 01:44:16,793 --> 01:44:18,526 All persons having business before 2091 01:44:18,528 --> 01:44:21,263 the Honorable of the Supreme Court... 2092 01:44:21,265 --> 01:44:23,632 Mr. Rosenthal. Mr. Rosenthal. 2093 01:44:23,634 --> 01:44:24,967 Mr. Sulzberger, do you think 2094 01:44:24,969 --> 01:44:26,535 they'll decide in your favor? 2095 01:44:26,537 --> 01:44:29,237 Well, overall we feel encouraged. 2096 01:44:29,239 --> 01:44:33,142 27 congressmen filed amicus briefs on our behalf. 2097 01:44:33,144 --> 01:44:34,276 As well as the ACLU... 2098 01:44:34,278 --> 01:44:35,143 We should make a statement. 2099 01:44:35,145 --> 01:44:36,544 You would think that's her job. 2100 01:44:36,546 --> 01:44:40,048 I believe everything we had to say we've already said. 2101 01:44:40,050 --> 01:44:42,386 Well, we feel confident... 2102 01:45:00,438 --> 01:45:01,839 Meg Greenfield. 2103 01:45:03,040 --> 01:45:04,138 Okay. 2104 01:45:04,140 --> 01:45:07,342 Everyone, listen up! Listen up! 2105 01:45:07,344 --> 01:45:08,677 We've got a decision. 2106 01:45:08,679 --> 01:45:10,448 We've got a decision. 2107 01:45:13,884 --> 01:45:15,150 - Where'd they go? - The same place. 2108 01:45:15,152 --> 01:45:18,056 The Supreme Court. The decision's in. 2109 01:45:28,698 --> 01:45:30,701 The vote is... 2110 01:45:31,969 --> 01:45:33,438 6-3. 2111 01:45:34,304 --> 01:45:36,105 6-3. We win. 2112 01:45:36,107 --> 01:45:38,773 We win! And so does The Times! 2113 01:45:42,380 --> 01:45:43,381 Yes! 2114 01:45:46,617 --> 01:45:48,219 No shit! 2115 01:45:51,154 --> 01:45:53,254 Nice job, Gene. 2116 01:45:53,256 --> 01:45:55,826 - No gloating! No gloating. - I'm just satisfied. 2117 01:46:00,430 --> 01:46:03,432 What? I can't hear you. It's too loud. 2118 01:46:03,434 --> 01:46:04,666 Okay. 2119 01:46:04,668 --> 01:46:06,535 Listen up, everybody. Listen up. 2120 01:46:06,537 --> 01:46:08,404 Justice Black's opinion. 2121 01:46:08,406 --> 01:46:09,407 Okay. 2122 01:46:11,876 --> 01:46:15,210 "The founding fathers gave the free press... 2123 01:46:15,212 --> 01:46:17,982 "the protection it must have... 2124 01:46:20,384 --> 01:46:24,488 "to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. 2125 01:46:27,858 --> 01:46:30,191 "The press was to serve the governed, 2126 01:46:30,193 --> 01:46:31,660 "not the governors." 2127 01:46:36,399 --> 01:46:37,400 Thank you. 2128 01:46:56,552 --> 01:46:58,189 That looks great. 2129 01:47:13,871 --> 01:47:17,505 You know what my husband said about the news? 2130 01:47:17,507 --> 01:47:20,875 He called it the first rough draft of history. 2131 01:47:20,877 --> 01:47:23,544 That's good, isn't it? 2132 01:47:23,546 --> 01:47:26,313 Oh, well, we don't always get it right, you know? 2133 01:47:26,315 --> 01:47:28,550 We're not always perfect, but I think 2134 01:47:28,552 --> 01:47:30,785 if we just keep on it, you know? 2135 01:47:30,787 --> 01:47:32,322 That's the job, isn't it? 2136 01:47:36,792 --> 01:47:38,228 Yes, it is. 2137 01:47:53,943 --> 01:47:56,645 Oh, Ken Clawson came by to see me earlier. 2138 01:47:56,647 --> 01:47:57,779 Oh? 2139 01:47:57,781 --> 01:47:59,748 Apparently, Justice is still considering 2140 01:47:59,750 --> 01:48:01,016 criminal charges against us. 2141 01:48:01,018 --> 01:48:02,950 Yeah, well, I bet they are. 2142 01:48:02,952 --> 01:48:04,285 And you're not worried. 2143 01:48:04,287 --> 01:48:06,522 Nope. No, Katharine, that's your job. 2144 01:48:06,524 --> 01:48:07,989 I suppose it is. 2145 01:48:07,991 --> 01:48:11,159 Oh, thank God the court ruling was very clear. 2146 01:48:11,161 --> 01:48:14,763 Yeah, well, I'm sure Nixon will fall right in line. 2147 01:48:14,765 --> 01:48:16,196 Hmm. Good, because you know... 2148 01:48:16,198 --> 01:48:17,965 I don't think I could ever live through 2149 01:48:17,967 --> 01:48:19,604 something like this again. 2150 01:48:21,104 --> 01:48:23,071 I want it clearly understood 2151 01:48:23,073 --> 01:48:25,539 that from now on, ever... 2152 01:48:25,541 --> 01:48:28,177 no reporter from The Washington Post 2153 01:48:28,179 --> 01:48:29,878 is ever to be in the White House. 2154 01:48:29,880 --> 01:48:31,482 - Is that clear? - Absolutely. 2155 01:48:32,983 --> 01:48:35,416 Never. Never in the White House. 2156 01:48:35,418 --> 01:48:38,920 No church service. Nothing that Mrs. Nixon does. 2157 01:48:38,922 --> 01:48:40,856 You tell Connie, "Don't tell Mrs. Nixon," 2158 01:48:40,858 --> 01:48:42,089 'cause she'll approve it. 2159 01:48:42,091 --> 01:48:44,927 No reporter from The Washington Post 2160 01:48:44,929 --> 01:48:47,227 is ever to be in the White House again. 2161 01:48:47,229 --> 01:48:48,897 And no photographer either. 2162 01:48:48,899 --> 01:48:50,598 No photographer, is that clear? 2163 01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:52,767 None ever to be in. 2164 01:48:52,769 --> 01:48:54,335 Now that is a total order. 2165 01:48:54,337 --> 01:48:56,170 And if necessary, I'll fire you. 2166 01:48:56,172 --> 01:48:57,804 - You understand? - I do understand. 2167 01:48:57,806 --> 01:49:00,411 Okay. All right. Good. 2168 01:49:20,965 --> 01:49:22,496 DC police, second precinct. 2169 01:49:22,498 --> 01:49:24,333 Yes, hello. This is Frank Wills. 2170 01:49:24,335 --> 01:49:26,168 I think we might have a burglary in progress 2171 01:49:26,170 --> 01:49:28,072 at The Watergate. 2172 01:49:28,074 --> 01:49:33,074 filme noi 157409