1 00:00:44,253 --> 00:00:46,337 ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Now here comes the president's helicopter... 2 00:00:46,505 --> 00:00:47,755 ...Marine Helicopter Number 1... 3 00:00:47,923 --> 00:00:52,301 ...landing in the plaza on the east side of the east front of the Capitol. 4 00:00:52,469 --> 00:00:56,472 The helicopter hovering gently just off the ground. 5 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:57,682 Amazing timing. 6 00:00:57,850 --> 00:01:00,268 The president flying all the way across the world... 7 00:01:00,436 --> 00:01:03,771 ...across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving almost exactly-- 8 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:07,984 Exactly as scheduled, at 9:30 in the Capitol plaza... 9 00:01:08,152 --> 00:01:11,070 ...so he can go up the steps of the House of Representatives... 10 00:01:11,238 --> 00:01:12,405 ...go into the chamber... 11 00:01:12,573 --> 00:01:16,075 ...and address the members of the House and the Senate, Supreme Court... 12 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:18,161 ...the diplomatic corps of Washington... 13 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:21,122 ...all of whom are inside waiting for him in the chamber. 14 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:27,420 Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States. 15 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,589 [APPLAUDING AND CHEERING] 16 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:36,888 ANNOUNCER: And the president, accompanied by the Escort Committee... 17 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:41,184 ...comes down the central aisle, approaching the podium. 18 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,770 He greets members of his cabinet... 19 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:46,647 ...and those who are waiting to be confirmed as members... 20 00:01:46,815 --> 00:01:49,275 ...as he reaches the rostrum. 21 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:55,281 Shakes hands with the Speaker, Carl Albert. 22 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:57,617 A happy president, smiling. 23 00:01:58,869 --> 00:02:01,913 Ladies and gentlemen, President Nixon will, in a moment... 24 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,542 ...address the Congress and the people of the United States. 25 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:09,921 Thank you. 26 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:21,349 [MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 27 00:04:05,621 --> 00:04:07,914 DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO]: Car 727, Car 727. 28 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:12,877 Open door at the Watergate office building. Possible burglary. See the security guard. 29 00:04:13,045 --> 00:04:17,173 Are you sure you want us? 517 is closer, and they're in uniform. 30 00:04:17,341 --> 00:04:19,759 They're getting gas. You take it. 31 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:44,283 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 32 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:47,828 Unit 1 to Unit 2. 33 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:50,957 HUNT [OVER RADIO]: What? - We're home. 34 00:05:07,891 --> 00:05:10,101 Base 1 to Unit 1. 35 00:05:10,852 --> 00:05:12,895 Base 1 to Unit 1. 36 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:15,523 BALDWIN [OVER RADIO]: We have some activity here. 37 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:17,191 Silence is advised. 38 00:05:17,359 --> 00:05:19,360 [STATIC CRACKLING] 39 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:22,279 [WHISPERS] Shut it off. 40 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,541 BALDWIN: Base 1 to Unit 1. 41 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:36,085 Lights on the eighth floor. 42 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:39,088 Base 1 to Unit 1. 43 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:42,091 Is there anybody there? 44 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:51,100 There's people, people on the balcony. Armed people. 45 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,604 Base 1 to Unit 1. 46 00:05:57,607 --> 00:06:01,235 Base 1 to Unit 1. We may have some problems. 47 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:08,701 STURGIS [WHISPERS]: Someone's here. 48 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:35,728 OFFICER: Hold it, you-- 49 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:37,313 Police. 50 00:06:37,981 --> 00:06:39,774 Put your hands up. 51 00:06:50,327 --> 00:06:52,286 Drop that jacket. 52 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:58,709 HARRY: Walkie-talkie, two 35-mm cameras. 53 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:03,047 Got it. That's good. All right, stay there. 54 00:07:03,507 --> 00:07:05,549 I got something for you. Did you see this? 55 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:09,220 Couple sleeping in bed, car hits the house, goes through their bedroom. 56 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:12,932 Good morning. Crash. Louis is over at Democratic headquarters. 57 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:19,563 One of the burglars had $814, one $230, one $215, and one $234. 58 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:24,110 Most of it was in $100 bills, and in sequence. 59 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:25,486 - Woodward? BOB: Yup. 60 00:07:25,654 --> 00:07:28,405 Break-in at Democratic headquarters. There's been an arrest. 61 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:30,908 - Local Democratic headquarters. - Bugging the place. 62 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:33,369 Check the time of arraignment and get over there. 63 00:07:33,537 --> 00:07:36,413 And, Woodward, it was National Democratic Headquarters. 64 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:37,998 Right. 65 00:07:39,209 --> 00:07:41,377 - Anything else? - Anything else? 66 00:07:41,545 --> 00:07:44,171 Break-in, car crash. That's not bad for a Saturday. 67 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:45,589 HOWARD: Let me know what happens. 68 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:46,799 - Hello, Carl. CARL: Hi. 69 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:48,008 HOWARD: Got anything on that couple? 70 00:07:48,176 --> 00:07:50,386 I know somebody on the staff at Watergate. Want me--? 71 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:53,514 Why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another? 72 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:55,307 I finished it. 73 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,685 - The Virginia Legislature story? - I finished it. 74 00:07:57,853 --> 00:07:59,520 All right, give it to me. 75 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:01,272 I'm just polishing it. 76 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:05,234 - I'll work the phones. - Polishing it. Yeah, you work the phones. 77 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,988 MAN 1: Who cares? MAN 2: What about property damage? 78 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:11,157 BOB: Sorry, who are the lawy--? Excuse me, sorry. 79 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:14,201 Who are the lawyers for the five men arrested at Watergate? 80 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:16,787 - Do you know? MAN 3: Well, these two were assigned to it. 81 00:08:16,955 --> 00:08:17,997 BOB: Sorry? 82 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:20,207 MAN 3: These two were appointed to the case. 83 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:23,377 Only now it turns out the burglars have their own counsel. 84 00:08:23,545 --> 00:08:25,588 - The burglars have their own counsel? MAN 3: Right. 85 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:29,592 - That's kind of unusual, wouldn't you say? MAN 3: For burglars it's unusual. 86 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,385 Do you know the name of the counsel? 87 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:33,554 MAN 3: I don't know. Some country-club type. 88 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:36,265 JUDGE: You are charged with soliciting prostitution... 89 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:39,143 ...at 14th and U Streets Northwest. 90 00:08:39,311 --> 00:08:41,312 [JUDGE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 91 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:45,983 Your Honor, Mr. Socket has in the past been reliable... 92 00:08:46,151 --> 00:08:48,611 ...for court appearances when ordered. 93 00:08:48,778 --> 00:08:51,488 I think $300 would subsequently be suggested.... 94 00:08:51,656 --> 00:08:53,824 Excuse me, what is your name? 95 00:08:54,993 --> 00:08:57,953 I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 96 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,581 - Markham. - Markham? 97 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:04,418 Mr. Markham, are you here in connection with the Watergate burglary? 98 00:09:05,337 --> 00:09:07,213 I'm not here. 99 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:11,508 Okay. 100 00:09:13,637 --> 00:09:15,888 Well, clearly, I am here... 101 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:19,308 ...but only as an individual, not as the attorney of record. 102 00:09:19,476 --> 00:09:21,268 Who is? 103 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:23,520 Mr. Starkey. 104 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:26,398 - Do you have any kind of--? - Whatever you want... 105 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,275 ...you'll have to get from him. 106 00:09:28,443 --> 00:09:30,569 I have nothing more to say. 107 00:09:39,955 --> 00:09:41,664 Uh, Starkey. S-T.... 108 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:47,836 Mr. Starkey was very helpful. 109 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:52,132 Four Cuban-Americans and another man, James W. McCord. 110 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,302 Look, I told you inside, I have nothing more to say. 111 00:09:55,470 --> 00:09:57,388 I understand that. 112 00:09:57,847 --> 00:10:01,141 What I don't understand is how you got here. 113 00:10:01,309 --> 00:10:04,687 I assure you there's nothing very mysterious involved. 114 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:07,147 Well, I was talking to a couple of the lawyers... 115 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:09,400 ...assigned to represent the burglars. 116 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:10,609 So? 117 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:13,195 They never would've been assigned to the burglars... 118 00:10:13,363 --> 00:10:16,490 ...had anyone known the burglars had arranged for their own counsel. 119 00:10:16,658 --> 00:10:18,909 The burglars couldn't have arranged their counsel. 120 00:10:19,077 --> 00:10:21,161 They never even made a phone call. 121 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:25,124 So if no one asked you to be here, why are you here? 122 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:28,085 - Don't take this personally, Mr.... - Woodward. 123 00:10:28,253 --> 00:10:32,047 Woodward. It would be a mistake to do that. 124 00:10:32,215 --> 00:10:33,674 I just don't have anything to say. 125 00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:35,843 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 126 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:40,681 ATTORNEY: Your Honor, Mr. Betts is a young man with no prior record. 127 00:10:40,849 --> 00:10:45,769 The defense has suggested a release on personal bond. 128 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:49,398 Did one of the other men involved in the break-in call you? 129 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,986 What reason do you have to assume there were other people involved? 130 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:56,780 One of your clients was arrested with a walkie-talkie. 131 00:10:56,948 --> 00:10:59,533 They're not my clients. 132 00:11:00,035 --> 00:11:04,038 - I don't wanna talk about this anymore. - You're a lawyer and you're here. 133 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:09,585 Well, uh, one of the defendants, Mr. Barker, and I met at a social occasion once. 134 00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:11,253 Where? 135 00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:14,131 - I have nothing else to say. - A Miami social occasion? 136 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:17,676 Mr. Starkey says the Cubans were from Miami. 137 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:21,430 L-62, James McCord. L-63, Bernard Barker. 138 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:24,266 L-64, Virgilio Gonzalez. 139 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,602 L-65, Eugenio Martinez. 140 00:11:26,770 --> 00:11:29,521 L-66, Frank Sturgis. 141 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:34,485 Please step forward, Attorney Starkey. All charged with burglary two. 142 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:39,490 - And, Mr. Starkey, you represent all five? STARKEY: Yes, Your Honor. 143 00:11:39,657 --> 00:11:42,910 And are all five gentlemen charged with burglary in the second degree? 144 00:11:43,078 --> 00:11:44,119 STARKEY: Yes, Your Honor. 145 00:11:44,287 --> 00:11:46,705 JUDGE: Your names, please, and state your professions. 146 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:50,626 BARKER: Bernard Barker, anti-Communist. 147 00:11:50,794 --> 00:11:55,756 Anti-Communist? That, sir, is not your average profession. 148 00:11:57,384 --> 00:12:00,469 McCORD: James McCord, security consultant. 149 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:01,762 JUDGE: Where? 150 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:05,057 McCORD: Government. Uh, recently retired. 151 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,975 JUDGE: Where in the government? 152 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:09,311 McCORD: Central Intelligence Agency. 153 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:10,646 Where? 154 00:12:10,814 --> 00:12:12,356 McCORD: The CIA. 155 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:16,443 STURGIS: Sturgis, Frank A., salvage operator. 156 00:12:16,611 --> 00:12:18,821 Holy shit. 157 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:21,824 BOB: Eugenio Martinez, known as Gene Valdez. 158 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:24,159 James W. McCord, alias Edward Martin. 159 00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:28,038 Frank Sturgis, alias Frank Fiorini. All five of the men had at least one alias. 160 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:30,916 Any proof they were trying to bug the Democratic chairman? 161 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,626 CARL: It's obvious they were trying to. 162 00:12:32,794 --> 00:12:35,170 They wouldn't go to that trouble to bug secretaries. 163 00:12:35,338 --> 00:12:37,840 - There's no proof. - I called a lawyer in Miami I know. 164 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:40,801 He said four of the guys that were arrested were from Miami. 165 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:42,594 Gonzalez, Martinez, Sturgis and, uh.... 166 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:43,804 - Barker. - Yeah, Barker. 167 00:12:43,972 --> 00:12:46,640 And all four of them were involved in CIA activities and-- 168 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:48,267 BOB: No, only one. CARL: Yeah, and they-- 169 00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:51,728 No, only one of them was admitted CIA, and the CIA won't confirm that. 170 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:53,856 In fact, they deny even knowing McCord. 171 00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:56,692 But it's obvious that with all that money and equipment... 172 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:59,945 ...they weren't out to, you know, work by themselves. 173 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,155 Somebody hired them. 174 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:03,699 I'm interested in what you know. 175 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:06,660 We don't know why they wanted to bug Democratic headquarters. 176 00:13:06,828 --> 00:13:10,330 Whether they were working for themselves, other individuals, organizations. 177 00:13:10,498 --> 00:13:12,249 Could be a story or just crazy Cubans. 178 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,418 Bachinski, when you get there, take it easy. 179 00:13:14,586 --> 00:13:16,253 The police are nervous. 180 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:20,048 [PHONE RINGING] 181 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,723 - Yeah? BACHINSKI: Calling from police headquarters. 182 00:13:27,891 --> 00:13:31,351 A friend just showed me what they found in the hotel rooms of the burglars. 183 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:33,520 There's something you might wanna look into. 184 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:35,063 Hang on. 185 00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:36,231 Okay, go ahead. 186 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,276 There's a strange entry in two of the burglars' address books. 187 00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:43,197 - Yeah? - One says "H.H. at W.H." 188 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:45,991 The other says "Howard Hunt, W. House." 189 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:51,997 BOB: You can dial the White House direct, can't you? 190 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,832 WOMAN 1: Yeah. - What's the number? 191 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,920 WOMAN 1: 456-1414. 192 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:10,766 WOMAN 2: White House. - Howard Hunt, please. 193 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:13,018 Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. 194 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:16,772 He might be in Mr. Colson's office. I'll connect you. 195 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,607 Thank you. 196 00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:21,568 WOMAN 3: Charles Colson's office. - Howard Hunt, please. 197 00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:23,612 Mr. Hunt isn't here just now. 198 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:26,907 - Do you know when he'll be back? - No, I don't. 199 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:28,116 Okay, thank you. 200 00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:30,661 - Have you tried the Mullen firm? - I beg your pardon? 201 00:14:30,828 --> 00:14:33,830 He also works as a writer at Mullen and Company Public Relations. 202 00:14:33,998 --> 00:14:37,751 - You have a phone on that or an address? - No, I don't. I'm sorry. 203 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:39,294 All right, thank you. 204 00:14:40,088 --> 00:14:42,881 WOMAN 4: Do you know in a survey taken, 10.9 percent...? 205 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,508 Harry. 206 00:14:44,968 --> 00:14:46,426 Who's Charles Colson? 207 00:14:48,263 --> 00:14:50,305 Who's Charles Colson? 208 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:51,974 Sit down. 209 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:54,601 I'm glad you asked me that question. 210 00:14:54,769 --> 00:14:57,938 The reason I'm glad is because if you had asked Simons or Bradlee... 211 00:14:58,106 --> 00:14:59,147 ...they would've said: 212 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:03,318 "You know, we're gonna have to fire this schmuck at once because he's so dumb." 213 00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:04,861 Who is Charles Colson? 214 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:09,533 The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. 215 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:11,076 You've heard of him? 216 00:15:12,787 --> 00:15:15,914 Charles Colson is special counsel to the president. 217 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:18,125 There's a cartoon on his wall. 218 00:15:18,626 --> 00:15:22,087 Caption reads, "When you've got them by the balls... 219 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,172 ...their hearts and minds will follow." 220 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:26,508 WOMAN 5: Do you have a list of receipts? 221 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:30,596 IVY: Hello, Mr. Murray? This is Ivy Mills of the Washington Post. 222 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:31,847 I'd like to know if.... 223 00:15:32,015 --> 00:15:33,015 WOMAN 6: Mullen and Company. 224 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:36,393 - Howard Hunt, please. - One moment, please. 225 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:38,353 HUNT: Howard Hunt here. 226 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:41,857 Hi, I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 227 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:44,109 Yes. Yes, what is it? 228 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:46,778 I was just wondering why your name and phone number... 229 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:50,657 ...were in the address books of two of the men arrested at Watergate. 230 00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:52,117 Good God. 231 00:15:52,994 --> 00:15:55,704 - Do you care to comment? - The matter is under adjudication. 232 00:15:55,872 --> 00:15:57,581 I have no comment. 233 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:01,043 WOMAN 7 [OVER PHONE]: Hello? BOB: This is Bob Woodward... 234 00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:02,419 ...of the Washington Post. 235 00:16:02,587 --> 00:16:05,797 I was told that you had worked with a Mr. Howard Hunt. 236 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,257 Why would anyone say that? 237 00:16:08,051 --> 00:16:09,718 You do know Mr. Hunt? 238 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:11,053 No, I don't believe so... 239 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,555 ...and I can't imagine why anyone would say that. 240 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:16,350 I'm really sorry, but I was on my way out. Goodbye. 241 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:20,395 Could we just confirm a couple--? Bye. 242 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:24,900 MAN [OVER PHONE]: Did you say the Washington Post? 243 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:26,443 BOB: Yes, that's right, the Post. 244 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:28,904 Your publishing firm was listed in some papers... 245 00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:30,739 ...in connection with a Howard Hunt. 246 00:16:30,907 --> 00:16:35,410 Yeah. Yeah, he's one of our authors. He wrote spy novels, I think. 247 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:38,789 What type of spy novels were they? Were they modern or period--? 248 00:16:38,956 --> 00:16:41,458 You say "wrote"? You mean he's no longer with you? 249 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:42,668 No, not at this time. 250 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,087 How long has it been since you heard from him? 251 00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:50,342 - Couple of years, I think. - Tell me the names of novels he's written. 252 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:51,551 [MAN 2 SPEAKING IN SPANISH OVER PHONE] 253 00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:55,055 BOB: Hello? Is this Mr. Paul Herrera? 254 00:16:55,223 --> 00:16:57,265 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 255 00:16:57,433 --> 00:16:58,475 [MAN 2 SPEAKS IN SPANISH] 256 00:16:58,643 --> 00:17:01,061 Bob Woodward of the Wash-- Do you speak English? 257 00:17:01,229 --> 00:17:03,980 [MAN 2 and BOB SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 258 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:09,194 Hey, do any of you guys speak English--? Or do any of you guys speak Spanish? 259 00:17:09,987 --> 00:17:11,988 [MAN 2 and BOB SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 260 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:24,000 Never mind. Thank you. Thank you. Never mind. 261 00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:28,797 MAN 3: What's the slug on the Mandel story? MAN 4: What? 262 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:31,883 BENNETT: Hello? - Mr. Bennett? 263 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,386 - Yes? - Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 264 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:35,721 I'm sorry to bother you. 265 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:40,142 I wonder if you could confirm information on one of your employees, Howard Hunt? 266 00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:41,476 What kind of information? 267 00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:43,145 Just profile information mostly. 268 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:45,564 We know that he works for Mullen and Company... 269 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:48,275 ...or did work for Mullen and Company as a writer. 270 00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:49,484 He's also a novelist. 271 00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:52,988 We know that he works in the office of Charles Colson at the White House. 272 00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:54,990 And the CIA. 273 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:56,992 And the CIA. 274 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,078 Well, if you're conducting that kind of an investigation... 275 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:04,291 ...certainly it comes as no surprise to you that Howard was with the CIA. 276 00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:06,501 No, no surprise at all. 277 00:18:08,713 --> 00:18:11,006 BOB: Hunt worked for the CIA till 1970. 278 00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:13,508 From '49 to '70. This is on deep background... 279 00:18:13,676 --> 00:18:16,178 ...but the FBI thinks he's involved with the break-in. 280 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:17,345 What else you got? 281 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:21,099 According to White House personnel, Hunt worked as a consultant for Colson. 282 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:24,770 That's Charles Colson, the president's special counsel. 283 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:27,856 - Did you call the White House Press Office? - I went over there. 284 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:30,484 They said Hunt hadn't worked there for three months. 285 00:18:30,651 --> 00:18:33,695 Then a PR guy said this weird thing to me. 286 00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:37,491 He said, "I am convinced that neither Mr. Colson... 287 00:18:37,658 --> 00:18:41,369 ...nor anyone else at the White House had any knowledge of or participation in... 288 00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:45,665 ...this deplorable incident at the Democratic National Committee." 289 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:48,251 HOWARD: Isn't that what you'd expect them to say? 290 00:18:48,419 --> 00:18:49,461 Absolutely. 291 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,046 So? 292 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:53,715 I never asked about Watergate. 293 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,385 I simply asked what were Hunt's duties at the White House. 294 00:18:57,804 --> 00:19:01,223 They volunteered he was innocent when nobody asked if he was guilty. 295 00:19:03,518 --> 00:19:05,685 Be careful how you write it. 296 00:19:07,772 --> 00:19:10,273 We got a White House consultant linked to the bugging. 297 00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:12,859 This isn't a police story anymore. This is national. 298 00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:16,404 - We need a top political writer on it. - Well, they don't want it. 299 00:19:16,572 --> 00:19:18,824 They're all over the map covering the primaries. 300 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:22,869 - Besides, this guy has busted his ass. - He's been on this paper for nine months. 301 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,038 - What's the matter with you? - He's a humper. 302 00:19:25,206 --> 00:19:27,707 What's he been writing about, rat shit in restaurants? 303 00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:29,960 - He's got no experience. - He got a few closed. 304 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,087 Minor incidents. Small government agencies. 305 00:19:32,255 --> 00:19:35,465 Have Mr. Moffitt come in here, please. And see if Mr. Bradlee's free. 306 00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:36,758 I want Ben to hear this. 307 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:40,262 Sure, Moffitt will want the story now that we've built it into something. 308 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:41,972 Even Bernstein's busting his ass. 309 00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:45,100 I read that cockamamie memorandum he wrote on the break-in. 310 00:19:45,268 --> 00:19:49,145 - All right, so some of it was bullshit. - What is the matter with you? 311 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:52,440 You told me yourself you were gonna fire him last month. 312 00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:57,696 Look, he wants on the story bad. They both do. 313 00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:00,031 He knows a lot of people. 314 00:20:00,783 --> 00:20:04,327 Howard, they're hungry. You remember when you were hungry? 315 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,580 [CHATTERING] 316 00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:10,834 MAN 1: Don't worry about it. 317 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:16,756 MAN 2: I'll be home late. 318 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:25,056 MAN 3: Did you get the artwork on that piece? 319 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,976 CARL: Hold on. MAN 3: Hey, listen, where's the artwork? 320 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:29,978 I gotta have a cigarette. 321 00:20:30,146 --> 00:20:32,355 [TYPEWRITERS CLACKING] 322 00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:34,524 [PHONES RINGING] 323 00:20:39,655 --> 00:20:42,741 WOMAN 1: Yeah, he'll be in in about half an hour. Can I have him call you? 324 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:43,992 Okay. 325 00:20:48,205 --> 00:20:49,664 Metro Desk. 326 00:20:49,832 --> 00:20:50,916 No, I'm sorry, he's not. 327 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:54,669 Yes, I will. Can you tell me who's calling? 328 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:57,714 All right. Yes, hold on. 329 00:20:57,882 --> 00:20:59,466 Thank you. 330 00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:01,301 WOMAN 2: You want a laugh? 331 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:03,929 MAN 4: Hello. 332 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:10,852 WOMAN 3: Has anyone seen my scarf? 333 00:21:15,191 --> 00:21:17,901 MAN 5: Hey, look, do we have a lead for the metro page? 334 00:21:18,069 --> 00:21:19,945 MAN 6: Yeah, yeah. Uh.... 335 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:26,701 MAN 7: Lou. Hey, Lou. Can you get me Mandel's office, please? 336 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:27,994 WOMAN 3: Yeah. MAN 8: All right. 337 00:21:28,162 --> 00:21:30,538 Listen, I want his comment about that appointment. 338 00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:31,706 WOMAN 3: Okay. MAN 8: Right away. 339 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:33,083 WOMAN 3: All right. MAN 8: Right away. 340 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,251 [TYPEWRITERS CLACKING] 341 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,420 [CHATTERING] 342 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,056 - How's it going? - What are you doing? 343 00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:49,933 - I'm polishing a little. - You're what? 344 00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:51,810 - Polishing it. - What's wrong with it? 345 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:54,521 - Nothing, nothing. It's good. - Then what are you doing? 346 00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:57,065 I'm just helping. It's a little fuzzy. 347 00:21:57,692 --> 00:21:58,775 May I have it? 348 00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:02,278 - I don't think you're saying what you mean. - I know exactly what I mean. 349 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,323 I can't tell whether Hunt works for Colson or Colson for Hunt. 350 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:06,533 May I have it, please? 351 00:22:06,701 --> 00:22:08,284 - Your conclusions-- - May I have it? 352 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:10,578 - I'm not looking for a fight. - I'm not either. 353 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:14,040 I'm just aware of the fact that you've only been here nine months. 354 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:16,543 What's that got to do with anything? 355 00:22:16,711 --> 00:22:19,337 - Been in the business since I'm 16. - What are you saying? 356 00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:21,423 If you'd read mine and then read yours-- 357 00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:23,633 - May I read yours? - Yeah. 358 00:22:24,135 --> 00:22:27,887 I gave yours a glance, it didn't look right, so I figured I'd refine it a little. 359 00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:31,474 First paragraph has to have more clarity if the reader's gonna understand. 360 00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:34,728 You don't mention Colson's name until the third paragraph. 361 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:38,898 I think mine's better, but if you think yours is better, we'll give yours to the desk. 362 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,276 I've got Colson's name up front. 363 00:22:42,445 --> 00:22:45,488 - He was a consultant and nobody knows it. - You're right. 364 00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:48,283 Yours is better. 365 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:03,757 Do it right. Here are my notes. If you're gonna hype it, hype it with facts. 366 00:23:03,924 --> 00:23:07,260 I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it. 367 00:23:08,637 --> 00:23:11,014 Woodward, Bernstein, you're both on the story. 368 00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:12,932 Now, don't fuck it up. 369 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:22,358 CARL: Steuben, what's the name of that girl that you bombed out with... 370 00:23:22,526 --> 00:23:25,487 - ...who works in Colson's office? STEUBEN: Sharon Lyons. 371 00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:28,990 SHARON: Why are you looking at me like that? 372 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:31,868 CARL: You're attractive. - Jesus. 373 00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:33,912 CARL: You are very attractive. 374 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,539 You know, my girlfriend told me to watch out for you. 375 00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:40,251 - Who? - I'm not giving any names. 376 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:43,004 Steuben said you work for Colson. 377 00:23:44,465 --> 00:23:45,507 [SHARON SIGHS] 378 00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:48,009 Steuben's crazy. I never worked for Colson. 379 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:50,970 - That's what he said. - I worked for an assistant. 380 00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:54,099 Colson was really big on secrets anyway. 381 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:58,937 Even if I had worked for him, I wouldn't know anything. 382 00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:02,190 Did you know Howard Hunt? 383 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:04,776 - Didn't he work in the office? - Yeah, I knew Howard. 384 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,112 - Nice? - He's a nice person. 385 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,573 He's secretive. He's secretive but a decent man. 386 00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:14,702 Do you have any idea what he did? 387 00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:18,039 Well, the White House said he was doing some investigative work. 388 00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:19,249 What do you say? 389 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:21,167 [SHARON CHUCKLES] 390 00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:23,628 - He was doing investigative work. - On what? 391 00:24:26,549 --> 00:24:29,217 - Different things. - Like what? 392 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,761 - I'm not gonna-- - She warned me. 393 00:24:31,929 --> 00:24:34,722 I'm not gonna take my book out. I'm just asking you. 394 00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:38,852 Well, the scuttlebutt for a while was that he was investigating Kennedy. 395 00:24:39,019 --> 00:24:40,395 Why? 396 00:24:40,563 --> 00:24:43,898 The White House was real paranoid about Teddy Kennedy. 397 00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:48,444 I remember seeing a book about Chappaquiddick on his desk. 398 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:50,155 He was always getting material... 399 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:53,283 ...out of the White House library and the Library of Congress. 400 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:55,618 Anything he could find. 401 00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:58,580 WOMAN 1: White House library. 402 00:24:58,747 --> 00:25:01,082 Hi, this is Carl Bernstein, of the Washington Post. 403 00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:03,585 I was wondering if you can remember any books... 404 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:07,255 ...that a Howard Hunt checked out on Senator Kennedy? 405 00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:10,216 - Howard Hunt? Um.... - Yes, ma'am. 406 00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:13,428 - Yes, I think I do remember. - Uh-huh. 407 00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:15,930 He took out a whole lot of material. 408 00:25:16,098 --> 00:25:20,101 - Why don't you hold on and I'll see? - I sure will. Thank you very much. 409 00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:35,491 - Mr. Bernstein? - Yes, ma'am? 410 00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:37,493 - I was wrong. - I beg your pardon? 411 00:25:37,661 --> 00:25:42,707 The truth is, I don't have a card that says Mr. Hunt took any material. 412 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,585 - Uh-huh. - I don't remember getting material for-- 413 00:25:45,753 --> 00:25:48,880 I do remember getting material for somebody, but it wasn't Mr. Hunt. 414 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:50,381 Right. 415 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:54,761 The truth is, I didn't have any requests at all from Mr. Hunt. 416 00:25:56,138 --> 00:25:57,931 - Oh. - Uh-- 417 00:25:58,432 --> 00:26:01,226 The truth is, I don't know any Mr. Hunt. 418 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,437 Uh.... 419 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,358 Uh, I was just wondering if any-- If you have any-- 420 00:26:08,525 --> 00:26:09,567 [LINE DISCONNECTS] 421 00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:11,402 Hello? 422 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:17,158 BOB: Yes, we're checking into that information now. 423 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:20,078 We'd just like to find out just what it was that Hunt did... 424 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:23,623 ...when he worked as a White House consultant on the Pentagon Papers. 425 00:26:23,791 --> 00:26:26,584 Yes, I'd appreciate that, if you could. Yes, sir. 426 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:27,794 Thank you. 427 00:26:27,962 --> 00:26:31,631 Just got off the phone with the librarian. You wanna look at the notes on it? 428 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:37,178 Oh, this is some stuff from the Eisenhower campaign in 1952... 429 00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:39,597 ...that Hunt was connected with. 430 00:26:41,684 --> 00:26:44,018 Did you call the White House Communications Office? 431 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:46,437 No, I just got off the phone with the librarian. 432 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:50,483 - 524-743. - I know the number. 433 00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:54,779 Between the first and second quote, there's a contradiction. 434 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:56,656 It's a space of about five seconds. 435 00:26:56,824 --> 00:26:58,199 - My feeling is-- - Was this all--? 436 00:26:58,367 --> 00:26:59,409 WOMAN 2: Mr. Clawson's office. 437 00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:02,453 This is Bob Woodward of the Post. Could I talk to Mr. Clawson? 438 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,831 - One moment, please. - Thank you. 439 00:27:05,499 --> 00:27:07,709 - When she came back on the phone-- CLAWSON: Ken Clawson. 440 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:09,585 Mr. Clawson, this is Bob Woodward. 441 00:27:09,753 --> 00:27:12,547 Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post had a conversation... 442 00:27:12,715 --> 00:27:15,883 ...with a White House librarian on books Mr. Howard Hunt took out... 443 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:17,593 ...on Senator Edward Kennedy. 444 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:21,097 She first said that Howard Hunt had taken out books on Senator Kennedy. 445 00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:23,266 Then she denied even knowing who he was. 446 00:27:23,434 --> 00:27:25,810 I was wondering if you'd like to comment on this confusion. 447 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:28,688 Mm. Listen, let me call you back on this matter. 448 00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:31,566 - I'm gonna check on it for you. - Fine, thank you. Bye. 449 00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:33,234 - All there? - This--? Yes. 450 00:27:33,402 --> 00:27:36,487 - This was all one conversation? - Yeah. She says first of all: 451 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:38,573 "I think I got a bunch of books on Hunt." 452 00:27:38,741 --> 00:27:41,242 Five seconds later, she says, "I don't know Mr. Hunt." 453 00:27:41,410 --> 00:27:43,786 - It's obvious someone got to her. - Not enough proof. 454 00:27:43,954 --> 00:27:47,081 If there was a piece of paper that said Hunt was taking out books... 455 00:27:47,249 --> 00:27:49,917 ...on Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, like a library slip-- 456 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:52,420 Hunt took out books from the Library of Congress... 457 00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:55,131 ...but what's more important is somebody got to her in-- 458 00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:57,425 - How do you know? - Because she said-- 459 00:27:57,593 --> 00:27:59,302 There was a lot of books Hunt checked out. 460 00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:00,511 [PHONE RINGS] 461 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,138 - Then doesn't even know him. - Woodward. 462 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:05,266 CLAWSON: Mr. Woodward, Ken Clawson calling back. 463 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:08,061 - I've just talked with the librarian. - Yes, sir. 464 00:28:08,228 --> 00:28:12,273 She denies that the conversation with Mr. Bernstein ever took place. 465 00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:15,151 - She said she referred him to the-- - Excuse me, sir, sorry. 466 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:18,696 You say she denies even knowing about the conversation taking place? 467 00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:20,114 - That's right. - Seven. 468 00:28:20,282 --> 00:28:23,785 She said someone did call her asking about Mr. Hunt... 469 00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:26,662 ...but all she did was refer him to the Press Office. 470 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:30,041 - She denies other conversation took place. - Total bullshit. 471 00:28:30,501 --> 00:28:32,710 Uh, I hope that's been of some help to you. 472 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,504 - Thank you. - Uh-huh. 473 00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:41,260 - We've gotta get something on paper. - Library of Congress. 474 00:28:42,805 --> 00:28:45,098 BOB: Mona? Excuse me, Mona. 475 00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:47,475 - Could you take any calls for me, please? MONA: Sure. 476 00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:49,227 BOB: Here's my note. 477 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:52,146 If I get any calls.... 478 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:55,566 MONA: Will you be back? BOB: I don't know when. 479 00:29:09,498 --> 00:29:13,000 You want all the material requested by the White House? 480 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:16,587 All White House transactions are confidential. 481 00:29:17,131 --> 00:29:19,173 Thank you very much, gentlemen. 482 00:29:25,013 --> 00:29:28,599 CARL: We need a sympathetic face. BOB: We're not gonna find one here. 483 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,686 You want every request since when? 484 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:33,688 CARL: Uh, when did he start? BOB: July of '71. 485 00:29:33,856 --> 00:29:36,315 CARL: I imagine the whole last year. 486 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,404 I'm not sure you want them, but I got them. 487 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:39,462 - Maybe they pulled the cards. - Maybe they changed the names. 488 00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:42,173 BOB: There might have been a card there and we missed it. 489 00:30:43,217 --> 00:30:45,635 Hey, wait a minute. 490 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:48,387 I met a White House aide once at a social occasion. 491 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,849 - So? - He might confirm. 492 00:30:53,227 --> 00:30:54,936 CARL: Do we need "W.H." and "White House"--? 493 00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:56,771 BOB: Not in the second paragraph. 494 00:30:56,939 --> 00:31:00,608 Just "White House" would be enough. Just use "White House." Forget "W.H." 495 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,777 CARL: I wanna know about Colson. What was his job? 496 00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:06,489 - Special consultant to the president. - I gotta say it. 497 00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:10,785 These notes on the White House librarian, are they accurate? 498 00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,622 - The notes, are they accurate? - Give me a second. 499 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:15,915 - Yes. - I want a new page. 500 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:19,919 MAN: Okay, look, I'll have a reporter out to talk to you this afternoon. 501 00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:26,676 MAN 2: Let's take it in and show it to Howie Simons. 502 00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:29,428 MAN 3: We've gotta start moving on this now. Come on, now. 503 00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:31,305 Hey, Mr. Bradlee. 504 00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:35,142 MAN 4: Get the artwork on that Grant Porter piece. 505 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:40,356 BEN: Okay, let's have it. Mm-hm. - Yeah, here you are, Ben. 506 00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:42,984 It's a good, solid piece of American journalism... 507 00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,820 ...that the New York Times doesn't have. 508 00:32:09,886 --> 00:32:13,472 You haven't got it. A librarian and a secretary saying Hunt looked at a book. 509 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,682 Not good enough. 510 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:17,685 A White House aide told me Hunt was investigating Kennedy. 511 00:32:17,853 --> 00:32:19,520 BEN: Who was it? 512 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,148 BOB: Who was it? You want the name, you mean? 513 00:32:22,316 --> 00:32:26,068 - No, how senior, how high up? - I don't know titles. 514 00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:41,250 "Showed a special interest in...." 515 00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:43,711 We said the White House was investigating Kennedy. 516 00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:46,881 - "Showed a special interest in." - The story's stronger than that. 517 00:32:47,049 --> 00:32:49,925 The White House librarian says Hunt checked out a lot of books. 518 00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:53,179 - A secretary in Colson's office said Hunt-- - All right, Carl. Carl. 519 00:32:53,347 --> 00:32:56,015 Ben, that's a Page 1 story. 520 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:58,142 Stick it inside someplace. 521 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:04,106 This is a goddamn important story. It.... 522 00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:10,905 Get some harder information next time. 523 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:18,663 Asshole. Bradlee's just sticking up for the Kennedys. 524 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,706 - We didn't have it. - Bullshit. We had it. 525 00:33:20,874 --> 00:33:22,750 - We didn't. - Why didn't you say something? 526 00:33:22,918 --> 00:33:26,087 You think bitching about it is gonna get the story where we want it? 527 00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:29,632 Throw it in the can. 528 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,246 [LINE RINGS] 529 00:34:00,497 --> 00:34:03,082 DEEP THROAT: Yes? - This is Woodward. 530 00:34:04,918 --> 00:34:06,627 I wanna talk about Watergate. 531 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:10,423 - I know that the atmos-- - We're not going to talk about that subject. 532 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:15,636 - Well, we talked about Wallace. - But this is different. 533 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:19,348 That was about the shooting of a man running for president. 534 00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:22,768 - This is different. - How? 535 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:25,896 Not about this story. Don't call me again. 536 00:34:27,274 --> 00:34:28,649 [LINE DISCONNECTS] 537 00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:33,571 MAN [ON RADIO]: The stewardess hostages were released. 538 00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:35,489 The passengers, numbering 113... 539 00:34:35,657 --> 00:34:37,450 ...were released in Philadelphia. 540 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:41,495 Things are warming up in Reykjavik, where Bobby Fischer forfeited the second game... 541 00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:45,666 ...of that $250,000 world-championship chess match... 542 00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:47,793 ...with the Russian champion Boris Spassky. 543 00:34:47,961 --> 00:34:49,003 He didn't show up. 544 00:34:49,171 --> 00:34:51,714 Fischer lost the opening match to Spassky last night... 545 00:34:51,882 --> 00:34:54,425 ...after walking out during the match for 30 minutes... 546 00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:57,845 ...to protest the directions and distractions of television cameras... 547 00:34:58,013 --> 00:34:59,472 ...which were later withdrawn. 548 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:02,057 On Wall Street, prices took a pounding yesterday... 549 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:05,686 ...with the Dow Jones closing down 6-and-three-quarter points. 550 00:35:05,854 --> 00:35:08,522 The dollar took a beating on the European money market... 551 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:10,149 ...dropping to its lower.... 552 00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:49,313 [CHATTERING] 553 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:53,776 MAN: Taxi. Taxi. 554 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,958 MAN 2: Taxi. Taxi. 555 00:36:21,096 --> 00:36:22,680 BOB: Taxi. 556 00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:41,800 [LIGHTER CLICKS] 557 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,612 DEEP THROAT: Where are you? - Stuck. 558 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,365 The story has stalled on us. 559 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,119 And you thought I'd help? 560 00:38:11,831 --> 00:38:13,874 I'll never quote you. 561 00:38:15,585 --> 00:38:17,920 I wouldn't quote you even as an anonymous source. 562 00:38:18,088 --> 00:38:21,006 I mean, you'd be on deep background. 563 00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:25,552 You can trust me. You know that. 564 00:38:29,391 --> 00:38:30,849 Go on. 565 00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:37,523 - Can you tell me what you know? - You tell me what you know. 566 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:44,613 Hunt worked for Colson at the White House. 567 00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:48,325 Hunt was investigating Kennedy at Chappaquiddick. 568 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:52,746 That should tell you a lot. What else? 569 00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:57,668 We're beginning to hear a lot about a lawyer at CREEP named Gordon Liddy who's-- 570 00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,586 [WHISTLING IN DISTANCE] 571 00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:05,426 [WHISTLING STOPS] 572 00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:14,727 Gordon Liddy... 573 00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:19,106 ...was fired by Mitchell because he wouldn't talk to the FBI. 574 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:22,276 - You'll hear more. - Will he talk? 575 00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:26,113 [DEEP THROAT SIGHS] 576 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:28,782 I was at a party once... 577 00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:34,079 ...and Liddy put his hand over a candle, and he kept it there. 578 00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:38,500 He kept it right in the flame until his flesh was burned. 579 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:43,922 Somebody said, "What's the trick?" And Liddy said, "The trick is not minding." 580 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:50,512 The story is dry. 581 00:39:51,765 --> 00:39:53,974 All we've got are pieces. 582 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:57,978 We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like. 583 00:39:58,146 --> 00:40:00,647 John Mitchell resigns as the head of CREEP... 584 00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:03,358 ...and says he wants to spend more time with his family. 585 00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:06,153 That sounds like bullshit. We don't exactly believe that. 586 00:40:06,321 --> 00:40:08,906 No, but it's touching. 587 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:16,163 Forget the myths that the media has created about the White House. 588 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:18,916 The truth is, these are not very bright guys... 589 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:21,168 ...and things got out of hand. 590 00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:25,380 Hunt's come in from the cold. 591 00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:29,968 Supposedly, he's got a lawyer with $25,000 in a brown paper bag. 592 00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:32,012 Follow the money. 593 00:40:34,224 --> 00:40:35,849 What do you mean? 594 00:40:36,726 --> 00:40:38,852 - Where? - Oh, I can't tell you that. 595 00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,313 But you could tell me, then. 596 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:44,817 No, I have to do this my way. 597 00:40:44,984 --> 00:40:48,487 You tell me what you know, and I'll confirm. 598 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:52,950 I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. 599 00:40:55,912 --> 00:40:58,914 Just follow the money. 600 00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:12,177 CARL: Goddamn New York Times. BOB: What is it? 601 00:41:13,388 --> 00:41:17,641 CARL: Phone calls from the burglars in Miami to the Committee to Reelect. 602 00:41:20,770 --> 00:41:22,229 BOB: Fifteen phone calls. 603 00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:25,107 CARL: At least 15 phone calls, and those phone calls were made... 604 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:28,068 ...as early as March 15th, three months before the break-in. 605 00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:31,905 BOB: "Eighty-nine thousand dollars issued in the name of a prominent Mexican lawyer." 606 00:41:32,073 --> 00:41:34,867 Eighty-nine thousand dollars in Mexican checks? 607 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:36,994 Why didn't we get this? 608 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:38,954 Who are their sources? 609 00:41:39,122 --> 00:41:41,999 I even know someone who works on the phone company. 610 00:41:43,084 --> 00:41:45,419 Carl, if John Mitchell wanted your phone records... 611 00:41:45,587 --> 00:41:47,546 ...you'd be yelling invasion of privacy. 612 00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:49,590 Was the New York Times article accurate? 613 00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:52,259 - Yeah, but I can't get you a fuller listing. - Why? 614 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:54,720 They've subpoenaed all of Barker's phone records. 615 00:41:54,888 --> 00:41:59,433 I think they're trying to find out if the Watergate burglars broke any Florida law. 616 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,519 - Who subpoenaed them? - Miami DA. 617 00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:04,688 - What's his name? - I don't know his name. 618 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:07,608 But the guy who's heading the investigation is named Dardis. 619 00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:10,194 Dardis. What's his first name? 620 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:14,198 I don't know his first name. I guess you'll have to find that out. 621 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,366 [ELEVATOR DINGS] 622 00:42:21,122 --> 00:42:22,164 CARL: Hi. MIRIAM: Hello. 623 00:42:22,332 --> 00:42:24,458 I have a 9:15 appointment with Mr. Dardis. 624 00:42:24,626 --> 00:42:28,337 Mr. Bernstein, I'm afraid that Mr. Dardis won't be able to see you this morning. 625 00:42:28,504 --> 00:42:31,006 - His calendar is quite full. - There must be a mistake. 626 00:42:31,174 --> 00:42:33,133 I made the appointment with him personally. 627 00:42:33,301 --> 00:42:35,469 The appointment should've been made through me. 628 00:42:35,637 --> 00:42:37,679 I'll see if I can squeeze you in later. 629 00:42:37,847 --> 00:42:39,890 Oh, thanks very much. 630 00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:45,103 I guess it's difficult when he makes his own appointments. 631 00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:48,148 Yes, well, we try to handle it. 632 00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:59,493 GUARD: It's 4:00. We'll be back in 15 minutes. Do you want anything? 633 00:42:59,661 --> 00:43:02,579 - Coffee, black. GUARD: Coffee, black. 634 00:43:07,210 --> 00:43:08,835 I'm still here. 635 00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:10,545 Ha, ha. I'm so glad. 636 00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:13,423 If you could get me in for five minutes, I'd appreciate it. 637 00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:16,468 - Mr. Bernstein. - I have to get back. 638 00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:18,720 We're going to try. 639 00:43:21,182 --> 00:43:23,684 Oh, hi. He's expecting you. 640 00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:30,357 I do have a couple things to do. 641 00:43:30,525 --> 00:43:33,110 I'll be at the Sheraton if you wanna reach me. 642 00:43:33,278 --> 00:43:36,363 If he has space tomorrow, I'd appreciate it. Number's on the back. 643 00:43:36,531 --> 00:43:38,365 - Fine. - I thank you for your patience. 644 00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:42,577 Mm-hm. Thank you, Mr. Bernstein. Tomorrow it should be better. 645 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:44,746 I guess so. 646 00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:49,751 WOMAN: Mr. Dardis' office. 647 00:43:49,919 --> 00:43:53,505 Hi. Please tell Mr. Dardis that Mr. Bernstein has just left. 648 00:43:53,673 --> 00:43:55,841 He'll be available all day tomorrow. 649 00:43:56,009 --> 00:43:58,802 I think we can probably squeeze him in around 4:30. 650 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,012 WOMAN: Yes. - Mm-hm. 651 00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:03,974 And please tell Mr. Dardis he doesn't want to be late for his 6:30 appointment. 652 00:44:04,142 --> 00:44:06,643 - Yes, I will. - Mm-hm. Thank you. 653 00:44:09,397 --> 00:44:12,190 [PHONE RINGS] 654 00:44:14,152 --> 00:44:16,862 - Mr. Dardis' office. CARL: Mr. Martinson at the county clerk's. 655 00:44:17,030 --> 00:44:19,364 - Beg your pardon? - Martinson at the county clerk's. 656 00:44:19,532 --> 00:44:23,410 There's some records that Dardis wanted. Could you come get them? We're closing. 657 00:44:23,578 --> 00:44:26,079 Uh, well, yes, I'll be right over. 658 00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:33,253 Excuse me. 659 00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:52,606 DARDIS: Would be easier too, wouldn't it? 660 00:44:52,774 --> 00:44:55,734 All right. Hold it. What? 661 00:44:55,902 --> 00:44:57,736 CARL: Excuse me. - Can I help you in some way? 662 00:44:57,904 --> 00:44:59,905 I'm Carl Bernstein. I've been here since 9. 663 00:45:00,073 --> 00:45:02,491 - Wait outside. - I've been waiting since this morning. 664 00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:04,993 - Finish your call. - Wait outside, please, will you? 665 00:45:05,161 --> 00:45:07,287 No, no, no. I'm the reporter from the Post. 666 00:45:07,455 --> 00:45:08,997 We talked on the phone yesterday. 667 00:45:09,165 --> 00:45:12,125 - You told me to come here, and I'm here. - Okay, yeah, look-- 668 00:45:12,293 --> 00:45:14,920 I've got the press here. I'm gonna have to call you back. 669 00:45:15,088 --> 00:45:18,006 If you didn't wanna see me, I don't know why you didn't tell me. 670 00:45:18,174 --> 00:45:21,051 I wasted a whole day here, and my paper's waiting for a story. 671 00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:23,762 You tell me to come, you said I got a 9:30 appointment. 672 00:45:23,930 --> 00:45:27,224 - I've been waiting the whole day. - Caught me on the worst day possible. 673 00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:29,810 The man I work for has started a reelection campaign. 674 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:32,145 We're gonna have to see each other tomorrow. 675 00:45:32,313 --> 00:45:34,981 No, I'm facing a deadline. My paper's saving space for me. 676 00:45:35,149 --> 00:45:37,859 DARDIS: I just don't have a minute now. CARL: Well, I'm sorry, but-- 677 00:45:38,611 --> 00:45:41,405 MIRIAM: Uh, Mr. Dardis, I'm really very sorry about this. Mr. Bernstein-- 678 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:44,908 I beg your pardon, but this gentleman made the appointment with me... 679 00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:47,661 ...and the Washington Post deserves the same courtesy... 680 00:45:47,829 --> 00:45:49,413 ...as any of the people waiting. 681 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:52,499 I'll buzz you in about five minutes. 682 00:45:54,168 --> 00:45:56,378 The lady takes good care of me. 683 00:45:57,171 --> 00:45:59,881 The fact is we just can't go into it this evening. 684 00:46:00,049 --> 00:46:01,967 It's gonna have to wait until tomorrow. 685 00:46:02,135 --> 00:46:04,136 I wish you could've told me before I left... 686 00:46:04,303 --> 00:46:08,181 ...because I gotta go back to my paper now and write that story one way or another. 687 00:46:11,686 --> 00:46:15,689 You wanna see Mr. Barker's phone records and his money records? 688 00:46:15,857 --> 00:46:18,358 You told me you'd show me everything you got on Barker. 689 00:46:18,526 --> 00:46:19,609 That's all I want. 690 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:22,988 - Well, that's what I've got. - Well, that's fine. 691 00:46:23,156 --> 00:46:25,115 You and I have to have an agreement... 692 00:46:25,283 --> 00:46:28,702 ...that you're not gonna reveal the source of your information. 693 00:46:29,162 --> 00:46:33,373 All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City. 694 00:46:33,541 --> 00:46:35,375 CARL: All these checks from Mexico? DARDIS: You see? 695 00:46:35,543 --> 00:46:37,502 CARL: How come? Did the money originate there? 696 00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,880 DARDIS: Well, I doubt it started off as pesos. 697 00:46:40,047 --> 00:46:41,590 CARL: Uh.... 698 00:46:41,757 --> 00:46:44,968 - Well, wait a minute, what's this one? DARDIS: Uh, what's...? Okay, $25,000. 699 00:46:45,136 --> 00:46:47,888 CARL: Who's that? Who is that? Dahl--? DARDIS: Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 700 00:46:48,055 --> 00:46:50,056 We haven't been able to ascertain who that is. 701 00:46:50,308 --> 00:46:52,559 Bob, I've got something. I don't know what it is. 702 00:46:52,727 --> 00:46:54,728 Somewhere, there is a Kenneth H. Dahlberg. 703 00:46:54,896 --> 00:46:57,272 We gotta get to him before the New York Times does. 704 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:00,692 I think they have the same information. Got a pencil? Write this down. 705 00:47:00,860 --> 00:47:04,779 Kenneth H. Dahlberg. D-A-H-L-B-E-R-G, Dahlberg. 706 00:47:05,907 --> 00:47:09,159 MAN [ON RADIO]: McGovern, who at first voiced complete support for Eagleton... 707 00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:12,996 ...has more recently expressed doubts and said Eagleton must make a decision... 708 00:47:13,164 --> 00:47:15,248 ...whether to stay or leave the ticket. 709 00:47:15,416 --> 00:47:16,958 More with Jean Westwood.... 710 00:47:17,126 --> 00:47:20,045 WOMAN: You're the one that wanted the articles on Kenneth H. Dahlberg? 711 00:47:20,213 --> 00:47:22,756 - Yeah. - Couldn't find anything in the clip file at all. 712 00:47:22,924 --> 00:47:24,633 - Oh, wonderful. - Um.... 713 00:47:24,926 --> 00:47:28,637 I did find one picture though, if it's any help. 714 00:47:30,515 --> 00:47:32,015 - Thanks. - Mm. 715 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,601 [MAN 1 SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO] 716 00:47:37,396 --> 00:47:39,064 BOB: Minnesota. 717 00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:41,233 MAN 1 [ON RADIO]: --supported Senator Eagleman. 718 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,778 He is an able United States senator.... 719 00:47:44,946 --> 00:47:46,112 BOB: Minneapolis, Minneapolis. 720 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:50,325 --will make him a prominent figure in American politics... 721 00:47:50,493 --> 00:47:52,786 ...for many, many years. 722 00:47:53,454 --> 00:47:55,455 [CROWD APPLAUDING ON RADIO] 723 00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:07,884 I base that conclusion upon my conversations with his doctors... 724 00:48:08,052 --> 00:48:11,513 ...and my close personal and political association with him. 725 00:48:11,681 --> 00:48:13,807 - Outside line, please. WOMAN 1 [OVER PHONE]: Yes. 726 00:48:13,975 --> 00:48:15,684 - Thank you. MAN 1 [ON RADIO]: In the joint decision... 727 00:48:15,851 --> 00:48:20,313 ...that we have reached tonight, health was not a factor. 728 00:48:20,481 --> 00:48:26,111 But the public debate over Senator Eagleman's past medical history... 729 00:48:26,279 --> 00:48:30,532 ...continues to divert attention from the great national issues... 730 00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:33,076 ...that need to be discussed. 731 00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:39,666 I have referred to the growing pressures to ask for Senator Eagleton's withdrawal. 732 00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:42,627 - We have also seen.... DAHLBERG [OVER PHONE]: Hello? 733 00:48:42,795 --> 00:48:44,629 - Could I please--? Mr. Dahlberg? - Yes? 734 00:48:44,797 --> 00:48:47,382 - Kenneth Dahlberg? - Yes? 735 00:48:47,550 --> 00:48:50,844 This is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 736 00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:53,847 - Yes? - About that $25,000 check... 737 00:48:54,015 --> 00:48:57,183 ...deposited in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars... 738 00:48:57,351 --> 00:48:59,269 ...Mr. Bernard Barker. 739 00:49:01,522 --> 00:49:04,649 As you know, sir, the check has your name on it. 740 00:49:05,359 --> 00:49:06,818 We were doing a story on this... 741 00:49:06,986 --> 00:49:09,988 ...and I was wondering if you would care to comment or explain. 742 00:49:10,156 --> 00:49:13,700 Uh, I turn all my money over to the committee. 743 00:49:13,868 --> 00:49:16,453 What committee is that, sir? The Committee to Reelect? 744 00:49:16,621 --> 00:49:19,664 - Yes, yes. - And why would you do that? 745 00:49:19,832 --> 00:49:22,000 MAN 2: That's it, he's done. - I raise a lot of money. 746 00:49:22,168 --> 00:49:25,420 I'm Midwest Finance chairman. 747 00:49:25,588 --> 00:49:27,881 For the Committee to Reelect? 748 00:49:28,507 --> 00:49:31,009 - Hello? - Yes, that's right. 749 00:49:31,177 --> 00:49:35,055 How do you think your check got into the bank account of the Watergate burglar? 750 00:49:35,222 --> 00:49:40,226 I'm a proper citizen. What I do is proper. 751 00:49:40,394 --> 00:49:44,481 - Oh, I understand. - I've just been through a terrible ordeal. 752 00:49:44,649 --> 00:49:47,692 - My neighbor's wife has been kidnapped. - Oh. 753 00:49:47,860 --> 00:49:50,320 Well, how do you think your check got into Barker's account, though--? 754 00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:51,529 [LINE DISCONNECTS] 755 00:49:51,697 --> 00:49:53,698 [SIGHS] 756 00:50:25,106 --> 00:50:26,815 WOMAN 2: Committee to Reelect the President. 757 00:50:26,982 --> 00:50:28,400 Could I speak to Clark MacGregor? 758 00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:31,027 - One moment, I'll connect you. - Thank you. Thank you. 759 00:50:32,780 --> 00:50:33,947 MacGREGOR: Yes? - Mr. MacGregor? 760 00:50:34,115 --> 00:50:37,617 - Yes. - Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 761 00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:39,285 - Hello? - Yes? 762 00:50:39,453 --> 00:50:41,579 Uh, this is Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. 763 00:50:41,747 --> 00:50:42,789 Mm-hm. 764 00:50:42,957 --> 00:50:46,376 I just spoke to a Kenneth Dahlberg, who says he is Midwest Finance chairman. 765 00:50:46,544 --> 00:50:48,670 Yeah, I know Ken Dahlberg. 766 00:50:48,838 --> 00:50:50,839 Well, I can't seem to get an explanation... 767 00:50:51,006 --> 00:50:53,842 ...on why a check for $25,000 made out to Mr. Dahlberg... 768 00:50:54,009 --> 00:50:56,136 ...that he sent to the Committee to Reelect... 769 00:50:56,303 --> 00:50:58,805 ...would end up in the account of a Watergate burglar. 770 00:50:58,973 --> 00:51:00,265 I don't know. 771 00:51:00,433 --> 00:51:02,976 - But you're head of the committee. - I just came aboard. 772 00:51:03,144 --> 00:51:05,645 John Mitchell was head of the committee. He might know. 773 00:51:05,813 --> 00:51:08,314 - What would the explanation possibly--? - I don't know. 774 00:51:08,482 --> 00:51:10,150 You're implying that I should know. 775 00:51:10,317 --> 00:51:13,695 If you print that, our relationship will be terminated. 776 00:51:14,780 --> 00:51:16,114 We don't have a relationship. 777 00:51:16,282 --> 00:51:19,117 The issues of the campaign are peace and prosperity... 778 00:51:19,285 --> 00:51:21,286 ...not a campaign check. 779 00:51:21,454 --> 00:51:22,787 WOMAN 3: Bob. - Sir, no one is saying-- 780 00:51:22,955 --> 00:51:24,831 WOMAN 3: Bob. - This happened before I came aboard. 781 00:51:24,999 --> 00:51:28,168 WOMAN 3: Mr. Dahlberg is on Line 2. - I'm running a campaign. 782 00:51:28,335 --> 00:51:32,380 We've raised $60 million, and you're asking about a $25,000 check. 783 00:51:32,548 --> 00:51:35,341 Mr. MacGregor, excuse me, could you hold one second, please? 784 00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:36,843 - All right. - Thank you. Yes? 785 00:51:37,011 --> 00:51:38,595 DAHLBERG: Hello? - Mr. Dahlberg? 786 00:51:38,763 --> 00:51:40,847 - Yes. - Could you please hold one second, sir? 787 00:51:41,015 --> 00:51:42,515 - Yes. - Thank you. Mr. MacGregor? 788 00:51:42,683 --> 00:51:44,225 MacGREGOR: Yeah? - Can I call you right back? 789 00:51:44,393 --> 00:51:46,686 - Yeah, okay. - Thank you. Mr. Dahlberg. 790 00:51:46,854 --> 00:51:50,064 DAHLBERG: Yes. Uh, I'm sorry I hung up before. 791 00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:53,109 I wasn't sure you were a Washington Post reporter. 792 00:51:53,277 --> 00:51:56,780 I believe we were talking about a $25,000 check. 793 00:51:56,947 --> 00:52:00,950 Um.... Obviously, this is difficult for me. 794 00:52:01,118 --> 00:52:04,537 Uh, I'm caught in the middle of something... 795 00:52:04,705 --> 00:52:06,539 ...and I don't know what. 796 00:52:06,707 --> 00:52:09,501 - I don't-- - What do you think it could be? 797 00:52:09,668 --> 00:52:13,713 - Well, I deal with a lot of important people. - People who work for the committee? 798 00:52:13,881 --> 00:52:15,381 - Hello? - For the committee. 799 00:52:15,549 --> 00:52:18,259 - The Committee to Reelect the President? - Yes. 800 00:52:18,427 --> 00:52:20,762 You see, I raised that money in cash... 801 00:52:20,930 --> 00:52:23,556 ...and I have a winter home in Florida. 802 00:52:23,724 --> 00:52:26,726 - Is that in Miami? - Boca Raton. 803 00:52:26,894 --> 00:52:29,729 And I didn't want to carry all that cash around. 804 00:52:29,897 --> 00:52:32,398 - Now, you can understand that. - Oh, of course I can. 805 00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:35,235 So I had it exchanged for the cashier's check. 806 00:52:35,402 --> 00:52:38,655 And how do you think it got into Barker's account? 807 00:52:38,823 --> 00:52:40,240 Uh.... 808 00:52:40,574 --> 00:52:44,244 I know I shouldn't be telling you this. Uh.... 809 00:52:45,955 --> 00:52:49,499 I gave it to Mr. Stans. 810 00:52:52,086 --> 00:52:53,837 I beg your pardon? 811 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:57,590 - I gave it to Stans. - Maurice Stans? 812 00:52:57,758 --> 00:53:01,052 - The head of Finance for Nixon? - Yes, in Washington. 813 00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:05,390 Now, what he did with it, I really do not know. 814 00:53:05,558 --> 00:53:09,227 I see. Were there any other checks that you might be aware of, that could've--? 815 00:53:09,395 --> 00:53:12,313 That's all I have to say. 816 00:53:12,481 --> 00:53:18,111 Mr. MacGregor-- Mr. Dahlberg, I'm sorry. Thank you very much. 817 00:53:28,956 --> 00:53:30,957 [TYPEWRITER CLACKING] 818 00:53:32,084 --> 00:53:35,128 WOMAN 3: Metro Desk. Yeah, he's here, hold on. 819 00:53:35,296 --> 00:53:36,296 - Bob. - Yeah? 820 00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:38,464 Carl Bernstein on Line 1. 821 00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:40,216 - One? - Yeah. 822 00:53:40,384 --> 00:53:43,094 BOB: Yeah? CARL: Woodward? I got a lead on Dahlberg. 823 00:53:43,262 --> 00:53:44,971 - I just-- I got it. - What? 824 00:53:45,139 --> 00:53:48,266 I just talked to him. I just hung up. It goes all the way to Stans. 825 00:53:48,434 --> 00:53:50,143 - What? - It goes all the way to Stans. 826 00:53:50,311 --> 00:53:52,854 He gave the check to Stans for the Committee to Reelect. 827 00:53:53,022 --> 00:53:55,815 - Did he say that? - He said it. I've got it in my notes. 828 00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:57,817 - Jesus. - It's down on record, Bernstein. 829 00:53:57,985 --> 00:54:00,194 That money winds up in the account of a burglar? 830 00:54:00,362 --> 00:54:02,697 - Yes. Ha-ha-ha. - Fantastic. I'm coming home. 831 00:54:02,865 --> 00:54:04,324 Okay. 832 00:54:05,409 --> 00:54:08,745 MAN: --catapulted the unknown senator from Missouri into national prominence... 833 00:54:08,913 --> 00:54:13,791 ...by naming Eagleton as his running mate. The move surprised the old pros... 834 00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:17,420 ...but it paid off in support for the Democratic ticket. 835 00:54:17,671 --> 00:54:20,548 HOWARD: What happened with that Taiwan thing you were telling us about? 836 00:54:20,716 --> 00:54:24,677 Japan is going to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize they're China. 837 00:54:24,845 --> 00:54:28,181 The irony, of course, that's a direct result of Nixon's visit to China. 838 00:54:28,349 --> 00:54:30,016 What did he say to him? 839 00:54:30,184 --> 00:54:32,060 DUNLAP: That's a great parallel story... 840 00:54:32,227 --> 00:54:34,687 ...if you're going to do that piece on détente. 841 00:54:34,897 --> 00:54:39,275 Uh.... "Queen Elizabeth proclaims a state of emergency to deal with the dock strike." 842 00:54:39,443 --> 00:54:40,902 BEN: Bringing it off his boat. 843 00:54:41,070 --> 00:54:42,946 [ALL LAUGHING] 844 00:54:43,113 --> 00:54:44,530 DUNLAP: That could be a human-interest. 845 00:54:44,698 --> 00:54:46,741 Thirty-one days of rain in the Philippines... 846 00:54:46,909 --> 00:54:49,202 ...being blamed on the theft of a statue of Jesus. 847 00:54:49,370 --> 00:54:51,829 - We had one like that before. - Front-page article. 848 00:54:51,997 --> 00:54:54,290 - Absolutely not. MAN 1: I'll put my best writer on that. 849 00:54:54,458 --> 00:54:55,708 MAN 2: What about the one in India months ago? 850 00:54:55,876 --> 00:54:56,876 Drop that. 851 00:54:57,044 --> 00:54:59,712 Laugh, gentlemen. It'll be the only story everyone reads. 852 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:01,547 Okay. National? 853 00:55:01,715 --> 00:55:04,175 We have the Bremer diary, wished to kill Nixon. 854 00:55:04,343 --> 00:55:07,428 He took a car trip to New York, Ottawa and Washington to kill him. 855 00:55:07,596 --> 00:55:08,721 HOWARD: Jesus Christ. HARRY: Yeah. 856 00:55:08,889 --> 00:55:11,683 We have the Senate approving the ABM Treaty. 857 00:55:11,850 --> 00:55:13,059 - Yeah, that's mine. HOWARD: ABM. 858 00:55:13,227 --> 00:55:17,981 And, of course, we have McGovern offering the VP spot to everybody. 859 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:19,440 - Yeah, that's news. - I have-- 860 00:55:19,608 --> 00:55:22,360 Everybody's been offered it. I'll tell you what'll be news. 861 00:55:22,528 --> 00:55:24,237 When somebody accepts it. That'll be news. 862 00:55:24,405 --> 00:55:25,446 [ALL CHUCKLING] 863 00:55:25,614 --> 00:55:26,864 MAN 3: Yeah. - Here is some great art. 864 00:55:27,032 --> 00:55:28,074 HOWARD: Yeah, big mistake. 865 00:55:28,242 --> 00:55:31,911 McGovern and Humphrey, breakfast, smiling their asses off. 866 00:55:32,079 --> 00:55:34,080 - Isn’t that great? - Oh, look at that. 867 00:55:34,248 --> 00:55:36,416 MOFFITT: Humphrey said, "I am George's friend." 868 00:55:36,583 --> 00:55:38,126 Why is that man smiling? 869 00:55:38,293 --> 00:55:40,211 MOFFITT: "I am his friend." - Sounds friendly, huh? 870 00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:42,922 MOFFITT: "I'll be helping him in ways he never dreamed possible." 871 00:55:43,090 --> 00:55:45,883 MAN 4: Breakfast followed by lunch. 872 00:55:46,051 --> 00:55:48,428 MOFFITT: Got a good picture? - Okay. Metro? 873 00:55:48,595 --> 00:55:50,930 Well, we got the schoolteachers on Capitol Hill. 874 00:55:51,098 --> 00:55:55,309 They want a 17% increase in pay, or this fall they go on strike. 875 00:55:55,477 --> 00:55:58,563 Harry, I think we could mention that this might be the time... 876 00:55:58,731 --> 00:56:01,524 ...to go to the front page on the District Home Rule. 877 00:56:01,692 --> 00:56:02,984 BEN: Oh, come on. - Listen to him. 878 00:56:03,152 --> 00:56:06,446 Ben, this time it could go all the way. 879 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:09,365 The House is gonna vote next week on a Senate resolution. 880 00:56:09,533 --> 00:56:11,409 When they pass it, we'll run with it. 881 00:56:11,577 --> 00:56:14,120 Okay, fellas, let's go around again now. Foreign? 882 00:56:14,288 --> 00:56:17,707 - Uh, Taiwan emergency, Philippines. - Okay, fine. National? 883 00:56:17,875 --> 00:56:21,127 The Eagleton follow-ups, McGovern not being able to get a replacement. 884 00:56:21,295 --> 00:56:23,546 He's offered it to Humphrey, Kennedy and Ribicoff. 885 00:56:23,714 --> 00:56:25,715 All turned him down. That's the Page 1 lead. 886 00:56:25,883 --> 00:56:28,676 You're ignoring the importance of the Dahlberg repercussions. 887 00:56:28,844 --> 00:56:30,970 Nobody cares about the Dahlberg repercussions. 888 00:56:31,138 --> 00:56:35,641 Our story got the General Accounting Office to start an audit with CREEP Finance. 889 00:56:35,809 --> 00:56:39,437 Yeah, we printed that, didn't we? When the audit's done, we'll print that too. 890 00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:41,314 MOFFITT: Let me tell you what happened today. 891 00:56:41,482 --> 00:56:43,399 I was having lunch at the Sans Souci and-- 892 00:56:43,567 --> 00:56:46,527 ALL: Aww.... HOWARD: How much this time? 893 00:56:46,695 --> 00:56:49,447 This White House guy, a good one, a pro, came up and asked: 894 00:56:49,615 --> 00:56:51,866 "What is this Watergate compulsion with you guys?" 895 00:56:52,034 --> 00:56:53,076 Compulsion? 896 00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:55,578 - I said-- - This is a story. This is not compulsion. 897 00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:58,164 I said, "Well, we think it's important," and he said: 898 00:56:58,332 --> 00:56:59,874 "If it's so goddamn important... 899 00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:02,168 ...who in the hell are Woodward and Bernstein?" 900 00:57:02,336 --> 00:57:05,713 What do you expect from the White House? "You're doing a great job"? 901 00:57:05,881 --> 00:57:08,216 Now, why don't you ask him what he's really saying? 902 00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:10,676 He wants to take the story away from Woodstein... 903 00:57:10,844 --> 00:57:12,303 ...and give it to National Desk. 904 00:57:12,471 --> 00:57:14,347 I have experienced guys sitting around... 905 00:57:14,515 --> 00:57:16,682 ...who know the politicians, have the contacts. 906 00:57:16,850 --> 00:57:19,185 HOWARD: We're aware of that. - You said it. Sitting around. 907 00:57:19,353 --> 00:57:23,314 Ben. It's a dangerous story for this paper. 908 00:57:24,066 --> 00:57:27,443 MOFFITT: What if your boys get it wrong? - Then it's our ass, isn't it? 909 00:57:27,611 --> 00:57:30,363 HOWARD: We all have to go out and work for a living. 910 00:57:30,823 --> 00:57:34,700 National gets eight columns. Nine for Foreign. 911 00:57:34,868 --> 00:57:37,537 Metro, 15. 912 00:57:37,704 --> 00:57:40,081 - That's it, fellas. - Okay. 913 00:57:40,249 --> 00:57:42,041 Could've been worse. 914 00:57:43,544 --> 00:57:46,379 BEN: Hey, Scott, I need to see you. 915 00:57:48,006 --> 00:57:49,048 How dangerous? 916 00:57:49,216 --> 00:57:51,384 [DOOR CLOSES] 917 00:57:51,552 --> 00:57:53,553 [SIGHS] 918 00:57:54,179 --> 00:57:57,890 Well, it's not just that we're using unnamed sources that bothers me... 919 00:57:58,058 --> 00:58:00,726 ...or that everything we print, the White House denies... 920 00:58:02,146 --> 00:58:05,439 ...or that almost no other papers are reprinting our stuff. 921 00:58:05,607 --> 00:58:07,066 What, then? 922 00:58:07,234 --> 00:58:09,569 Look, there are over 2000 reporters in this town... 923 00:58:09,736 --> 00:58:12,446 ...and there are five on Watergate? 924 00:58:12,614 --> 00:58:16,492 Where did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom? 925 00:58:17,452 --> 00:58:19,203 Why would the Republicans do it? 926 00:58:20,122 --> 00:58:21,581 McGovern is self-destructing... 927 00:58:21,748 --> 00:58:24,584 ...just like Humphrey, Muskie, the bunch of them. 928 00:58:26,587 --> 00:58:28,838 I don't believe the story. 929 00:58:29,548 --> 00:58:31,757 Doesn't make sense. 930 00:58:33,719 --> 00:58:35,595 Yeah, Bernstein. 931 00:58:35,762 --> 00:58:37,597 Now? All right. 932 00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:41,017 Woodward, Bradlee will see us now. Answer the phone for me. 933 00:58:41,185 --> 00:58:44,437 MAN 1: Are you trying to find the lowest possible common denominator? 934 00:58:44,605 --> 00:58:47,231 Is that your plan in the convention? 935 00:58:47,399 --> 00:58:49,275 MAN 2: Gonna give us something to do? 936 00:58:49,443 --> 00:58:53,487 WOMAN 1: Bob, Frances is on the phone. BOB: Tell her I'll call her back. 937 00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:56,908 MAN 3: All right, in this.... 938 00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:03,956 WOMAN 2: We have reports that Republican Les Aspin has informed the secretary of.... 939 00:59:04,124 --> 00:59:05,416 MICKEY: Ben, it's the hottest item. 940 00:59:05,584 --> 00:59:07,293 - It's in over 500 papers. - What is it? 941 00:59:07,461 --> 00:59:10,796 MICKEY: Yesterday's weather report for people who were drunk and slept all day. 942 00:59:10,964 --> 00:59:13,466 Send it to the San Francisco Chronicle. They need it. 943 00:59:13,634 --> 00:59:15,301 MICKEY: How about the crossword puzzle? - No. 944 00:59:15,469 --> 00:59:18,804 MICKEY: Anagrams? - No space. No space, Mickey. 945 00:59:18,972 --> 00:59:21,891 MICKEY: You guys, last thing you bought from me was the obituaries. 946 00:59:22,059 --> 00:59:25,519 - Make them buy something, will you? BEN: All right. Hey, what do you guys want? 947 00:59:25,687 --> 00:59:28,648 The GAO reports are due out the morning of Nixon's renomination. 948 00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:30,483 Hey, sit down, sit down. 949 00:59:30,651 --> 00:59:33,152 Well, that's two weeks from now. 950 00:59:33,487 --> 00:59:35,571 Since they're only responsible to Congress... 951 00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:38,324 ...no way the White House can control the investigation. 952 00:59:38,492 --> 00:59:40,451 A source at General Accounting tells us... 953 00:59:40,619 --> 00:59:44,163 ...there's a whole rat's nest of illegal shit going on over at CREEP. 954 00:59:44,331 --> 00:59:46,040 - Like what? - Like a slush fund. 955 00:59:46,208 --> 00:59:48,834 Hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccounted-for cash. 956 00:59:49,002 --> 00:59:50,544 BEN: Hundreds of thousands of dollars? 957 00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:53,297 HOWARD: Any comment from CREEP? - Yes, unavailable for comment. 958 00:59:53,465 --> 00:59:54,507 They're not talking. 959 00:59:54,675 --> 00:59:58,094 What else besides the money? Where's the goddamn story? 960 00:59:59,846 --> 01:00:02,431 - The money's the key to whatever this is. - Says who? 961 01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:03,683 HOWARD: Deep Throat. - Who? 962 01:00:03,850 --> 01:00:07,270 Oh, that's Woodward's garage freak, his source in the executive. 963 01:00:07,437 --> 01:00:08,479 Garage freak? 964 01:00:08,647 --> 01:00:11,607 Jesus, what kind of a crazy fucking story is this? 965 01:00:11,775 --> 01:00:12,817 Who did you say? 966 01:00:13,694 --> 01:00:15,486 [SIGHS] 967 01:00:15,654 --> 01:00:19,865 He's on deep background. I call him Deep Throat. 968 01:00:20,409 --> 01:00:24,036 BEN: Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing, Nixon's guaranteed the renomination... 969 01:00:24,204 --> 01:00:26,372 ...the Post is stuck with a story no one wants. 970 01:00:26,540 --> 01:00:29,458 It'll sink the goddamn paper. Everyone says, "Get off it, Ben." 971 01:00:29,626 --> 01:00:33,379 And I come on very sage and I say, "You'll see. You wait till this bottoms out." 972 01:00:33,547 --> 01:00:37,383 But the truth is, I can't figure out what we've got. 973 01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:41,053 What else are you working on? 974 01:00:41,221 --> 01:00:43,222 Well, we're after a list of CREEP employees. 975 01:00:43,390 --> 01:00:45,599 BEN: Where is it? - It's classified. 976 01:00:45,767 --> 01:00:48,936 BEN: Well, how you gonna get it? - We haven't had any luck yet. 977 01:00:49,396 --> 01:00:50,896 Get some. 978 01:00:55,944 --> 01:00:57,236 Anything else? 979 01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:00,906 [ELEVATOR DINGS] 980 01:01:07,372 --> 01:01:09,540 You made a mistake in there. 981 01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:14,295 What? 982 01:01:14,463 --> 01:01:17,673 You said we haven't had any luck yet, that's the thing he jumps on. 983 01:01:17,841 --> 01:01:19,050 You can't talk about luck. 984 01:01:19,217 --> 01:01:22,094 If you can't talk in specifics, you shouldn't say anything. 985 01:01:28,101 --> 01:01:30,061 Is there any place you don't smoke? 986 01:01:30,228 --> 01:01:32,229 [ELEVATOR DINGS] 987 01:01:32,981 --> 01:01:34,607 - What? - Hold it. Hold it. 988 01:01:34,775 --> 01:01:36,901 - What are you doing? BOB: Kay Eddy. 989 01:01:37,069 --> 01:01:40,196 Doesn't she go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect? 990 01:01:40,364 --> 01:01:41,781 KAY: Meet me at 4. MAN: All right. 991 01:01:41,948 --> 01:01:43,407 BOB: Eddy? Hey. - Just a second. 992 01:01:43,575 --> 01:01:46,744 BOB: Kay, can--? - 757-6521. 993 01:01:46,912 --> 01:01:49,705 Okay, I'll get back to you on this. Thanks. 994 01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:53,459 BOB: Don't you go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect? 995 01:01:54,336 --> 01:01:56,295 - Not anymore. CARL: You did go with him, though. 996 01:01:56,463 --> 01:01:59,090 - You were engaged to him, weren't you? - Yeah. 997 01:01:59,257 --> 01:02:01,133 You got out of it? 998 01:02:01,802 --> 01:02:03,969 - So? - You're looking better. 999 01:02:04,137 --> 01:02:06,138 [ALL LAUGHING] 1000 01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:09,141 We need a list of the people that work there. 1001 01:02:09,309 --> 01:02:10,810 Do you think that...? 1002 01:02:10,977 --> 01:02:13,896 - I can't do that. CARL: Why not? 1003 01:02:14,064 --> 01:02:15,147 That's personal. 1004 01:02:15,315 --> 01:02:17,942 What do you mean? You said it was over. 1005 01:02:20,654 --> 01:02:23,114 You're asking me to use a guy I care about. 1006 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:25,950 CARL: No, no, we're not asking you to use him, just to help us. 1007 01:02:26,118 --> 01:02:28,494 - Well, sure you-- CARL: I mean, we'd do the same for you. 1008 01:02:28,662 --> 01:02:30,830 My only chance of getting that is if I see him. 1009 01:02:30,997 --> 01:02:33,791 - I don't wanna see him again. - Well, do you have to see him? 1010 01:02:33,959 --> 01:02:36,293 - Sure, I have to. - Do you have to see him that way? 1011 01:02:36,461 --> 01:02:37,795 Can't you just call him up... 1012 01:02:37,963 --> 01:02:40,840 ...and say you wanna have a drink with him, just feel him out? 1013 01:02:41,007 --> 01:02:44,593 You say the relationship is over. I mean, what the hell do you have to lose? 1014 01:02:45,554 --> 01:02:47,179 Forget it. 1015 01:02:47,639 --> 01:02:49,682 Don't do anything that would embarrass you... 1016 01:02:49,850 --> 01:02:52,268 ...or that you don't feel right about. 1017 01:02:53,103 --> 01:02:54,728 Forget it. 1018 01:02:55,689 --> 01:02:57,189 Let's go. 1019 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:06,198 CARL: Don't let her get off like that. She was gonna say something. 1020 01:03:06,366 --> 01:03:07,533 You're overdramatizing. 1021 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:10,077 - She was gonna give us what we wanted. - It was over. 1022 01:03:10,245 --> 01:03:11,954 CARL: What? BOB: It was over. 1023 01:03:17,043 --> 01:03:19,837 This looks like your story. Why don't you take a look at it? 1024 01:03:20,005 --> 01:03:22,047 I'm gonna check this out. 1025 01:03:25,886 --> 01:03:28,888 WOMAN: You're gonna get fat eating all those doughnuts. 1026 01:03:56,583 --> 01:03:59,084 CARL: Is this the whole list? BOB: Look what it says. 1027 01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:02,588 "Personnel, Committee to Reelect the President." 1028 01:04:03,632 --> 01:04:04,673 CARL: This is alphabetical. 1029 01:04:04,841 --> 01:04:07,718 - You can't tell who works for who. BOB: Find the department heads: 1030 01:04:07,886 --> 01:04:09,512 Mitchell, Magruder, Stans. 1031 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:10,930 CARL: Here. John Mitchell. 1032 01:04:11,097 --> 01:04:12,264 BOB: What's the number? CARL: 301. 1033 01:04:12,432 --> 01:04:15,434 BOB: All right, find somebody who has a number close to it. 1034 01:04:15,602 --> 01:04:18,103 - They probably work for him. Okay. CARL: Here's a 303. 1035 01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:24,151 CARL: Okay, we have to find out how the money got from Stans to the burglars. 1036 01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:26,737 BOB: Somebody who worked in Finance. 1037 01:04:27,113 --> 01:04:29,949 CARL: All right, here's the head of Finance. Maurice Stans, 269. 1038 01:04:30,116 --> 01:04:33,702 BOB: If we can just get somebody who works under Stans. 1039 01:04:34,079 --> 01:04:35,955 CARL: Uh, Sloan? You need him? BOB: He's the treasurer. 1040 01:04:36,122 --> 01:04:38,040 - What's the number? CARL: It's Hugh Sloan, 287. 1041 01:04:38,208 --> 01:04:39,875 BOB: Is there a secretary? 1042 01:04:41,253 --> 01:04:44,463 - Wait a minute. Manley, Manley, Manley. CARL: Here it is. Irene Manley? 1043 01:04:44,631 --> 01:04:47,967 BOB: Yeah. CARL: 1406 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway. 1044 01:04:48,343 --> 01:04:50,302 BOB: Hi, I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: I'm Carl Bernstein. 1045 01:04:50,470 --> 01:04:53,430 BOB: We're from the Washington Post. We'd like to speak to you. 1046 01:04:53,598 --> 01:04:56,475 We understand your daughter works for the Committee to Reelect. 1047 01:04:56,643 --> 01:04:59,603 CARL: Wouldn't be anything embarrassing. BOB: Would you object to just--? 1048 01:04:59,771 --> 01:05:01,063 MAN: Forget it. 1049 01:05:02,065 --> 01:05:03,107 - Yes? Hi. CARL: Hi. 1050 01:05:03,275 --> 01:05:04,650 BOB: Miss Milland? Betty Milland? - Mm-hm. 1051 01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:06,610 BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: Carl Bernstein. 1052 01:05:06,778 --> 01:05:08,237 We're from the Washington Post. 1053 01:05:08,405 --> 01:05:10,990 I know you're trying to do your job. I mean.... 1054 01:05:11,700 --> 01:05:13,826 You don't understand the pressure we're under. 1055 01:05:13,994 --> 01:05:16,996 - If we could come in for a couple seconds-- - No, I really don't-- 1056 01:05:17,163 --> 01:05:18,205 We don't wanna come in. 1057 01:05:18,373 --> 01:05:22,376 We understand there was some documents that were shredded at the committee. 1058 01:05:22,544 --> 01:05:24,128 Well, there, uh.... 1059 01:05:24,296 --> 01:05:26,589 There's often shredding. I mean, we do that a lot. 1060 01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:28,465 Were you there during the shredding? 1061 01:05:28,633 --> 01:05:29,883 - Yes, I was. - I see. 1062 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:33,554 Were there any department heads from the committee who were also present? 1063 01:05:33,722 --> 01:05:36,599 Uh, yes. Mr. Mitchell came in one night. 1064 01:05:36,766 --> 01:05:37,808 BOB: John Mitchell? - Yes. 1065 01:05:37,976 --> 01:05:39,184 - The attorney general? - Uh-huh. 1066 01:05:39,352 --> 01:05:42,021 He was carrying a raincoat over his head. 1067 01:05:42,188 --> 01:05:44,023 You know, because he was-- I thought he was gonna go: 1068 01:05:44,190 --> 01:05:45,482 Woo-hoo. Woo-hoo. 1069 01:05:45,650 --> 01:05:48,110 - But, uh, I-- - Did he supervise the shredding? 1070 01:05:48,278 --> 01:05:50,362 Uh, I just-- Can I not answer any more questions? 1071 01:05:50,530 --> 01:05:53,449 I'd just as soon not.... Okay? Maybe I could call you. 1072 01:05:53,617 --> 01:05:56,368 CARL: It's-- - Are you being told not to talk? 1073 01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,623 CARL: Will you call us? - I don't know. 1074 01:06:00,790 --> 01:06:01,957 I'll try. 1075 01:06:02,125 --> 01:06:04,460 What about that shredding right after the break-in? 1076 01:06:04,628 --> 01:06:06,629 We need to know the papers in the shredding. 1077 01:06:06,796 --> 01:06:10,382 You have some idea what's in the papers when the attorney general comes in... 1078 01:06:10,550 --> 01:06:13,510 ...it's at the committee, and he's got a raincoat over his head. 1079 01:06:13,678 --> 01:06:16,347 It could be raining. Let me go through the story again. 1080 01:06:16,514 --> 01:06:18,766 You got a woman who's frightened. Works for CREEP. 1081 01:06:18,933 --> 01:06:21,894 She said there's shredding. We don't know what's in the papers. 1082 01:06:22,062 --> 01:06:25,564 We know the former attorney general comes in with an overcoat over his head. 1083 01:06:25,732 --> 01:06:29,318 Could be raining. There's a lawyer present. We don't know what he asked them. 1084 01:06:29,486 --> 01:06:31,320 Will you tell me where there's a story? 1085 01:06:31,488 --> 01:06:34,490 In the fact that the interview did not take place in her home... 1086 01:06:34,658 --> 01:06:36,408 ...but in the office of the committee. 1087 01:06:36,576 --> 01:06:40,245 - How is there a story in that? - Because there's a lawyer in the office. 1088 01:06:40,413 --> 01:06:42,706 - You're more resistant than she is. - That's right. 1089 01:06:42,874 --> 01:06:45,376 - Why? - Because there's not enough fact. 1090 01:06:45,543 --> 01:06:48,754 CARL: Well, then let's just turn around and go back and question her again. 1091 01:06:50,715 --> 01:06:53,592 - This won't take long at all. We just-- - Please go away, okay? 1092 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,512 Will you please leave before they see you? 1093 01:06:56,680 --> 01:06:59,640 - Who did you mean by--? - What do you mean, "they"? 1094 01:06:59,808 --> 01:07:01,392 Could you give us their names? 1095 01:07:01,559 --> 01:07:05,562 CARL: We haven't revealed the sources of the people that have talked to us. 1096 01:07:05,980 --> 01:07:10,442 - I really can't talk about this because-- - Would they be members of the committee? 1097 01:07:13,279 --> 01:07:15,114 CARL: Someone got to that woman. 1098 01:07:15,281 --> 01:07:16,907 It's the key to the whole cover-up. 1099 01:07:17,075 --> 01:07:20,119 BOB: How can you write there's a cover-up? We don't know that there is. 1100 01:07:20,286 --> 01:07:24,581 Then I don't know what the hell you need. So you tell me what you need. 1101 01:07:25,166 --> 01:07:28,293 BOB: I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same. 1102 01:07:28,461 --> 01:07:30,963 CARL: If you get in a car and there's music-- - I'm in a car. 1103 01:07:31,131 --> 01:07:33,424 There's music playing in the car-- Hypothetically. 1104 01:07:33,591 --> 01:07:36,468 There's music playing for 10 minutes and there's no commercial. 1105 01:07:36,636 --> 01:07:38,053 What can you deduce from that? 1106 01:07:38,221 --> 01:07:39,388 - Is it AM or FM? - Come on. 1107 01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:40,639 Is it AM or FM? 1108 01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:44,852 A guy can come up to me on the street, and he can ask me an address. 1109 01:07:45,019 --> 01:07:47,813 Now, is the man interrogating me, or is he lost? 1110 01:07:47,981 --> 01:07:49,481 What kind of a story do I write? 1111 01:07:49,649 --> 01:07:51,692 What kind of a deduction do I make from that? 1112 01:07:51,860 --> 01:07:54,862 CARL: You don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us? 1113 01:07:55,029 --> 01:07:57,656 BOB: I don't have enough gut feeling. I wish I did. 1114 01:07:58,658 --> 01:08:01,160 BOB: We're from the Washington Post. 1115 01:08:02,412 --> 01:08:04,163 Ammons, Irene Ammons. Did we see her? 1116 01:08:05,331 --> 01:08:09,501 Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts. 1117 01:08:16,885 --> 01:08:19,386 Is there something that strikes you as odd about this? 1118 01:08:19,554 --> 01:08:21,305 CARL: What? BOB: It's like there's a pattern... 1119 01:08:21,473 --> 01:08:24,600 ...to the way they're not talking, the way they say no all the time. 1120 01:08:24,768 --> 01:08:25,976 I think it's odd. 1121 01:08:26,352 --> 01:08:27,895 - Mrs. Hambling? - Yes. 1122 01:08:28,062 --> 01:08:32,649 - Hi, we're from the Washington Post. - I'm Carl Bernstein, this is Bob Woodward. 1123 01:08:32,817 --> 01:08:35,694 BOB: A friend of the committee said that we could contact you. 1124 01:08:35,862 --> 01:08:37,905 - Who was it? - We can't reveal that. 1125 01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:40,365 You can talk to us. We don't reveal our sources. 1126 01:08:40,533 --> 01:08:42,576 You people. 1127 01:08:43,036 --> 01:08:46,830 You think you can come into my home, ask a few questions... 1128 01:08:46,998 --> 01:08:52,336 ...have me destroy the reputations of men that I work for and respect? 1129 01:08:53,171 --> 01:08:55,380 Do you understand loyalty? 1130 01:08:55,548 --> 01:08:58,050 Have you ever heard of loyalty? 1131 01:08:58,676 --> 01:09:00,302 BOB and CARL: Hi. - Yes? 1132 01:09:00,470 --> 01:09:02,054 BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: Carl Bernstein. 1133 01:09:02,222 --> 01:09:04,640 - We're from the Washington Post. - Yes. 1134 01:09:04,808 --> 01:09:08,101 I've read what you've written. I wanna thank you. 1135 01:09:08,561 --> 01:09:11,897 I've been a Republican all my life, but this goes beyond party politics. 1136 01:09:12,065 --> 01:09:14,525 Would you mind if we asked you a few questions? 1137 01:09:14,692 --> 01:09:16,860 No, no. Come in. Would you like coffee? 1138 01:09:18,196 --> 01:09:19,613 Sure. 1139 01:09:19,781 --> 01:09:22,533 What they've done is a threat to the Constitution. 1140 01:09:22,700 --> 01:09:24,827 It goes against everything we stand for. 1141 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:27,830 Could you be a little bit more specific than that? 1142 01:09:28,164 --> 01:09:30,791 I'm afraid your articles have just scratched the surface. 1143 01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,585 You don't mind if I just take a few notes, do you? 1144 01:09:33,753 --> 01:09:35,212 No. 1145 01:09:35,922 --> 01:09:38,465 How long have you worked at the committee? 1146 01:09:38,633 --> 01:09:39,675 Committee? 1147 01:09:39,843 --> 01:09:43,554 Yes, the Committee to Reelect the President. 1148 01:09:44,305 --> 01:09:48,100 Oh. Oh, no, I don't work at the Committee to Reelect the President. 1149 01:09:48,268 --> 01:09:52,896 I work at Garfinckel's, in the Accounting Department. 1150 01:09:55,900 --> 01:09:58,777 - Miss Abbott? - Yes. 1151 01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,113 Judith Abbott? 1152 01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:05,617 Carolyn Abbott. 1153 01:10:07,745 --> 01:10:10,038 We're just doing something wrong. 1154 01:10:12,792 --> 01:10:15,335 - It's never been there. - No. 1155 01:10:15,712 --> 01:10:17,838 We're doing something wrong. 1156 01:10:18,464 --> 01:10:20,549 It's just not good enough. 1157 01:10:20,967 --> 01:10:24,303 How can you keep going at something past the point when you'd believe it? 1158 01:10:24,470 --> 01:10:26,471 Just have to start all over again. 1159 01:10:32,312 --> 01:10:35,105 CARL: Nasemith, Narrow, Ness... 1160 01:10:35,273 --> 01:10:37,441 ...Nickels, Nixon-- 1161 01:10:37,609 --> 01:10:39,484 BOB: Ed Nixon. 1162 01:10:39,652 --> 01:10:42,571 Jolson, Jones... 1163 01:10:42,739 --> 01:10:44,740 ...Jordan, Jost. 1164 01:10:44,908 --> 01:10:48,160 If we could only get somebody that worked for Finance to talk. 1165 01:10:48,328 --> 01:10:50,078 - What about the bookkeeper? CARL: Which? 1166 01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:52,372 BOB: The bookkeeper that worked for both Slans and-- 1167 01:10:52,540 --> 01:10:54,374 CARL: Oh, you're all right. BOB: Sloan and Stans. 1168 01:10:54,542 --> 01:10:57,336 CARL: I've been there. I've called her twice. There's no answer. 1169 01:10:57,503 --> 01:10:59,713 BOB: I say we should start again. 1170 01:11:00,214 --> 01:11:04,343 Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts... 1171 01:11:04,510 --> 01:11:07,262 ...Aldus, Alessandro.... 1172 01:11:07,430 --> 01:11:10,849 CARL: Eulosky, Clan, Constell.... 1173 01:11:11,017 --> 01:11:15,145 BOB: Boyle, Brenner, Bromley, Jost.... 1174 01:11:15,313 --> 01:11:19,441 CARL: Nasemith, Narrow, Ness, Nickels.... 1175 01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,527 BOB: Teeny, Sandstrom.... 1176 01:11:23,947 --> 01:11:26,990 Skroes, Skully-- 1177 01:11:27,158 --> 01:11:29,660 CARL: Skully. We've been there twice. 1178 01:11:30,745 --> 01:11:34,498 All right, Wilcox, Winthrow, Windsor, Worts.... 1179 01:11:35,041 --> 01:11:38,043 Two weeks work, half the names crossed off and what have you got? 1180 01:11:38,211 --> 01:11:39,795 BOB: People aren't talking, Harry. 1181 01:11:39,963 --> 01:11:42,631 And it's the way they're not talking that's unnatural. 1182 01:11:42,799 --> 01:11:46,051 We've been up all night. We went over all the quotes of the people-- 1183 01:11:46,219 --> 01:11:48,553 BOB: It's like they're getting instructions. It's pat. 1184 01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:51,014 You wanna hear some real news? 1185 01:11:51,182 --> 01:11:53,433 That GAO report in which you placed so much faith? 1186 01:11:53,601 --> 01:11:56,103 It's been postponed till after tonight's renomination. 1187 01:11:56,270 --> 01:11:58,730 - What do you mean? - Hughes got a call from Stans. 1188 01:11:58,898 --> 01:12:01,566 Says he has new information, not to republish without it. 1189 01:12:01,734 --> 01:12:04,403 They're gonna bury the report till after the renomination. 1190 01:12:04,570 --> 01:12:06,071 The indictment will be out soon. 1191 01:12:06,239 --> 01:12:10,492 Every indication says the indictment will stop at the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy. 1192 01:12:10,660 --> 01:12:13,120 And that's the end of your story. 1193 01:12:17,583 --> 01:12:21,670 FORD [ON TV]: The vote of all the delegates has been recorded. 1194 01:12:23,214 --> 01:12:27,050 The vote for Richard Nixon... 1195 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:31,722 ...is 1347. 1196 01:12:32,974 --> 01:12:37,436 The vote for Paul McCloskey is 1. 1197 01:12:39,564 --> 01:12:45,027 And therefore I declare the nominee of the Republican Party... 1198 01:12:45,194 --> 01:12:48,405 ...for president of the United States... 1199 01:12:48,573 --> 01:12:51,033 ...President Richard Nixon. 1200 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:53,910 [CROWD CHEERING ON TV] 1201 01:12:56,289 --> 01:13:02,544 CROWD [CHANTING]: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! 1202 01:13:17,977 --> 01:13:23,982 ANNOUNCER: The president and the future president of the United States of America. 1203 01:13:24,650 --> 01:13:26,818 NIXON: Wonderful young faces I see out here. 1204 01:13:26,986 --> 01:13:31,364 Your enthusiasm, your idealism, your hard work. 1205 01:13:31,532 --> 01:13:33,992 This is your first vote... 1206 01:13:34,160 --> 01:13:37,704 ...and years from now, I just hope you can all look back... 1207 01:13:37,872 --> 01:13:40,749 ...and say it was one of your best votes. Thank you. 1208 01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:42,918 [CROWD CHEERING ON TV] 1209 01:13:43,211 --> 01:13:48,006 CROWD [CHANTING]: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! 1210 01:14:05,858 --> 01:14:08,026 Hi, I'm Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post. 1211 01:14:08,194 --> 01:14:10,570 I just wanna ask you a couple of questions. 1212 01:14:10,738 --> 01:14:13,156 WOMAN 1: Well, you don't want me, you want my sister. 1213 01:14:13,324 --> 01:14:15,534 It's for you. It's Carl Bernstein. 1214 01:14:15,701 --> 01:14:17,661 WOMAN 2 [WHISPERS]: He's the guy from the Post. Get rid of him. 1215 01:14:17,829 --> 01:14:20,080 Could I just borrow one of your cigarettes there? 1216 01:14:20,248 --> 01:14:21,665 Sure. 1217 01:14:22,708 --> 01:14:27,003 - You've really gotta go. CARL: Sure. Could I just get a match? 1218 01:14:27,421 --> 01:14:28,880 I understand your being afraid. 1219 01:14:29,048 --> 01:14:30,715 There's a lot of people like you... 1220 01:14:30,883 --> 01:14:34,219 ...who wanted to tell the truth, but some people wouldn't listen. 1221 01:14:34,887 --> 01:14:38,223 Certain people have gone back to the prosecutors and the FBI... 1222 01:14:38,391 --> 01:14:40,892 ...to give information which they were never asked. 1223 01:14:42,854 --> 01:14:46,565 You were Hugh Sloan's bookkeeper when he worked for Maurice Stans up at Finance. 1224 01:14:46,732 --> 01:14:50,360 We were just wondering if you were promoted... 1225 01:14:50,528 --> 01:14:53,280 ...to work for Mr. Stans immediately after Mr. Sloan quit... 1226 01:14:53,447 --> 01:14:56,783 ...or whether there was some time lapse. 1227 01:14:59,829 --> 01:15:03,415 I never worked for Sloan or Stans. 1228 01:15:04,834 --> 01:15:08,170 Uh, can I get you some coffee or something? 1229 01:15:08,337 --> 01:15:10,255 CARL: Yeah, thanks very much. 1230 01:15:12,592 --> 01:15:14,217 [DOOR BELLS JINGLE] 1231 01:15:14,385 --> 01:15:16,094 Door sticks. 1232 01:15:18,431 --> 01:15:22,893 Uh, could I just sit down for a second? 1233 01:15:24,979 --> 01:15:28,273 Sure, you can sit down, but I'm not going to tell you anything. 1234 01:15:29,942 --> 01:15:31,359 Okay. 1235 01:15:52,632 --> 01:15:55,592 I was just curious why you lied just then. 1236 01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,886 Have you been threatened if you tell the truth? 1237 01:15:59,847 --> 01:16:01,348 No. 1238 01:16:02,141 --> 01:16:03,433 Never in so many words. 1239 01:16:04,477 --> 01:16:06,311 WOMAN 1: How do you like it? - Just milk, thanks. 1240 01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:08,063 WOMAN 1: Okay, I'll just get the milk. 1241 01:16:08,231 --> 01:16:12,067 Um, I saw in the wires that Mrs. Stans was in the hospital. 1242 01:16:12,235 --> 01:16:13,318 Is she feeling better? 1243 01:16:19,242 --> 01:16:21,826 The GAO, the General Accounting report... 1244 01:16:21,994 --> 01:16:24,663 ...said that there was $350,000... 1245 01:16:24,830 --> 01:16:28,833 ...in the safe of the Committee to Reelect the President. 1246 01:16:29,001 --> 01:16:32,337 Were you aware that it was that kind of funds from the very beginning? 1247 01:16:37,260 --> 01:16:40,720 A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot. 1248 01:16:40,888 --> 01:16:45,141 - Was it all in $100 bills? - A lot of it was. 1249 01:16:45,977 --> 01:16:48,520 I thought it was an all-purpose political fund... 1250 01:16:48,688 --> 01:16:51,731 ...you know, for taking fat cats to dinner, things like that. 1251 01:16:51,899 --> 01:16:54,192 Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for dinners? 1252 01:16:54,360 --> 01:16:56,361 [CHUCKLES] 1253 01:16:56,529 --> 01:16:58,822 How was it paid out? 1254 01:17:02,827 --> 01:17:05,245 Not in one big chunk. 1255 01:17:06,372 --> 01:17:08,290 There was a list of 15 names... 1256 01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:12,002 ...and the amount of money given to each person next to the name. 1257 01:17:12,169 --> 01:17:14,462 What happened to the list? 1258 01:17:16,048 --> 01:17:17,674 It was destroyed. 1259 01:17:17,842 --> 01:17:19,718 It was the only record. 1260 01:17:20,594 --> 01:17:24,180 This-- Don't pay any attention to this. This is just for my memory. 1261 01:17:24,348 --> 01:17:25,932 Hate the.... 1262 01:17:26,559 --> 01:17:29,227 I have a very bad memory. 1263 01:17:30,062 --> 01:17:31,604 You won't be quoted by name. 1264 01:17:31,772 --> 01:17:34,983 In fact, we get confirmations before we print anything. 1265 01:17:35,151 --> 01:17:39,863 I can't be positive that that money was used for the break-in, you understand? 1266 01:17:40,031 --> 01:17:41,573 Yes, I do. 1267 01:17:41,741 --> 01:17:45,618 - But people sure are worried. - Which people? 1268 01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:55,378 Think you could help me with the disbursement of money... 1269 01:17:55,546 --> 01:17:58,173 ...in terms of the number of people that were involved? 1270 01:17:58,341 --> 01:17:59,883 How many? 1271 01:18:02,011 --> 01:18:04,512 A group of them. About five. I don't know their names. 1272 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:08,391 Would Mr. Sloan know? 1273 01:18:10,936 --> 01:18:12,103 WOMAN 1: Here you are. 1274 01:18:12,271 --> 01:18:16,316 - Would he have any--? - I don't wanna say anymore, okay? 1275 01:18:23,032 --> 01:18:26,993 Um, I won't be much longer. 1276 01:18:28,829 --> 01:18:33,708 I wonder if you could just help me a little bit about the money. 1277 01:18:33,876 --> 01:18:36,628 We hear all kinds of figures. 1278 01:18:39,799 --> 01:18:43,343 - There was so much of it. - How much is "so much"? 1279 01:18:43,511 --> 01:18:47,305 In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in. 1280 01:18:48,057 --> 01:18:50,558 - Six. - Six million, cash. 1281 01:18:50,726 --> 01:18:52,185 CARL: Mm-hm. 1282 01:18:52,853 --> 01:18:55,480 - We didn't know where to put it all. - Heh. 1283 01:18:56,273 --> 01:18:57,524 I thought it was all legal. 1284 01:18:57,691 --> 01:19:00,485 I mean, I guess I did until after the break-in... 1285 01:19:00,653 --> 01:19:02,779 ...when I remembered Gordon got so much of it. 1286 01:19:02,947 --> 01:19:06,491 - This is Mr. Liddy? - It's all so rotten. 1287 01:19:07,326 --> 01:19:09,327 It's getting worse. 1288 01:19:09,995 --> 01:19:12,914 And the only one I care about is Hugh Sloan. 1289 01:19:13,082 --> 01:19:17,168 His wife was going to leave him if he didn't stand up and do what was right. 1290 01:19:17,670 --> 01:19:18,837 So he quit. 1291 01:19:20,548 --> 01:19:22,173 I was wondering... 1292 01:19:23,968 --> 01:19:29,681 ...if Hugh Sloan was being set up now as a fall guy for John Mitchell. 1293 01:19:30,099 --> 01:19:31,516 What do you think? 1294 01:19:34,812 --> 01:19:37,605 [SIGHS] 1295 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:43,361 If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful. 1296 01:19:51,328 --> 01:19:52,454 Coffee's cold. 1297 01:19:54,748 --> 01:19:56,749 Is there any evidence... 1298 01:19:57,710 --> 01:20:01,129 ...that any of Mr. Mitchell's assistants... 1299 01:20:02,256 --> 01:20:03,465 ...were part of this? 1300 01:20:04,175 --> 01:20:08,219 I had all the evidence. It was destroyed. I don't know who destroyed it. 1301 01:20:08,387 --> 01:20:11,431 - I think Gordon did a lot of shredding. - Hard evidence? 1302 01:20:11,599 --> 01:20:15,685 Well, I can't say that it would positively prove that they planned the break-in... 1303 01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:17,896 ...but it would come pretty close. 1304 01:20:18,063 --> 01:20:22,025 Can you tell me anything, anything, about who got the money? 1305 01:20:23,152 --> 01:20:28,740 We have had some help on this from a couple sources... 1306 01:20:28,908 --> 01:20:31,576 ...and this is a way of confirming it. 1307 01:20:35,039 --> 01:20:39,209 I don't want you to feel you're in a position where you have to disclose names. 1308 01:20:39,376 --> 01:20:42,170 You know, I can just ask you initials... 1309 01:20:42,338 --> 01:20:46,216 ...and then that way you're not divulging any information. 1310 01:20:46,383 --> 01:20:49,385 We have some idea. Would that be all right? 1311 01:20:49,887 --> 01:20:51,888 [SIGHS] 1312 01:20:54,141 --> 01:20:56,100 Was there an M? 1313 01:20:58,938 --> 01:21:00,605 Can you just nod either way? 1314 01:21:02,358 --> 01:21:04,400 Did it go that high up? 1315 01:21:08,239 --> 01:21:09,739 L? Hm. 1316 01:21:11,534 --> 01:21:13,076 I don't wanna say any more, okay? 1317 01:21:13,244 --> 01:21:16,246 I'm sorry, you said L or...? 1318 01:21:16,413 --> 01:21:20,333 I get confused. Could we just go back for a second? 1319 01:21:20,876 --> 01:21:23,002 CARL: In one six-day period, over $6 million came in. 1320 01:21:23,170 --> 01:21:25,463 Wouldn't believe what was going on in that woman. 1321 01:21:25,631 --> 01:21:29,133 Stuff was ready to pour out of her. I'm pouring down coffee to get it out... 1322 01:21:29,301 --> 01:21:30,593 ...before she throws me out. 1323 01:21:30,761 --> 01:21:32,845 - Give me your notes so-- - These are the notes. 1324 01:21:33,013 --> 01:21:35,014 - These? - I got stuff on napkins, matchbooks. 1325 01:21:35,182 --> 01:21:37,725 I'm writing in the bathroom while she's getting coffee. 1326 01:21:37,893 --> 01:21:39,060 You're crazy. How am I--? 1327 01:21:39,228 --> 01:21:42,230 You'd be crazy too if you were operating on 20 cups of coffee. 1328 01:21:42,398 --> 01:21:46,234 - Give me something I can get down. - I got it. I got it all. Okay. Write. 1329 01:21:46,402 --> 01:21:49,195 - Mitchell was in control. - Wait a minute. 1330 01:21:49,655 --> 01:21:51,948 - There were men working under Mitchell. - How many? 1331 01:21:52,116 --> 01:21:55,827 I don't know, but the men under Mitchell received the money from the slush fund. 1332 01:21:55,995 --> 01:21:59,163 - Do we know how much money? - Yeah, hundreds of thousands of dollars. 1333 01:21:59,331 --> 01:22:02,083 And these men are the key to what that money was used for. 1334 01:22:02,251 --> 01:22:03,585 Boy, that woman was paranoid. 1335 01:22:03,752 --> 01:22:06,671 At one point, I suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes... 1336 01:22:06,839 --> 01:22:08,631 ...and her paranoia finally got to me. 1337 01:22:08,799 --> 01:22:12,260 I thought what we had was so hot that CBS or NBC were gonna take the story. 1338 01:22:12,428 --> 01:22:13,469 You're both paranoid. 1339 01:22:13,637 --> 01:22:16,347 She's afraid of Mitchell, you're afraid of Walter Cronkite. 1340 01:22:16,515 --> 01:22:18,683 - Can we go back to what she said? - Yeah. 1341 01:22:20,102 --> 01:22:22,895 Here. L, P and M. 1342 01:22:23,814 --> 01:22:25,189 - What do you mean? - L, P and M. 1343 01:22:25,357 --> 01:22:27,191 - She'd only give me initials. - Initials? 1344 01:22:27,359 --> 01:22:30,695 Yeah, the initials of the men that worked under Mitchell: L, P and M. 1345 01:22:30,863 --> 01:22:32,864 You couldn't get the names? 1346 01:22:33,032 --> 01:22:34,240 [CARL SIGHS] 1347 01:22:34,408 --> 01:22:37,368 If I could've, I would've. I'm trying to get anything I can. 1348 01:22:37,536 --> 01:22:39,746 She said L, P and M-- That's all she'd give me. 1349 01:22:39,913 --> 01:22:41,873 --are the people who worked under Mitchell. 1350 01:22:42,041 --> 01:22:44,584 She said something about Mitchell. She hates him. 1351 01:22:44,752 --> 01:22:46,294 - She said that? - Here. She said: 1352 01:22:46,462 --> 01:22:49,380 "If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful." 1353 01:22:49,548 --> 01:22:51,049 What are you writing about Sloan? 1354 01:22:51,216 --> 01:22:53,635 - "Sloan was the treasurer." - His wife did what? 1355 01:22:53,802 --> 01:22:57,555 "His wife is pregnant and made Sloan quit. He no longer wanted to be part of it." 1356 01:22:57,723 --> 01:22:58,890 We've gotta go see Sloan. 1357 01:22:59,058 --> 01:23:00,767 - Okay, make a note of it. - All right. 1358 01:23:00,934 --> 01:23:03,269 So, what have we got? Where's that matchbook? Here. 1359 01:23:03,437 --> 01:23:05,521 - L, P and M. - Okay, L, P and M. 1360 01:23:05,689 --> 01:23:08,399 - L could be LaRue. It could be Liddy. - L is Liddy. 1361 01:23:08,567 --> 01:23:10,568 - How do we know that? - Because she said it. 1362 01:23:10,736 --> 01:23:13,154 Right here, she said, "At the time of the break-in... 1363 01:23:13,322 --> 01:23:16,199 ...there was so much money that I know Gordon got part of it." 1364 01:23:16,367 --> 01:23:19,160 I said, "You mean Gordon Liddy?" She said yes. So L is Liddy. 1365 01:23:19,328 --> 01:23:20,912 - Right. - Okay, that leaves P and M. 1366 01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:23,581 P could be Parkinson. 1367 01:23:23,749 --> 01:23:26,250 It could be Porter. It could be-- 1368 01:23:26,418 --> 01:23:29,712 Wait a minute. There was a guy. There was a guy we talked to last week. 1369 01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:33,216 Didn't he say there was a Bart Porter who was a member of the committee? 1370 01:23:33,384 --> 01:23:36,969 - Porter was called before the grand jury. - So P is definitely Porter. 1371 01:23:37,137 --> 01:23:38,429 P could be Porter. 1372 01:23:38,597 --> 01:23:41,933 P is Porter, L is Liddy. That leaves.... All that leaves is M. 1373 01:23:42,101 --> 01:23:44,727 M could be McCord. That's out. 1374 01:23:44,895 --> 01:23:47,689 It could be Mardian. 1375 01:23:47,856 --> 01:23:49,691 It could be... 1376 01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:51,567 - ...Magruder. - I think it's Magruder. 1377 01:23:51,735 --> 01:23:54,404 - I think it's Magruder too. - Why do you think it is? 1378 01:23:54,571 --> 01:23:56,948 He was second in command under Mitchell. Why do you? 1379 01:23:57,116 --> 01:24:01,077 Because at one time, he was the temporary head of the committee, before Mitchell. 1380 01:24:01,245 --> 01:24:05,081 I don't want a cookie. We've gotta get that bookkeeper to say it was Magruder. 1381 01:24:05,249 --> 01:24:09,085 - Never get her to say anything but "M." - We gotta go back and get her to say it. 1382 01:24:09,253 --> 01:24:12,338 If we can make names of the initials... 1383 01:24:12,506 --> 01:24:14,924 ...we'll know the people who paid off the burglars. 1384 01:24:15,092 --> 01:24:17,468 We'll at least know who got the money. 1385 01:24:19,138 --> 01:24:22,098 The indictments that came down from the grand jury today... 1386 01:24:22,266 --> 01:24:26,310 ...stop with the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy. 1387 01:24:26,979 --> 01:24:30,898 Carl, we have got to go back there and get that bookkeeper to say who the names are. 1388 01:24:31,066 --> 01:24:32,525 She ain't gonna give it to you. 1389 01:24:32,693 --> 01:24:35,153 - I was with the woman for six hours. - We gotta try. 1390 01:24:35,320 --> 01:24:37,321 Then you have to trick her, threaten her. 1391 01:24:37,489 --> 01:24:40,199 - Wait, you know what we could do? - What? 1392 01:24:43,328 --> 01:24:46,038 - Listen, we go back there... - Yeah. 1393 01:24:46,206 --> 01:24:47,832 ...and you ask her who P is. 1394 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:49,083 - Yeah. - And then I say: 1395 01:24:49,251 --> 01:24:51,627 "No, no, no, we know P is Porter." I just bury it. 1396 01:24:51,795 --> 01:24:54,213 - Wait a minute. I say to her, "Who is P?" - Right. 1397 01:24:54,381 --> 01:24:57,175 - Then you say to me-- - I say, "No, we know P is Porter." 1398 01:24:57,342 --> 01:24:59,010 - You try to fake her out? - Right. 1399 01:24:59,178 --> 01:25:00,845 And what if she denies it? 1400 01:25:01,013 --> 01:25:02,180 - We're screwed. - So? 1401 01:25:02,347 --> 01:25:06,517 - But if she doesn't, we know P is Porter. - Try it. 1402 01:25:15,736 --> 01:25:18,613 - Hi. - They'll see you. 1403 01:25:19,198 --> 01:25:21,532 Not if you let us in, they won't. 1404 01:25:21,700 --> 01:25:24,368 BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. - They'll see your car. 1405 01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:27,163 CARL: We parked around the corner. 1406 01:25:27,539 --> 01:25:30,249 You have answers for everything, don't you? 1407 01:25:30,417 --> 01:25:32,960 BOB: If we did, we wouldn't be here. 1408 01:25:35,047 --> 01:25:36,255 You wrote what I told you. 1409 01:25:36,423 --> 01:25:38,382 No, not your name. No one knows it was you. 1410 01:25:38,550 --> 01:25:43,095 Could you tell us who got the money? And how much? 1411 01:25:43,722 --> 01:25:47,141 You mean like, "What did you do with the 25 grand, lady?" 1412 01:25:47,309 --> 01:25:48,726 What? 1413 01:25:49,311 --> 01:25:53,022 Little jokes they're making down at Finance these days. 1414 01:25:53,398 --> 01:25:56,442 If people are to be convinced that Stans and Sloan are innocent... 1415 01:25:56,610 --> 01:25:59,487 ...then our reporting must be precise, and you can help us. 1416 01:25:59,655 --> 01:26:01,572 - Who is P? - P, we know, is Porter. 1417 01:26:01,740 --> 01:26:06,452 You said 25 grand. Is that how much Porter got? 1418 01:26:10,249 --> 01:26:11,374 Was it more? 1419 01:26:16,588 --> 01:26:19,131 Was it more than $50,000? 1420 01:26:22,344 --> 01:26:24,846 Was Magruder the only M to receive money? 1421 01:26:32,563 --> 01:26:34,230 Who told you about Porter? 1422 01:26:35,607 --> 01:26:36,649 [TYPEWRITER CLACKING] 1423 01:26:36,817 --> 01:26:41,279 WOMAN [ON TV]: I'd like to move on to the subject of the break-in at the Watergate... 1424 01:26:41,446 --> 01:26:43,656 ...and the controversies coming up out of that. 1425 01:26:43,824 --> 01:26:47,159 It has recently, very recently, been reported now... 1426 01:26:47,327 --> 01:26:51,664 ...that some documents were torn up at the Committee to Reelect the President. 1427 01:26:51,832 --> 01:26:54,625 Uh, are you investigating the tearing up of those documents--? 1428 01:26:54,793 --> 01:26:57,461 KLEINDIENST: I think that came out in the story in the Washington Post. 1429 01:26:57,629 --> 01:26:59,463 WOMAN: Yes. KLEINDIENST: I think the investigation... 1430 01:26:59,631 --> 01:27:03,634 ...that has just concluded itself has probably been one of the most intensive... 1431 01:27:03,802 --> 01:27:07,638 ...that the Department of Justice and the FBI has ever been involved in. 1432 01:27:07,806 --> 01:27:09,891 Some 1500 persons were interviewed... 1433 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:14,061 ...1800 leads were followed, 333 agents were involved... 1434 01:27:14,229 --> 01:27:16,439 ...14,000 man-hours. 1435 01:27:16,607 --> 01:27:21,485 Fifty-one of the 59 FBI field officers were involved. Uh.... 1436 01:27:21,653 --> 01:27:23,446 And that, I think... 1437 01:27:23,614 --> 01:27:27,491 ...is a great credit to justice in this country. 1438 01:27:27,659 --> 01:27:29,869 Did you know that documents had been destroyed? 1439 01:27:30,037 --> 01:27:31,120 No, I did not. 1440 01:27:33,749 --> 01:27:37,668 CARL: All these neat little houses on all these nice little streets. 1441 01:27:37,836 --> 01:27:40,546 It's hard to believe that something's wrong... 1442 01:27:40,714 --> 01:27:42,590 ...in some of those little houses. 1443 01:27:42,758 --> 01:27:44,425 BOB: No, it isn't. 1444 01:27:45,802 --> 01:27:48,220 - Hello. I'm Bob Woodward. - Hello. I'm Carl Bernstein. 1445 01:27:48,388 --> 01:27:51,098 We'd just like to talk to Mr. Sloan for a couple minutes. 1446 01:27:51,266 --> 01:27:53,434 MRS. SLOAN: He's resting right now. - Are you Mrs. Sloan? 1447 01:27:55,604 --> 01:27:58,522 - You're the two from the Post, aren't you? BOB: Yes. 1448 01:27:59,441 --> 01:28:04,028 - This is an honest house. - That's why we'd like to see your husband. 1449 01:28:04,446 --> 01:28:08,699 In the face of charges that might be brought against people that are innocent, we feel-- 1450 01:28:08,867 --> 01:28:10,159 It's really for his benefit. 1451 01:28:10,744 --> 01:28:12,703 No, it's not. 1452 01:28:15,457 --> 01:28:16,874 No. 1453 01:28:17,376 --> 01:28:19,627 - It's not. SLOAN: Deborah? 1454 01:28:20,045 --> 01:28:22,380 - Tell them to come in. CARL: Thanks. 1455 01:28:22,547 --> 01:28:24,757 - Hi. Carl Bernstein. - How do you do? Hugh Sloan. 1456 01:28:24,925 --> 01:28:25,967 BOB: Bob Woodward. 1457 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:29,178 - How you doing? Hugh Sloan. BOB: I appreciate you giving us the time. 1458 01:28:36,186 --> 01:28:40,314 You know, the reason we're here, basically, is that we talked to certain people... 1459 01:28:40,482 --> 01:28:42,441 ...who indicated you left the committee... 1460 01:28:42,609 --> 01:28:44,902 ...because you no longer wanted to be part of it. 1461 01:28:45,070 --> 01:28:46,946 Maybe there's a legitimate explanation... 1462 01:28:47,114 --> 01:28:50,408 ...for why the money was handed to Liddy and Mitchell's aides. 1463 01:28:53,662 --> 01:28:55,746 Try and understand this. 1464 01:28:56,915 --> 01:28:59,542 - I'm a Republican. - I am too. 1465 01:28:59,710 --> 01:29:01,377 Well, I believe in Richard Nixon. 1466 01:29:01,545 --> 01:29:04,547 I worked in the White House for four years, and so did my wife. 1467 01:29:04,715 --> 01:29:06,757 What happened on June 17th... 1468 01:29:06,925 --> 01:29:09,260 ...I don't think the president knew anything about. 1469 01:29:09,428 --> 01:29:11,762 CARL: Is it possible some of his people might have known? 1470 01:29:11,930 --> 01:29:12,972 I'm not sure. 1471 01:29:13,140 --> 01:29:14,849 CARL: Think the truth will come out at the trial? 1472 01:29:15,017 --> 01:29:17,143 - That's another thing I'm not sure about. - Why? 1473 01:29:17,310 --> 01:29:19,854 Obviously because certain people lie to the prosecutor. 1474 01:29:20,022 --> 01:29:22,106 No, we were never told flat-out, "Don't talk." 1475 01:29:22,274 --> 01:29:24,108 But the message was clear, though. 1476 01:29:24,276 --> 01:29:27,028 In other words, by their very silence, there was a cover-up. 1477 01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:29,780 They didn't urge us to come forward and tell the truth. 1478 01:29:29,948 --> 01:29:32,116 "They" meaning the White House? 1479 01:29:32,284 --> 01:29:34,326 The committee's not an independent operation. 1480 01:29:34,494 --> 01:29:36,412 Everything's cleared with the White House. 1481 01:29:36,580 --> 01:29:39,707 And I don't think that the FBI or the prosecutors understand that. 1482 01:29:39,875 --> 01:29:42,126 BOB: That report on the cash... 1483 01:29:42,836 --> 01:29:46,297 ...in the CREEP safe, that-- What was it? --$350,000, is that a--? 1484 01:29:46,465 --> 01:29:49,216 - No, more. - Was that a correct figure? 1485 01:29:49,384 --> 01:29:51,927 No, it was closer to 1 million. 1486 01:29:53,055 --> 01:29:55,264 And as treasurer, you could release those funds? 1487 01:29:55,766 --> 01:29:57,767 When so ordered. 1488 01:29:57,934 --> 01:29:59,977 BOB: We don't know who could order you. 1489 01:30:00,145 --> 01:30:02,313 - We just know there were four. - There were five. 1490 01:30:02,481 --> 01:30:05,316 - Five? - Mitchell, Stans, Magruder, they're obvious. 1491 01:30:05,484 --> 01:30:07,777 Well, there had to be a White House overseer. 1492 01:30:07,944 --> 01:30:09,612 - Yeah, Colson. - What? 1493 01:30:09,780 --> 01:30:13,741 No, Colson's too smart to get involved directly with anything like that. 1494 01:30:14,785 --> 01:30:16,368 It's Haldeman. 1495 01:30:18,789 --> 01:30:20,289 Right? 1496 01:30:21,333 --> 01:30:23,042 I won't talk about the other two. 1497 01:30:23,210 --> 01:30:25,544 BOB: They both worked at the White House? - One did. 1498 01:30:25,712 --> 01:30:28,631 The other one's not in Washington, but that's all I'll say. 1499 01:30:28,799 --> 01:30:30,424 - Kalmbach. - Nixon's personal lawyer. 1500 01:30:30,592 --> 01:30:31,675 - Yeah. - Right? 1501 01:30:31,843 --> 01:30:34,845 BOB: Nixon's personal lawyer? - I can't say anything. I'm sorry. 1502 01:30:37,307 --> 01:30:39,308 - Well.... - When's the baby due? 1503 01:30:41,353 --> 01:30:44,230 Um, soon. Next month. 1504 01:30:44,397 --> 01:30:45,731 Are you gonna stay here? 1505 01:30:45,899 --> 01:30:49,026 - No, I don't think so. - You decided where you're gonna go? 1506 01:30:49,194 --> 01:30:52,988 I've been looking for a job in the private sector, but it's.... 1507 01:30:53,156 --> 01:30:55,866 It's very hard. My name's been in the papers too much. 1508 01:30:57,661 --> 01:31:01,038 - You know one thing I'm not clear about? - What? 1509 01:31:01,206 --> 01:31:02,623 I don't know how-- How did--? 1510 01:31:02,791 --> 01:31:05,709 When you handed out the money, how did that work exactly? 1511 01:31:05,877 --> 01:31:07,795 Badly. 1512 01:31:10,423 --> 01:31:11,465 [CHUCKLES] 1513 01:31:11,633 --> 01:31:14,802 I think what Bob means is, ordinarily, what was the procedure? 1514 01:31:15,220 --> 01:31:18,514 Routine. I'd call John Mitchell over at the Justice Department. 1515 01:31:18,682 --> 01:31:22,268 - He'd say, "Go ahead, give out the money." CARL: This was all done verbally? 1516 01:31:23,520 --> 01:31:24,895 Yes. 1517 01:31:25,313 --> 01:31:27,982 We know there were five men who controlled the slush fund. 1518 01:31:28,150 --> 01:31:30,651 - Mitchell, Stans and Magruder. - Those three we've got. 1519 01:31:30,819 --> 01:31:34,196 - All three have been named by two sources. - What about the other two? 1520 01:31:34,364 --> 01:31:36,407 CARL: Kalmbach. BOB: We're pretty sure of Kalmbach. 1521 01:31:36,575 --> 01:31:39,577 Maybe you'd better wait till we get all five, huh? 1522 01:31:39,744 --> 01:31:40,786 Certain on Mitchell? 1523 01:31:40,954 --> 01:31:44,123 We know he approved payments to Liddy while he was attorney general. 1524 01:31:44,291 --> 01:31:45,916 - You got more than one source? CARL and BOB: Yes. 1525 01:31:46,084 --> 01:31:47,126 HOWARD: Who are they? BOB: Sloan. 1526 01:31:47,294 --> 01:31:48,335 Sloan and who else? 1527 01:31:48,503 --> 01:31:52,173 Another guy at Justice who won't confirm the other two who controlled the fund. 1528 01:31:52,340 --> 01:31:54,758 - What about Deep Throat? BOB: He's not a source on this. 1529 01:31:54,926 --> 01:31:56,427 HOWARD: Do any of them have an ax? - Nope. 1530 01:31:56,595 --> 01:31:59,346 Personal, political, sexual? Anything at all on Mitchell? 1531 01:31:59,514 --> 01:32:00,806 - No. - Can we use their names? 1532 01:32:00,974 --> 01:32:02,266 - No. - Goddamn it. 1533 01:32:02,434 --> 01:32:04,977 When is somebody gonna go on the record in this story? 1534 01:32:08,315 --> 01:32:11,609 You are about to write a story that says the former attorney general... 1535 01:32:11,776 --> 01:32:15,654 ...the highest-ranking law-enforcement officer in this country, is a crook. 1536 01:32:18,617 --> 01:32:20,951 Just be sure you're right. 1537 01:32:22,329 --> 01:32:23,621 [LINE RINGING] 1538 01:32:23,788 --> 01:32:26,916 WOMAN: Essex House, may I help you? - John Mitchell. 1539 01:32:27,083 --> 01:32:29,084 [LINE RINGING] 1540 01:32:34,799 --> 01:32:36,342 MITCHELL: Yes? 1541 01:32:36,509 --> 01:32:38,969 Sir, this is Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post... 1542 01:32:39,137 --> 01:32:41,597 ...and I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour. 1543 01:32:41,765 --> 01:32:45,184 Tomorrow we're running a story in the paper... 1544 01:32:45,352 --> 01:32:49,605 ...and we just think that you should have a chance to comment on it. 1545 01:32:50,774 --> 01:32:52,483 What does it say? 1546 01:32:52,651 --> 01:32:58,113 "John N. Mitchell, while serving as United States attorney general... 1547 01:32:58,281 --> 01:33:00,866 ...personally controlled a secret cash fund... 1548 01:33:01,034 --> 01:33:03,452 ...used to gather information about the Democrats... 1549 01:33:03,620 --> 01:33:06,997 ...according to sources involved in the Watergate investigation." 1550 01:33:07,165 --> 01:33:09,875 - Jesus. - "Beginning in the spring of 1971... 1551 01:33:10,043 --> 01:33:12,336 ...a year before he left the Justice Department... 1552 01:33:12,504 --> 01:33:14,755 ...to become President Nixon's campaign manager. 1553 01:33:14,923 --> 01:33:19,134 On March 1, Mitchell personally approved withdrawals from the fund." 1554 01:33:19,302 --> 01:33:21,720 All that crap, you're putting it in the paper? 1555 01:33:21,888 --> 01:33:24,598 - Well-- - Look, it's all been denied. 1556 01:33:24,766 --> 01:33:26,684 Tell your publisher, tell Katie Graham... 1557 01:33:26,851 --> 01:33:30,062 ...she's gonna get her tit caught in a big ringer if that's published. 1558 01:33:30,230 --> 01:33:32,690 Christ, that's the most sickening thing I ever heard. 1559 01:33:32,857 --> 01:33:35,943 - I wonder if I could ask you some questions. - What time is it? 1560 01:33:36,111 --> 01:33:38,112 It's 11:30, sir. 1561 01:33:38,280 --> 01:33:40,239 Eleven-thirty? 1562 01:33:40,407 --> 01:33:43,575 - Is it morning or night? - It's 11:30 at night, sir. 1563 01:33:43,743 --> 01:33:46,578 - Oh. - Sir, the Committee to Reelect... 1564 01:33:46,746 --> 01:33:50,541 ...has issued a statement to our story, but there are a couple questions-- 1565 01:33:50,709 --> 01:33:53,752 Did the committee tell you to go ahead and publish the story? 1566 01:33:53,920 --> 01:33:56,505 You fellas have a great ball game going. 1567 01:33:56,673 --> 01:34:00,217 As soon as you're done, we're gonna do a story on all of you. 1568 01:34:00,385 --> 01:34:05,055 - Sir, there's just a couple of questions-- - Call my law office in the morning. 1569 01:34:07,017 --> 01:34:09,560 There's no question you properly identified yourself? 1570 01:34:09,728 --> 01:34:11,770 Said it right off the top. 1571 01:34:13,023 --> 01:34:17,192 - Mitchell know he was talking to a reporter? - Yeah, but I think I woke him up. 1572 01:34:17,777 --> 01:34:20,696 - You have good notes? - Verbatim. 1573 01:34:21,573 --> 01:34:24,575 He really said that about Mrs. Graham? 1574 01:34:25,869 --> 01:34:27,870 Well, cut the words "her tit" and print it. 1575 01:34:28,038 --> 01:34:30,748 - Why? - This is a family newspaper. 1576 01:34:31,499 --> 01:34:33,500 [SIGHS] 1577 01:34:34,544 --> 01:34:35,836 Once when I was reporting... 1578 01:34:36,004 --> 01:34:38,922 ...Lyndon Johnson's top guy gave me the word... 1579 01:34:39,090 --> 01:34:42,176 ...they were looking for a successor for J. Edgar Hoover. 1580 01:34:42,344 --> 01:34:46,055 I wrote it, and the day it appeared, Johnson held a press conference... 1581 01:34:46,222 --> 01:34:49,558 ...and appointed Hoover head of the FBI for life. 1582 01:34:49,726 --> 01:34:52,269 When he was done, he turned to his top guy... 1583 01:34:52,437 --> 01:34:55,230 ...and the president said, "Call Ben Bradlee and tell him, 'Fuck you."' 1584 01:34:55,398 --> 01:34:56,648 [CHUCKLES] 1585 01:34:56,816 --> 01:34:59,318 Then everybody said, "You did it, Ben. You screwed up. 1586 01:34:59,486 --> 01:35:02,529 You stuck us with Hoover forever." 1587 01:35:02,697 --> 01:35:04,323 I screwed up... 1588 01:35:04,491 --> 01:35:07,076 ...but I wasn't wrong. Hm. 1589 01:35:09,287 --> 01:35:12,122 How much can you tell me about Deep Throat? 1590 01:35:13,249 --> 01:35:15,250 How much do you need to know? 1591 01:35:15,418 --> 01:35:17,211 Do you trust him? 1592 01:35:18,838 --> 01:35:20,297 Yeah. 1593 01:35:22,133 --> 01:35:27,304 I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them. 1594 01:35:28,390 --> 01:35:31,183 And I hate trusting anybody. 1595 01:35:38,900 --> 01:35:40,984 Run that baby. 1596 01:36:20,150 --> 01:36:24,194 MAN [ON TV]: The Washington Post reported that while still in office as attorney general... 1597 01:36:24,362 --> 01:36:28,532 ...John Mitchell had personally controlled a secret Republican fund. 1598 01:36:28,700 --> 01:36:32,661 Mitchell denied any such involvement and called the story "ludicrous." 1599 01:36:32,829 --> 01:36:36,165 The new charge also brought a response from Vice President Agnew... 1600 01:36:36,332 --> 01:36:37,708 ...at his stop in Tampa. 1601 01:36:37,876 --> 01:36:41,295 I have full confidence in Mr. Mitchell... 1602 01:36:41,463 --> 01:36:44,423 ...and in the people in the Republican organization... 1603 01:36:44,591 --> 01:36:48,385 ...and I think that that kind of unattributed report... 1604 01:36:48,553 --> 01:36:51,555 ...at a time like this is counterproductive. 1605 01:36:51,723 --> 01:36:56,226 We must bear in mind that those who published it... 1606 01:36:56,394 --> 01:36:59,062 ...have already shown their sympathy for the other ticket. 1607 01:36:59,689 --> 01:37:02,608 MAN: A band and some young cheerleaders-- - All non-denial denials. 1608 01:37:02,775 --> 01:37:05,986 They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate. 1609 01:37:06,154 --> 01:37:08,113 Did you understand one thing he was saying? 1610 01:37:08,281 --> 01:37:11,074 CARL: What I can't figure out is, what is a real denial? 1611 01:37:11,242 --> 01:37:15,287 Well, if they start calling us goddamn liars, we better start circling the wagons. 1612 01:37:15,455 --> 01:37:18,248 - When you think they'll start doing that? - When they get out of Tampa. 1613 01:37:18,416 --> 01:37:19,583 [ALL LAUGH] 1614 01:37:20,251 --> 01:37:22,753 CARL: Joe, come on, what's going on with you guys at the FBI? 1615 01:37:22,921 --> 01:37:26,089 I've been trying to get you for weeks. Secretary says you're not in. 1616 01:37:26,257 --> 01:37:28,091 Last night, you said you couldn't talk. 1617 01:37:28,259 --> 01:37:30,928 This morning, soon as our Mitchell story hits the stands... 1618 01:37:31,095 --> 01:37:33,555 ...you call and say you gotta see me right away. Why? 1619 01:37:33,723 --> 01:37:36,141 You guys have been causing big trouble at the bureau. 1620 01:37:36,309 --> 01:37:37,518 Why? 1621 01:37:37,685 --> 01:37:41,063 Our reports are showing up in your paper almost verbatim. 1622 01:37:41,231 --> 01:37:44,900 I mean, you've really been on the mark, except for Mitchell. 1623 01:37:45,068 --> 01:37:47,277 Now, we didn't have that... 1624 01:37:47,445 --> 01:37:48,946 ...that he controlled the funds. 1625 01:37:49,113 --> 01:37:50,447 Right. 1626 01:37:50,615 --> 01:37:52,241 Our agents have been busting ass... 1627 01:37:52,408 --> 01:37:55,035 ...but we're gonna go back and see if we missed anything. 1628 01:37:55,203 --> 01:37:58,705 What I don't understand is all the people who know details of the bugging... 1629 01:37:58,873 --> 01:38:00,415 ...the FBI hasn't even talked to. 1630 01:38:00,583 --> 01:38:04,127 Why have you conducted interviews of CREEP personnel at CREEP headquarters... 1631 01:38:04,295 --> 01:38:07,381 ...instead of at their homes, where they might feel freer to talk? 1632 01:38:07,549 --> 01:38:08,632 Joe, wait a minute. 1633 01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:11,468 Why have the interviews at CREEP always been conducted... 1634 01:38:11,636 --> 01:38:14,304 ...within the presence of the lawyer who works for CREEP? 1635 01:38:14,472 --> 01:38:17,140 Look, you know, I can't answer for the whole bureau. 1636 01:38:17,308 --> 01:38:20,477 - Oh, come on, I'm just-- - I do what I'm told. 1637 01:38:21,646 --> 01:38:24,064 I followed my orders, period. 1638 01:38:30,029 --> 01:38:31,822 What orders? 1639 01:38:35,285 --> 01:38:38,662 CARL: Woodward! Woodward! 1640 01:38:40,164 --> 01:38:41,623 Wait! 1641 01:38:42,584 --> 01:38:44,042 Bob! 1642 01:38:46,588 --> 01:38:49,715 Out of the blue. Out of the blue. 1643 01:38:51,092 --> 01:38:54,303 This morning I get a tip to call a guy by the name of Alex Shipley... 1644 01:38:54,470 --> 01:38:57,139 ...who is now the assistant attorney general of Tennessee. 1645 01:38:57,307 --> 01:38:59,558 Now, the guy told me that called me-- That said-- 1646 01:38:59,726 --> 01:39:02,269 He said that Shipley was asked in the summer of 1971... 1647 01:39:02,437 --> 01:39:04,813 ...by an old Army buddy, a Donald Segretti... 1648 01:39:04,981 --> 01:39:06,773 ...to join a group of other lawyers... 1649 01:39:06,941 --> 01:39:09,818 ...for Nixon's campaign to sabotage the Democratic candidates. 1650 01:39:09,986 --> 01:39:13,113 - Make a left. We'll go to my place. - Sabotage Democratic candidates? 1651 01:39:13,281 --> 01:39:17,159 CARL: I was able to make a couple calls, and I got Segretti's records for the year-- 1652 01:39:17,327 --> 01:39:20,746 His travel records for the year 1971-'72. 1653 01:39:20,913 --> 01:39:21,955 Does the FBI know--? 1654 01:39:22,123 --> 01:39:24,124 - Did you say left or right? - Left, my place. 1655 01:39:24,292 --> 01:39:27,419 - We gotta go through the records. - Does the FBI know about Segretti? 1656 01:39:27,587 --> 01:39:30,714 FBI interrogated Segretti, found he wasn't involved in the break-in. 1657 01:39:30,882 --> 01:39:32,716 They dropped it, didn't follow through. 1658 01:39:32,884 --> 01:39:34,426 BOB: Where is he? CARL: He's in California. 1659 01:39:35,053 --> 01:39:36,553 BOB: Jesus, look at this. CARL: What? 1660 01:39:36,721 --> 01:39:39,389 BOB: Segretti crisscrossed the country at least a dozen times. 1661 01:39:42,226 --> 01:39:45,020 Only stayed in cities where there were Democratic primaries. 1662 01:39:45,188 --> 01:39:47,064 CARL: If the break-in was just one incident... 1663 01:39:47,231 --> 01:39:49,858 ...in a campaign of sabotage that began a year before.... 1664 01:39:50,026 --> 01:39:52,069 BOB: For the first time, the break-in makes sense. 1665 01:39:52,236 --> 01:39:53,278 CARL: This isn't so crazy. 1666 01:39:53,446 --> 01:39:55,572 This whole thing didn't start with the bugging. 1667 01:39:55,740 --> 01:39:58,033 Segretti was doing this a year before the bugging. 1668 01:39:58,201 --> 01:40:00,744 And a year before, Nixon was running behind Muskie... 1669 01:40:00,912 --> 01:40:03,205 ...before Muskie self-destructed. 1670 01:40:03,998 --> 01:40:05,916 If he self-destructed. 1671 01:40:06,793 --> 01:40:09,461 CARL: Hi. Uh, Donald Segretti? - That's right. 1672 01:40:09,629 --> 01:40:12,923 I'm Carl Bernstein from the Washington Post. 1673 01:40:13,091 --> 01:40:14,675 Hi. 1674 01:40:15,426 --> 01:40:16,677 What can I do for you? 1675 01:40:16,844 --> 01:40:21,598 Well, my paper just sent me out here to try to persuade you to go on the record. 1676 01:40:21,766 --> 01:40:22,766 Why me? 1677 01:40:22,934 --> 01:40:24,810 Because you were the head coordinator... 1678 01:40:24,977 --> 01:40:28,855 ...of Nixon's sabotage campaign against the Democrats. 1679 01:40:29,691 --> 01:40:33,276 - Carl, you want some coffee? - You read my mind. 1680 01:40:38,616 --> 01:40:41,618 Carl, tell me something. What...? 1681 01:40:41,786 --> 01:40:44,121 What do you imagine the head coordinator does? 1682 01:40:44,288 --> 01:40:48,083 I guess basically you were involved in recruiting other people like yourself... 1683 01:40:48,251 --> 01:40:49,292 ...other lawyers. 1684 01:40:49,460 --> 01:40:52,838 - Lawyers? - Like Alex Shipley. 1685 01:40:53,005 --> 01:40:57,259 I made it clear that I would not do anything violent or illegal. 1686 01:40:57,802 --> 01:40:59,803 What do you mean by illegal? 1687 01:40:59,971 --> 01:41:03,432 Watergate. I mean, that's-- The whole bugging, that's horrendous. 1688 01:41:04,058 --> 01:41:06,309 And what kind of stuff do you guys do, then? 1689 01:41:06,477 --> 01:41:08,687 Nickel-and-dime stuff. 1690 01:41:09,439 --> 01:41:10,647 Stuff. 1691 01:41:10,815 --> 01:41:12,733 Stuff with a little wit attached to it. 1692 01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:15,318 You mean when you sent out on Muskie's stationery... 1693 01:41:15,486 --> 01:41:18,488 ...that Senator Hubert Humphrey was going out with call girls? 1694 01:41:18,948 --> 01:41:21,783 Listen, if anything, it helped the man's image. 1695 01:41:21,951 --> 01:41:24,494 What was the one on Muskie's stationery you sent out... 1696 01:41:24,954 --> 01:41:28,707 ...that said that Scoop Jackson was having a bastard child? 1697 01:41:28,875 --> 01:41:31,835 So sometimes it got up to a quarter, off the record. 1698 01:41:32,837 --> 01:41:36,965 I think one of the most interesting ones was the "Canuck" letter. 1699 01:41:37,842 --> 01:41:38,842 What about it? 1700 01:41:40,011 --> 01:41:43,346 Come on. Where you claimed that Muskie slurred the Canadians. 1701 01:41:43,514 --> 01:41:45,849 No, I didn't write that. 1702 01:41:46,017 --> 01:41:47,017 Do you know who did? 1703 01:41:47,185 --> 01:41:50,312 Carl, when you guys print it in the papers, then I'll know. 1704 01:41:50,480 --> 01:41:52,981 Smart guy, Donald. 1705 01:41:53,149 --> 01:41:54,191 You're no dummy. 1706 01:41:55,610 --> 01:41:57,694 I'm a lawyer, Carl. 1707 01:41:57,862 --> 01:41:59,154 I'm a lawyer. 1708 01:41:59,322 --> 01:42:00,864 I'm a good lawyer... 1709 01:42:01,032 --> 01:42:04,701 ...and I'll probably wind up going to jail and being disbarred. 1710 01:42:06,913 --> 01:42:10,665 And I don't know what I did that was so goddamn awful. 1711 01:42:15,546 --> 01:42:18,507 I'll tell you something. None of this was my idea. 1712 01:42:18,674 --> 01:42:22,636 - I didn't go looking for the job. - Well, that's important. 1713 01:42:23,638 --> 01:42:25,680 Chapin came to you. 1714 01:42:32,104 --> 01:42:33,146 You know what? 1715 01:42:33,314 --> 01:42:37,400 It's funny, but I keep forgetting that you guys knew each other in college. 1716 01:42:37,568 --> 01:42:41,488 You were friends at SC, you and Chapin. Who else was there? 1717 01:42:41,906 --> 01:42:43,740 There was me... 1718 01:42:43,908 --> 01:42:45,534 ...Dwight... 1719 01:42:45,701 --> 01:42:46,952 ...Ziegler. 1720 01:42:47,119 --> 01:42:48,578 The whole USC mafia. 1721 01:42:48,746 --> 01:42:51,540 And that's when you got involved in the student elections... 1722 01:42:51,707 --> 01:42:55,752 ...and started to try to get your man in, so you stuffed ballot boxes and.... 1723 01:42:55,920 --> 01:42:58,880 What was that term you guys used for screwing up the opposition? 1724 01:42:59,590 --> 01:43:02,300 - Rat-fucking. - That's right. 1725 01:43:02,468 --> 01:43:03,927 You were doing the same stuff... 1726 01:43:04,095 --> 01:43:06,763 ...when you were out campaigning for President Nixon. 1727 01:43:06,931 --> 01:43:09,850 Let me tell you something, we did a lot of worse things in college. 1728 01:43:10,017 --> 01:43:11,101 [CHUCKLES] 1729 01:43:11,644 --> 01:43:14,396 Look, let me ask you something, Carl. 1730 01:43:14,564 --> 01:43:17,315 What would you have done if you were just out of the Army... 1731 01:43:17,483 --> 01:43:19,150 ...been away for four years... 1732 01:43:19,318 --> 01:43:22,612 ...didn't know what kind of law you wanted to practice... 1733 01:43:22,780 --> 01:43:25,282 ...and one day you get a call from an old friend... 1734 01:43:25,449 --> 01:43:28,994 ...asking if you wanna go to work for the president of the United States? 1735 01:43:29,161 --> 01:43:33,582 Jeez. Chapin was the appointment secretary for Nixon when he called. 1736 01:43:33,749 --> 01:43:34,791 Yeah. 1737 01:43:34,959 --> 01:43:38,628 If those sinister things really happened, I don't think Dwight knew about them. 1738 01:43:38,796 --> 01:43:42,299 - He just did what he was told. - Told by who? 1739 01:43:53,144 --> 01:43:55,145 DEEP THROAT: What's the topic for tonight? 1740 01:44:00,651 --> 01:44:02,152 Rat-fucking. 1741 01:44:04,113 --> 01:44:07,908 In my day, it was simply known as a double-cross. 1742 01:44:08,075 --> 01:44:10,952 In our present context... 1743 01:44:11,913 --> 01:44:15,582 ...it means infiltration of the Democrats. 1744 01:44:16,626 --> 01:44:19,044 Segretti won't go on the record... 1745 01:44:19,211 --> 01:44:21,713 ...but if he would, we know he would implicate Chapin. 1746 01:44:24,050 --> 01:44:26,676 And that would put you inside the White House. 1747 01:44:28,012 --> 01:44:29,429 Who? 1748 01:44:31,307 --> 01:44:33,308 Can you be specific? 1749 01:44:33,851 --> 01:44:35,352 How high up? 1750 01:44:38,522 --> 01:44:41,566 You'll have to find that out for yourself. 1751 01:44:42,777 --> 01:44:45,612 I don't like newspapers. 1752 01:44:46,822 --> 01:44:52,035 I don't care for inexactitude and shallowness. 1753 01:44:53,704 --> 01:44:55,455 The CREEP slush fund... 1754 01:44:55,623 --> 01:44:59,000 ...that financed the rat-fucking, we've just about got that nailed down. 1755 01:44:59,168 --> 01:45:00,543 Did you change cabs? 1756 01:45:08,302 --> 01:45:09,803 BOB: Yeah. 1757 01:45:09,971 --> 01:45:13,098 Does the FBI know what we know? 1758 01:45:16,394 --> 01:45:18,395 Does Justice? 1759 01:45:22,233 --> 01:45:24,734 Why haven't they done anything? 1760 01:45:25,319 --> 01:45:30,240 If it didn't deal directly with the break-in, they didn't pursue. 1761 01:45:30,783 --> 01:45:32,450 Who told them not to? 1762 01:45:32,910 --> 01:45:35,912 Don't you understand what you're on to? 1763 01:45:39,250 --> 01:45:42,127 - Mitchell knew? - Of course Mitchell knew. 1764 01:45:43,129 --> 01:45:45,880 Do you think something this size just happens? 1765 01:45:46,048 --> 01:45:47,924 Haldeman had to know too. 1766 01:45:48,092 --> 01:45:51,219 You'll get nothing from me about Haldeman. 1767 01:45:54,890 --> 01:45:56,224 Segretti said that-- 1768 01:45:56,392 --> 01:46:00,729 Don't concentrate on Segretti. You'll miss the overall. 1769 01:46:01,981 --> 01:46:05,525 The letter that destroyed the Muskie candidacy... 1770 01:46:05,693 --> 01:46:07,777 ...did that come from inside the White House? 1771 01:46:07,945 --> 01:46:11,031 - You're missing the overall. - But what overall? 1772 01:46:11,198 --> 01:46:14,284 They were frightened of Muskie, and look who got destroyed. 1773 01:46:14,744 --> 01:46:18,455 They wanted to run against McGovern. Look who they're running against. 1774 01:46:18,622 --> 01:46:21,875 They bugged, they followed people. 1775 01:46:22,043 --> 01:46:24,711 False press leaks, fake letters. 1776 01:46:25,254 --> 01:46:27,464 They canceled Democratic campaign rallies. 1777 01:46:27,631 --> 01:46:30,592 They investigated Democratic private lives. 1778 01:46:31,510 --> 01:46:34,179 They planted spies, stole documents, and on and on. 1779 01:46:34,346 --> 01:46:37,098 Now, don't tell me you think this is all the work... 1780 01:46:37,266 --> 01:46:39,809 ...of little Don Segretti. 1781 01:46:41,228 --> 01:46:43,313 The FBI and Justice know this? 1782 01:46:47,151 --> 01:46:48,860 [CAR ENGINE STARTS] 1783 01:46:50,696 --> 01:46:52,697 [TIRES SCREECH] 1784 01:49:00,242 --> 01:49:02,243 [CHATTERING] 1785 01:49:07,208 --> 01:49:10,668 MAN 1: Send me the clips on the Food and Drug story. 1786 01:49:12,129 --> 01:49:14,505 MAN 2: Yes, sir, and I want-- My question is-- 1787 01:49:14,673 --> 01:49:15,715 - Carl. - Yeah? 1788 01:49:15,883 --> 01:49:17,592 Why don't you pick up your messages? 1789 01:49:17,760 --> 01:49:19,719 - Right. You got a cigarette? - Yeah. 1790 01:49:19,887 --> 01:49:20,929 Who's Pete Teller? 1791 01:49:21,096 --> 01:49:24,265 Haven't the slightest idea. I have this whole place to take care of. 1792 01:49:24,433 --> 01:49:26,976 - Carl? - Yeah, one second. 1793 01:49:28,145 --> 01:49:30,438 - Tell him to leave his number next time. - Will do. 1794 01:49:30,606 --> 01:49:32,732 - Hi. - You guys know about the "Canuck" letter? 1795 01:49:32,900 --> 01:49:34,067 Yep. I'm sorry, I'm late. 1796 01:49:34,235 --> 01:49:37,111 I just wanna make sure you know who wrote it, though. 1797 01:49:38,155 --> 01:49:39,572 CARL: What? 1798 01:49:39,907 --> 01:49:40,990 What? 1799 01:49:41,158 --> 01:49:44,786 You mean the letter that sabotaged the Muskie candidacy? All right, come here. 1800 01:49:44,954 --> 01:49:47,914 - When did he tell you this? - I already told you.... 1801 01:49:49,959 --> 01:49:51,709 I gotta tell Bob. 1802 01:49:55,381 --> 01:49:57,465 - Woodward. BOB: What? 1803 01:49:57,925 --> 01:50:00,802 CARL: One second. Come here, come here, come here. 1804 01:50:01,262 --> 01:50:04,514 Come here. Tell him what you told me. 1805 01:50:04,932 --> 01:50:06,724 Come here, sit down. 1806 01:50:08,269 --> 01:50:11,479 Just exactly the way you said it to me, just say it to him. 1807 01:50:12,356 --> 01:50:14,607 Ken Clawson told me he wrote the "Canuck" letter. 1808 01:50:14,775 --> 01:50:17,318 CARL: The letter that said Muskie was slurring the Canadians. 1809 01:50:17,486 --> 01:50:20,697 The deputy director of Communications wrote the "Canuck" letter. 1810 01:50:20,864 --> 01:50:22,949 - When did he tell you? - We were having drinks. 1811 01:50:23,117 --> 01:50:24,701 CARL: Where were you? - My apartment. 1812 01:50:25,160 --> 01:50:26,494 CARL: When did you say he told you? 1813 01:50:26,662 --> 01:50:28,538 SALLY: Two weeks ago. CARL: What else did he say? 1814 01:50:28,706 --> 01:50:30,873 He didn't say anything? Come on, you're hedging. 1815 01:50:31,041 --> 01:50:33,710 Do you think he said it to get you to go to bed with him? 1816 01:50:33,877 --> 01:50:35,586 CARL: Jesus. BOB: No, I wanna hear her say it. 1817 01:50:35,754 --> 01:50:39,382 You think he said that to impress you to try to get you to go to bed with him? 1818 01:50:39,550 --> 01:50:42,468 CARL: Why did it take you two weeks to tell us this, Sally? 1819 01:50:44,013 --> 01:50:47,682 I guess I don't have the taste for the jugular you guys have. 1820 01:50:48,934 --> 01:50:51,060 MAN: There's no specific cause, no.... 1821 01:50:51,228 --> 01:50:52,770 BOB: You're claiming it was a misunderstanding? 1822 01:50:52,938 --> 01:50:55,023 CLAWSON [OVER PHONE]: Absolutely. Sally's got it all wrong. 1823 01:50:55,190 --> 01:50:57,066 I never told her I wrote that letter. 1824 01:50:57,234 --> 01:50:59,360 We were shooting the breeze about the election. 1825 01:50:59,528 --> 01:51:00,987 She's an awfully good reporter. 1826 01:51:01,155 --> 01:51:03,698 I don't remember her getting much wrong before, do you? 1827 01:51:03,866 --> 01:51:05,366 That's a real bullshit question. 1828 01:51:05,534 --> 01:51:08,244 That is a question straight out of Wichita, Kansas. 1829 01:51:08,412 --> 01:51:09,787 Listen, one last thing. 1830 01:51:09,955 --> 01:51:12,915 Do you remember where this shooting the breeze took place? 1831 01:51:13,083 --> 01:51:15,043 What do you mean, where? 1832 01:51:15,210 --> 01:51:17,962 Well, I mean, was it a restaurant or her apartment or a bar? 1833 01:51:18,130 --> 01:51:21,591 Look, I've forgotten the entire incident, but it wasn't in her apartment. 1834 01:51:21,759 --> 01:51:22,800 Do you remember when--? 1835 01:51:22,968 --> 01:51:26,220 I don't have time for this. I'm a busy man. 1836 01:51:26,388 --> 01:51:28,931 - You get that? - What did he say about meeting in a bar? 1837 01:51:29,099 --> 01:51:31,100 - He forgot the incident. - He didn't deny it. 1838 01:51:31,268 --> 01:51:33,102 That's a non-denial denial. 1839 01:51:33,270 --> 01:51:36,564 - Wichita, Kansas? - Yeah, he said, "That's a bullshit question." 1840 01:51:36,732 --> 01:51:39,150 I know what he said, but I'm from Wheaton, Illinois. 1841 01:51:39,318 --> 01:51:40,943 Hey, Bob, Carl, he's on the phone. 1842 01:51:41,111 --> 01:51:42,779 BOB: Who? - Clawson. 1843 01:51:45,824 --> 01:51:48,534 - What line? - Get on Line 4 and transcribe this, will you? 1844 01:51:48,702 --> 01:51:50,620 - Four. - Wait. 1845 01:51:50,788 --> 01:51:53,373 - Four? - Okay? Yeah. 1846 01:51:54,291 --> 01:51:55,333 Yes, Ken? 1847 01:51:55,501 --> 01:51:58,461 CLAWSON: Sally, for chrissakes, don't tell them I came to your place. 1848 01:51:58,629 --> 01:52:01,047 Why not? What's wrong with coming over for a drink? 1849 01:52:01,215 --> 01:52:04,342 You and me, in your apartment? 1850 01:52:04,510 --> 01:52:06,010 Well? 1851 01:52:06,470 --> 01:52:08,846 Jesus Christ, you just shot me down. 1852 01:52:09,014 --> 01:52:13,267 If that appears in the papers, that I'm over at your house having a.... 1853 01:52:13,435 --> 01:52:16,145 - Well, do you know what that does? - Well, I don't see why. 1854 01:52:16,313 --> 01:52:19,399 You don't? You don't? 1855 01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:23,027 - But there's nothing bad about it. - Well, there sure is. 1856 01:52:23,195 --> 01:52:27,698 Jesus Christ. This is just incredible. 1857 01:52:27,866 --> 01:52:29,325 Well, I have a clear conscience. 1858 01:52:29,493 --> 01:52:33,371 Sally, I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat. 1859 01:52:34,289 --> 01:52:36,290 BOB: She said he was in her house having a drink. 1860 01:52:36,458 --> 01:52:38,835 I don't care where it happened. What happened is what counts. 1861 01:52:39,002 --> 01:52:40,128 CARL: When we asked him about it... 1862 01:52:40,295 --> 01:52:41,337 [PHONE BEEPS] 1863 01:52:41,505 --> 01:52:42,964 ...he said he forgot the entire incident. 1864 01:52:43,132 --> 01:52:44,674 BEN: Yeah? WOMAN: Ken Clawson on the line. 1865 01:52:45,259 --> 01:52:48,594 - Ken Clawson on the line. BOB: Jesus. 1866 01:52:50,806 --> 01:52:52,390 Ken. What's up, kid? 1867 01:52:52,558 --> 01:52:55,435 CLAWSON: Ben, now, look, this whole thing that's going on over there... 1868 01:52:55,602 --> 01:52:58,938 ...I want you to know I never claimed authorship of the "Canuck" letter. 1869 01:52:59,106 --> 01:53:01,983 - Says he never wrote the letter. CLAWSON: It's some misunderstanding-- 1870 01:53:02,151 --> 01:53:05,111 Ken, Ken. Slow, slow, slow down, Ken. You sound frazzled. 1871 01:53:05,279 --> 01:53:07,238 No, Ben, please listen. 1872 01:53:07,406 --> 01:53:10,241 Now, if you're going to refer to that alleged conversation... 1873 01:53:10,409 --> 01:53:13,786 ...with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. 1874 01:53:13,954 --> 01:53:16,581 I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat. 1875 01:53:16,748 --> 01:53:21,335 A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken, right. Yeah. 1876 01:53:21,503 --> 01:53:24,505 Ken, I don't wanna print that you were in Sally's apartment. 1877 01:53:24,673 --> 01:53:25,715 Oh, thank God. 1878 01:53:25,883 --> 01:53:30,178 I just wanna know what you said in Sally's apartment. 1879 01:53:30,554 --> 01:53:32,555 [PHONE RINGING] 1880 01:53:42,149 --> 01:53:43,191 Hello? 1881 01:53:43,358 --> 01:53:47,069 BOB: I just got a tip from our FBI source. The secret cash fund financed Segretti. 1882 01:53:47,237 --> 01:53:48,905 - Jesus. - All right, now, listen. 1883 01:53:49,072 --> 01:53:52,450 Chapin hired Segretti, we know that. And we know Haldeman hired Chapin. 1884 01:53:52,618 --> 01:53:55,286 Haldeman has to be the fifth name to control the fund. 1885 01:53:56,205 --> 01:53:58,122 Sloan knows. 1886 01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:02,585 We've only got four of the five who controlled the fund. 1887 01:54:02,753 --> 01:54:05,838 - It has to be Haldeman. - I don't think we've got it. 1888 01:54:06,590 --> 01:54:08,799 We know the fifth is a top White House official. 1889 01:54:08,967 --> 01:54:11,135 - No one has said it. - No one's denied it. 1890 01:54:11,303 --> 01:54:14,388 That still doesn't prove it was Haldeman. 1891 01:54:16,808 --> 01:54:20,186 If you go to bed and there's no snow, and you wake up and there's snow... 1892 01:54:20,354 --> 01:54:22,772 ...you can say it snowed, although you didn't see it. 1893 01:54:22,940 --> 01:54:25,608 If we can't prove the fifth is Haldeman, we're wiped out. 1894 01:54:25,776 --> 01:54:28,277 Everything in that campaign is done with his approval. 1895 01:54:28,445 --> 01:54:31,614 Everybody who works under Haldeman does so with his knowledge. 1896 01:54:31,782 --> 01:54:34,033 Everybody is under Haldeman except the president. 1897 01:54:34,201 --> 01:54:36,118 Common sense says it's Haldeman. 1898 01:54:38,622 --> 01:54:41,958 If we go and see Sloan, and we tell him that we know... 1899 01:54:42,125 --> 01:54:46,003 ...that he named Haldeman to the grand jury.... 1900 01:54:46,922 --> 01:54:49,298 Then all we would need to do is have him confirm it. 1901 01:54:49,466 --> 01:54:50,883 Right. 1902 01:54:51,051 --> 01:54:53,970 - Wanna do it that way? - Yes. 1903 01:54:54,388 --> 01:54:56,639 Let's go back and see Sloan. 1904 01:55:00,060 --> 01:55:02,103 We can't go now, because he's not home yet. 1905 01:55:02,813 --> 01:55:05,815 He might not be answering, but he might be there. 1906 01:55:15,075 --> 01:55:16,450 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 1907 01:55:20,497 --> 01:55:21,497 - Hi. SLOAN: Please. 1908 01:55:21,665 --> 01:55:24,500 We've already written the story. We just need you to define-- 1909 01:55:24,668 --> 01:55:26,711 SLOAN: Debbie's in the hospital and my in-laws are-- 1910 01:55:26,878 --> 01:55:28,296 BOB: Two questions? CARL: We understand. 1911 01:55:28,463 --> 01:55:30,089 BOB: Two questions? 1912 01:55:33,218 --> 01:55:35,720 The cash that financed the Watergate break-in. 1913 01:55:35,887 --> 01:55:37,513 Five men had control of the fund. 1914 01:55:37,681 --> 01:55:41,058 Mitchell, Stans, Magruder, Kalmbach. We have confirmations on those four. 1915 01:55:41,226 --> 01:55:43,853 - We found out Haldeman's the fifth. - I'm not your source. 1916 01:55:44,021 --> 01:55:47,523 - All we're asking you to do is confirm. - I'm not your source on Haldeman. 1917 01:55:47,691 --> 01:55:49,859 When you were questioned by the grand jury-- 1918 01:55:50,027 --> 01:55:51,027 You had to name names. 1919 01:55:51,194 --> 01:55:53,571 - Of course, everything they asked. - All right. 1920 01:55:54,489 --> 01:55:56,157 Well, uh.... 1921 01:55:57,492 --> 01:55:58,534 What do you think? 1922 01:55:58,702 --> 01:56:02,163 Say we wrote a story that said Haldeman was the fifth to control the fund. 1923 01:56:02,331 --> 01:56:04,915 - Would we be in any trouble? - Would we be wrong? 1924 01:56:08,754 --> 01:56:10,713 Let me put it this way. 1925 01:56:10,881 --> 01:56:14,091 I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that. 1926 01:56:14,259 --> 01:56:16,886 - You wouldn't? - No. 1927 01:56:17,638 --> 01:56:20,222 - That's okay. Yeah. - Okay. 1928 01:56:20,390 --> 01:56:22,642 - Oh, you had a baby. - Yeah. My wife did. 1929 01:56:22,809 --> 01:56:24,560 - Is it a boy or a girl? - It's a girl. 1930 01:56:24,728 --> 01:56:26,020 - Congratulations. - Oh, great. 1931 01:56:26,188 --> 01:56:27,229 Thank you. 1932 01:56:27,397 --> 01:56:28,981 BOB: Sorry to have bothered you. - Yeah. 1933 01:56:29,149 --> 01:56:31,400 CARL: Will you give our best to her? - I will. 1934 01:56:34,863 --> 01:56:36,656 Well, I think that Woodward's just-- 1935 01:56:36,823 --> 01:56:40,201 And I am curious of the fact that the FBI, in its entire inquiry... 1936 01:56:40,369 --> 01:56:44,413 ...never talked to or did inquiries into the second most powerful man to the president. 1937 01:56:44,581 --> 01:56:46,165 JOE [OVER PHONE]: You don't seem to understand. 1938 01:56:46,333 --> 01:56:49,085 No, you get nothing about Haldeman out of me. 1939 01:56:49,252 --> 01:56:51,087 CARL: But we don't need to know anything, Joe. 1940 01:56:51,254 --> 01:56:53,339 Tomorrow we're going with a story on the FBI. 1941 01:56:53,507 --> 01:56:56,425 - What does that mean? - We're going to establish in that story... 1942 01:56:56,593 --> 01:56:59,261 ...that you guys just about blew the whole investigation. 1943 01:56:59,429 --> 01:57:00,888 Oh, no, we didn't miss so much. 1944 01:57:01,056 --> 01:57:03,307 You didn't know Haldeman had control of the fund. 1945 01:57:03,475 --> 01:57:04,684 It's all in our files. 1946 01:57:04,851 --> 01:57:07,269 - Not about Haldeman. - Yeah, Haldeman. John Haldeman. 1947 01:57:07,437 --> 01:57:10,690 Look. Now, look, I'm very busy. I gotta go. I gotta go put the kids to bed. 1948 01:57:10,857 --> 01:57:12,191 [LINE DISCONNECTS] 1949 01:57:12,984 --> 01:57:15,986 That's the confirmation right there. 1950 01:57:16,571 --> 01:57:19,281 Wait a minute, wait a second. Did he say John? 1951 01:57:19,616 --> 01:57:21,492 - He said Haldeman. - He said John Haldeman. 1952 01:57:21,660 --> 01:57:24,286 What difference does it make if he said Isaiah or David? 1953 01:57:24,454 --> 01:57:25,705 There's only one Haldeman. 1954 01:57:25,872 --> 01:57:29,125 BOB: Well, Isaiah or David aren't assistant to the president. 1955 01:57:29,459 --> 01:57:31,085 I don't know, it still feels thin. 1956 01:57:31,253 --> 01:57:34,130 - Christ, I wish I knew if we could print this. HARRY: Wait a minute. 1957 01:57:34,297 --> 01:57:37,550 We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game. 1958 01:57:37,718 --> 01:57:39,427 HOWARD: Let's go over your sources again. 1959 01:57:39,594 --> 01:57:42,805 BOB: Sloan told the grand jury. He answered everything they asked him. 1960 01:57:42,973 --> 01:57:45,099 That means there's gotta be a record somewhere. 1961 01:57:45,267 --> 01:57:48,227 CARL: He told the grand jury, the FBI confirms. What more do you need? 1962 01:57:48,395 --> 01:57:49,812 I happen to love this country. 1963 01:57:49,980 --> 01:57:53,566 - We're not zanies out to bring it down. HOWARD: Weren't you arguing the opposite? 1964 01:57:53,734 --> 01:57:55,526 HARRY: No, no, not at all. - I can't believe it. 1965 01:57:55,694 --> 01:57:56,777 Now, hold it. Hold it. 1966 01:57:56,945 --> 01:57:58,654 HARRY: One has nothing to do with the other. 1967 01:57:58,822 --> 01:58:00,364 We're about to accuse Haldeman... 1968 01:58:00,532 --> 01:58:02,867 ...the second most important man in this country... 1969 01:58:03,034 --> 01:58:05,745 ...of conducting a conspiracy from inside the White House. 1970 01:58:05,912 --> 01:58:07,496 It would be nice if we were right. 1971 01:58:07,664 --> 01:58:09,874 HOWARD: You double-checked your sources? - Jesus. 1972 01:58:10,041 --> 01:58:12,626 BEN: Bernstein, are you sure on this story? - Absolutely. 1973 01:58:12,794 --> 01:58:14,920 BEN: Woodward? - I'm sure. 1974 01:58:15,088 --> 01:58:17,715 I'm not. Still seems thin. 1975 01:58:17,883 --> 01:58:18,966 Get another source. 1976 01:58:19,134 --> 01:58:22,094 CARL: How many fucking sources do they think we've got? 1977 01:58:25,891 --> 01:58:29,226 - Are you sure Deep Throat won't confirm? BOB: He won't confirm, I told you. 1978 01:58:29,394 --> 01:58:31,270 - The guy in Justice? - Can't call him. 1979 01:58:31,438 --> 01:58:33,689 - He's next to the grand jury. BOB: We have no choice. 1980 01:58:33,857 --> 01:58:35,149 Twenty minutes to deadline. 1981 01:58:35,317 --> 01:58:37,735 I don't even know if I can get him on the phone. 1982 01:58:49,080 --> 01:58:51,081 [LINE RINGING] 1983 01:58:53,502 --> 01:58:56,462 WOMAN: Dr. Kissinger's office. - Deputy general's office, please. 1984 01:58:58,256 --> 01:59:00,049 [LINE RINGING] 1985 01:59:00,592 --> 01:59:04,094 - Do you know when you expect him back? WOMAN: I believe he's left for the evening. 1986 01:59:04,262 --> 01:59:07,556 If you'd like to leave a message, could you hold, please? 1987 01:59:07,724 --> 01:59:10,142 Hi, this is Carl. I'm sorry to disturb you now. 1988 01:59:10,310 --> 01:59:13,896 We're going with the story that Haldeman was the fifth in control of the fund. 1989 01:59:14,064 --> 01:59:17,441 We got three confirmations. If you could just help us, I'd appreciate it. 1990 01:59:17,609 --> 01:59:19,401 MAN: I won't say anything about Haldeman. 1991 01:59:19,569 --> 01:59:22,655 I understand. We know it's against the law for you to say anything. 1992 01:59:22,823 --> 01:59:25,699 If you could warn us to hold on the story, we'd appreciate it. 1993 01:59:25,867 --> 01:59:28,244 I'd really like to help you, but I can't. 1994 01:59:28,411 --> 01:59:31,121 Look, I'm gonna count to 10, all right? 1995 01:59:31,289 --> 01:59:34,917 If there's any reason we should hold on the story, hang up before I get to 10. 1996 01:59:35,085 --> 01:59:38,671 If the story's all right, you'll be on the phone after I get to 10, all right? 1997 01:59:38,839 --> 01:59:40,422 - Hang up, right? - That's right. 1998 01:59:40,590 --> 01:59:41,632 - You got it? - Yeah. 1999 01:59:41,800 --> 01:59:44,927 We're straight? All right. I'm gonna start counting. Okay? 2000 01:59:45,095 --> 01:59:46,178 - We all right? - Yeah. 2001 01:59:46,346 --> 01:59:47,388 Okay, I'm counting. 2002 01:59:47,556 --> 01:59:51,183 One, two, three... 2003 01:59:51,351 --> 01:59:55,396 ...four, five, six... 2004 01:59:55,564 --> 02:00:00,568 ...seven, eight, nine... 2005 02:00:00,735 --> 02:00:02,278 ...10. 2006 02:00:03,238 --> 02:00:04,822 You got it straight now? 2007 02:00:04,990 --> 02:00:08,701 - Everything okay? - Everything's fine. 2008 02:00:12,080 --> 02:00:13,789 Woodward! 2009 02:00:18,253 --> 02:00:19,962 We got it. 2010 02:00:21,840 --> 02:00:23,173 - He confirmed. - What happened? 2011 02:00:23,341 --> 02:00:26,051 I said, "If I get to 10 and you don't hang up, it's solid." 2012 02:00:26,219 --> 02:00:27,303 - He confirm? - Absolutely. 2013 02:00:27,470 --> 02:00:29,179 We gotta tell Bradlee. 2014 02:00:30,056 --> 02:00:33,183 MAN: The New York Times had three columns on it. 2015 02:00:38,023 --> 02:00:41,525 BOB: Bernstein got another source. The guy at Justice confirmed. 2016 02:00:41,985 --> 02:00:45,654 - If there's doubt, we can run it tomorrow. - The story's solid. We're sure of it. 2017 02:00:45,822 --> 02:00:48,240 I just got off the phone with him. It's gold. 2018 02:00:50,076 --> 02:00:52,161 Okay, we go with it. 2019 02:01:05,091 --> 02:01:07,092 Woodstein! 2020 02:01:21,775 --> 02:01:24,026 - You know what it's about? - No. 2021 02:01:25,028 --> 02:01:27,029 ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Sloan, who resigned as campaign treasurer... 2022 02:01:27,197 --> 02:01:28,572 ...after the Watergate break-in... 2023 02:01:28,740 --> 02:01:33,619 ...showed up for a deposition in the suit on disclosure of campaign contributions... 2024 02:01:33,787 --> 02:01:35,537 ...and denied naming Haldeman. 2025 02:01:35,747 --> 02:01:38,415 REPORTER 1: Would you comment on your testimony before the grand jury? 2026 02:01:38,583 --> 02:01:42,252 - I'd like my attorney to answer that. - The answer is an unequivocal no. 2027 02:01:42,420 --> 02:01:45,547 Mr. Sloan did not implicate Mr. Haldeman in that testimony at all. 2028 02:01:45,715 --> 02:01:48,509 REPORTER 2: Did Mr. Sloan acknowledge that it was an espionage fund? 2029 02:01:48,677 --> 02:01:49,718 ATTORNEY: No, not at all. 2030 02:01:49,886 --> 02:01:52,221 REPORTER 2: Did he mention use of funds for espionage activity? 2031 02:01:52,389 --> 02:01:54,181 ATTORNEY: None whatsoever. Thank you, gentlemen. 2032 02:01:54,349 --> 02:01:57,393 ANNOUNCER: Sloan expanded his denial to include his statements to the FBI... 2033 02:01:57,560 --> 02:01:59,144 ...and to all federal authorities. 2034 02:01:59,312 --> 02:02:00,646 Later, at the White House... 2035 02:02:00,814 --> 02:02:03,607 ...News Secretary Ronald Ziegler delivered a strong attack... 2036 02:02:03,775 --> 02:02:05,192 ...on the Washington Post. 2037 02:02:05,360 --> 02:02:07,569 ZIEGLER: Why is the Post trying to do it? 2038 02:02:07,737 --> 02:02:09,405 You have a man... 2039 02:02:09,572 --> 02:02:12,908 ...who's the editor of the Washington Post by the name of Ben Bradlee. 2040 02:02:13,410 --> 02:02:18,455 I think anyone who were to honestly assess what his political persuasions are... 2041 02:02:18,623 --> 02:02:22,418 ...would, I think, come to the conclusion quite quickly... 2042 02:02:22,585 --> 02:02:25,129 ...that he is not a supporter of President Nixon. 2043 02:02:25,588 --> 02:02:27,214 I respect the free press. 2044 02:02:27,382 --> 02:02:30,634 I don't respect the type of journalism-- 2045 02:02:30,802 --> 02:02:33,178 The shabby journalism that is being practiced... 2046 02:02:33,346 --> 02:02:34,555 ...by the Washington Post. 2047 02:02:34,723 --> 02:02:39,560 All I know is that the story that ran this morning is incorrect... 2048 02:02:39,728 --> 02:02:44,440 ...and has been so stated as being incorrect... 2049 02:02:44,607 --> 02:02:48,527 ...by not only me, but by the individual whose grand-jury-- 2050 02:02:48,695 --> 02:02:52,281 Secret grand-jury testimony they based their story on. 2051 02:02:52,449 --> 02:02:56,493 And that individual has denied that he ever so testified. 2052 02:02:56,828 --> 02:02:58,370 ANNOUNCER: No sooner had Ziegler finished... 2053 02:02:58,538 --> 02:03:02,124 ...than the president's campaign manager, Clark MacGregor, met with reporters. 2054 02:03:02,292 --> 02:03:05,461 MacGREGOR: Using innuendo, third-person hearsay... 2055 02:03:05,628 --> 02:03:09,089 ...unsubstantiated charges, anonymous sources... 2056 02:03:09,257 --> 02:03:11,258 ...and huge scare headlines... 2057 02:03:11,426 --> 02:03:14,386 ...the Post has maliciously sought to give the appearance... 2058 02:03:14,554 --> 02:03:17,806 ...of a direct connection between the White House and the Watergate... 2059 02:03:17,974 --> 02:03:19,767 ...a charge which the Post knows... 2060 02:03:19,934 --> 02:03:23,812 ...and half a dozen investigations have found, to be false. 2061 02:03:23,980 --> 02:03:27,691 The hallmark of the Post's campaign is hypocrisy... 2062 02:03:27,859 --> 02:03:32,321 ...and its celebrated double standard is today visible for all to see. 2063 02:03:32,489 --> 02:03:34,823 BOB: What do you mean? -I'm not talking about Haldeman. 2064 02:03:34,991 --> 02:03:36,200 CARL: What went wrong? - Nothing. 2065 02:03:36,367 --> 02:03:37,493 Tell us what went wrong. 2066 02:03:37,660 --> 02:03:40,579 BOB: Didn't you say the FBI had information on Haldeman in the files? 2067 02:03:40,747 --> 02:03:43,874 We have it in the notes from the conversation with you on the phone. 2068 02:03:44,042 --> 02:03:46,502 We have to go talk to your boss if you don't talk. 2069 02:03:46,669 --> 02:03:49,338 JOE: What the hell are you talking about? I'll deny everything. 2070 02:03:49,506 --> 02:03:52,674 We're just trying to find out if we made some errors. 2071 02:03:52,842 --> 02:03:54,968 If we made a mistake, we'll come off the story. 2072 02:03:55,136 --> 02:03:56,470 CARL: Just tell us if we're wrong. 2073 02:03:56,638 --> 02:03:59,306 Tell us if we screwed up. Tell us if it's wrong. Tell us-- 2074 02:03:59,474 --> 02:04:00,849 I'm not talking about it. 2075 02:04:01,017 --> 02:04:04,144 I am not talking to you about Haldeman or anybody else. 2076 02:04:04,312 --> 02:04:06,772 I can't even be seen talking to either one of you bastards. 2077 02:04:06,940 --> 02:04:08,690 CARL: What are you afraid of? Who got to you? 2078 02:04:08,858 --> 02:04:10,609 BOB: Are we being set up? 2079 02:04:11,402 --> 02:04:13,278 CARL: Are we? Tell us. BOB: Are we being set up? 2080 02:04:13,446 --> 02:04:17,991 CARL: Just tell us, we won't say anything. - Fuck you. And fuck you. 2081 02:04:24,249 --> 02:04:26,083 BOB: Honest to God, I just don't understand. 2082 02:04:26,251 --> 02:04:28,210 CARL: It's in the notes. 2083 02:04:28,378 --> 02:04:32,005 "Yeah, we had another call all along. I've got another call. I've gotta go." 2084 02:04:32,173 --> 02:04:34,842 "Did you mean Bob Haldeman?" "Yeah, Bob Haldeman." 2085 02:04:37,387 --> 02:04:39,054 CARL: Jesus, what was our mistake? 2086 02:04:40,056 --> 02:04:42,057 BOB: Maybe there was no mistake. 2087 02:04:42,225 --> 02:04:46,395 CARL: Then they're just setting us up. Then the whole thing was a setup. 2088 02:04:47,939 --> 02:04:49,815 And they just hung us. 2089 02:04:50,400 --> 02:04:53,402 HOWARD: More denunciations. Gonna have to make a statement, Ben. 2090 02:04:53,570 --> 02:04:57,406 One senator just gave a speech slurring us 57 times in 20 minutes. 2091 02:04:57,574 --> 02:05:00,868 I knew we had enemies, but I didn't know we were this popular. 2092 02:05:01,536 --> 02:05:03,829 Wow, look at this. 2093 02:05:05,582 --> 02:05:08,041 My non-denial denial. 2094 02:05:16,426 --> 02:05:18,260 Fuck it, let's stand by the boys. 2095 02:05:19,429 --> 02:05:21,972 HOWARD: Okay. Foreign? 2096 02:05:22,390 --> 02:05:24,308 All right, here's our headline. 2097 02:05:24,475 --> 02:05:27,644 Radio Hanoi reports the United States-North Vietnam agreement... 2098 02:05:27,812 --> 02:05:30,105 ...for a settlement of the Vietnam War. 2099 02:05:30,398 --> 02:05:31,440 [PHONE RINGING] 2100 02:05:31,608 --> 02:05:34,067 MAN [ON RADIO]: Artie was just saying, in the few seconds we have left... 2101 02:05:34,235 --> 02:05:37,029 ...just saying that vibrato sound that she had then, she still has now. 2102 02:05:37,197 --> 02:05:38,238 [MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO] 2103 02:05:38,406 --> 02:05:40,824 CARL: Woodward, what did you find out? What did he say? 2104 02:05:40,992 --> 02:05:43,035 - What time is it? - You fell asleep? 2105 02:05:43,203 --> 02:05:45,287 BOB: Oh, goddamn it. 2106 02:06:08,394 --> 02:06:09,811 [BOB SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 2107 02:07:09,038 --> 02:07:10,706 DEEP THROAT: Over here. 2108 02:07:33,896 --> 02:07:36,732 - You let Haldeman slip away. - Yes. 2109 02:07:36,899 --> 02:07:38,984 You've done worse than let Haldeman slip away. 2110 02:07:39,152 --> 02:07:43,030 You got people feeling sorry for him. I didn't think that was possible. 2111 02:07:43,197 --> 02:07:44,906 In a conspiracy like this... 2112 02:07:45,074 --> 02:07:48,535 ...you build from the outer edges and you go step by step. 2113 02:07:48,703 --> 02:07:51,830 If you shoot too high and miss, everybody feels more secure. 2114 02:07:52,707 --> 02:07:56,626 - You put the investigation back months. - Yes, we know that. 2115 02:07:56,794 --> 02:07:59,421 And if we're wrong, we're resigning. 2116 02:08:00,673 --> 02:08:02,090 Were we wrong? 2117 02:08:04,594 --> 02:08:09,473 - You'll have to find that out, won't you? - I'm tired of your chicken-shit games. 2118 02:08:10,767 --> 02:08:12,768 I don't want hints. 2119 02:08:12,935 --> 02:08:14,770 I need to know what you know. 2120 02:08:31,120 --> 02:08:33,955 It was a Haldeman operation. 2121 02:08:34,665 --> 02:08:38,710 The whole business was run by Haldeman, the money, everything. 2122 02:08:38,878 --> 02:08:41,213 It won't be easy getting at him. He was insulated. 2123 02:08:41,381 --> 02:08:43,131 You'll have to find out how. 2124 02:08:47,095 --> 02:08:50,138 Mitchell started doing covert stuff before anyone else. 2125 02:08:50,306 --> 02:08:53,725 The list is longer than anyone can imagine. 2126 02:08:55,561 --> 02:09:00,607 It involves the entire U.S. intelligence community. 2127 02:09:01,025 --> 02:09:02,150 FBI... 2128 02:09:03,361 --> 02:09:05,487 ...CIA, Justice. 2129 02:09:05,655 --> 02:09:07,322 It's incredible. 2130 02:09:09,575 --> 02:09:11,660 The cover-up had little to do with Watergate. 2131 02:09:11,828 --> 02:09:16,289 It was mainly to protect the covert operations. 2132 02:09:17,125 --> 02:09:19,000 It leads everywhere. 2133 02:09:22,130 --> 02:09:25,215 Get out your notebook. There's more. 2134 02:09:30,805 --> 02:09:33,557 Your lives are in danger. 2135 02:09:34,392 --> 02:09:37,269 CARL: Hi. I finally got Sloan on the phone. 2136 02:09:49,157 --> 02:09:51,158 [CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 2137 02:10:57,058 --> 02:10:58,934 BEN: Why couldn't you tell me over the phone? 2138 02:10:59,101 --> 02:11:00,936 - Phones aren't safe. - Can't trust them. 2139 02:11:01,103 --> 02:11:02,812 - Come on in. BOB: We can't come in, sir. 2140 02:11:02,980 --> 02:11:05,357 CARL: Woodward says there's electronic surveillance. 2141 02:11:22,625 --> 02:11:24,834 - Surveillance? Who's doing it? - It's being done. 2142 02:11:25,002 --> 02:11:26,711 - People's lives are in danger. BEN: Wait. 2143 02:11:26,879 --> 02:11:29,464 - Maybe even ours. BEN: What happened to that Justice source? 2144 02:11:29,632 --> 02:11:31,508 I made the instructions too complicated. 2145 02:11:31,676 --> 02:11:33,802 He thought I said "hang up," I said "hang on." 2146 02:11:33,970 --> 02:11:35,804 - Jesus Christ. BOB: The story is right. 2147 02:11:35,972 --> 02:11:38,139 Haldeman was the fifth man to control that fund. 2148 02:11:38,307 --> 02:11:40,809 - Sloan would've told the grand jury. - Sloan wanted to. 2149 02:11:40,977 --> 02:11:42,978 BEN: Why didn't he? - Because nobody asked. 2150 02:11:43,896 --> 02:11:46,106 The cover-up had little to do with the break-in. 2151 02:11:46,274 --> 02:11:48,233 It was to protect covert operations... 2152 02:11:48,401 --> 02:11:50,819 ...involving the entire U.S. intelligence community. 2153 02:11:50,987 --> 02:11:53,488 Did Deep Throat say that people's lives are in danger? 2154 02:11:53,656 --> 02:11:56,658 - Yes. - What else did he say? 2155 02:11:57,118 --> 02:11:59,536 He said everyone is involved. 2156 02:12:06,586 --> 02:12:09,170 You know the results of the latest Gallup poll? 2157 02:12:09,338 --> 02:12:12,007 Half the country never even heard of the word "Watergate." 2158 02:12:12,174 --> 02:12:14,175 Nobody gives a shit. 2159 02:12:16,470 --> 02:12:18,680 You guys are probably pretty tired, right? 2160 02:12:19,473 --> 02:12:22,225 Well, you should be. Go on home. 2161 02:12:22,393 --> 02:12:25,520 Get a nice hot bath, rest up 15 minutes... 2162 02:12:25,688 --> 02:12:28,356 ...then get your asses back in gear. 2163 02:12:28,524 --> 02:12:31,860 We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. 2164 02:12:33,696 --> 02:12:34,946 Nothing's riding on this... 2165 02:12:35,114 --> 02:12:38,116 ...except the First Amendment of the Constitution... 2166 02:12:38,284 --> 02:12:42,245 ...freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. 2167 02:12:44,040 --> 02:12:46,207 Not that any of that matters... 2168 02:12:46,375 --> 02:12:50,003 ...but if you guys fuck up again, I'm gonna get mad. 2169 02:12:51,797 --> 02:12:53,381 Good night. 2170 02:13:10,441 --> 02:13:12,442 [TYPEWRITER CLACKING] 2171 02:13:21,077 --> 02:13:22,243 ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Now, fellow Americans... 2172 02:13:22,411 --> 02:13:27,874 ...the honorable chief justice will administer the oath of office... 2173 02:13:28,042 --> 02:13:31,086 ...to the president of the United States of America. 2174 02:13:31,253 --> 02:13:33,421 Mr. Chief Justice. 2175 02:13:33,589 --> 02:13:35,590 [MARCHING BAND PLAYING ON TV] 2176 02:13:54,944 --> 02:13:59,030 CHIEF JUSTICE: Mr. President, are you ready to take the constitutional oath? 2177 02:13:59,198 --> 02:14:03,451 If you will place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand... 2178 02:14:03,619 --> 02:14:05,203 ...and please repeat after me: 2179 02:14:05,371 --> 02:14:08,498 I, Richard Nixon, do solemnly swear... 2180 02:14:08,666 --> 02:14:10,875 NIXON: I, Richard Nixon, do solemnly swear... 2181 02:14:11,043 --> 02:14:15,797 CHIEF JUSTICE: --that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States... 2182 02:14:15,965 --> 02:14:19,634 NIXON: --that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States... 2183 02:14:19,802 --> 02:14:22,595 CHIEF JUSTICE: --and will, to the best of my ability... 2184 02:14:22,763 --> 02:14:24,639 --and will, to the best of my ability... 2185 02:14:24,807 --> 02:14:26,641 CHIEF JUSTICE: --preserve, protect and defend... 2186 02:14:26,809 --> 02:14:29,144 ...the Constitution of the United States... 2187 02:14:29,311 --> 02:14:33,314 --preserve and protect and defend the Constitution of the United States... 2188 02:14:33,482 --> 02:14:34,816 CHIEF JUSTICE --so help me God. 2189 02:14:34,984 --> 02:14:37,193 --so help me God. 2190 02:14:37,737 --> 02:14:39,738 [MARCHING BAND PLAYING "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" ON TV] 2191 02:14:41,782 --> 02:14:43,116 [GUNSHOTS ON TV] 2192 02:14:54,044 --> 02:14:55,587 [GUNSHOTS CONTINUE ON TV]