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Many important players in the Watergate saga had Harvard connections.

The long run they dont work. the truth has its own way of coming out and will come out. the weekend of april 14, 15, 1973 is when the watergate cover-up imploded. i had talked to hauledman and ehrlichman, the fact that i thought we were breaking the law and i showed particularly ehrlichman being had a lawyer the stat tuite that was involved hand why i thought we were violating it. he said i disagree, john. i have no which will intent so i didnt vie hate these statutes. >> i cant believe that had...

>> im stunned and i realized that he indeed is much deeper into this thing that i saw. the next day i was called to the president owes off the. as the door was being opened for me to walk into the oval office, walking out of the opposite side of the oval office and chuckling were highlanderman and ehrlichman. it was up of my more memorable meetings with the president. >> ive drafted somelers and he step esthem across his desk. >> he gave me a blank resignates letter, actually two of them. have i...

Adviser has resigned. >> that became a key headline and one of the pivoting points of watergate. >> one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the rigs nations of two of my closest associates in the white house, bob haldeman, john ehrlichman. >> why was the president getting rid of his closest advisers? you have one of two explanations. one, the president was not in control of his own white house, or, two, the president is engaged in damage control and it would be up to con...

When nixons tapes were released, i knew that this would straighten everything out, because i knew they would corroborate my testimony. and there was just no question in my mind that the nixon presidency was over. it was just a question of time. >> to hear nixon talking like a mobster to his mobster colleagues, it was a revelation. thats part of why leon jaworski, the first time he heard the first tape, he knew that we needed to get more tapes for the trial of haldeman, ehrlichman and mitchell th...

Making promises that made their way to mccord of clemency, if mccord was to keep quiet. >> mr. dean was in a position where he should have very helpful information. and im sure he will give us all the help regarding information that he can. >> john was faced with a crossroads. he could either accept his responsibility with a guilty plea, or he could fight. >> what richard didnt know is i had already decided to plead. we just had withheld that information until we were sure that they were going t...

>> for john dean, the anticipation ended and his prison sentence began as he was delivered to the u.s. courthouse in the custody of u.s. marshals. >> the facility that they placed me in was at fort holbert. they wanted to keep me near washington. its while im serving my sentence and being brought into the court regularly, on the stand for two weeks in the trial of mitchell, haldeman, and ehrlichman, right after nixon had been pardoned by ford. >> h.r. haldeman, who was mr. nixons chief of staff ...

And lying. >> they would have after many, many months, deliberation all be convicted. >> 30 months to eight years. the sentences were actually heavier, but each man will serve some of his sentences concurrently. ehrlichman got the same, 2 1/2 years minimum. >> if i can go back and do one thing and one thing only in connection with my work in washington, it would be to a state of the department of justice and not have gone to the white house. i should have insisted. listen, i cant handle this. th...

From my experience, learned, in the long run, they dont work. the truth has its own way of coming out and will come out. the weekend of april 14 1973 is when the watergate government cover-up imploded. i had talked to them that the fact i thought we were breaking the law and i showed particularly ehrlichman, being a lawyer, the statute that was involved and why i thought we were violating it. he said i disagree. john, he said, i have no criminal intent and so i didnt violate the statutes. i cant...

In that became big headlines and it was one of the pivoting points of watergate. >> one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the white house. bob halderman, john ehrlichman. >> why was the president getting rid of his closest advisors? you have one of two explanations. one, the president was not in control of his own white house or, two, the president is engaged in damage control. and it would be up to congress to figure...