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>> he develops weapons of mass destruction. >> i just want 11,780 votes. >> and thats really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. thats how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it, and then i share it with haldeman, ehrlichman, mitchell, and they were making decisions based on it as to how they can contain this problem. >> after the bre...

As far as john n. mitchell, attorney general of the united states, controlled a secret fund. and mitchell said, "jesus." and then i went a few more words into the first paragraph, and mitchell said, "jesus." and then i got to the end of the first paragraph, by which time the drift of the story was unmistakable. and mitchell said, "jesus christ, all that crap, youre putting it in the paper. if you print that, katharine graham, publisher of "the washington post," is going to get her tit caught in ...

Money to take care of the people who had been arrested at the watergate was from john mitchell, who said to get the services of herbert kalmbach, a fund-raiser for the re-election committee. he was very good at raising money. >> herb kalmbach dispersed about $220,000 to the burglars. >> i didnt stop to ponder and i didnt want to ponder it. i didnt want to think about what i was doing, so i didnt dwell on it. >> my sense is john dean started out as a loyal soldier to try to prevent this from gett...

Volumes about their perception of their own dominance and power. >> i called ben bradlee, the editor of the paper. bradley said to us, you know there has never been a story like this ever before. youre about to say that the attorney -- the former attorney general of the united states, the highest law enforcement officer in the country is a crook. and we said yeah. but were right. >> "the washington post" says it has been told that while mitchell was attorney general, he controlled a secret repub...

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Does not include john mitchell, maurice stans or other figures that could be expected to make the trial first rate political drama. the justice department wants to handle the case as a routine burglary and bugging. >> they were paying money for individuals to shut up about what they knew. >> but theres a problem. hunts wife dies in a plane crash in december of 1972. and hunts position on what he needs to stay silent changes. >> a panicked colson called me one day. colson wants to know what he sh...

To learn that the burglars thought they were working for him. to keep the burglars quiet, the nixon white house starts talking to the cia about paying their legal fees and their salaries through the end of their trial. >> i went in to meet with the deputy director of the cia, vernon walters. we had a very frank conversation. i said those who were arrested at the dnc appear to have connections with the cia. and theyre now in a lot of trouble. is this the sort of thing to where the cia can come in...

>> and thats really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. thats how dictators come to power. . >> within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it, and then i share it with haldeman, ehrlichman, mitchell, and they were making decisions based on it as to how they can contain this problem. >> after the break-in, the fbi started an intense investigation to find out who in fac...

And then i went a few more words into the first paragraph, and mitchell said, "jesus." and then i got to the end of the first paragraph, by which time the drift of the story was unmistakable. and mitchell said "jesus christ, all that crap, youre putting it in the paper." if you print that katherine graham is going to get her tit caught in a big fat ringer. and when this campaign is over, were going do a little story on you two boys, and hung up the phone. i have to say, it is the most chilling s...

We were running out of time. they called the hearing for october 10th and asked for voluntary appearances. so even though we didnt have subpoena power, we thought we could get them. we called john mitchell, maurice stans and tom dean, and they of course did not show up. >> as a result, patman just had the cameras come in and take pictures of all the empty chairs with their name plates, and the cover-up went on.