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>> the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. >> it's about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. >> when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. >> i told the america...

>> called the white house switchboard, 456-1414. asked for howard hunt, and the operator said, well, i believe he might be in mr. colson's office. colson was nixon's hatchet man. and that of course increased the interest. and finally, i got hunt on the phone and said, how come your name is in the address books of the burglars caught at the watergate? and he paused and screamed "good god," and hung up the phone. >> and so that became the next great focus of what we were trying to learn, if one of the burglars, especially the man who is the chief burglar, is known to be working for the white hou...

Justice together. he knows not only everything the fbi knows, he knows everything the grand jury and the u.s. attorneys know. i was keeping an eye generally on where the investigation was going, sharing with haldeman, ehrlichman, and sending it up to the president. we learned very quickly the secret service had a report from metropolitan police. howard hunt's name was in the address book they found in the possession of the burglar. howard hunt was involved with the plumbers, the private investigative agency out of the white house trying to track down leaks. >> hunt is the reason why the white ...

President. >> offering clemency to one of the burglars so he wouldn't talk, that would be obstruction. >> but colson goes to the president. the president promised colson executive clemency, in other words, a pardon for hunt with the understanding that colson would tell hunt and hunt would stay quiet. >> seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the watergate building last june. two are former white house aides. the other five were caught during the break-in at 2:00 in the morning wearing rubber glov...