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bank account, found that he had very large transactions. it's interesting, historically we know that litty could have cashed those checks at the riggs bank. instead he sends them to miami, to barker, to have them cashed, and it immediately raises the antenna of the fbi that this might be the source of the money. when they get hugh sloan, when earl brings them in, and i'm glad earl is here today, because he was certainly paramount in unraveling this. >> in september of '92, you meet with president nixon and he's happy. why is he happy? >> he's happy because there's only seven people t...

with. would they exonerate nixon. was he waiting to spring this? you know, lots of different things. were they still present? were they still in existence. had they long since been destroyed. i think butterfield has been destroyed. >> the entire time the taping system was there. >> but anyway, they could have still gotten rid of him. so all those things came to mind. it was only when the heat got so hot and the president resisted for so long and took him so much heat while still refusing to give up the tapes that it became obvious to me that there were much more serious problems than...

>> ed, you illustrated the column i wrote called "extremists in pinstripes" that is mitt romney. i think this is something worth talking about on your show over the next months, how is it that what was once called reactionary is now called moderate? mitt romney is a very reaction extremist candidate on social conservatism, national security and of course he's the champion of the 1% when it comes to economic policy in this country. i think he gets a pass on social conservative because of rick santorum in the race, but as you said in the good set-up, he's opposed to roe v wade, he has robert bou...

You would have a fifth to ad to the gang of four, robert, alito, thomas and scalia. >> his new positions, he will say anything to get elected, is there a chance, if he did get elected that he would go in the white house and become moderate, which is the fear of conservatives and that is why the right wing won't get behind him? >> that is a good question. what we've seen with the republican party is the power of the right wing money behind the guy is on the core issues, he will stay social conservative. and on national security, by the way, ed, i think it's important to point he's to the right ...

The gang of four, robert, alito, thomas and scalia. >> his new positions, he will say anything to get elected, is there a chance, if he did get elected that he would go in the white house and become moderate, which is the fear of conservatives and that is why the right wing won't get behind him? >> that is a good question. what we've seen with the republican party is the power of the right wing money behind the guy is on the core issues, he will stay social conservative. and on national security, by the way, ed, i think it's important to point he's to the right of gingrich and way to the right...