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Could take the levers of government and look for them to dig up dirt, basically do watergate over and over again? >> it was with the cia, maybe that was a little bit innovative. but franklin roosevelt abused the fbi, he asked for fbi files that he could use against his opponents. same thing with lbj, same thing with some other presidents. and i think the pertinence to donald trump here is that nixon was looking for two things. number one, he wanted dirt against his enemies, the kennedys. he was worried that ted kennedy might run against him. he was also worried that the cia had secrets that wo...

Nixon of the idea that he can look for them to dig up dirt and doing watergate over and over again. >> it was but the cia was a little bit innovative. franklin roosevelt could have used the fbi, he asked files he can use against his opponents and same thing with some other presidents. with donald trump here is this, nixon were looking for two things. he wanted dirt against his enemies and kennedy. he was worried ted kennedy may be running against him and he was worried that the cia had secrets that would be damaging on him. he didn't know what that could be. if you take that into the present, ...

Intelligence agencies are relatively modern things, but is this an innovation of richard nixon, this idea that he could take the levers of government and look for them to dig up dirt, basically do watergate over and over again? >> it was with the cia, maybe that was a little bit innovative. but franklin roosevelt abused the fbi, he asked for fbi files that he could use against his opponents. same thing with lbj, same thing with some other presidents. and i think the pertinence to donald trump here is that nixon was looking for two things. number one, he wanted dirt against his enemies, the ken...