the wiretapping of his political opponents. conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power . the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the watergate break-ins. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of d
blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power. the man in the middle in the watergate scandal. it s 34-year-old john wesley dean iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i had no prior knowledge of the watergate break-in. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the water building last june. the white ho
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First, i have to figure out how to make this thing work. [inaudible conversations] he said it takes a bit. All right. Takes a minute. Clint hill was born in 1932, the middle of the great depression, and his mother realized she couldnt care for him. So she had him baptized and dropped him off at the north dakota Childrens Home in fargo, north dakota. Fortunately, when he was about three months old, he was adopted by a wonderful family, chris and jenny hill and their daughter, janice. He grew up in this home in washburn, north dakota, population 912. Clint, growing up in that tiny town in north dakota, did you always want to be a secret service agent, or how did that come about . [laughter] no, not at all. My intention when i went away to college was to become a history teacher and to coach athletics. But the korean war interceded, and i had to go into the military. I went through basic training for the u. S. Army, and they selected me out and sent me to the Army Intelligence center wher
The books are available in the sales tent, and well be signing in the main author tent just around the corner here. Now, before we begin, clint, did you want to Say Something . Hello, austin [cheers and applause] its great to be back near the hill country where i spent a great deal of time. A great deal of time with lbj. And were going to tell you, were going to give you a glimpse into our book, five president s, now as much as we can for about 35 minutes, and then well open it up to questions and answers for the last portion. First, i have to figure out how to make this thing work. [inaudible conversations] he said it takes a bit. All right. Takes a minute. Clint hill was born in 1932, the middle of the great depression, and his mother realized she couldnt care for him. So she had him baptized and dropped him off at the north dakota Childrens Home in fargo, north dakota. Fortunately, when he was about three months old, he was adopted by a wonderful family, chris and jenny hill and the