watch oral histories every weekend here on cspan-3. with white house officials and reporters who first broke the story of watergate, we begin with the story about the investigation and the cover-up with former white house counsel john dean and senate watergate committee counsel fred thompson. from the watergate office building, this is about 45 minutes. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i m mary jordan. i m the editor of washington post live which is division of the newspaper which organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to washington post chairman don graham and publisher katherine waynus, our host, and a big thank you to penzance, the owner of the warren is a key player in the watergate scandal. and what you re going to hear onstage, there are lots of people in the audience who loomed large in watergate and i see a couple of them there. alexander butterfield, the man who revealed a taping system from the oval office came all the way from cal
committee counsel fred thompson. from the watergate office building, this is about 45 minutes. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i m mary jordan. i m the editor of washington post live which is division of the newspaper which organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to washington post chairman don graham and publisher katherine waynus, our host, and a big thank you to penzance, the owner of the warren is a key player in the watergate scandal. and what you re going to hear onstage, there are lots of people in the audience who loomed large in watergate and i see a couple of them there. alexander butterfield, the man who revealed a taping system from the oval office came all the way from california tonight. and earl filbert, former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia profited quite a bit on all the president s men. it was on the sixth floor downstairs in this building that 40 years ago this week there was a botched break-
committee counsel fred thompson. from the watergate office building, this is about 45 minutes. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i m mary jordan. i m the editor of washington post live which is division of the newspaper which organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to washington post chairman don graham and publisher katherine waynus, our host, and a big thank you to penzance, the owner of the warren is a key player in the watergate scandal. and what you re going to hear onstage, there are lots of people in the audience who loomed large in watergate and i see a couple of them there. alexander butterfield, the man who revealed a taping system from the oval office came all the way from california tonight. and earl filbert, former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia profited quite a bit on all the president s men. it was on the sixth floor downstairs in this building that 40 years ago this week there was a botched break-in. burgl
minutes. good evening, everyone and welcome. i m mary jordan the editor of washington post live, which is a division of the newspaper cho organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to washington post chairman don graham and the publisher our hosts. a big thank you to the owner of this historic building that turned over the top floor to us tonight despite their renovations. this evening is a rare gathering of key players in the quarter great scandals. along those on stage, there s a lot of people in audience who loomed large in watergate. i see a couple of them there, alexander butterfield, the man who revealed that there was a taping system in the oval office came all the way from california for tonight. [ applause ] and earl silver. former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia who prosecuted quite a few of the president s men. for the first time there s a discussion of watergate with those deeply involved in it in the watergate. it was on the sixth fl