Watergate. Richard nixons Deputy Assistant played a role in revealing the coverup that destroyed the presidency. He reflects along with Washington Post reporter, bob woodward on his personality and they offer opinions on topics ranging from watergate to nixon was a policies in vietnam. Policies in vietnam. This program is an hour. Good evening. I want to welcome you to this conversation with Alexander Butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director of the lbj president ial library. I am director of the center, which is pleased to be cosponsoring this Evenings Program along with the lbj library. Bob woodward, as many of you know, has a special tie to the university of texas. In 2003, he and his Washington Post colleague, Charles Bernstein placed papers at the university center. It was a historically significant acquisition, which was fittingly celebrated here, so together again this evening. Much has transpired over the following decade. Public,
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Discovering the taping system, was it lucky or inevitable is what were looking at in this lecture. The nixon taping, the whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told. It has taken me years to gather and find out what happened. And since it is one of the most important factors in the watergate story, i think it is important to get that history straight. And were going to try to do that in a summary fashion today. Before i start, i would like to remind you that other president s did tape, starting with franklin roosevelt, who used a when they first went to talking movies and they had a soundtrack, he had a system put in the oval office that recorded. Im going to try a very, very quick sample oops, let me go back. A quick sample of roosevelt taping. Let me go back. [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ]. You get a sample there. Let me give you that is amazing. When you think he is somebody today, when we have cell phones, talking about the breakthrough in that presiden
Hearings, investigating the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, ins and nsa. Look for our programming every weekend on cspan3. Coming up next, a discussion with two men at the center of the events known as watergate. Alexander butter field fle flekts on the subject with bob woodward. The event was cohosted by the Harry Ransom Center in texas and the lyndon b. Johnson president ial library. Its an hour. Good evening, i want to welcome you to this conversation with Alexander Butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, mark updegrove. My name is steve ennis, im director of the Harry Ransom Center which is pleased to be co sponsoring this evenings progr program. Bob woodward has a special tie to the university of texas. In 2003 he and his wraug post colleague Carl Bernstein, placed their watergate papers here at the universitys Harry Ransom Center. It was a historically excite in acceptance. The identity of deep throat was made public. Many hours o
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