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system. in june 1973, during testimony before the watergate committee, mr. dean implicated mr. nexen and officials in the watergate cover-up. mr. dean later pleaded guilty for obstruction of justice in his role in watergate and spend four months in prison. this class is one hour caret john: was it lucky or inevitable? the story of the next and tapes richard nixon tapes has been partially told. has taken me years to be it is taken me years to gather it. it is important to get the history straight. we are going to try to do it in a summary fashion. before i start, i would liked to remind you that other presidents did tape, starting with method firstelt, when they went to talking movies and they had a soundtrack, he had a recorder put in the oval office. sample of a quick roosevelt s taping. let me go back. [indiscernible] all right, you get a sample there. when you haveg someone today when we have cell phones, talking about the breakthrough in that presidency of a ....
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discovering the taping system, was it lucky or inevitable is what we re 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 we re going to try to do that in a summary fashion today. before i start, i would like to remind you that other presidents 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. i m 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 bre ....
system, was it lucky or inevitable, is this lecture. the whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told, taking years to gather and find out what happened. since it is one of the most important factors in the watergate story, it s important to get that history straight. and we are going to try to do that in a very summary fashion. i d like to remind you that other presidents did tape, starting with franklin roosevelt who used when they first went to talking movies and had a soundtrack, he had a system that was put in the oval office that recorded. i m going to try a very, very quick sample let me go back a quick sample of roosevelt taping. let me go back. [video clip] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] all right, all right, to give a sample, that s kind of amazing when you think of somebody today, when we have cell phones talking about the breakthrough in that presidency of a walkie-talkie that was so heavy they had to carry it on t ....
discovering the taping system, was it lucky or inevitable, is this lecture. the whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told, taking years to gather and find out what happened. since it is one of the most important factors in the watergate story, it s important to get that history straight. and we are going to try to do that in a very summary fashion. i d like to remind you that other presidents did tape, starting with franklin roosevelt who used when they first went to talking movies and had a soundtrack, he had a system that was put in the oval office that recorded. i m going to try a very, very quick sample let me go back a quick sample of roosevelt taping. let me go back. [video clip] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] all right, all right, to give a sample, that s kind of amazing when you think of somebody today, when we have cell phones talking about the breakthrough in that presidency of a walkie-talkie that was so heavy ....