investigated him. the society for history in the federal government hosted this program and provided the video. good afternoon, everyone. we are so pleased to have so many of you joining us for our first friday for the society for history in the federal government. and we are very, very pleased to have don ritchie kicking us off. he needs little introduction to this group. as most of you know, he is the historian emeritus for the u.s. senate where he served for many years. don was also an executive councilmember for the society and a long time member and supporter of the society. he has written many books and articles. one of his books press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents, received the fhfg henry adams prize. and another book, electing fdr, the new deal, election of 1932, won the george pendleton book prize. his new book is on drew pearson. it will be published this summer. and the book is called the power of political journalism, leaks, lies and libel
mikhail gorbachev. discovering the taping system. was it lucky or inevitable, is what we re looking at in this sixth lecture. the nixon taping, the whole story of the nixon tapes, has been only partially told. it s taken me years to gather and find out what happened. since it s one of the most important factors in the watergate story, i think it s important to get that history straight. and we re going to try to do that in very summary fashion today. before i start, though, i would like to remind you that other presidents did tape, starting with franklin roosevelt, who used when they first went to talky movies and they 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 oops. let me go back a quick sample of roosevelt taping. let me go back. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] . all right you. get a sample there. let me give you that s kind of an amazing when you think somebody today, when we have c
investigated him. the society for history in the federal government hosted this program and provided the video. good afternoon, everyone. we are so pleased to have so many of you joining us for our first friday for the society for history in the federal government. and we are very, very pleased to have don ritchie kicking us off. he needs little introduction to this group. as most of you know, he is the historian emeritus for the u.s. senate where he served for many years. don was also an executive councilmember for the society and a long time member and supporter of the society. he has written many books and articles. one of his books press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents, received the fhfg henry adams prize. and another book, electing fdr, the new deal, election of 1932, won the george pendleton book prize. his new book is on drew pearson. it will be published this summer. and the book is called the power of political journalism, leaks, lies and libe
historian emeritus for the u.s. senate where he served for many years. don was also an executive councilmember for the society and a long time member and supporter of the society. he has written many books and articles. one of his books press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents, received the fhfg henry adams prize. and another book, electing fdr, the new deal, election of 1932, won the george pendleton book prize. his new book is on drew pearson. it will be published this summer. and the book is called the power of political journalism, leaks, lies and libel in drew pearson s washington. and we are very pleased to have don kick off this series for us. we ll first watch a very short video clip. bear with me while i try to share my screen. ladies and gentlemen, this is drew pearson. we bring you this special television broadcast to give you the very latest information on an amazing phenomenon. the arrival of a spaceship in washington. the army has taken every
columnist. leaks, lies and libel. he discusses the research into the accuracy of pearson s column and the motivations of those who investigated him. the society for history in the federal government hosted this program and provided the video. good afternoon, everyone. we are so pleased to have so many of you joining us for our first friday for the society for history in the federal government. and we are very, very pleased to have don ritchie kicking us off. he needs little introduction to this group. as most of you know, he is the historian emeritus for the u.s. senate where he served for many years. don was also an executive councilmember for the society and a long time member and supporter of the society. he has written many books and articles. one of his books press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents, received the fhfg henry adams prize. and another book, electing fdr, the new deal, election of 1932, won the george pendleton book prize. his new book is