John Dean
John Dean
John Wesley Dean IIIserved as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. In this position, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover-up. He was referred to as the "master manipulator of the cover-up" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He pleaded guilty to a single felony count, in exchange for becoming a key witness for the prosecution. This ultimately resulted in...
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There's no hard evidence offered whatsoever in this piece, no corroborating evidence, no inside information only Deep Throat would know,
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I failed to convince President Nixon that morning and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Richard Nixon has a very distinctive on-stage sound. He also has a very distinctive off-stage sound. And he's a little bit more angry off-stage. Surprisingly so,
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Not since Richard Nixon stiffed the Congress during Watergate has a White House so openly and arrogantly defied Congress' investigative authority. Nor has any activity by the Bush administration more strongly suggested they are hiding incriminating information about their relationship with the now-moribund Enron, or other heavy-hitting campaign contributors from the energy business.
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This is a part of a very consistent, long-term, early announced policy of this presidency that they are seeking to build presidential power for the sake of presidential power.
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Our history here in Sackets Harbor, our whole renaissance that's taken place over the last 25-30 years, is based on the fact that the community has come to understand how important it's history is, and how important it's history is to our future as well.
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I think it's important that the committee sometimes hear from the dark side. Those of us from that perspective can add some insights that might not otherwise be available to a body like this.
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I don't think there is any question there were times he (Nixon) wanted to get the story out and have it go away. But then every time you heard the problems (he) realized he couldn't.
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And it's very interesting -- Nixon has no reaction on the tape that I saw.
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Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it.
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I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it.
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Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.
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Bush had expertise in one thing: How to run a Presidential campaign. He understands campaigns and Presidential politics. He has no interest or disposition or I think probably - he's not stupid, but he's not bright, he's not a rocket scientist - he isn't interested in policy.