that while still in office as Attorney General... ...John Mitchell had personally controlled a secret Republican fund. Mitchell denied any such involvement and called the story ludicrous. The new charge also brought a response from Vice President Agnew... ...at his stop in Tampa. I have full confidence in Mr. Mitchell... ...and in the people in the Republican organization... ...and I think that... ...that kind of unattributed report at a time like this... ...is counterproductive. We must bear in mind that those who published it... ...have already shown their sympathy for the other ticket. All non-denial denials. They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate. Did you understand one thing he said? What l can't figure out is, what is a real denial? lf they start calling us goddamn liars, we better start circling the wagons. When you think they'll start doing that? When they get out of Tampa. Joe, come on. What's going on with you guys at the FBI? I've been trying to get to you for weeks. Your secretary says you're not in. Last night I called. You said you couldn't talk... ...and this morning, as soon as our Mitchell story hits the stands... ...you call me and say you've got to see me right away. Why? You guys have been causing big trouble at the Bureau. Why? Our reports are showing up in your paper almost verbatim. You've really been on the mark, except for Mitchell. We didn't have that... ...that he controlled the funds. Our agents have been busting ass... ...but we'll go back now and see if we missed anything. What l don't understand is all the people... ...who might know details of the bugging operation... ...the FBl hasn't even talked to. Why have you conducted interviews of CREEP personnel... ...at CREEP headquarters... ...instead of at their homes where they might feel freer to talk? Joe, wait a minute. Why have the interviews at CREEP always been conducted... ...within the presence of the lawyer who works for CREEP? Look, you know l can't answer for the whole Bureau. l do what l'm told. l followed my orders. Period. What orders? Out of the blue! Out of the blue! This morning l get a tip to call a guy named Alex Shipley... ...who is now the Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee. Now, the guy told me that.... He said that.... He said that Shipley was asked in the summer of 1971 ... ...by an old Army buddy, a Donald Segretti... ...to join a group of other lawyers... ...for Nixon's campaign to sabotage the Democratic candidates. Make a left when you can. We'll go to my place. Sabotage Democratic candidates? l was able to make a couple of calls today and l got... ...Segretti's records for the years-- His travel records for the years 1971-72. -Did you say left or right? -Left! Does the FBl know about Segretti? The FBl interrogated him and found out he wasn't involved in the break-in... ...so they dropped it. They didn't follow through on it. -Where is he? -He's in California. Look at this. Segretti crisscrossed the country at least a dozen times. He only stayed in cities where there were Democratic primaries. If the break-in is just one incident in a campaign of sabotage... ...that began one year before Watergate. Then for the first time, the break-in makes sense. This isn't so crazy. This thing didn't start with the bugging at the headquarters. Segretti was doing this a year before the bugging. A year before, Nixon wasn't slaughtering Muskie. He was running behind Muskie, before Muskie self-destructed. lf he self-destructed. -Hi. Donald Segretti? -That's right. l'm Carl Bernstein from the Washington Post. What can l do for you? Well, my paper just sent me out here to try... ...to persuade you to go on the record. Why me? l guess because you were the head coordinator of Nixon's... ...sabotage campaign against the Democrats. -Carl, you want some coffee? -You read my mind. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Золотой ребёнок на английском - текст Дом дураков на английском - текст Броненосец Потёмкин на английском - текст Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Сокровища агры на английском - текст Миссис Минивер на английском |