Counsel to the President.
There's a cartoon on his wall.
Caption reads:
''When you've got them by the balls...
''...their hearts and minds will follow.''
Mullen & Company.
-Howard Hunt, please.
-One moment, please.
Howard Hunt here.
Hi, l'm Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
Yes, what is it?
l was just wondering
why your name and phone number...
...were in the address books of
two of the men arrested at Watergate?
Good God!
Do you care to comment?
In view that the matter is under
adjudication, I have no comment.
This is Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
l was told that you had worked
with a Mr. Howard Hunt.
Why would anyone say that?
You do know Mr. Hunt?
No, I don't believe so, and I can't
imagine why anyone would say that.
I'm really sorry,
but I was on my way out. Goodbye.
Could we just confirm a couple-- Bye!
-Did you say the Washington Post?
-Yes, that's right, the Post.
Your publishing firm was listed in some
papers in connection with a Howard Hunt.
Yeah, yeah, he's one of our authors.
He wrote spy novels, I think.
What type of spy novels were they?
Were they modern, or were they--
You said ''wrote''?
You mean he's no longer with you?
No, not at this time.
How long has it been
since you've heard from him?
A couple of years, I think.
Could you tell me some of the names
of the novels that he has written?
This is Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
Bob Woodward of the Wash--
Do you speak English?
Momento...momento.
Do any of you guys speak English?
Do any of you guys speak Spanish?
Senor...
Never mind. Thank you.
Thank you. Never mind.
-Hello?
-Mr. Bennett?
This is Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
l'm sorry to bother you.
Could you confirm some information...
...on one of your employees,
Mr. Howard Hunt?
What kind of information?
Profile information mostly. We know that
he works for Mullen & Company...
...or did work for Mullen & Company
as a writer. He's also a novelist.
We know that he works for Mr. Charles
Colson at the White House.
And the CIA.
And the ClA.
If you're conducting
that kind of investigation...
...then it comes as no surprise...
...that Howard was with the CIA.
No...no surprise at all.
Hunt worked for the ClA till 1970.
From '49 to '70.
This is on deep background...
...but the FBl thinks he's
involved with the break-in.
What else have you got?
According to White House personnel...
...Hunt worked there
as a consultant for Colson.
That's Charles Colson,
the President's Special Counsel.
Did you call the White House Press Office?
l went there and talked to them.
They said Hunt hadn't worked there
for three months.
Then a PR guy said
this weird thing to me....
He said,
''l'm convinced that neither Mr. Colson...
''...nor anyone at the White House...
''...had any knowledge of
or participation in...
''...this deplorable incident at
the Democratic National Committee.''
lsn't it what you'd expect them to say?
Absolutely.
So?
l never asked about Watergate.
l simply asked what were Hunt's duties
at the White House.
They volunteered he was innocent
when nobody asked if he was guilty.
Be careful how you write it.
We've got a White House consultant
linked to the bugging.
This isn't a police story anymore.
This is national.
We need a top political writer on it.
Well, they don't want it.
They're all over the map
covering the primaries.
Besides, this guy has busted his ass.
He's been on this paper
for only nine months.
-What's the matter with you?
-He's a humper!
What's he been writing about,
rat shit in restaurants?
He's got no experience.
He got a few of them closed, didn't he?
Minor incidents.
Small government agencies.
Have Mr. Moffitt come in here, please.
And see if Mr. Bradlee's free.
l want Ben to hear this.
Sure Moffitt'll want the story
for the National desk...
...now that we've built it into something.
Even Bernstein's busting his ass!
l read that cockamamie memorandum
he