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1 00:01:05 ♪ Well ♪
2 00:01:07 ♪ Take me back down wherecool water flows, y'all. ♪
3 00:01:14 ♪ Let me remember things I love ♪
4 00:01:16 Dan, your rifle.
5 00:01:18 All right, kill 'em all.
6 00:01:20 ♪ Stoppin' at the logwhere catfish bite, ♪
7 00:01:25 Who's the long hair?
8 00:01:27 That's Ellsberg--
9 00:01:28 works with Langsdaleat the Embassy.
10 00:01:31 He's observing.
11 00:01:34 ♪ I can hear the bullfrogcallin' me, oh ♪
12 00:01:41 ♪ Wonder if my rope's stillhangin' to the tree ♪
13 00:01:45 Let's move out.
14 00:01:47 Move out!
15 00:01:48 ♪ Love to kick my feet waydown the shallow water ♪
16 00:01:51 ♪ Shoo fly, dragonfly,get back t'mother ♪
17 00:01:55 -Take good care.-Good luck.
18 00:01:56 ♪ Skip it across Green River ♪
19 00:02:02 ♪ Well! ♪
20 00:03:07 Bravo-two-seven,this is Kilo-four-tango.
21 00:03:18 Fire mission:
22 00:03:19 Grid: Two-niner-eight-four-seven-one.
23 00:03:24 Lay down.
24 00:03:37 Hang in there, buddy.They're gonna fix you up.
25 00:03:47 We're gonna get you outta here,don't you worry 'bout it.
26 00:03:56 Dan?
27 00:04:00 Dan?
28 00:04:02 Dan?
29 00:04:04 Secretary would like a word,wanna follow me?
30 00:04:13 Well, y-you can say what youwant to the President--
31 00:04:16 I've read every one ofEllsberg's reports,
32 00:04:17 and I'm telling you,it's just not the case.
33 00:04:21 Dan, you know Mr. Komer.
34 00:04:23 He's been discussing thewar with the President
35 00:04:25 and, well, his sense isthat we've made real progress
36 00:04:27 over the past year, but I'vebeen doing my own review
37 00:04:29 and it seems to me thatthings have gotten worse.
38 00:04:31 But neither of us havebeen in the field--
39 00:04:32 you have--you'rethe one who knows
40 00:04:33 so, what do you say?
41 00:04:36 Are things better or worse?
42 00:04:39 Well, Mr. Secretary, whatI'm most impressed by
43 00:04:42 is how much thingsare the same.
44 00:04:44 See, that's exactlywhat I'm saying.
45 00:04:48 We put another 100,000troops in the field,
46 00:04:50 things are no better?
47 00:04:51 To me, that seems likethings are actually worse.
48 00:04:56 Thank you, Dan.
49 00:05:01 Mr. Secretary!
50 00:05:03 Mr. Secretary, sir!
51 00:05:06 How was your trip, sir?
52 00:05:08 Sir?
53 00:05:09 Good afternoon, gentlemen,I don't have any uh,
54 00:05:11 prepared remarks but I'd be veryhappy to take your questions
55 00:05:13 one at a time-- Jim?
56 00:05:15 Mr. Secretary, I'm wonderingif the trip left you optimistic
57 00:05:18 or pessimistic about ourprospects in this war
58 00:05:20 and our ability to win it?
59 00:05:21 Well, you asked whether I wasoptimistic or pessimistic.
60 00:05:23 Today, I can tell you that militaryprogress over the past 12 months
61 00:05:26 has exceeded our expectations.
62 00:05:28 We're very encouraged by whatwe're seeing in Vietnam.
63 00:05:30 In every respect,we're making progress.
64 00:05:32 I'm especially pleased to haveBob Komer along for the trip--
65 00:05:36 so he can see for himselfthat we've been showing
66 00:05:38 great improvement in everydimension of the war effort.
67 00:05:44 Derrick.
68 00:06:53 -Goodnight, Dan.-Goodnight, Dan.
69 00:06:55 Night, guys.
70 00:07:02 You okay, Dan?
71 00:07:05 Yeah, yeah, I thought I'd, uh...forgot something. I didn't.
72 00:07:16 Next left, on Melrose.
73 00:08:26 We have committed ourselves
74 00:08:27 to the cause of a justand peaceful world order
75 00:08:30 through the United Nations.
76 00:08:32 May 3rd, 1950.
77 00:08:34 President Truman approvedten million dollars in military aid
78 00:08:37 to Indochina.
79 00:08:45 America's leadershipand prestige depend
80 00:08:47 on how we use our power
81 00:08:50 in the interest of world peace.
82 00:08:52 I feel concernedabout paragraph six
83 00:08:54 which gives authority to controlgeneral elections in Vietnam.
84 00:09:00 The United States,as the world knows,
85 00:09:02 will never start a war.
86 00:09:05 May 11th, 1961.
87 00:09:07 President Kennedy ordersa full examination
88 00:09:09 by the Defense Departmentof a possible commitment
89 00:09:11 of U.S. forces to Vietnam.
90 00:09:18 We are not about to sendAmerican boys
91 00:09:21 nine or ten thousandmiles away from home
92 00:09:24 to do what Asian boys oughtto be doing for themselves.
93 00:09:28 President Johnson chose toreaffirm the Kennedy policy's
94 00:09:30 military operation to be initiatedunder close political control.
95 00:10:20 Can we just do the-can we do the numbers one-
96 00:10:23 just one more time?
97 00:10:25 The company's sellinghow many shares?
98 00:10:27 1.35 million shares.
99 00:10:30 And the price range is?
100 00:10:31 Uh, between-between $24.50 andtwenty-f--seven dollars per share.
101 00:10:35 Not exactly a huge difference.
102 00:10:37 For them but, you know, the bankersalways do fiddle with the prices--
103 00:10:41 but for us, that's over threemillion dollars and that
104 00:10:45 represents over five yearssalary for 25 good reporters.
105 00:10:49 Good. But why spendin the newsroom?
106 00:10:52 You're far less profitable thanGannett or Knight and Ridder.
107 00:10:55 Gannett and Knight and Ridder ownmonopoly papers in smaller cities
108 00:11:00 and-and our readers are-areleaders, you know?
109 00:11:02 they're-they're educated,they demand more.
110 00:11:04 That's why we invest inreally good reporters.
111 00:11:08 -And so...-B-Because
112 00:11:10 quality and-and profitabilitydo go hand in hand.
113 00:11:15 See? You know all this already.
114 00:11:17 Oh, God!
115 00:11:18 I don't know if I do.
116 00:11:20 -I should get to breakfast.-Yeah.
117 00:11:22 We don't want Paulor Arthur too antsy at this
118 00:11:23 -No.-at the meeting.
119 00:11:24 Good luck.
120 00:11:26 -And thank you, Fritz.-Mm-hmm.
121 00:11:29 -See you downtown.-I'll see you.
122 00:11:31 You think this is really necessary?
123 00:11:33 Oh, God, yes, darling.
124 00:11:34 You should hear how theytalk at these meetings.
125 00:11:38 It's as if it's in a foreign language.
126 00:11:39 No, I meant takingthe company public.
127 00:11:47 It seems we are...cash poor.
128 00:11:50 You know, barely solvent.
129 00:11:52 That's the newspaper business.
130 00:11:53 That's our newspaper business.
131 00:11:55 And we need the publicoffering to stay in business--
132 00:11:57 and to continue to grow.
133 00:11:59 That's what Fritz says.
134 00:12:00 And he also says that the familycan maintain control if we...
135 00:12:05 Anyway, I'm just not sure yourgrandfather would've wanted us
136 00:12:08 to give up any control at all.
137 00:12:12 Hello?
138 00:12:14 -Mrs. Graham?-Yes, this is she.
139 00:12:16 Please hold forthe Chief of Staff.
140 00:12:20 Who is it?
141 00:12:22 Haldeman.
142 00:12:24 -Mrs. Graham, Bob Haldeman.-Yes, hello.
143 00:12:27 We've got a bit ofan issue over here.
144 00:12:29 Oh?
145 00:12:43 Jesus.
146 00:12:45 Oh.
147 00:12:45 I'm so sorry.
148 00:12:47 -Sorry, sorry, sorry.-Well, good morning.
149 00:12:49 I'm so late. I had to get all this...stuff together and uh...
150 00:12:54 then I had an unexpected call.
151 00:12:56 Well, what is with the suitcase?
152 00:12:59 Ben, I told you...
153 00:13:02 this is the day, we'remeeting with the bankers
154 00:13:03 -Oh, yes, yes, right, right.-today, you know this.
155 00:13:05 -Well, I bet you every dollar-Thank you.
156 00:13:08 in my wallet that you are theonly person in that boardroom
157 00:13:10 who's read throughall their nonsense.
158 00:13:12 I'm probably the onlyone who needs to.
159 00:13:14 What do you thinkof Neil Sheehan?
160 00:13:17 Oh, gosh, his coverage of Vietnamis just absolutely marvelous. Why?
161 00:13:22 You thinking of trying tosteal him from The Times?
162 00:13:24 I'm not sure we can afford him.
163 00:13:26 He, uh, he hasn't had apiece in three months.
164 00:13:29 Oh?
165 00:13:31 You think he's onto something?
166 00:13:32 Well, I saw Abe at adinner party last week
167 00:13:35 and he was lookingmighty, mighty smug.
168 00:13:39 Isn't he always?
169 00:13:41 -So who was it?-Who was what?
170 00:13:43 Your unexpected call.
171 00:13:45 Oh.
172 00:13:47 I buried the lead.
173 00:13:48 The White House.
174 00:13:50 -Haldeman rang.-Yeah?
175 00:13:52 It seems the Presidenthas decided
176 00:13:55 not to provide Judithwith credentials
177 00:13:57 to cover the Nixon wedding.
178 00:13:59 -Oh, Jesus Christ.-Yeah.
179 00:14:00 They said we couldsend another reporter.
180 00:14:03 Oh, yeah?
181 00:14:04 -Can't believe that.-I know.
182 00:14:06 -I know, but don't...-Jesus.
183 00:14:08 But what?
184 00:14:09 I'm not sure I entirelyblame the President
185 00:14:11 -on this one, Dan.-No?
186 00:14:12 Would you want Judith to coveryour daughter's wedding?
187 00:14:15 Well, my daughter'sonly ten years old.
188 00:14:16 I think she burned her bridges whenshe crashed Julie's reception.
189 00:14:20 -They're being punitive.-Her pen is so sharp.
190 00:14:22 -Of course it's punitive.-This is punitive.
191 00:14:23 Of course it's punitive.
192 00:14:26 She compared Tricia Nixonto a vanilla ice cream cone.
193 00:14:30 -She did, yeah.-Yeah.
194 00:14:32 I mean, why wouldher father want Judy
195 00:14:34 to cover hisdaughter's wedding?
196 00:14:35 -Oh, come on.-I just...
197 00:14:38 Are you sure we're strikingthe right tone here, Dan?
198 00:14:42 Oh, we're gonna do this again?
199 00:14:43 No, the new Stylesection, sometimes the
200 00:14:46 -stiletto party coverage-I'm handling it.
201 00:14:48 -can be a little mean.-I'm handling it.
202 00:14:50 -I'm looking for a new editor.-Yes.
203 00:14:51 Are you? Because I know I'vetalked to you about this before.
204 00:14:54 You are losing female readership,you know, and I think
205 00:14:58 I think you might wannafocus more on what women--
206 00:15:01 Katharine, keep yourfinger out of my eye.
207 00:15:11 You...
208 00:15:15 These breakfasts wereyour idea, you know.
209 00:15:17 Ah, yes, yes, and youare the publisher
210 00:15:19 and you are my boss and I uh...
211 00:15:21 I value the input but I-I-I heardyou the first three times.
212 00:15:25 You know, I just think thatthere might be another way
213 00:15:27 that we could cool itwith the White House,
214 00:15:30 maybe we could just sendsomebody else, you know?
215 00:15:33 -Nope, nope, nope.-Because it is
216 00:15:34 I'm not gonna sendanother reporter.
217 00:15:36 not hard news, Ben,it's just a wedding.
218 00:15:39 It's not just a wedding, it's...
219 00:15:41 It's the wedding of the daughter ofthe President of the United States.
220 00:15:43 -Let that girl have her day.-We can't have them--
221 00:15:45 an administration dictatingto us our coverage
222 00:15:48 just because they don't like
223 00:15:49 what we print aboutthem in our newspaper.
224 00:15:56 I wonder if Abe caresso passionately about
225 00:15:59 who covers the weddingfor his paper.
226 00:16:01 Well, I don't give a rat's ass
227 00:16:02 what Abe or anybody at theNew York Times cares about.
228 00:16:04 Not true, I give one rat's ass.
229 00:16:06 One retromingent rat's ass.
230 00:16:39 Tell 'em it's from Sheehan.
231 00:16:41 Don't walk.
232 00:17:09 It's from Sheehan.
233 00:17:18 Abe, here it is.
234 00:17:37 Okay, Roder's got Nixonworking on a second term.
235 00:17:40 Osles has something on G.I.sbuying heroin in Saigon, but
236 00:17:44 Ryder's got a rocket on theFBI list of potential subversives.
237 00:17:47 Ah, save it for the afternoon,I need Chal and Judith.
238 00:17:51 Judith!
239 00:17:52 Is that real--a subversives list?
240 00:17:54 Oh, yeah, Hoover atJustice keep a copy.
241 00:17:57 Thousands of names.
242 00:17:58 Geyelin heard the White Houseis shutting Judith out.
243 00:17:59 Yeah, I'm workin' on that.
244 00:18:00 We think editorialshould run something.
245 00:18:02 I just heard somebody saythey're workin' on that.
246 00:18:04 Well, if the White House isgonna take a stance like that,
247 00:18:05 don't you think weshould plant a flag?
248 00:18:10 Did you see Sheehan at theKissinger press conference?
249 00:18:14 No.
250 00:18:16 What about the Al Haig thing?
251 00:18:17 No, Times sent the new kid.
252 00:18:20 New kid.
253 00:18:21 You think Sheehan'sonto something.
254 00:18:24 Yeah.
255 00:18:25 Well, Neil has beenknown to disappear,
256 00:18:28 No, no, no, I'm telling youhe has something.
257 00:18:30 You want me to doa little digging?
258 00:18:33 No, that's below your pay grade.
259 00:18:35 Intern!
260 00:18:38 You uh, workin' on anythingimportant, chief?
261 00:18:40 Uh, no, Mr. Bradlee.
262 00:18:43 Well, everything we do isimportant...at The Post.
263 00:18:46 Here's $40, I want youto take the first train
264 00:18:48 up to New Yorkand go to the--
265 00:18:50 go to The Times building on 43rd-don't tell 'em who you work for
266 00:18:53 but find a reporterby the name of Sheehan.
267 00:18:55 Uh, Neil Sheehan?
268 00:18:57 Yeah, yeah, find out whatNeil Sheehan is workin' on.
269 00:19:02 Is that legal?
270 00:19:05 Well, what is it you think wedo here for a living, kid?
271 00:19:08 -Get a receipt for the tickets.-Yeah.
272 00:19:26 -Morning, Mrs. Graham.-Morning.
273 00:19:33 Hello, morning everybody.
274 00:19:35 -Morning, nice to see you.-Mrs. Graham.
275 00:19:36 -Morning.-Morning, Arthur.
276 00:19:39 Hello.
277 00:19:43 So, everyone's here.
278 00:19:45 -How are you--my Galahad?-Morning.
279 00:19:48 Thank you.
280 00:20:00 And I used to be the only onewho brought his homework to class.
281 00:20:06 I think we're all here,should we get started?
282 00:20:09 Didn't you crash thewedding of Nixon's
283 00:20:11 other daughter to get a story?
284 00:20:13 Well, I did get a story, butI didn't crash Julie's wedding.
285 00:20:15 No, no, just thereception afterwards.
286 00:20:17 There is a distinction.
287 00:20:18 Not to the father of the bride,he's paying for play.
288 00:20:21 I think the American peopleare paying for play.
289 00:20:23 Great, let's doa story about that.
290 00:20:24 -Yeah, let's---Judith should crash again.
291 00:20:26 I didn't crash Julie's wedding.
292 00:20:28 What would you call it, Judith?
293 00:20:29 Well, I would call itdepth reportage.
294 00:20:31 All right, come on,come on, everybody.
295 00:20:33 How are we gonna coverthis Nixon-Cox wedding?
296 00:20:40 Uh, who else is gonna be there?
297 00:20:42 -Oh, here.-Judith's got the guest list.
298 00:20:44 No, I mean the other press?
299 00:20:46 Well, The Times, The Sun, The Globe,all the international papers.
300 00:20:48 All right.
301 00:20:50 So, we-we-we call them,
302 00:20:53 we call all of them and uh,
303 00:20:55 we say Nixon has shut us out
304 00:20:58 and then we ask themfor their notes.
305 00:21:00 Ben, there's no way in hellanyone's gonna give me a fill.
306 00:21:03 No, they'll...i-it'll be anact of solidarity--
307 00:21:06 they'll be defendingthe first amendment.
308 00:21:08 We'll tell them that the only wayto protect the right to publish
309 00:21:12 is to publish.
310 00:21:19 I don't understand, you saidwe'd set the price at $27.
311 00:21:23 No, we said there was a range.
312 00:21:25 and the demand on theroad show us soft.
313 00:21:28 Why not set it at $26?Or 25 even?
314 00:21:31 Well, Paul, we feel thatsetting the price at
315 00:21:33 24.50 would bemore prudent.
316 00:21:35 It's just a couple of bucks.
317 00:21:36 It's not just a couple of bucks,it's 1.35 million shares...
318 00:21:41 so, it is...
319 00:21:44 Th-Three million.
320 00:21:47 Over three million dollarsless--that's a lot to a newspaper.
321 00:21:51 I mean, how manyreporters is that?
322 00:21:53 -It's-It's twenty-five---Let's not get bogged down...
323 00:21:55 -It has to be quite a few.-At least a dozen. Fritz?
324 00:22:00 It's uh, twenty-five reporters--
325 00:22:02 Twenty-five reporters?
326 00:22:04 Twenty-five reporters.
327 00:22:05 Gentlemen, we know it's not ideal,
328 00:22:07 but a few of our investors balkedat the nature of the company.
329 00:22:11 They don't like newspapers?
330 00:22:13 They like Gannettand Knight and Ridder
331 00:22:15 but...frankly they'reconcerned about
332 00:22:17 your ability to turna serious profit.
333 00:22:33 Gannett and Knight and Ridder
334 00:22:35 own monopoly papersin smaller markets
335 00:22:37 -that's why they're more profitable.-Mmm.
336 00:22:39 The whole point of theoffering is to grow--
337 00:22:42 while investing in thequality of the paper.
338 00:22:44 Kay and I have talkeda great deal about this.
339 00:22:48 And we believe thatimproving quality
340 00:22:50 will naturally leadto greater profitability.
341 00:22:56 -Unfortunate.-More than unfortunate.
342 00:22:59 Does this happen all the time?Bankers lowering the price
343 00:23:02 for their institutional investors?Fritz, isn't this what we discussed?
344 00:23:06 I think the family shouldconsider giving up some control--
345 00:23:08 maybe another board seat.
346 00:23:09 Absolutely not.
347 00:23:10 This isn't a surprise, Fritz--ever since Phil's accident.
348 00:23:13 Arthur.
349 00:23:14 No offense, Kay,it's unfortunate but...
350 00:23:17 The buyers are obviously skittishabout having a woman in charge
351 00:23:20 and it's-it's not likeit's an easy sell--
352 00:23:22 it's a local paper with modestmargins, modest ambitions.
353 00:23:25 I think Mr. Bradlee would takeissue with that characterization.
354 00:23:28 Sure, she pads his budget.
355 00:23:29 Amelia, call my office, tell them I'mgonna miss my lunch at Occidental.
356 00:23:33 Of course, Mr. Parsons.
357 00:23:34 Another dozenreporters for what?
358 00:23:35 To nip at the heels of The Times?
359 00:23:37 So we can pretend like we're evenremotely in the same league?
360 00:23:40 Make it a 5:00 drink atThe Jefferson.
361 00:23:42 Arthur, Kay was right,Lazard is just trying to
362 00:23:45 -Come on.-cut a better deal by squeezing us.
363 00:23:47 -Why do you think that is?-Because they're bankers
364 00:23:49 which is why theywant more control.
365 00:23:51 They want assurances that she'snot gonna squander it all.
366 00:23:53 I mean, come on.
367 00:23:55 Fritz, Kay throws a great party,
368 00:23:57 but her father gave thepaper to her husband.
369 00:24:00 The only reason she's runningthings is because he-because...
370 00:24:03 Phil died.
371 00:24:05 Don't get me wrong, I thinkshe is a lovely woman.
372 00:24:09 But she got rid of Al Friendlyand brought in a pirate
373 00:24:13 who does nothing butbleed our margins.
374 00:24:15 I mean, you can't be surprisedthat the buyers are concerned
375 00:24:18 that she doesn't have the resolveto turn a serious profit.
376 00:24:26 Kay, it's your decision.
377 00:24:29 But in my opinion,
378 00:24:30 if you want this to be morethan a little family paper,
379 00:24:33 it has to be more thana little family business.
380 00:24:40 Thank you, Arthur,for your frankness.
381 00:24:44 All right.
382 00:24:46 -We're set?-All set, Mr. Parsons.
383 00:24:52 Accident.
384 00:24:55 I...
385 00:24:57 It wasn't an accident.
386 00:25:00 Phil's suicide--I don't know why
387 00:25:02 people insist on callingit an accident.
388 00:25:06 Is it to make them feel better?
389 00:25:10 Or do they think they're...
390 00:25:12 being kind? I don't know.I don't know.
391 00:25:16 So, do you think I should
392 00:25:18 give up more seats on the board?
393 00:25:21 Of course not.
394 00:25:24 We're going to be fine.
395 00:25:26 Hmm.
396 00:25:28 This passage...
397 00:25:30 in the prospectus that I--I read it earlier today.
398 00:25:37 The uh, oh, yes...
399 00:25:40 "In the unlikelyinstance of disaster
400 00:25:42 "or catastrophic eventin the week
401 00:25:45 "following the initialpublic offering,
402 00:25:47 "Lazard Frères & Co. retainsfull right to cancel the issue."
403 00:25:51 It's boiler plate, Kay.
404 00:25:53 It's standardcontractual language.
405 00:25:56 Uh...but, so, that bankerscould pull out?
406 00:26:01 Only if there's a true disaster.
407 00:26:03 Ben gets hit by a truck...
408 00:26:06 the world runs outof newspaper ink...
409 00:26:10 the...truck goes around theblock and hits Ben again...
410 00:26:15 You think one ofthose is possible.
411 00:26:17 I don't but, you know.
412 00:26:19 The Nixon White House isnothing if not vindictive.
413 00:26:22 Just this morning,
414 00:26:23 they barred us from coveringTricia Nixon's wedding.
415 00:26:27 Somehow, I doubt that will riseto the level of catastrophe.
416 00:26:30 No, probably not--although,
417 00:26:33 when Ben sets hismind to plunder,
418 00:26:35 it's not hard to imaginesomething more serious.
419 00:26:40 Catastrophic events...
420 00:26:44 do occur, you know.
421 00:26:45 Yeah, but the right tocancel is only for a week.
422 00:26:50 A week from the public offering.
423 00:26:53 Seven days after they ringthat bell on Tuesday,
424 00:26:56 the deal is done.
425 00:26:58 Hm.
426 00:27:01 It's gonna be fine, Kay.
427 00:27:30 Do you know what floorthe newsroom's on?
428 00:27:32 Five.
429 00:27:34 Uh, no, no, no,six, yeah, six.
430 00:27:50 You think that he'snot beneath Pakistan?
431 00:27:52 Well, five million refugeescould destabilize West Bengal.
432 00:27:56 So, Lindsay's loweringthe boom tomorrow.
433 00:27:58 How's he gonna cuta hundred million?
434 00:28:00 There's gonna be some blood onthe floor of a greasy mansion.
435 00:28:05 I heard the mayors gaveit to Nixon in Philly.
436 00:28:07 Yeah, I told you thoseguys are violent.
437 00:28:09 Take a look at this.
438 00:28:10 You guys see that pieceon the hijacking?
439 00:28:13 You think six pages is enough?
440 00:28:15 We got three columns onthe front page. I'll take it.
441 00:28:18 -On the flight?-The flight.
442 00:28:20 Can I help you, mac?
443 00:28:22 Just delivering a packageto Mr. Mietson.
444 00:28:25 Maston, I'll see that he gets it.
445 00:28:28 I knew a couple
446 00:28:31 whose yacht was shipwreckedin the South Pacific.
447 00:28:34 Hold on, quiet, quiet.
448 00:28:35 I know a couple whose yacht wasshipwrecked in the South Pacific.
449 00:28:38 It looks bleak, so the man asks,
450 00:28:41 "Does the will takecare of the kids?"
451 00:28:43 his wife nods."What about your mother?"
452 00:28:45 Yes. Okay.
453 00:28:48 "Did we donate to Nixon?"
454 00:28:50 His wife shakes her head.Yes.
455 00:28:53 "Did we pledge or give?"
456 00:28:56 "We pledged."
457 00:28:57 "Thank God!", shouts the man."Nixon'll find us."
458 00:28:59 "We're saved!"
459 00:29:05 Speaking of Nixon,I just talked to Kissinger
460 00:29:07 who was going on about theend of the China embargo.
461 00:29:10 He's convinced it's a ratherclever geo-political move.
462 00:29:13 Oh, I think this isour cue, ladies.
463 00:29:15 Someone at thistable of luminaries
464 00:29:17 must have an ideawhat they're up to.
465 00:29:19 I wonder what his buddyJoe McCarthy would say.
466 00:29:21 The new Style section did alovely piece on Lawrence Durrell.
467 00:29:25 Well, it's about timeStyle had a good piece.
468 00:29:28 I think it's a bit improved.
469 00:29:30 I hear he's at work onanother series of novels.
470 00:29:32 I hear he's at work onfinding a fourth wife.
471 00:29:35 I will say, he's one of thefew individuals who could
472 00:29:37 probably cozy upto communist China
473 00:29:39 without fear ofmajor political cost.
474 00:29:40 Ah, but is Nixon that smart?He never laughed at one of my jokes.
475 00:29:45 Oh, Kay, I don'tknow how you do it.
476 00:29:47 I don't know how you keepup with it over here--
477 00:29:50 Have this day job.
478 00:29:51 -Oh!-Well.
479 00:29:53 You need to read her book.
480 00:29:54 Kay, can I have--just a word?
481 00:29:57 Did you get a chanceto read his--
482 00:29:59 Um.
483 00:30:02 Everything all right?
484 00:30:03 -Marg okay?-Yeah, she's- she's fine.
485 00:30:06 The procedure went very well.
486 00:30:07 Oh, good, I'vebeen meaning to...
487 00:30:09 I, uh...
488 00:30:10 I wanted to tell you and I wantyou to hear from me first.
489 00:30:14 There's an article about me
490 00:30:16 coming out inThe Times tomorrow.
491 00:30:19 It's not flattering.
492 00:30:22 Running...me?
493 00:30:24 Now you know mebetter than that.
494 00:30:26 Three days and three nightsand not a word from you.
495 00:30:28 Well, I've been very busy.
496 00:30:29 For all I knew, you werelying in the gutter somewhere
497 00:30:31 with a knife in your back.
498 00:30:33 Lying in the gutter?
499 00:30:35 Now, look, sweetheart, I'lltell ya what happened.
500 00:30:39 I was in Birmingham.
501 00:30:42 Hello.
502 00:30:43 Hello, Ben.
503 00:30:45 Hello, Katharine.
504 00:30:46 I'm sorry to bother youso late, but listen.
505 00:30:49 Were you able to make anyheadway with Mr. Sheehan?
506 00:30:53 No, no, no.I haven't.
507 00:30:55 I just had an odd conversationwith Bob McNamara.
508 00:31:00 And...I think The Times mayhave a big story tomorrow.
509 00:31:04 Ah, dammit.
510 00:31:06 You know, he wouldn'tgive me any details, but
511 00:31:09 Bob said it was quite...detrimental to him that--
512 00:31:36 Ben.
513 00:31:38 We got 'em.
514 00:31:39 We got 'em.
515 00:31:41 -Ah.-Ah?
516 00:31:42 -Yeah, quite good.-The happy couple?
517 00:31:44 -Hey! Chief!-Mr. Bradlee.
518 00:31:45 So, did you track down Sheehan?
519 00:31:48 No, but I saw a mock upof tomorrow's front page.
520 00:31:52 There's a big gap.
521 00:31:54 Nothing there but the name.
522 00:32:00 Shit.
523 00:32:01 Shit.
524 00:32:03 Shit!
525 00:32:13 -Give us three.-Here you go, here you go, here.
526 00:32:15 Here, here, here, here.Thank you, thank you, thank you.
527 00:32:18 Thanks, got it.
528 00:32:25 General Haig, sir.
529 00:32:27 -Hi, Al.-Yes, sir.
530 00:32:28 How, uh, what aboutthe casualties list--
531 00:32:30 you got that figure yet?
532 00:32:31 No, sir, but I think it'sgonna be quite low, uh...
533 00:32:34 Fine. Okay.
534 00:32:37 Nothing elseof interest in the world?
535 00:32:39 Yes, sir, verysignificant this uh,
536 00:32:41 goddamn New York Times exposé of
537 00:32:45 the most highly-classifieddocuments of the war.
538 00:32:48 You mean that-that wasleaked out of the Pentagon?
539 00:32:50 The-the whole study thatwas done for McNamara.
540 00:32:55 This is a devastating,uh, security breach of
541 00:32:59 of the greatestmagnitude of anything
542 00:33:01 -I've ever seen-Well...
543 00:33:02 Well, what, uh, what's beingdone about it, then?
544 00:33:04 -I...-Did we know this was coming out?
545 00:33:05 No, we did not, sir.
546 00:33:07 I have Dr. Kissinger.
547 00:33:09 Uh, Henry, that thing tome is just unconscionable--
548 00:33:11 this is treasonable action
549 00:33:13 on the part of thebastards that put it out.
550 00:33:16 I'm absolutely certain
551 00:33:18 that this violates allsorts of security...laws--
552 00:33:21 People have got to be put to thetorch for this sort of thing.
553 00:33:26 Christ!
554 00:33:27 McNamara knew wecouldn't win in '65--
555 00:33:30 that's six goddamn years ago.
556 00:33:35 Well, at least wegot the wedding.
557 00:33:40 Is anybody else tired or readingthe news instead of reporting it?
558 00:33:44 Do we have any leads?
559 00:33:45 There's a guy Philand I know in Boston
560 00:33:47 who worked at Defense whenMcNamara commissioned the study.
561 00:33:49 All right, call him.
562 00:33:51 Anybody else?
563 00:33:53 So that's it?
564 00:33:55 My best goddamn lead iscoming from editorial?
565 00:33:58 We are suckin' high titin our own backyard.
566 00:34:01 Ben, come on, it's one story.
567 00:34:03 No, it's 7,000 pagesdetailing how the White House
568 00:34:06 has been lying about theVietnam war for 30 years.
569 00:34:09 It's Truman andEisenhower and...
570 00:34:11 Jack...
571 00:34:13 LBJ lying--lying about
572 00:34:16 Vietnam--and you thinkthat's one story?
573 00:34:19 Let's do our jobs.
574 00:34:23 Find those pages.
575 00:34:29 Ben, uh...
576 00:34:30 I might...have something...maybe.
577 00:34:33 Well, let me know whenit's a little less...wishy-washy.
578 00:34:36 I'm gonna go chasedown a lead of my own.
579 00:34:44 Why don't you cut your bangs?
580 00:34:45 -Mummy,-Just a little bit.
581 00:34:47 I'm right in the middle.
582 00:34:54 It's a bit hard to read,isn't it?
583 00:34:57 Harder for you, I imagine.
584 00:35:00 No.
585 00:35:01 Why?
586 00:35:03 These were yourpeople--McNamara?
587 00:35:06 And Kennedy and Johnson.
588 00:35:09 Jack and Lyndon wereyour father's friends.
589 00:35:11 You flew down to Texas with Lyndonthe weekend after his convention.
590 00:35:14 Well, that's your fault, youwanted to see his helicopter.
591 00:35:16 And the instant he saw you,he invited you to the ranch.
592 00:35:18 Oh, well, he just wantedthe paper to endorse--
593 00:35:21 Yes, but my point is, you hadSteve and Bill waiting at home
594 00:35:24 -who had houseguests-I know.
595 00:35:25 waiting at the farm.
596 00:35:27 You had nothing but dirtyclothes in your suitcase.
597 00:35:28 How do you know whatI had in my suitcase?
598 00:35:30 Jumped on Air Force Once,spent the weekend--
599 00:35:32 -I did not jump, you and-swimming and
600 00:35:33 Livvie Pearce andsaid "I had to go!"
601 00:35:35 speedboating withLyndon and Lady Bird.
602 00:35:42 It's hard to say...
603 00:35:45 no to the Presidentof the United States.
604 00:35:53 Were you expecting someone?
605 00:35:55 At this hour?
606 00:36:01 I hope I'm not too early.
607 00:36:04 Not at all, must be urgent.
608 00:36:06 Where's your sister?
609 00:36:10 It's mine too, darling.
610 00:36:12 Where's your sister?
611 00:36:14 Let's go find her.
612 00:36:20 I trust you sawthe New York Times.
613 00:36:23 Hmm.
614 00:36:24 The study--the-the onethey're working off
615 00:36:26 that was commissionedby McNamara.
616 00:36:28 Yeah.
617 00:36:28 And if he commissioned it,he might have a copy.
618 00:36:36 I need to tell you thatfinding a source
619 00:36:39 is like finding aneedle in a haystack.
620 00:36:40 I don't need the metaphor.
621 00:36:42 I haven't been awriter for a while
622 00:36:43 so that old cliché--that was the best comparison
623 00:36:45 I could come up with.
624 00:36:48 I need a copyof that study, Kay.
625 00:36:52 Give her the ball, Ben.
626 00:36:53 -Oh, here you go.-Thank you.
627 00:36:58 You know, Ben,as much as I do relish
628 00:37:01 a good investigative assignment,
629 00:37:03 -Bob McNamara's an old friend.-Mm.
630 00:37:07 He's going through a lot inhis life right now. I just--
631 00:37:10 He's probably saidall he wants to say.
632 00:37:12 Why, do you think?
633 00:37:14 -Why?-Why?
634 00:37:16 Why is he talking to you?
635 00:37:17 Well, I just told youhe's my friend, and
636 00:37:19 Well, is he talkingto any other friends?
637 00:37:24 I'm not sure I appreciate theimplication of what you just--
638 00:37:28 McNamara is talking to you
639 00:37:30 -because you are the publisher-That's not true!
640 00:37:32 -of The Washington Post.-No.
641 00:37:33 -That is not why.-Because he wants you
642 00:37:34 to bail him out.
643 00:37:35 -No, there's no ulterior---Because he wants you on his side.
644 00:37:37 No, Ben, that's not my role.You know that.
645 00:37:41 I wouldn't presume to tellyou how to write about him.
646 00:37:44 Just as I wouldn't
647 00:37:45 take it upon myselfto tell him
648 00:37:48 he should hand overa classified study,
649 00:37:51 which would be a crime,by the way,
650 00:37:54 just so he can serveas your source.
651 00:37:58 Our source, Katharine.
652 00:38:12 No, I--no.
653 00:38:14 I'm not. I'm not going to
654 00:38:16 ask Bob for the study.
655 00:38:17 I...
656 00:38:19 I get it, you have arelationship with Bob McNamara.
657 00:38:22 But don't you think youhave an obligation as well
658 00:38:25 to the paper and to the public?
659 00:38:27 Let me ask you something.
660 00:38:29 Was that how youfelt when you were
661 00:38:30 palling aroundwith Jack Kennedy?
662 00:38:33 Where was your senseof duty then?
663 00:38:35 I don't recall you pushing himparticularly hard on anything.
664 00:38:40 I pushed Jack when I had to--I never pulled any punches.
665 00:38:43 I-Is that right?
666 00:38:45 'Cause you used to dine at theWhite House once a week.
667 00:38:48 All the trips to Camp David.
668 00:38:50 Oh, and that drunken birthdaycruise on the Sequoia
669 00:38:53 you told me about.
670 00:38:56 Hard to believe you would'vegotten all those invitations
671 00:38:59 if you didn't
672 00:39:01 pull a few punches.
673 00:39:07 Street protests broke outtoday across the country
674 00:39:10 after the publicationof more excerpts
675 00:39:12 of a classified Departmentof Defense study
676 00:39:14 in The New York Times.
677 00:39:16 The study commissioned by formerSecretary of Defense
678 00:39:18 Robert McNamarahas ignited further debate
679 00:39:20 over the ongoingwar in Vietnam.
680 00:39:23 As it makes clear thatKennedy and Johnson
681 00:39:25 as well asEisenhower and Truman
682 00:39:27 deeply misled thecountry on Vietnam
683 00:39:30 The bombshell series hasappeared for the last two days
684 00:39:33 in The New York Times.
685 00:39:35 We don't wantyour stinkin' war!
686 00:39:37 ♪ I’ve stumbled on the sideof twelve misty mountains ♪
687 00:39:43 ♪ I’ve walked and I’ve crawledon six crooked highways ♪
688 00:39:48 And my brother Mario said,
689 00:39:51 "There is a time when the operationof the machine becomes so odious
690 00:39:56 "that you've got to putyour body upon the gears
691 00:39:58 "and upon the wheelsand upon the levers
692 00:40:01 "and you've got to make it stop!"
693 00:40:03 One, two, three, four!
694 00:40:05 We don't wantyour stinkin' war!
695 00:40:07 One, two, three, four!
696 00:40:10 So that the Presidentdoesn't have to admit something
697 00:40:13 the entire world already knows.
698 00:40:14 You dinner with Mr. and Mrs.Rosenthal's at 7:00 in the Oak Room.
699 00:40:17 And then I'll meet you tomorrowmorning in the lobby at 8:00
700 00:40:19 so you'll have plenty of time toget Downtown before the offering,
701 00:40:21 -And the...-and the breakfast.
702 00:40:28 -Bagdikian.-It's Harry Rowan.
703 00:40:31 Hey, um...
704 00:40:32 Let me call you back fromoutside the newsroom.
705 00:40:57 Excuse me.
706 00:40:59 Are you important?
707 00:41:02 I'm a general standard reporter.
708 00:41:04 Okay.
709 00:41:37 Uh, I think I got something.
710 00:41:40 Be my guest.
711 00:41:42 And they are thesource of the story.
712 00:41:43 Every time I read The NewYork Times above the fold--
713 00:41:46 -Mr. Bradlee?-No.
714 00:41:47 I feel like somebody's shovinga hot poker up my ass.
715 00:41:54 I think I got something.
716 00:42:04 Where'd you get these?
717 00:42:05 Somebody left them on my desk.
718 00:42:11 None was secretlysuggesting that McNamara
719 00:42:13 did provoke the North so we'dhave grounds for escalation.
720 00:42:16 Yeah, it was in The Timesarticle. It was a good piece.
721 00:42:19 You should check it out.
722 00:42:19 -It was well---Jesus Christ.
723 00:42:21 Give it to someone who cantype 91 words a minute.
724 00:42:23 -Ben.-and have it proofed, okay?
725 00:42:25 -Ben.-Yeah.
726 00:42:26 I think we got something.
727 00:42:28 What is it?
728 00:42:38 Jesus Christ.
729 00:42:40 Shit. Are these part of thepages of the McNamara study?
730 00:42:43 Where did you get these?
731 00:42:44 Somebody left them on my desk.
732 00:42:45 On your desk?
733 00:42:47 I didn't--i-it was a woman.
734 00:42:48 -What a woman?-We got over a
735 00:42:50 -hundred pages of the McNamara-What woman?
736 00:42:51 -study here.-She was a hippie woman,
737 00:42:53 she had one of those, uh,
738 00:42:54 -Hey, Debbie, give me Bagdikian.-Don't know what they're called
739 00:42:55 -but it's one of those skirts-He's uh,
740 00:42:56 -that looks like your uh,-He's out, he just went
741 00:42:58 -swirling in colors.-somewhere
742 00:42:59 -I don't---Probably between 5'4 and 5'6.
743 00:43:01 Well, these are the real thing.
744 00:43:03 Oh, she's uh,
745 00:43:04 -We are back in the ballgame.-It was a tie-died, sir.
746 00:43:05 It was a tie-died skirt.
747 00:43:06 This is gonna be thefront page of tomorrow's
748 00:43:09 paper. Um...
749 00:43:10 Give it to uh...
750 00:43:12 give it to Marder,it's his lucky day.
751 00:43:20 My God, the fun.
752 00:43:24 Rand Corporation.
753 00:43:26 Harry Rowan, please.
754 00:43:32 This is Harry.
755 00:43:34 Harry, it's Ben Bagdikian.
756 00:43:36 You think someone'sbugging your phone?
757 00:43:38 I think someone mightbe bugging yours.
758 00:43:41 Why would someonebug my phone?
759 00:43:44 If I thought the McNamarastudy had leaked from Rand,
760 00:43:46 I'd bug the phone ofthe president of Rand.
761 00:43:50 It's a DOD study.
762 00:43:52 A copy of which was sentto Rand for safekeeping.
763 00:43:54 Two copies,if I'm not mistaken.
764 00:43:58 Jesus Christ, Ben, thatleak didn't come from us.
765 00:44:01 You sure about that?
766 00:44:03 Look, in my experience,
767 00:44:05 guys who want stuff like this outthere and have the guts to do it,
768 00:44:07 they're a particular type--
769 00:44:09 they've got conscienceand conviction
770 00:44:10 but they've also got
771 00:44:12 ego.
772 00:44:13 Now, there's a guythat we both know.
773 00:44:15 Okay? He was therethe same time as I was.
774 00:44:17 He left right after.
775 00:44:19 You know who I'mtalkin' about, right?
776 00:44:20 Isn't he the firstguy you thought of
777 00:44:22 when you saw thearticle in The Times?
778 00:44:27 Okay, look, I gotta go.
779 00:44:37 Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal.
780 00:44:39 -Oh, yes, I see.-You're welcome.
781 00:44:43 Hi.
782 00:44:44 -Ah.-Sweets.
783 00:44:46 I'm just going toapologize in advance.
784 00:44:49 Great to see you.
785 00:44:49 I'm no fun at all, Abe.
786 00:44:51 -I'm just so nervous about-Huh?
787 00:44:53 tomorrow at the Stock Exchange,I have to make a big speech...
788 00:44:56 -No, no, no, no.-I'm so happy for you.
789 00:44:58 No, going public is agood move for The Post.
790 00:45:00 Maybe you can eventhink about expanding,
791 00:45:02 try to be more ofa national paper.
792 00:45:05 I wish Abe wouldlet me buy shares.
793 00:45:07 Ah, that's againstcompany policy, but
794 00:45:09 if your nervous andneed distraction, I--
795 00:45:11 I do happen to have acopy of today's Times.
796 00:45:14 -Oh!-Abe!
797 00:45:16 Unless you read it already.
798 00:45:18 You awful man,you really are.
799 00:45:21 Can we get yousomething to drink?
800 00:45:23 Bundy argues forsustained bombing.
801 00:45:25 He thinks it'll turn the tide.This is February of '65.
802 00:45:28 Yeah, 'cause by April,they realize it's not gonna cut it.
803 00:45:32 And LBJ sends two battalions.
804 00:45:34 -Great stuff.-And get this--
805 00:45:35 He changes the missionfrom base security
806 00:45:38 -to active combat.-My God.
807 00:45:40 It's a huge shift.He's widening the war.
808 00:45:42 But he insists on secrecy.
809 00:45:43 The American peopleare not to be told.
810 00:45:45 Okay, so this is the real deal.
811 00:45:47 So how long till youcan write it up?
812 00:45:49 I can have it for Thursday.
813 00:45:50 Well, what if we pretend youwere a poet and not a novelist?
814 00:45:54 I...I suppose I could pull somethingtogether by tomorrow night.
815 00:45:57 Okay, we can runit on Wednesday.
816 00:46:05 Just go through allthe research you want
817 00:46:07 but so help me God if wedon't have these pages
818 00:46:10 by tomorrow night,we might as well...
819 00:46:11 Too late.
820 00:46:14 -What?-The Times already has it.
821 00:46:20 Well of course they have it.
822 00:46:22 "President Johnson decidedon April 1st, 1965
823 00:46:25 -"that American ground forces-Of course The Times have it.
824 00:46:26 -"were taking offensive-written by Neil Sheehan.
825 00:46:28 "because a month of bombing--"
826 00:46:29 You know, Sheehan's a bastard--he's been a bastard for years.
827 00:46:33 Mr. President, the AttorneyGeneral's called a couple of times
828 00:46:35 about these NewYork Times stories.
829 00:46:38 You mean to prosecuteThe Times?
830 00:46:40 Hell, my view is to prosecute
831 00:46:42 the goddamn pricksthat gave it to him.
832 00:46:44 If you can find outwho that is.
833 00:46:45 Yeah, I know.
834 00:46:46 I mean, could TheTimes be prosecuted?
835 00:46:48 Apparently so.
836 00:46:50 As far as The Timesis concerned,
837 00:46:51 hell, they're our enemies,I think we just ought to do it.
838 00:46:55 Son of a bitch.
839 00:47:00 Abe Rosenthal.
840 00:47:01 Oh, good evening.
841 00:47:02 Your table isright over there, sir.
842 00:47:08 On no uncertain termsnot to publish.
843 00:47:11 Only after Scotty Redstein
844 00:47:13 threatened to publishin the Vineyard Gazette
845 00:47:15 did Punch decide to print.
846 00:47:16 Wouldn't have hadquite the same impact.
847 00:47:20 Jimmy.
848 00:47:23 We've been asked
849 00:47:25 to refrain fromfurther publication
850 00:47:27 by the Attorney General.
851 00:47:30 Nixon's taking us to court?
852 00:47:39 Kay, I'm sorry, I uh...
853 00:47:41 Oh, no.
854 00:47:46 Gosh.
855 00:47:52 Why don't I go get the check?
856 00:47:53 No, sit tight, don't argue with,be right back.
857 00:48:02 Mr. Rosenthal had toleave on business.
858 00:48:05 Certainly, we'll put it on his tab.
859 00:48:07 No, no, I'll take the bill, but
860 00:48:09 could I trouble youto use your telephone?
861 00:48:10 But of course, madame.
862 00:48:20 There's a fellaI overlap with at Rand
863 00:48:22 he was a bit of a showboatbut smart.
864 00:48:24 And he worked for McNamaraand he had opinions
865 00:48:27 on the decision-makingthat went into Vietnam.
866 00:48:30 -Okay.-Word is
867 00:48:32 he doved
868 00:48:33 pretty hard.
869 00:48:34 Would he have accessto the study?
870 00:48:36 Pretty sure Rand had a copy.
871 00:48:38 No shit. All right, well,can you find him?
872 00:48:41 Thought maybe I'd try.
873 00:48:47 I've got Mrs.Graham on the line.
874 00:48:50 Katharine!
875 00:48:52 Hey, listen, I've--
876 00:48:54 -I've got tomorrow's headlines.-Ah.
877 00:48:56 Christ, okay, again.
878 00:48:59 John Mitchellcontacted The Times,
879 00:49:01 seems the President's goingto seek an injunction
880 00:49:04 No shit!
881 00:49:07 This means we're inthe goddamn ballgame.
882 00:49:09 Because if The Timesget shut down...
883 00:49:11 If they get shut down,there is no ballgame.
884 00:49:14 Ballgame's over.
885 00:49:15 But Katharine, any-anybodywould kill to have a crack at this.
886 00:49:19 Well, sure, but not ifit means breaking the law.
887 00:49:22 If a federal judge stopsThe Times from publishing,
888 00:49:25 well, I don't see howwe could publish--
889 00:49:28 even if we could gethold of a copy.
890 00:49:31 So.
891 00:49:34 Ben?
892 00:49:35 You have something?
893 00:49:38 No.
894 00:49:40 Okay, so then there's nothingto talk about, really.
895 00:49:43 No. Nothing to talkabout at all, but uh...
896 00:49:46 But thank you for the tip,Mrs. uh, Graham.
897 00:49:50 What are you still doing here?
898 00:50:21 Hi.
899 00:50:27 -How are you, Kay?-Hi, everyone. Good to see you.
900 00:50:30 Hello?
901 00:50:31 Yeah, I'm looking for Dan Ellsberg.
902 00:50:33 He doesn't work here anymore.
903 00:50:35 Do you know where he is now?
904 00:50:36 No, I don't. Who's this?
905 00:50:39 Thank you.
906 00:50:40 And it is my great privilege
907 00:50:42 to welcomeThe Washington Post Company
908 00:50:45 to theAmerican Stock Exchange!
909 00:50:52 More than a privilege,Mrs. Graham,
910 00:50:55 this is a real honor.
911 00:50:57 Hello, this is John's.
912 00:50:58 Yeah, I'm lookingfor Dan Ellsberg.
913 00:50:59 You got the wrong number.
914 00:51:04 Go check off this day.
915 00:51:09 Gentlemen.
916 00:51:11 Thank you all for helping makeThe Washington Post
917 00:51:14 a more robust company.
918 00:51:18 Center forInternational Studies.
919 00:51:20 Yeah, I'm lookingfor Dan Ellsberg.
920 00:51:22 He's not here.
921 00:51:24 But he still works there?
922 00:51:26 Yes.
923 00:51:27 Can I take a message?
924 00:51:29 Uh, tell himBen Bagdikian called.
925 00:51:32 Congratulations.
926 00:51:33 Guys, why don't we gettogether for a photograph?
927 00:51:35 That's a good idea.Here we go.
928 00:51:38 Smile, Kay!
929 00:51:39 What is it?
930 00:51:40 You just bought ashare of The Post!
931 00:51:41 I know, I'm so happy!
932 00:51:44 1.35 million sharesat 24.50 a share.
933 00:51:52 I believe this will notonly make The Post solvent,
934 00:51:55 but stronger thanit ever has been.
935 00:51:57 -To The Post!-The Post!
936 00:51:58 He said to callfrom a secure phone.
937 00:52:00 Mm-hmm.
938 00:52:08 I hear Kennedy said Phil Grahamwas the smartest man he ever met.
939 00:52:12 For Kay's father to hand herhusband the company,
940 00:52:14 it says something about the guy.
941 00:52:15 Ben!
942 00:52:16 You thought it saidsomething about the time.
943 00:52:19 -Turn it up.-Good evening.
944 00:52:20 The New York Timeslate today was barred
945 00:52:23 at least until Saturday
946 00:52:25 from publishing any moreclassified documents
947 00:52:27 dealing with thecause and conduct
948 00:52:29 of the Vietnam war.
949 00:52:31 The Times, true to its word,
950 00:52:33 said it would abide by thedecision of federal judge
951 00:52:35 Murray Gurfein
952 00:52:37 but will resist apermanent injunction
953 00:52:39 at a hearing Friday.
954 00:52:40 The Nixon administrationhad charged
955 00:52:42 that the final two partsof The Times' series
956 00:52:44 would result in
957 00:52:45 irreparable injury to thenational defense.
958 00:52:47 Hell, why botherfighting the communists?
959 00:52:49 I think Jefferson justrolled over in his grave.
960 00:52:51 Have the courts ever stopped apaper from publishing before?
961 00:52:54 Not in the history of the Republic.
962 00:52:58 Good thing we're notpart of this mess.
963 00:53:00 I'd give my left oneto be in this mess.
964 00:53:03 There's our front page lead.
965 00:53:05 Tomorrow, Chal, that's yours.
966 00:53:07 All right.
967 00:53:10 Party's over, let's uh,get back to work, germs.
968 00:53:12 ...in a news conference todiscuss the Pentagon papers...
969 00:53:28 Hello.
970 00:53:28 Hi, it's uh, Ben.
971 00:53:30 Yes?
972 00:53:31 Dan?
973 00:53:32 No.
974 00:53:33 Oh, um,
975 00:53:34 I'm trying to get hold ofa fella I used to know.
976 00:53:37 617-597-4580.
977 00:53:40 Oh!
978 00:53:44 Hold-Hold on.
979 00:53:47 -Was it 4580, 61--?-Call from another phone.
980 00:53:50 Uh, 617
981 00:53:52 597-4580.
982 00:54:04 617
983 00:54:06 597
984 00:54:07 4580
985 00:54:17 Hello.
986 00:54:18 -Yeah, I'm lookin' for---Yeah. Hey, Ben, it's Dan.
987 00:54:22 Dan!
988 00:54:24 It's good to hear your voice.
989 00:54:25 Yeah, it's been a while.
990 00:54:27 Yeah.
991 00:54:46 -Who is it?-It's Ben.
992 00:54:58 Ben.
993 00:54:59 Dan.
994 00:55:06 The study had 47 volumes.
995 00:55:09 I slipped out acouple at a time,
996 00:55:10 took me monthsto copy it all.
997 00:55:16 What the hell?
998 00:55:17 Well, we were allformer government guys.
999 00:55:20 Top clearance, all that.
1000 00:55:22 McNamara wanted academicsto have the chance
1001 00:55:24 to examinewhat had happened.
1002 00:55:26 He would say to us, "Let thechips fall where they may."
1003 00:55:29 Brave man.
1004 00:55:30 Well, I think guilt was abigger motivator than courage.
1005 00:55:33 McNamara didn't lieas well as the rest.
1006 00:55:35 But I-I don't think hesaw what was coming,
1007 00:55:37 what we'd find, but it didn'ttake him long to figure out--
1008 00:55:40 well, for us all to figure out.
1009 00:55:41 If the public eversaw these papers,
1010 00:55:43 they would turnagainst the war.
1011 00:55:45 Covert ops, guaranteed debt,
1012 00:55:46 rigged elections,it's all in there.
1013 00:55:49 Ike, Kennedy, Johnson--
1014 00:55:51 They violated theGeneva Convention,
1015 00:55:53 and they lied to Congressand they lied to the public.
1016 00:55:56 They knew we couldn't win
1017 00:55:58 and still sent boys to die.
1018 00:56:00 What about Nixon?
1019 00:56:03 He's just carrying onlike all the others.
1020 00:56:05 Too afraid to be the one wholoses the war on his watch.
1021 00:56:09 Someone said this at
1022 00:56:12 some point aboutwhy we stayed
1023 00:56:14 when we knew we were losing.
1024 00:56:16 Ten percent was to helpthe South Vietnamese.
1025 00:56:19 Twenty percent was tohold back the commies.
1026 00:56:21 Seventy percent was to avoid
1027 00:56:24 the humiliationof an American defeat.
1028 00:56:27 Seventy percent
1029 00:56:29 of those boys
1030 00:56:31 just to avoid being humiliated?
1031 00:56:34 That stuck with me.
1032 00:56:44 They're gonna comeafter you, you know?
1033 00:56:46 And I gotta be honest,
1034 00:56:48 the bread crumbs weren'ttoo hard to follow.
1035 00:56:53 I know.
1036 00:56:56 They're gonna lock you up, Dan.,
1037 00:56:59 Wouldn't you go toprison to stop this war?
1038 00:57:03 Theoretically, sure.
1039 00:57:09 You are gonna publishthese documents?
1040 00:57:15 Yeah.
1041 00:57:17 Even with the injunction.
1042 00:57:21 Yes.
1043 00:57:26 Well, then, it's not sotheoretical then, is it?
1044 00:57:40 I'm gonna go do somework in the studio.
1045 00:57:51 My day was great,thanks for asking.
1046 00:58:11 That picture makes me sad.
1047 00:58:15 Me too.
1048 00:58:22 Bradlee.
1049 00:58:22 I'm in Boston.
1050 00:58:24 I'm gonna need two seats.
1051 00:58:26 Why?
1052 00:58:27 I'm gonna need to buy
1053 00:58:28 two seats on the firstflight out tomorrow--
1054 00:58:30 probably first class.
1055 00:58:33 No shit, you have them.
1056 00:58:37 Well, you just get yourass back here, and uh...
1057 00:58:40 Come straight to the house.
1058 00:58:41 Forget Chal and Megand the others,
1059 00:58:42 I don't want the whole newsroomknowing about this yet.
1060 00:58:45 I gotta go.
1061 00:58:46 Didn't you just invitea bunch of people over?
1062 00:58:49 Yeah.
1063 00:58:50 Yeah, they'll uh,
1064 00:58:51 they'll show upsometime tomorrow.
1065 00:58:52 When, sometime tomorrow?Is this a breakfast thing?
1066 00:58:54 -or a lunch thing?-Don't know. Don't know.
1067 00:58:56 Do you need me to get things?
1068 00:58:57 Yeah, we'll figure it all out.
1069 00:58:59 Okay, well, where are you going?
1070 00:59:00 Out.
1071 00:59:01 -You going to the newsroom?-No. Love you, bear.
1072 00:59:05 I got a cake, I hope it's okay?
1073 00:59:07 Oh, sure, as long asnobody counts the candles.
1074 00:59:12 I'm sorry to barge in again.
1075 00:59:15 Maybe I should give you a key.
1076 00:59:17 Uh, I'm not here tocrash your party.
1077 00:59:20 What's up?
1078 00:59:21 Well, I could use a minute.
1079 00:59:30 So, can I ask you ahypothetical question?
1080 00:59:32 Oh, dear, I don't likehypothetical questions.
1081 00:59:35 Well, I don't think you're gonnalike the real one, either.
1082 00:59:41 Do you have the papers?
1083 00:59:44 Not yet.
1084 00:59:49 Oh, gosh, oh, gosh,because you know the-the uh
1085 00:59:52 position that would put me in.
1086 00:59:55 You know, we have languagein the prospectus...
1087 00:59:58 Yeah, I know, I know
1088 00:59:59 -that the bankers can change -Which, which
1089 01:00:00 their mind, it's-and I knowwhat is at stake.
1090 01:00:03 You know,
1091 01:00:04 the only couple I knew thatboth Kennedy and LBJ
1092 01:00:08 wanted to socialize withwas you and your husband.
1093 01:00:11 And you own the damn paper.
1094 01:00:15 It's just the way things worked.
1095 01:00:16 Politicians and the press,they trusted each other
1096 01:00:18 so they could go to the samedinner party and drink cocktails
1097 01:00:21 and tell jokeswhile there was a war
1098 01:00:23 -raging in Vietnam.-Ben, I don't know what
1099 01:00:25 what we're talking about.
1100 01:00:26 I'm not protecting Lyndon.
1101 01:00:27 No, you got his formerSecretary of Defense
1102 01:00:29 Robert McNamara,the man who commissioned
1103 01:00:32 -this study--he's one of about-I'm not protecting him.
1104 01:00:34 -a dozen party guests-I'm not protecting
1105 01:00:35 -out on your patio.-any of them. I'm
1106 01:00:36 protecting the paper.
1107 01:00:37 Yeah, well, I wasn't astooge for Jack Kennedy.
1108 01:00:41 The night he was assassinated,Tony and I were down
1109 01:00:44 at the Naval Hospitalso we would be there,
1110 01:00:47 meet Jackie when she landed.
1111 01:00:49 She was bringing Jack's bodyback on the plane from Dallas
1112 01:00:52 and she walked into the room.
1113 01:00:54 She was still wearingthat pink suit
1114 01:00:57 with Jack's blood all over.
1115 01:00:59 She fell into Tony's armsand they held each other for
1116 01:01:02 quite a long time and...
1117 01:01:06 And then Jackie looked at meand said, "None of this--
1118 01:01:10 "none of what you see,none of what I say
1119 01:01:13 "is ever going to bein your newspaper, Ben."
1120 01:01:17 And that just about brokemy heart, I, uh...
1121 01:01:20 I never...
1122 01:01:22 I never thought ofJack as a source.
1123 01:01:24 I thought of him as a friend. And--
1124 01:01:26 And that was my mistake.
1125 01:01:29 And it was something thatJack knew all along.
1126 01:01:32 We can't be both,we have to choose.
1127 01:01:35 And uh...
1128 01:01:37 And that's the point.
1129 01:01:39 The days of us smokingcigars together
1130 01:01:40 down on Pennsylvania Avenuewere over.
1131 01:01:43 Your friend McNamara's study
1132 01:01:46 proves that.
1133 01:01:48 The way they lied.
1134 01:01:52 The way they lied.
1135 01:01:53 Those days have to be over.
1136 01:01:58 We have to be the check
1137 01:02:00 on their power.
1138 01:02:01 If we don't holdthem accountable,
1139 01:02:03 then, my God, who will?
1140 01:02:07 Well, I've neversmoked a cigar.
1141 01:02:09 And I have no problemholding Lyndon or Jack or
1142 01:02:11 Bob or any of them accountable.
1143 01:02:14 We can't hold them accountable
1144 01:02:16 if we don't have a newspaper.
1145 01:02:20 When I get my handson that study,
1146 01:02:22 what are you going to do,Mrs. Graham?
1147 01:02:28 Oh, um...
1148 01:02:30 Happy birthday, by the way.
1149 01:02:34 Oh, that's not what I heard.
1150 01:02:45 -Club soda.-Yes, thank you.
1151 01:02:48 Sir,
1152 01:02:49 I'm gonna need to put your seatin a full upright position
1153 01:02:51 -before take-off.-Oh, yeah.
1154 01:02:53 Oh, must be precious cargo.
1155 01:02:56 Yeah...it's just...government secrets.
1156 01:02:59 Oh.
1157 01:03:00 Please fasten you seatbelt.
1158 01:03:16 -You know why we're here?-Beats me.
1159 01:03:19 -Hi, Marina.-Hi.
1160 01:03:20 -Do you want lemonade?-A little early for me.
1161 01:03:23 Ah, loosen up, I'm buying.
1162 01:03:24 What kind of lemonade you have there?
1163 01:03:26 Uh, it's the onewith the lemons in it.
1164 01:03:30 Okay.
1165 01:03:32 There you go.
1166 01:03:36 Bill, help me out.
1167 01:03:39 Grab my briefcase.
1168 01:03:43 -Is that...?-Yup.
1169 01:03:58 It's not the full report,but it's over 4,000 pages of it.
1170 01:04:04 Huh, are these in order?
1171 01:04:05 I don't think so.
1172 01:04:07 There are no page numbers.
1173 01:04:08 Yeah, that's where thetop secret stamps were.
1174 01:04:10 My source had to cut 'em off.
1175 01:04:11 We're supposedto retire on Friday.
1176 01:04:13 Ben, how are we supposed tocomb through 4,000 pages--
1177 01:04:16 They're not evenloosely organized.
1178 01:04:17 The Times had three months.
1179 01:04:18 There's no way weget this amount...
1180 01:04:19 Yeah, he's right,we got less than eight hours.
1181 01:04:21 We get two per city,then we have ten.
1182 01:04:22 Hey, hey, hey, for the last sixyears we've been playing catch up.
1183 01:04:25 And now thanks to the Presidentof the United States
1184 01:04:28 who, by the way, is taking a shitall over the First Amendment,
1185 01:04:31 we have the goods.
1186 01:04:33 We don't have any competition.
1187 01:04:35 There's dozens ofstories in here.
1188 01:04:37 The Times has barelyscratched the surface.
1189 01:04:40 We have ten hours tillthe deadline, so,
1190 01:04:44 we dig in.
1191 01:04:49 I think this memo'sfrom McNamara.
1192 01:04:51 Uh "It is my beliefthat there should be
1193 01:04:53 a three or four weekpause in bombing--"
1194 01:04:55 Wait, wait, wait, I saw theother half of that memo.
1195 01:04:57 Uh, anyone have the back halfof a cable from Dulles in '54?
1196 01:05:00 I thought I saw one from July.
1197 01:05:02 Yeah, here it is, uh, "Thereasons for this belief
1198 01:05:04 "are that we mustlay a foundation
1199 01:05:06 "in the mind of theAmerican public."
1200 01:05:08 Th-Th-Th-That's it!Mm-hmm.
1201 01:05:11 So Johnson wasn'ttrying to make peace,
1202 01:05:13 he was just manipulatingthe public?
1203 01:05:14 Eyes out for a suspensionin bombing from when?
1204 01:05:17 '65 to '68.
1205 01:05:19 What about a memofrom Eisenhower's
1206 01:05:21 special committee in Indochina?
1207 01:05:23 Uh, Meg read apart of one to me.
1208 01:05:25 -Meg?-Anybody see a mention
1209 01:05:27 -of the Rand Vietcong study?-Yeah, I think this might be
1210 01:05:29 from your Rand study,"VC are deeply committed."
1211 01:05:32 "South Vietnam is a lost cause."
1212 01:05:34 Whoa! There you go!
1213 01:05:36 -Meg, Meg, Meg, I need the uh...-I put it on the shelf.
1214 01:05:38 A couple of piles.
1215 01:05:40 We're gettin' somewhere.
1216 01:05:41 All right, it's 1:30, at4:00 story conference.
1217 01:05:44 Can I interest anyonein some lemonade?
1218 01:05:46 Does it have vodka in it?
1219 01:05:48 -I don't, I don't-Hey,
1220 01:05:49 -put vodka in my lemonade.-go easy on the kid.
1221 01:05:50 Why not?
1222 01:05:51 -How much, sweetheart?-A quarter.
1223 01:05:53 It's fifty cents.
1224 01:05:55 -Inflation.-It's going up!
1225 01:06:00 Mr. Bradlee. Roger Clark.
1226 01:06:02 Oh, you're Roger Clark.
1227 01:06:05 Nice to meet you in person.
1228 01:06:07 You...you are oursenior legal counsel.
1229 01:06:10 Yes, we've-we'vespoken on the phone.
1230 01:06:12 My voice should sound familiar.
1231 01:06:14 When did you finish law school?
1232 01:06:17 -I graduated---Rhetorical question.
1233 01:06:19 -You know,-Yes.
1234 01:06:20 the guy we had before youis now Secretary of State?
1235 01:06:23 I did not know that.
1236 01:06:26 A little joke, perhapsnot the time--
1237 01:06:28 What exactly canI help you with?
1238 01:06:30 So, why would the CIA directorsend a memo on work orders?
1239 01:06:33 'Cause they weren'tcalling it a war yet.
1240 01:06:34 Okay, I've gotturkey with mustard,
1241 01:06:36 -roast beef with horseradish.-Oh, I'll take it.
1242 01:06:38 Howard, come look at this.
1243 01:06:39 -Chal, you've gotta see this---Take a napkin.
1244 01:06:40 it's a full analysis of McNamara'schanging view of the war.
1245 01:06:43 Does it say anythingabout why...?
1246 01:06:45 So, we knew they weregonna assassinate Diem.
1247 01:06:46 Yeah, and they didnothing to stop it.
1248 01:06:48 I think I got something onMcNamara on the fireplace--
1249 01:06:50 the other fireplace.
1250 01:06:53 Murray, where's theback half of this one?
1251 01:06:57 Tell me these aren't theclassified documents
1252 01:06:59 from the McNamara study.
1253 01:07:01 -4,000 pages of it.-Hungry?
1254 01:07:04 I need to use a phone.
1255 01:07:05 There's uh, one in the other room.
1256 01:07:08 -Is that it?-This is it, this is it.
1257 01:07:12 This is gonna happen.
1258 01:07:54 Hi, thanks forletting me drop by.
1259 01:07:58 -Marg still napping?-Yeah, yeah.
1260 01:08:01 Do you mind if wetalk in the center?
1261 01:08:02 -Just so I can hear her.-No, no
1262 01:08:04 -She wakes...-Of course not.
1263 01:08:05 I can't stay long, I've got a
1264 01:08:06 -big event at the house later.-I guess you've
1265 01:08:08 read everything now.
1266 01:08:11 Yes, I have, I have. Yes.
1267 01:08:13 And I went over itagain this morning.
1268 01:08:15 All of it.
1269 01:08:18 And I just...
1270 01:08:21 Forgive me, Bob, I...
1271 01:08:23 know you're dealingwith so much, but
1272 01:08:26 but it's just, it's so hard to, um,
1273 01:08:29 try to make sense of why
1274 01:08:31 of how you couldhave done all these things.
1275 01:08:34 How you couldjust lie to us all.
1276 01:08:36 Well... i-it's easy
1277 01:08:37 for the papers tocharacterize us
1278 01:08:40 as liars, we were justtrying to push back--
1279 01:08:42 Yeah, but you let it go on,and on, and--
1280 01:08:44 My son is home nowand safe--Thank God.
1281 01:08:47 But you watched him go.
1282 01:08:49 You knew we couldn'twin over there
1283 01:08:51 for years and years and years,and yet you let me...
1284 01:08:55 You let so many of ourfriends send our boys off...
1285 01:08:59 Kay, we were doingthe best we could.
1286 01:09:01 It was domino theory,containment.
1287 01:09:04 And eventually, we felt thatmilitary pressure
1288 01:09:07 was the only thing that was gonnadrive Ho Chi Minh to the table.
1289 01:09:10 Our decision-makingprocess was--
1290 01:09:12 "Flawed."
1291 01:09:18 It was flawed. That'swhat your study said.
1292 01:09:23 Yes.
1293 01:09:27 I do believe
1294 01:09:28 that you were tryingto do your best.
1295 01:09:33 And I know howdifficult it can be
1296 01:09:35 to make choices that will...
1297 01:09:37 That's kind of you.
1298 01:09:40 Oh, well, what comes nextmight not be so kind.
1299 01:09:46 You have the papers?
1300 01:09:48 Oh.
1301 01:09:49 Let's just say
1302 01:09:51 I may have
1303 01:09:53 a big decision to make.
1304 01:10:00 They will argue it's a violationof the Espionage Act.
1305 01:10:03 That is a felony, Ben.
1306 01:10:04 That's only-only if thedocuments we print
1307 01:10:06 could damage the United States.
1308 01:10:07 There's a federaljudge in New York
1309 01:10:09 who seems to thinkthat they could.
1310 01:10:10 Well, I've got six seasonedjournalists in the next room
1311 01:10:12 who've been reporting on thiswar for the last ten years.
1312 01:10:14 And I'll lay odds thatthey have a better idea
1313 01:10:16 of what could damagethe United States
1314 01:10:18 than some judgewho is just now
1315 01:10:20 wading in this territoryfor the first time.
1316 01:10:22 "Wading", is that a metaphorfor Vietnam?
1317 01:10:25 Okay, Ben, look, we knowyour reporters are talented.
1318 01:10:28 But The New York Timesspent three months
1319 01:10:30 going over these documents.
1320 01:10:32 You've got what--seven hours nowuntil the paper goes to press?
1321 01:10:35 Can you honestly tell methat that is enough time
1322 01:10:37 to make sure not a single
1323 01:10:40 military plan, not a singleU.S. soldier,
1324 01:10:43 not a single American lifewill be put in harm's way,
1325 01:10:45 that this will do no damage to theUnited States if you publish?
1326 01:10:49 Yes.
1327 01:10:53 You're sure about that?
1328 01:10:54 No!That's why I called you guys.
1329 01:10:58 Look, Kay, I know whyThe Times ran the story.
1330 01:11:01 But you need to understand,
1331 01:11:02 the study was for posterity.It was written for academics
1332 01:11:05 in the future and right now, we'restill in the middle of the war.
1333 01:11:08 The papers can't be objective.
1334 01:11:10 I suppose the publichas a right to know.
1335 01:11:12 But I would prefer
1336 01:11:14 that the study not bemade widely available
1337 01:11:16 until it can be readwith some perspective.
1338 01:11:18 -You understand.-Mm.
1339 01:11:23 We've been througha lot, haven't we?
1340 01:11:26 You and Marg.
1341 01:11:27 You were there for me.
1342 01:11:29 At the lowest point of my life.
1343 01:11:31 You helped me.
1344 01:11:33 You've selectedmy entire board.
1345 01:11:35 You're my most trusted advisor.
1346 01:11:37 My dear friend.
1347 01:11:40 But my feelings
1348 01:11:42 about thatand about you can't
1349 01:11:44 uh, be part of thisdecision to publish or not.
1350 01:11:47 I'm here asking
1351 01:11:50 your advice, Bob,not your permission.
1352 01:11:55 Well,
1353 01:11:56 then as one of yourmost trusted advisors,
1354 01:11:58 and someone who knows how muchyou care about this company,
1355 01:12:00 I'm worried, Kay.
1356 01:12:01 You know, I worked inWashington for ten years
1357 01:12:03 I've seen these peopleup close.
1358 01:12:04 Bobby and Lyndon,they were tough customers.
1359 01:12:06 But Nixon is different.
1360 01:12:09 He's got some real badpeople around him.
1361 01:12:10 And if you publish, he'llget the very worst of them
1362 01:12:13 the Colsons, and the Ehrlichmansand he'll crush you.
1363 01:12:15 I know, he's just awful, but I--
1364 01:12:17 He's a--Nixon's a son of a bitch!
1365 01:12:19 He hates you, he hates Ben.
1366 01:12:20 He's wanted to ruinthe paper for years.
1367 01:12:22 And you will not geta second chance, Kay.
1368 01:12:25 The Richard Nixon I know
1369 01:12:26 will muster the fullpower of the presidency.
1370 01:12:28 And if there's a wayto destroy your paper,
1371 01:12:30 by God, he'll find it!
1372 01:12:35 -Publish information that harms-I told you
1373 01:12:37 -national security.-there' nothing in there.
1374 01:12:38 If there is, the paperwill be prosecuted.
1375 01:12:40 Isn't that why you're here?
1376 01:12:42 Yes, Ben, but if we lose--
1377 01:12:43 Oh, with what we pay you,you really shouldn't lose.
1378 01:12:45 Ben, you needto listen to them.
1379 01:12:46 Hey, Fritz, good to see you.
1380 01:12:48 This is about thefuture of the company.
1381 01:12:49 -and ensuring there is one.-Oh, that's a little melodramatic,
1382 01:12:50 -don't you think?-Melodramatic.
1383 01:12:52 You're talking about exposingyears of government secrets.
1384 01:12:56 I can't imagine they'regonna take that lightly.
1385 01:12:59 You could jeopardizethe public offering.
1386 01:13:01 You could jeopardize ourtelevision stations.
1387 01:13:03 You know a felon can'thold a broadcast license.
1388 01:13:05 You think I give two shitsabout the television stations?
1389 01:13:07 You should, they make a hell ofa lot more money than you do.
1390 01:13:09 And without that revenue,we'd be forced to sell.
1391 01:13:11 If the government winsand we're convicted,
1392 01:13:14 the Washington Post as weknow it will cease to exist.
1393 01:13:17 Well, if we live in-in a world where
1394 01:13:18 the government could tell uswhat we can and cannot print,
1395 01:13:20 then the Washington Postas we know it
1396 01:13:21 has already ceased to exist.
1397 01:13:25 What if we wait?
1398 01:13:27 What if we hold offon printing today?
1399 01:13:30 And instead we callthe Attorney General
1400 01:13:31 and we tell him that weintend to print on Sunday.
1401 01:13:34 That way, we give them andus time to figure out
1402 01:13:37 the legality of all of it,
1403 01:13:39 while the court in New Yorkdecides The Times case.
1404 01:13:41 You're suggesting we alertthe Attorney General
1405 01:13:43 to the fact that wehave these documents
1406 01:13:46 that we're going to print
1407 01:13:47 in a few days.
1408 01:13:52 Well, yes, that is the...idea.
1409 01:13:56 Yeah, well,
1410 01:13:57 outside of landing theHindenburg in a lightning storm,
1411 01:14:00 that's about the shittiestidea I've ever heard.
1412 01:14:02 Oh, boy.
1413 01:14:11 Oh, here's the man of the hour.
1414 01:14:16 Ah, I'm found.
1415 01:14:17 Thank you, Kay, you didn't haveto got through all this trouble.
1416 01:14:20 We had to turn him awayat the door, didn't we, dear.
1417 01:14:22 -Oh, Gene.-Mrs. Graham.
1418 01:14:25 So, everything okay?
1419 01:14:28 Uh, it's gotten prettyhot over at Ben's house.
1420 01:14:31 Oh, things are not going well?
1421 01:14:33 No, Ben and Mr. Beebeare real loggerheads.
1422 01:14:37 Fritz and Ben on opposite sides?
1423 01:14:39 I made a commitmentto publish these papers.
1424 01:14:41 Yes, and if you would tell us whoyou made that commitment to...
1425 01:14:46 -Enjoying the fight?-Yeah, who's winning?
1426 01:14:48 Nixon.
1427 01:14:49 I didn't see him come in.
1428 01:14:51 Really? He's got his handso far up Fritz' ass.
1429 01:14:55 Where is Fritz?
1430 01:15:00 That--
1431 01:15:01 That--not in so many words, butyou're a bunch of lawyers.
1432 01:15:05 If we're not gonna publish,
1433 01:15:06 why are we bustingour rear ends, Ben?
1434 01:15:09 Keep writing.
1435 01:15:10 And uh, what, could--
1436 01:15:11 Could you stopplaying chopsticks?
1437 01:15:19 What's up there, Fritz?
1438 01:15:21 Calling Kay.
1439 01:15:23 I'm sorry, Ben.
1440 01:15:25 I know you want this.
1441 01:15:26 There'll be another one.
1442 01:15:29 Like hell there will be.
1443 01:15:39 Uh, hello, hello, I'mmaking a telephone call.
1444 01:15:42 Yeah, well, it's my house
1445 01:15:44 -so I-I'll be on the call.-All right, Ben.
1446 01:15:46 I just want to-to thank you all
1447 01:15:49 for coming out this evening
1448 01:15:51 to help me launchHarry Gladstein and his
1449 01:15:55 new sailboat into the...Chesapeake Bay.
1450 01:15:59 And into his verywell-earned retirement.
1451 01:16:04 Let me just tellyou a little bit
1452 01:16:06 about why I'm sowild about Harry.
1453 01:16:09 Mrs. Graham, it'sMr. Beebe on the phone.
1454 01:16:11 In uh, 1949, wasn't it?
1455 01:16:14 Uh, Phil Graham first broughtHarry to the company.
1456 01:16:18 -I'm afraid they need you now-And I remember he told me.
1457 01:16:20 Mrs. Graham.
1458 01:16:23 They're now--
1459 01:16:26 Uh, oh, dear.I'm so sorry.
1460 01:16:29 Forgive me, Harry.
1461 01:16:31 I think I'll have to suspend.
1462 01:16:33 Well, you're payingthe overtime.
1463 01:16:37 Be right back.
1464 01:16:42 We should wait.
1465 01:16:43 Yeah, I understand, Ben,but if you wait a day...
1466 01:16:48 Fritz on the phone for me?
1467 01:16:49 We should be on this call.
1468 01:16:51 Well, there's an extensionin the living room.
1469 01:16:53 Liz, show them where,please, thank you.
1470 01:17:06 -Hello, Fritz?-Hello, Kay.
1471 01:17:09 Would you like meto catch you up?
1472 01:17:10 I say we can, he says we can't.There, you're caught up.
1473 01:17:12 -Ben?-Hello, it's Art.
1474 01:17:14 Uh, Ben, there are concerns here
1475 01:17:17 that are frankly aboveyour pay grade.
1476 01:17:19 Well, there's a few above yours.
1477 01:17:20 Like fucking freedomof the press.
1478 01:17:22 Let's just be civil if we can.
1479 01:17:24 Do you think Nixon isgoing to be civil?
1480 01:17:26 He is trying to censor thegoddamn New York Times.
1481 01:17:28 Yes, The Times, not The Post.
1482 01:17:30 It's the same damn thing!
1483 01:17:32 This is an historic fight.If they lose, we lose.
1484 01:17:36 Hello, is someone on the phone?
1485 01:17:38 This is Phil.
1486 01:17:39 Is that Phil Geyelin?
1487 01:17:41 Uh, yes, Mrs. Graham.
1488 01:17:43 Good, I'd like you toweigh in if you would.
1489 01:17:45 because I-I want to know whatstaff is feeling about this.
1490 01:17:49 Uh, well, frankly, Mrs. Graham,
1491 01:17:52 Ben Bagdikian and Chal Robertshave uh, both threatened to resign.
1492 01:17:56 If we don't publish, that is.
1493 01:17:59 Come on, Kay,what do you expect?
1494 01:18:00 You've got nothing to lose.
1495 01:18:01 Due respect, we all
1496 01:18:02 have everything to loseif we don't publish
1497 01:18:04 What will happen to thereputation of this paper?
1498 01:18:07 Everyone will find outwe had the study.
1499 01:18:09 Hell, I bet half thetown knows already.
1500 01:18:11 What will it look likeif we sit on our asses?
1501 01:18:13 It'll look like we were prudent.
1502 01:18:15 It will look likewe were afraid.
1503 01:18:17 We will lose. The country will lose.Nixon wins.
1504 01:18:20 Nixon wins this one,and the next one.
1505 01:18:21 And all the ones after thatbecause we were scared.
1506 01:18:24 Because the only way to assertthe right to publish is to publish.
1507 01:18:32 Fritz, i-is Fritz-Fritz there?
1508 01:18:37 Fritz are you on?
1509 01:18:39 I'm here, Kay.
1510 01:18:44 W-What do you think?
1511 01:18:48 W-What do you think I should do?
1512 01:18:53 I think...
1513 01:18:55 there are argumentson both sides.
1514 01:19:01 But I guess I wouldn't publish.
1515 01:19:26 Let's-Let's go.
1516 01:19:28 Let's-Let's do it.
1517 01:19:29 Let's-Let's--
1518 01:19:30 Let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's--
1519 01:19:31 Let's publish.
1520 01:19:37 -What?-Phil?
1521 01:19:38 -What?-What'd she say?
1522 01:19:41 We go.
1523 01:19:45 She says we publish.
1524 01:19:48 -Hot damn.-My God.
1525 01:19:49 -Holy shit.-Let's get this out.
1526 01:19:51 Holy shit.
1527 01:19:53 -I need that, Meg.-Oh, sorry.
1528 01:19:54 W-W-Wait,
1529 01:19:55 -I need the notes.-Sorry, sorry.
1530 01:19:56 We got uh,
1531 01:19:58 two hours to get it to the...
1532 01:19:59 I got it, hold on.
1533 01:20:04 -W-W-Wait, who' takin' it?-I got it.
1534 01:20:06 All right, call uh national desk,tell 'em Bagdikian's coming with us.
1535 01:20:09 Done!
1536 01:20:11 All right, get it in the paper.
1537 01:20:12 Editorial meeting.
1538 01:20:14 -Ben.-Yes.
1539 01:20:25 -That it?-That's it.
1540 01:20:38 You, you got half an hour.
1541 01:20:51 I'm uh, I'm not surehow much thought
1542 01:20:54 you put into this decision,but we still have time.
1543 01:20:56 The print deadline'snot till midnight.
1544 01:20:58 I know whenthe print deadline is.
1545 01:21:00 Look, I'm still, uh,learning how to do this,
1546 01:21:02 but everything I knowabout business tells me
1547 01:21:04 you're making aserious mistake here.
1548 01:21:06 One that will cost youand your paper dearly.
1549 01:21:08 And hurt every persongathered here,
1550 01:21:10 not to mention the hundredsof others who work for you.
1551 01:21:13 I'm just trying to putmy thoughts together.
1552 01:21:15 Kay, all I want is-is what isbest for you and your business.
1553 01:21:19 But I just got off the phonewith a couple of bankers,
1554 01:21:22 and they think it'spossible, likely even,
1555 01:21:26 that a number of their institutionalinvestors will pull out
1556 01:21:29 if you go ahead and publish,and if they pull out...
1557 01:21:32 Kay.
1558 01:21:35 You got a couple of hours.
1559 01:21:37 For your sake
1560 01:21:38 and for the sake ofeveryone of your employees,
1561 01:21:41 I hope you will reconsider.
1562 01:21:50 Give me a canister.
1563 01:21:57 Get it downstairs, andI want the page editor
1564 01:21:59 standin' over lino tillthey got it ready to print.
1565 01:22:02 Okay.
1566 01:22:07 Mr. Bagdikian.
1567 01:22:14 I need to know your source.
1568 01:22:16 I thought I was clear earlier.
1569 01:22:19 Well, we weren'tgoing to press earlier.
1570 01:22:21 Yeah, well, myanswer's the same.
1571 01:22:24 "This action has been commencedto enjoin The New York Times
1572 01:22:27 "and their agents from furtherdisseminating or disclosing
1573 01:22:29 certain alleged topsecret documents"
1574 01:22:31 Are you trying to piss me off?
1575 01:22:33 No, not me, Judge Gurfein.
1576 01:22:35 If you look at the text ofhis restraining order--
1577 01:22:37 I read his restraining order.
1578 01:22:39 So then you know that if The Timeswas your source, we would be in
1579 01:22:42 -direct violation of---I did not get the study
1580 01:22:44 from The Times.
1581 01:22:46 You're sure?
1582 01:22:47 We done?
1583 01:22:53 Did you get it from their source?
1584 01:23:02 Excuse me?
1585 01:23:06 Did you get the study
1586 01:23:08 from the same sourceas The Times?
1587 01:23:13 We do not reveal our sources.
1588 01:23:17 "This action has beencommenced to enjoin
1589 01:23:19 "The New York Times and its agents--"
1590 01:23:21 -I get it, I get it.-from disseminating or disclosing...
1591 01:23:26 If you got the studyfrom the same source,
1592 01:23:28 that would amount to collusion.
1593 01:23:30 Yeah, we could allbe executed at dawn.
1594 01:23:34 And we could be heldin contempt of court.
1595 01:23:37 Which means Mr. Bradlee andMrs. Graham could go to jail.
1596 01:23:45 Mr. Bagdikian,
1597 01:23:48 how likely is it
1598 01:23:50 that your source
1599 01:23:51 and The Times' sourceare the same person?
1600 01:23:56 It's likely.
1601 01:23:59 How likely?
1602 01:24:03 Very.
1603 01:24:05 -It's very likely.-Yes.
1604 01:24:18 What is all this?
1605 01:24:20 Lemonade earnings.
1606 01:24:23 Marina wanted me to putit away for safekeeping.
1607 01:24:26 Ah, wow.
1608 01:24:32 We're publishing.
1609 01:24:38 Wow.
1610 01:24:42 I didn't think Kay'd do it.
1611 01:24:47 That's brave.
1612 01:24:49 Well, she's not theonly one who's brave.
1613 01:24:52 Oh, what have you got to lose?
1614 01:24:55 Uh, my job.
1615 01:24:57 -My reputation.-Oh, Ben, please.
1616 01:25:01 We both know thiswill do nothing but
1617 01:25:04 burnish your reputation.
1618 01:25:07 And as for your job, you canalways find another one.
1619 01:25:13 If you're tryin' tomake me feel better,
1620 01:25:15 there's nicer ways to do it.
1621 01:25:20 You're very brave.
1622 01:25:24 But Kay...
1623 01:25:26 Kay is in a position shenever thought she'd be in.
1624 01:25:31 A position I'm sureplenty of people
1625 01:25:33 don't think she should have.
1626 01:25:36 And when you're told time and timeagain that you're not good enough,
1627 01:25:39 that your opiniondoesn't matter as much,
1628 01:25:43 when they don'tjust look past you,
1629 01:25:47 when to them, you'renot even there,
1630 01:25:51 when that's been yourreality for so long
1631 01:25:53 it's hard not to letyourself think it's true.
1632 01:25:57 So, to make this decision,
1633 01:26:00 to risk her fortuneand the company
1634 01:26:03 that's been her entire life,
1635 01:26:07 well, I think that's brave.
1636 01:26:15 -Bradlee.-Ben.
1637 01:26:17 We got a problem.
1638 01:26:30 Remember this?
1639 01:26:33 -The day before the funeral.-Yeah.
1640 01:26:35 Wasn't it?
1641 01:26:37 Yeah.
1642 01:26:40 I didn't...I didn't want to do it, but
1643 01:26:44 Fritz said I shouldgo in and
1644 01:26:46 say a few wordsto the board and
1645 01:26:49 so,
1646 01:26:51 I-I tried to rehearse something
1647 01:26:54 but it all turned out so awful
1648 01:26:57 and before I knew it, the carwas there ready to take me
1649 01:26:59 and then you came out.
1650 01:27:02 I remember.
1651 01:27:03 You came out in your littlenightgown and your robe.
1652 01:27:07 You hopped in the carwith me, gave me this.
1653 01:27:12 Somehow, you managed toscribble these notes for me
1654 01:27:17 so I'd know what to say.
1655 01:27:21 Well, I-I don't havemy glasses up here.
1656 01:27:23 -So, just read it for me.-Mummy.
1657 01:27:26 Oh, come on, just,would you read it to me?
1658 01:27:33 One, thank them.
1659 01:27:36 Two,
1660 01:27:37 there has been a crisisbut you know they will carry on.
1661 01:27:41 Three, never expectedto be in this
1662 01:27:45 situation.
1663 01:27:48 Four, going off to clear mind
1664 01:27:51 and think about the future.
1665 01:27:53 Five, no changes at this time,paper will remain in the family.
1666 01:27:58 And six, and be carriedon in the tradition
1667 01:28:01 -and so well said.-So well said
1668 01:28:05 You know, I just wantedto hold on to the company
1669 01:28:09 for you and Don
1670 01:28:10 -and Willie and Stephen.-You did.
1671 01:28:12 -You have.-Well.
1672 01:28:17 You know that quote--
1673 01:28:21 The quote,
1674 01:28:22 "A woman preaching is like adog walking on its hind legs,
1675 01:28:28 "it's not done well and
1676 01:28:30 "you're surprised tosee it's done at all."
1677 01:28:35 -Samuel Johnson.-Oh, Mummy.
1678 01:28:37 That's a bunch of nonsense.
1679 01:28:39 No, but that's the waywe all thought then.
1680 01:28:43 You know.
1681 01:28:45 I was never supposedto be in this job.
1682 01:28:50 When my father chose yourdad to run the company,
1683 01:28:55 I thought it was the mostnatural thing in the world.
1684 01:28:57 I was so proudbecause, you know,
1685 01:29:00 Phil was so brilliant and he was
1686 01:29:07 so gifted and
1687 01:29:10 but I thought that was theway it was supposed to be.
1688 01:29:13 Everybody thought that way then.
1689 01:29:17 And I was raising you kids and
1690 01:29:22 I was happy
1691 01:29:24 in my life the way it was.
1692 01:29:31 But then when it all fellapart, you know, when
1693 01:29:38 when Phil died, it was just
1694 01:29:41 I was forty-five years oldand I had never held a
1695 01:29:45 I'd never had to holda job in my life.
1696 01:29:50 But I just, I lovedthe paper, you know, I do.
1697 01:29:55 I do so love the paper,I don't want it to be my fault
1698 01:29:59 I don't want to be the one who...
1699 01:30:02 I don't want to let
1700 01:30:04 Phil and my father andall of you kids
1701 01:30:08 and everybody down.
1702 01:30:11 Mrs. Graham?
1703 01:30:21 You ran here?
1704 01:30:23 Yeah.
1705 01:30:25 There's been a bit of a uh,
1706 01:30:28 a complication.
1707 01:30:30 I didn't understand at first but noweverything is of a different light.
1708 01:30:34 Our source might be the sameas The New York Times'.
1709 01:30:38 Okay.
1710 01:30:40 If so, we could beheld in contempt.
1711 01:30:42 Meaning?
1712 01:30:44 Well, we could all go to prison.
1713 01:30:49 Now putting that aside,
1714 01:30:53 Katharine, I-I've cometo realize just
1715 01:30:57 just how muchyou have at stake.
1716 01:31:28 Paul, I'm glad you're here.
1717 01:31:30 Fritz is sitting withMrs. Graham now.
1718 01:31:31 -Ben is here.-Yes, I figured he would be.
1719 01:31:58 -Jesus Christ.-Mr. Bradlee,
1720 01:31:59 if you knew Mr. Bagdikianreceived the study from
1721 01:32:01 -the same source at the time,-Well, I didn't know because
1722 01:32:03 -that would have been useful...-I'm not in the habit of asking
1723 01:32:04 my reporters whotheir sources are,
1724 01:32:06 and if you've spentany time in a real
1725 01:32:08 goddamn newspaper,you'd know why.
1726 01:32:09 You understand he'strying to help you, Ben?
1727 01:32:11 Mrs. Graham, hi.
1728 01:32:14 We can all-
1729 01:32:15 We can all appreciatewhy Ben wants to publish
1730 01:32:18 and if these papers hadcome from someone else,
1731 01:32:19 we might have been ableto skirt the issue.
1732 01:32:23 Anything fromthe folks upstairs?
1733 01:32:25 No.
1734 01:32:26 We gotta start the run
1735 01:32:27 or we won't get to thecarriers on time.
1736 01:32:33 I disagreed with you earlier, butI thought it brave, but this?
1737 01:32:37 If we were to publishknowing this,
1738 01:32:38 it would just be irresponsible.
1739 01:32:40 Fritz, do you agree?
1740 01:32:43 Well, I don't particularly like theidea of Kay as a convicted felon.
1741 01:32:48 And then there's theissue of the prospectus.
1742 01:32:50 Based on the conversations I'vehad with my friends at Kravath,
1743 01:32:52 I believe a criminalindictment would
1744 01:32:54 qualify as a catastrophic event.
1745 01:32:56 And given the likelihoodof indictment now...
1746 01:33:01 Kay, it could--
1747 01:33:02 Yes, I...I understand.
1748 01:33:06 We uh, we have a responsibilityto the company, to the-
1749 01:33:09 all the employees and to thelong term health of the paper.
1750 01:33:14 Absolutely, Kay.
1751 01:33:19 Yes. However, um...
1752 01:33:29 The prospectus also talks about
1753 01:33:32 the mission ofthe paper which is
1754 01:33:35 outstanding newscollection and reporting,
1755 01:33:37 isn't that right?
1756 01:33:38 Yes.
1757 01:33:39 And...
1758 01:33:40 And it also says
1759 01:33:43 that the newspaperwill be dedicated
1760 01:33:45 to the welfare of the nation
1761 01:33:47 and to the, uh...principles of a free press.
1762 01:33:49 Yes, but...
1763 01:33:50 So,
1764 01:33:51 one could argue
1765 01:33:53 that the bankerswere put on notice.
1766 01:33:55 But Kay, these areextraordinary circumstances.
1767 01:33:58 Are they? Are they?For a newspaper?
1768 01:34:01 One that covers theNixon White House?
1769 01:34:03 Can you guarantee me thatwe could go to print
1770 01:34:06 without endangeringany of our soldiers--
1771 01:34:09 You can't be considering--
1772 01:34:10 I'm talking to Mr. Bradlee now.
1773 01:34:16 Fritz, you're not gonna lether do this, she can't--
1774 01:34:19 Oh, no, she can, Arthur.
1775 01:34:21 And it's entirely her decision.
1776 01:34:23 Kay, you're allowing Mr. Bradlee
1777 01:34:25 to uh, t-t-to lead you to folly.
1778 01:34:27 The legacy of thecompany is at stake.
1779 01:34:29 -And if you want to-Arthur.
1780 01:34:30 protect that legacy,
1781 01:34:31 This company has been in my life
1782 01:34:33 for longer than most of the peopleworking there have been alive
1783 01:34:36 so I don't need thelecture on legacy.
1784 01:34:41 And this is no longermy father's company.
1785 01:34:45 It's no longer myhusband's company.
1786 01:34:47 It's my company.
1787 01:34:49 And anyone who thinks otherwise
1788 01:34:51 probably doesn'tbelong on my board.
1789 01:34:54 Can you guaranteeme that we--
1790 01:34:56 One hundred percent.
1791 01:34:58 All right then.
1792 01:35:00 My decision stands.
1793 01:35:03 And I'm
1794 01:35:05 going to bed.
1795 01:35:23 It's Ben Bradlee.
1796 01:35:24 Run it.
1797 01:35:25 Yes, sir.
1798 01:35:26 Start it up.
1799 01:36:28 Here we go.
1800 01:36:43 Let's go! Let's go!
1801 01:36:48 More here!
1802 01:37:02 I've got the AssistantAttorney General.
1803 01:37:04 Put him on.
1804 01:37:06 Good morning.
1805 01:37:07 Good morning, thisis William Rehnquist
1806 01:37:09 from the office of legalcounsel at Justice.
1807 01:37:12 Yes, sir.
1808 01:37:13 Mr. Bradlee, I have been advisedby the Secretary of Defense
1809 01:37:16 that the material published inThe Washington Post this morning
1810 01:37:20 contains theinformation relating
1811 01:37:21 to the national defenseof the United States
1812 01:37:24 and bears a top secretclassification.
1813 01:37:26 As such the publicationof this information
1814 01:37:29 is directly prohibitedby the Espionage Act,
1815 01:37:32 Title 18 of theUnited States Code,
1816 01:37:34 Section 793.
1817 01:37:36 As publication will causeirreparable injury
1818 01:37:39 to the defense interestsof the United States,
1819 01:37:42 I respectfully request thatyou publish no further
1820 01:37:45 information of this character.
1821 01:37:47 And advise me that youhave made arrangements
1822 01:37:50 for the return ofthese documents
1823 01:37:52 to the Department of Defense.
1824 01:37:54 Well, thank you for the call,Mr. Rehnquist.
1825 01:37:56 But I'm sure you understand,I must respectfully decline.
1826 01:38:01 I appreciate your time.
1827 01:38:07 What's next?
1828 01:38:08 We're going to court.
1829 01:38:10 Today.
1830 01:38:11 If we get a ruling in ourfavor or The Times does,
1831 01:38:14 we'll be at the SupremeCourt sometime next week.
1832 01:38:31 We're focusing on Johnson.
1833 01:38:35 I don't want any more arguments,it's about shoes and about dresses.
1834 01:38:39 Sorry.
1835 01:38:45 Your Honor, the storiespublished in The Times
1836 01:38:47 and now The Post have created adiplomatic and security disaster
1837 01:38:49 for the United States.
1838 01:38:51 How exactly have these paperscreated a diplomatic disaster?
1839 01:38:54 Why would other countriestalk to us in confidence
1840 01:38:56 if secrets like thesecan be leaked?
1841 01:38:58 So, does this make it difficultfor the President to govern?
1842 01:39:01 If the President can't keepsecrets, he can't govern.
1843 01:39:04 Nothing less than the integrityof the presidency is at stake.
1844 01:39:08 Yes, I know.
1845 01:39:10 I'm sure it has rattledinvestors, Terry.
1846 01:39:12 That's why I'm calling you.
1847 01:39:15 Yes, I understand a number ofthem have considered pulling out
1848 01:39:18 but we feel...
1849 01:39:21 Of course. I standbehind the decision.
1850 01:39:30 Well, you know,one could argue it's
1851 01:39:32 raising the profile of The Post.
1852 01:39:36 Would The Post have publishedmilitary plans for D-Day
1853 01:39:40 if they'd had them in advance?
1854 01:39:43 Well, I don't thinkthere's any comparison
1855 01:39:45 between a pendinginvasion of Europe
1856 01:39:47 and a historical survey of Americaninvolvement in the Vietnam war.
1857 01:39:53 The Supreme Court has decided tohold a hearing tomorrow morning
1858 01:39:56 to resolve the tangle ofconflicting decisions
1859 01:40:00 over what of the Pentagonpapers can be published
1860 01:40:02 and more broadly, the issueof freedom of the press
1861 01:40:05 versus government security.
1862 01:40:07 But in agreeingto hear the cases
1863 01:40:08 of The New York Times andThe Washington Post--
1864 01:40:10 The Supremes granted us a
1865 01:40:13 emergency expedited basis--
1866 01:40:15 We're in court withThe Times tomorrow.
1867 01:40:18 What are you so happy about?
1868 01:40:26 I always wanted to be part
1869 01:40:28 of a small rebellion.
1870 01:40:40 I ask him what he considers themost important revelations to date
1871 01:40:44 from the Pentagon documents.
1872 01:40:46 I think the lesson is thepeople of this country
1873 01:40:48 can't afford to let the Presidentrun the country by himself--
1874 01:40:52 even foreign affairs anymore than domestic affairs
1875 01:40:54 without the help of Congress.
1876 01:40:56 I was struck in fact byPresident Johnson's reaction
1877 01:40:58 to these revelationsas close to treason.
1878 01:41:01 Because it reflectedto me the sense
1879 01:41:03 that what was damagingto the reputation
1880 01:41:05 of a particular administration--a particular individual
1881 01:41:09 was, in itself, treason
1882 01:41:11 which is very close to saying,"I am The State."
1883 01:41:22 Ben.
1884 01:41:26 What on Earth are you doing?
1885 01:41:36 Oh.
1886 01:41:41 Oh.
1887 01:41:45 They all followed your lead,published the papers.
1888 01:41:48 At least we're not alone.
1889 01:41:52 No matter what happens tomorrow,
1890 01:41:53 we are not a littlelocal paper anymore.
1891 01:41:56 Hm.
1892 01:42:16 I'm sorry.
1893 01:42:22 Mrs. Graham, there's an entranceover on the side for the appellates.
1894 01:42:25 Oh, thank you very much.
1895 01:42:28 I'm sorry I'm walking so fast.
1896 01:42:30 I was supposed to behere half hour ago
1897 01:42:32 but then I had to makecopies of the brief
1898 01:42:33 and there was somuch traffic and I
1899 01:42:35 just wouldn't think there'dbe all these people.
1900 01:42:37 Well, no, you wouldn't.
1901 01:42:38 You work for Roger Clark, then?
1902 01:42:40 I work for the government.
1903 01:42:41 the Solicitor General's office.
1904 01:42:43 Oh, you're on the other team.
1905 01:42:45 Mrs. Graham,
1906 01:42:47 I probably shouldn't say this.
1907 01:42:49 Um...my brother...
1908 01:42:51 he's still over there.
1909 01:42:54 And...
1910 01:42:56 Well, I hope you win.
1911 01:43:00 Besides, I like someone tellingthese guys what's what.
1912 01:43:03 But don't tell myboss I said that.
1913 01:43:04 He'd fire me justfor talking to you.
1914 01:43:21 I told you to be here at 8:00.
1915 01:43:22 Yes, I was here at 8:00,but Richard sent me back.
1916 01:43:24 Is Richard your boss?
1917 01:43:25 No, but you weren't here, so--
1918 01:43:27 I don't want excuses.Just take a seat.
1919 01:43:31 -Mrs. Graham.-Morning.
1920 01:43:37 Morning, gentlemen.
1921 01:43:39 -Morning.-Punch, Ed.
1922 01:43:41 Nice to be on the same sidefor a change.
1923 01:43:43 I'll tell you what's nice.
1924 01:43:45 Making the front page of yournewspaper on the daily basis.
1925 01:43:49 Must be a lot of people from Bostonto Washington reading about us.
1926 01:43:53 Yes, well, I supposeit's appropriate
1927 01:43:57 given what's at stake.
1928 01:44:00 All rise.
1929 01:44:04 The Honorable the Chief Justiceand the Associate Justices
1930 01:44:07 of the Supreme Courtof the United States.
1931 01:44:11 All yea, all yea, all yea.
1932 01:44:15 All persons having businessbefore the Honorable...
1933 01:44:20 Mr. Rosenthal! Mr. Rosenthal!
1934 01:44:22 Sulzberger!
1935 01:44:23 Sulzberger, do you thinkthey'll side to your favor?
1936 01:44:25 Overall we feel encouraged.
1937 01:44:28 27 congressmen filed amicusbriefs on our behalf.
1938 01:44:31 As well as the ACLU...
1939 01:44:33 -We should make a statement.-I think that's her job.
1940 01:44:35 I believe everything we hadto say we've already said.
1941 01:44:59 Meg Greenfield.
1942 01:45:01 Okay.
1943 01:45:03 Everyone, listen up!
1944 01:45:05 Listen up.
1945 01:45:06 We've got a decision.
1946 01:45:07 We've got a decision.
1947 01:45:14 The Supreme Court,the decision's in.
1948 01:45:27 The vote is...
1949 01:45:30 Six to three...
1950 01:45:32 Six to three, we win!We win!
1951 01:45:36 And so does The Times!
1952 01:45:37 Whoo!
1953 01:45:41 Yes!
1954 01:45:45 No shit.
1955 01:45:49 Nice job, Gene.
1956 01:45:51 Whoo!
1957 01:45:52 -No gloating.-I'm just satisfied.
1958 01:45:59 What?
1959 01:46:00 I can't hear you, it's too loud.
1960 01:46:02 Oh, okay.
1961 01:46:03 Listen up, everybody,listen up.
1962 01:46:05 Uh, Justice Black's opinion.
1963 01:46:07 Okay.
1964 01:46:10 The Founding Fathersgave the free press
1965 01:46:14 the protection it must have
1966 01:46:19 to fulfill its essentialrole in our democracy.
1967 01:46:26 The press was to serve thegoverned, not the governors.
1968 01:46:35 Thank you.
1969 01:46:55 That's great.
1970 01:47:12 Do you know what my husbandsaid about the news?
1971 01:47:16 He called it the firstrough draft of history.
1972 01:47:20 That's good isn't it?
1973 01:47:22 Oh, well, we don't alwaysget it right, you know.
1974 01:47:25 We're not always perfectbut I figure we just
1975 01:47:27 keep on it, you know?
1976 01:47:29 That's the job, isn't it?
1977 01:47:35 Yes, it is.
1978 01:47:52 Oh, Ken Clauson cameby to see me earlier.
1979 01:47:55 Oh?
1980 01:47:56 Apparently Justiceis still considering
1981 01:47:58 criminal charges against us
1982 01:48:01 And you're not worried?
1983 01:48:02 Nope. No, Katharine,that's your job.
1984 01:48:05 I suppose it is.
1985 01:48:06 Oh, thank God, the courtruling was very clear.
1986 01:48:09 Yeah, yeah, I know.
1987 01:48:11 I'm sure Nixon willfall right in line.
1988 01:48:13 Good. Because you knowI don't think I could
1989 01:48:15 ever live throughsomething like this again.
1990 01:48:19 I want it clearly understoodthat from now on,
1991 01:48:23 never
1992 01:48:24 no reporter fromThe Washington Post
1993 01:48:26 is ever to be in The White House.Is that clear?
1994 01:48:29 Absolutely.
1995 01:48:31 Never, never inThe White House.
1996 01:48:34 No church service.
1997 01:48:36 Nothing with Mrs. Nixondoes, you tell Connie.
1998 01:48:38 Don't tell Mrs. Nixon'cause she'll approve it.
1999 01:48:41 No reporter fromThe Washington Post
2000 01:48:43 is ever to be inThe White House again.
2001 01:48:46 And no photographer either.
2002 01:48:47 No photographer, is that clear?
2003 01:48:49 None ever to be in.
2004 01:48:51 That is a total order.
2005 01:48:53 And if necessary, I'll fire you.You understand?
2006 01:48:55 -I do understand.-Okay. All right. Good.
2007 01:49:19 D.C. Police, 2nd Precinct.
2008 01:49:21 Yes, hello, this is Frank Wills.
2009 01:49:23 I think we might have a burglaryin progress at the Watergate.
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