:13:01
Did I approve
the Ellsberg thing? Huh?
:13:06
You know, I'm glad we tape
all these conversations, but...
:13:10
I never approved the break-in
At the Ellsbergs'.
:13:13
Oh, maybe I approved it
After the fact.
:13:17
Someday we gotta start
transcribing these tapes.
:13:20
You approved that before the fact
because I went over it with you. But I...
:13:24
But no one's gonna see these tapes.
That's right.
:13:27
And it's really more of
a problem for Ehrlichman.
:13:30
He's the one who fixed Hunt up
with the phony C.I.A. ID's.
:13:33
But what else does Hunt
have on us?
:13:37
We gotta turn off
the F.B.I., Bob.
:13:40
You go to the C.I.A. and tell Helms
that Hunt is blackmailing the president.
:13:45
Tell him Hunt and his Cuban friends
Know too damn much...
:13:49
...and if he goes public...
if Hunt goes public...
:13:51
...it will be a fiasco
for the C.I.A.
:13:54
He'll know what I'm talking about.
All right.
:13:57
Play it tough. That's the way they play
it, and the way we're gonna play it.
:14:02
Don't lie to Helms and say
there's no involvement.
:14:05
Just say this is a comedy of errors...
bizarre...without getting into it.
:14:09
And, uh...
:14:11
Say the president believes it's gonna
open up the whole Bay of Pigs again.
:14:16
And tell Helms he should call
the F.B.I., call Pat Gray...
:14:19
...and say that we wish,
for the sake of the country...
:14:22
...that, uh, don't go any further
into this hanky-panky, period.
:14:26
Bay of Pigs?
:14:29
That was Kennedy's screw-up.
Why would that threaten us?
:14:33
Just do what I say, Bob.
:14:35
The only problem with that, sir...
:14:38
It does get us into
obstruction of justice.
:14:40
It's got nothing to do with justice,
Bob. It's national security.
:14:43
How is this national security?
:14:45
The president says it is.
:14:47
Now, this isn't
a moral issue, Bob.
:14:49
My job is to protect this country
from its enemies...
:14:52
...and its enemies are
inside the walls.
:14:55
We gotta keep
our enemies at bay...
:14:57
...or our whole program
goes down the tubes.