Podcast appearances and mentions of Alexander Butterfield

SERIES 2 EPISODE 72: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Literally, Trumped-Up Charges: in Univision interview Dementia J. Trump has confirmed last Sunday's Washington Post story that if we do not stop him from again taking over The White House, he WILL openly politicize the Department of Justice and order it to create fictional indictments of his political rivals in order to prosecute them from campaigns or elections. He literally boasted that he would do what he has falsely accused the legal system of doing to him. And of course if Trump can fabricate charges against politicians, he can fabricate them against you. "If I happen to be president and I see somebody who's doing well and beating me very badly, I say ‘Go down and indict them.' They'd be out of business, they'd be out of the election.” He also blamed the Democrats for his own evil, and in the process exposed more of his Swiss-cheese brain: "What they've done is, they've released the genie out of the...box." It's BOTTLE, genius. The Jack Smith Mar-a-Lago shocker: Potential witnesses against Trump? The receptionist, the head of maintenance, the housekeeper who cleans his bedroom suite and a woodworker who installed the Crown Molding in the bedroom (I'm guessing the color was gold). Trump was reportedly "ballistic" about the housekeeper. Could we get more obscure heroes like Alex Butterfield and Frank Wills? If you don't know them, you will. Another judge muddies the 14th Amendment case. In Michigan, Judge James Robert Redford (seriously) asks the suing attorney if the clause means you can only disqualify somebody AFTER he's been ELECTED? To which the lawyer aptly asks “That would require, what? The country to re-run an entire presidentical election?” And President Biden reminds us that his best re-election campaign ads would be ones in which he mocks Biden. Talking to auto workers yesterday he mocked him with instant success, and then doubled the laughter when he made the stations of the cross. B-Block (21:57) IN SPORTS: The Chicago White Sox suffer the greatest loss of free agency so far as play-by-play man Jason Benetti leaves for Detroit. The departure of Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell for the Cubs may not be the end of a retrenchment there. There might have been more of it around baseball at the General Mangers' Meeting - except it was cancelled a day early due to a raging virus that sent at least 10% of the executives to the restrooms. (25:44) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Nancy Mace is still getting skewered by Kevin McCarthy and by one remark she will never live down. New York rep Claudia Tenney is a veteran of making a fool of herself. She's done it again. And NewsNation - the Nick-At-Nite of TV News, hires yet another fired failure who doesn't have enough self-respect to find a different line of work. Megyn Kelly will moderate a GOP debate...free-lance? C-Block (32:05) FRIDAYS WITH JAMES THURBER: A selection of his shortest short stories: the fables, including his wonderful "The Unicorn In The Garden."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Last Word: Former Trump White House aide and January 6th Committee star witness Cassidy Hutchinson joins Lawrence O'Donnell in New York to discuss her new memoir, “Enough,” the parallels of her January 6th testimony to the Watergate testimony from former Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield, the prosecutions of Donald Trump, the mishandling of documents during the Trump administration, and more.

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Tonight on the Last Word: Alexander Butterfield's surprise testimony led to President Nixon's resignation. Also, a judge denies Steve Bannon's request to delay his contempt of Congress trial in the Jan. 6 probe. Plus, Uvalde families march to demand answers from officials. And a Texas newspaper details police inaction in a 77-minute Robb Elementary School surveillance video. Alexander Butterfield, Jill Wine-Banks, Andrew Weissman, Jazmin Cazares, Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Tony Plohetski join Lawrence O'Donnell.

When White House aide, Alexander Butterfield, revealed the existence of recording devices in the White House during the Watergate hearings in 1973, Nixon's fate was sealed. And the missing eighteen and a half minutes in the tapes (once they'd been reluctantly handed over) cast a shadow over the President's character. It ultimate led to his resignation. What happened during those notorious missing minutes? Conspiracy, criminality, chaos? The truth is more suprising than you think.

BOMBSHELL!!!Assistant to the President for Special Files, Alexander Porter Butterfield would be questioned by lawyers for the Ervin Committee and while being asked questions he was directly asked if there were recording devices in the White House.  His answer to that question changed everything about the Watergate Scandal. It laid the groundwork for the downfall of the Nixon Administration. Years later, when asked if he should have burned the White House tapes Richard Nixon would answer " Yes, I should have because they were open to misinterpretation as we have seen."  He was very correct. To this day people think that the tapes proved Nixon's guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. But in reality they don't. They do prove he cursed a lot, said the word "God Damn" a lot, made anti-semetic remarks , racist remarks, and he would fly off the handle saying things in anger that he should not have said, and he was a President who thought out loud, mulling over every angle of an issue, legal and illegal, moral an immoral, until a workable solution was determined. For an American people who had never heard a President talk in private before it was a shocking thing to hear. But what you did not hear, was a President committing an actual impeachable offense. But as in all situations in life it is often far more complicated than can be explained in a simple sentence and a lie, as the old saying goes, can be half way around the world before the truth can get out of bed. This series is dedicated to the truth, the ugly, complicated truth. The truth is Richard Nixon is no angel, but he faced some sinister forces in American Government determined to bring him down during the second most divided era in all of our history. This podcast documentary series is dedicated to showing you the facts about the scandal that derailed a presidency. We don't delve into conspiracy theories or guesswork as to the involvement of CIA connections, or secret plotters with innuendos. As this Podcast moves forward we will document everything we talk about and give you source material where you can read and look it up for yourself. Is there more to the story than what we will cover from this point on? Most likely. But what we will show you we can provide a paper or electronic trail for and it is not a pretty sight. What we can also show you is that Richard Nixon's claim about the misinterpretation of conversations made to fit a certain narrative is in fact very real.  We hope you will listen for yourself and be able to differentiate between things said in private, in  different contexts, and actual criminal intent.  Then you may come away with a totally different viewpoint of the events that brought down the President of the United States.But that is the story we will tell as we travel down the road of Watergate. This episode is the story of how the tapes came to light in the first place and the beginning of the fight that would become the final act of the Nixon Administration.  

The televised hearings of the House Select Committee on the January 6 insurrection, which begin Thursday, mark an historic milestone in the battle between democracy and autocracy. The events that culminated in the attack on the Capitol constitute the first attempted presidential coup in our nation's 233-year history. The Select Committee's inquiry is the most important congressional investigation of presidential wrongdoing since the Senate investigation of the Watergate scandals in the 1970s.To a large degree, the success of those hearings will depend on the Wyoming Republican congresswoman and vice-chair of the committee, Liz Cheney. Although I have disagreed with almost every substantive position she has ever taken, I salute her courage and her patriotism. And I wish her success. I vividly recall the televised hearings of the Senate Watergate committee, which began nearly a half-century ago, on May 17, 1973. More than a year later, on August 8, 1974 —knowing that he would be impeached in the House and convicted in the Senate — Nixon resigned.I was just finishing law school when the Watergate hearings began. I was supposed to study for final exams but remained glued to my television. I remember the entire cast of characters as if the hearings occurred yesterday, and I'm sure many of you do, too — people such as North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin, a Democrat, who served as the committee's co-chair; John Dean, the White House counsel who told the committee about Nixon's attempted coverup; and Alexander Butterfield, Nixon's deputy assistant, who revealed that Nixon had taped all conversations in the White House. But to my young eyes, the hero of the Watergate hearings was the committee's Republican co-chair, Tennessee Senator Howard Baker, Jr. Baker had deep ties to the Republican Party. His father was a Republican Congress­man and his father-in-law was Senate minor­ity leader for a decade. Notwithstanding those ties, Baker put his loyalty to the Constitution and rule of law ahead of his loyalty to his party or the president. His steadiness and care, and the tenacity with which he questioned witnesses, helped America view the Watergate hearings as a search for truth rather than a partisan “witch hunt,” as Nixon described them. It was Baker who famously asked Dean, “what did the president know and when did he know it?” And it was Baker who led all the other Republicans on the committee to join with Democrats in voting to subpoena the White House tapes — the first time a congres­sional commit­tee had ever issued a subpoena to a Pres­id­ent, and only the second time since 1807 that anyone had subpoenaed the chief exec­ut­ive. Fast forward 49 years. This week, Baker's role will be played by Cheney. Her Republican pedigree is no less impressive than Baker's was: She is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Second Lady Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the George W. Bush administration. She is a staunch conservative. And, before House Republicans ousted her, she chaired the House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership. Cheney's responsibility this week will be similar to Baker's 49 years ago — to be the steady voice of non-partisan common sense, helping the nation view the hearings as a search for truth rather than a “witch hunt,” as Trump has characterized them. In many ways, though, Cheney's role will be far more challenging than Baker's. Forty-nine years ago, American politics was a tame affair compared to the viciousness of today's political culture. Republican senators didn't threaten to take away Howard Baker's seniority or his leadership position. The Tennessee Republican Party didn't oust him. Nixon didn't make threatening speeches about him. Baker received no death threats, as far as anyone knows. It will be necessary for Cheney to show — as did Baker — more loyalty to the Constitution and the rule of law than to her party or the former president. But she also will have to cope with a nation more bitterly divided over Trump's big lie than it ever was over Nixon and his coverup of the Watergate burglary. She will have to face a Republican Party that has largely caved in to Trump's lie — enabling and encouraging it. Baker's Republican Party never aligned itself with Nixon's lies. Meanwhile, Cheney's career has suffered and her life and the lives of her family have been threatened. The criminal acts for which Richard Nixon was responsible — while serious enough to undermine the integrity of the White House and compromise our system of government — pale relative to Trump's. Nixon tried to cover up a third-rate burglary. Trump tried to overthrow our system of government. The January 6 insurrection was not an isolated event. It was part of a concerted effort by Trump to use his lie that the 2020 election was stolen as a means to engineer a coup, while whipping up anger and distrust among his supporters toward our system of government. Yet not a shred of evidence has ever been presented to support Trump's claim that voter fraud affected the outcome of the 2020 election.Consider (to take but one example) Trump' phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he pressured Raffensperger to change the presidential vote count in Georgia in order to give Trump more votes than Biden: “All I want to do is this,” Trump told Raffensperger in a recorded phone call. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state.” Trump threatened Raffensperger with criminal liability if he did not do so. Trump's actions appear to violate 18 U.S.C. § 371, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and 18 U.S.C. § 1512, obstruction of Congress.   The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into these activities. Attorney General Merrick Garland has said that the Justice Department will “follow the facts and the law wherever they may lead.” As with Watergate, the facts will almost certainly lead to the person who then occupied the Oval Office. This week's televised committee hearings are crucial to educating the public and setting the stage for the Justice Department's prosecution. Federal district court Judge David Carter in a civil case brought against the Committee by John Eastman, Trump's lawyer and adviser in the coup attempt, has set the framework for the hearings. Judge Carter found that it was “more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” and concluded that Trump and Eastman “launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history […] The illegality of the plan was obvious.”Those who claim that a president cannot be criminally liable for acts committed while in office apparently forget that Richard Nixon avoided prosecution only because he was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford. Those who argue that Trump should not be criminally liable because no president in American history has been criminally liable, overlook the fact that no president in history has staged an attempted coup to change the outcome of an election. Without accountability for these acts, Trump's criminality opens wide the door to future presidents and candidates disputing election outcomes and seeking to change them — along with ensuing public distrust, paranoia, and divisiveness. Liz Cheney bears a burden far heavier than Howard Baker bore almost a half-century ago. Please watch this Thursday's Jan. 6 Committee televised hearings. And please join me in appreciating the public service of Liz Cheney. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

As we finish the first half of our series on the Nixon Administration and its place in our much longer series of shows that covered the Vietnam Era, we thought we would preview the events on the way over the next 3 seasons of our show. This is the coverage of the fall of Richard Nixon and the scandal known as Watergate. It would undermine in the eyes of the American People all he had accomplished to bring peace to millions around the world, and to bring peace, prosperity, and a healthier, more equal country,  at home. This preview we hope will leave you asking a simple  question about Watergate.  Was it Fair? Was Richard Nixon and those defendants, tried and convicted of criminal acts in the scandal, really able to receive fair treatment in the eyes of the American people, or in the Federal Court System, and if not, is it now time to change it for the sake of a more  truthful and fair assessment for History. We are about to embark on one of the most comprehensive looks at Watergate ever produced, with new information and insights, and no longer through the eyes of the conventional wisdom that Richard Nixon was somehow the bad actor in the events of the final two years of his administration. Join us starting May 16, 2022, for the start of this Landmark Podcast Documentary event on Watergate.It will change everything you thought you knew about President Richard Nixon.... 

Episode 260: Trusting Relationships = A Generational Legacy of Benefits Guest Mentor Tim Gilk is a clear example of how you can reap generational benefits by forming solid relationships built on trust, hard work, and open communication. Living your core values takes vigilance. We can get off track and mess up under pressure and in extremely stressful decision-making situations. Instead of collapsing into perfectionism and self-criticism, be more forgiving and allow yourself a pathway back to re-engage with your core values. You will hear how Tim upholds his core values and builds a generational legacy in all of his relationships, from family, friends, colleagues, employees, customers, to vendors, community, and extended family. This is an uplifting conversation about how you can work on yourself and have meaningful relationships when you adhere to your core values and see them as your guiding light. The foundation of implicit trust started for Tim with self-understanding. Marrying Jennifer gave Tim confidence in the benefits of being engaged and present to each other’s needs. Their values of trust, hard work, and open communication became the heart of how they raised their three-adult and well-adjusted children. DOWNLOAD  What is unique about Jennifer and Tim is they are both entrepreneurs. How they support each other in achieving their dreams is inspirational. Not a comfortable lifestyle but certainly a fulfilling one for them. Tim owns Wood & Conn Corporation, a wholesale distributor of grain handling and grain storage products. They sell, service, and deliver to dealers all over Minnesota and the Dakotas. He also uses his private plane to get those needing medical treatment to their appointments through Angel Flight Central. A service worth knowing about.  Jennifer is the founder and owner of Gilk Legacy Law; Her firm does the work of protecting farm legacies for the future. They provide estate and property planning services to farmers and others in their surrounding community. As she helps others preserve their legacies, she and Tim are creating quite a legacy of their own. Impressive. We also discuss how Tim and his company adapted to the coronavirus pandemic requirements of 2020 and 2021 and how he maintains his calm demeanor as empty-nesters. Protecting employees and customers. Responding to delivery delays, sales, marketing adjustments, changes in trucking protocols, invoice debacles, and other work process mishaps not experienced before. How farmers have been affected and how they are adapting. Maintaining a marriage while running two separate businesses. Reading as a stress reliever. We briefly discuss three authors and their latest books. Two of Bob Woodward’s books – The Legacy of All The President’s Men (includes Alexander Butterfield’s role) and Rage. Barack Obama’s new book, A Promised Land Jim Collin’s new book – Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company. The most significant benefit I see in Jennifer and Tim’s legacy so far is the stable foundation they have created to support each of them in their lifework. Equality. You can do more in life when you have the support and adhere to core values. Core values are the glue that holds everything together. Let me know what you think after listening.  WeMentor Meaningful Conversations LAB 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Starting January 21, 2021 The 1st Conversation is on Nancy. Revitalize how you communicate with energizing conversations that lead to understanding, clarity, and action. Raise your EQ with meaningful conversations. Take a refreshing step forward!  Contact Us Now Episode Resources Angel Flight Angel Flight: Free Flights for people in need Books We Discuss Barack Obama: A Promised Land Bob Woodward: Alexander Butterfield The Last of the President’s MenVIDEO: An Evening with Alexander Butterfield and Bob WoodwordVIDEO: The Legacy of All The...

Join the Episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Trailer: https://youtu.be/9IIlEe20xL8 Release Date: July 7, 2020 on digital/VOD Directed and Written by: Mark Z Silverman, Tracy Wuischpard Starring: George Thomas, David Heavener, Diane Yang with Martin Kove, Robert Miano, Alexander Butterfield and Sonny West Synopsis: Ladies and Gentlemen, the King of Rock N' Roll From Outer Space has blasted into Vegas from the far side of the Universe to compete in an Elvis impersonation contest with the best in town!!! But just as he is on the verge of victory, he mysteriously vanishes. Who's behind the disappearance? The mafia? The CIA? Or the aliens he left behind? Distributor: Giant Pictures Tracy Wuischpard Writer/Director Elvis from Outer Space Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K4MeyQCSCk BIO: Tracy Wuischpard (Wish-pard) graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where, along with her painting and filmmaking activities, she was a prominent member of the early punk rock music scene. Her band, The Shakes (later known as Combo Tactic), was well known on the scene and one of a handful of groups made up of artists from a variety of non-musical disciplines who picked up musical instruments with performance art in mind. She and her band left Pittsburgh in the early 80's and headed to San Francisco, CA and later, Los Angeles where she took up editing; working on documentaries about Michael Jackson (ACE award winner) and Lou Reed. There she also used her musical skills to edit many music videos including an MTV award-winning piece for Edie Brickell at Propaganda Films. In the late 90's Ms. Wuischpard moved to New York City where she continued to pursue her editorial career working mostly in television and advertising. In 2008 she was in a devastating car accident which caused her to retire. After years of recuperation she got a call from an old friend from the Pittsburgh scene, Robert Elliott Balter. He now had a music publishing company in LA, Jordan/Balter Music, with partner Van Jordon. Robert called to ask her for technical advice regarding a film project he had in mind. His company had purchased the rights to a film they wanted to turn into something new. The technical questions grew into conceptual questions and little by little, she was drawn into the project. Soon there was a request for story ideas. What could she do to make a new story from the old? It was an interesting problem, so she started to try to figure it out. Armed with stacks of index cards and a bulletin board, she set out to try to remake the story. When she pitched her idea Jordan/Balter loved it and they were off! Things started to grow in complexity, so she asked her husband, editor Bruce Tovsky, to help out. He came on board and they began devising a way to cut away half of the old movie and add in new material that they either made (as animation), shot (via remote directing) or composited (pulling together both animation and live action elements) to make a new film. They even wrote music to score the new scenes. Bruce had been playing on the experiment scene in New York for years. They had a recurring experimental music and film salon at their studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. So, this opportunity was just the kind of project they were made to do. Elvis impersonator George Thomas Statetrooper Martin Kove from Rambo: First Blood Part II and Karate Kid Movies (John Kreese, the head instructor of the Cobra Kai karate school) Prior film credits include: “Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues” Worked as part of a team of editors and won ACE award for editing Featured as a musician in “Debt Begins at 20” by Stephanie Beroes Not a documentary about the Pittsburgh punk scene Future Projects: A zombie film set in Palmdale, CA that features drug company executives, a female detective, the Latino gay scene and military police. Show Stuff Join the episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark Support the podcast and shop @ http://shopthedarkhorde.com UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com Mail can be sent to: UFO Buster Radio Network PO BOX 769905 San Antonio TX 78245 For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Join the Episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Trailer: https://youtu.be/9IIlEe20xL8 Release Date: July 7, 2020 on digital/VOD Directed and Written by: Mark Z Silverman, Tracy Wuischpard Starring: George Thomas, David Heavener, Diane Yang with Martin Kove, Robert Miano, Alexander Butterfield and Sonny West Synopsis: Ladies and Gentlemen, the King of Rock N' Roll From Outer Space has blasted into Vegas from the far side of the Universe to compete in an Elvis impersonation contest with the best in town!!! But just as he is on the verge of victory, he mysteriously vanishes. Who's behind the disappearance? The mafia? The CIA? Or the aliens he left behind? Distributor: Giant Pictures Tracy Wuischpard Writer/Director Elvis from Outer Space Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K4MeyQCSCk BIO: Tracy Wuischpard (Wish-pard) graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where, along with her painting and filmmaking activities, she was a prominent member of the early punk rock music scene. Her band, The Shakes (later known as Combo Tactic), was well known on the scene and one of a handful of groups made up of artists from a variety of non-musical disciplines who picked up musical instruments with performance art in mind. She and her band left Pittsburgh in the early 80's and headed to San Francisco, CA and later, Los Angeles where she took up editing; working on documentaries about Michael Jackson (ACE award winner) and Lou Reed. There she also used her musical skills to edit many music videos including an MTV award-winning piece for Edie Brickell at Propaganda Films. In the late 90's Ms. Wuischpard moved to New York City where she continued to pursue her editorial career working mostly in television and advertising. In 2008 she was in a devastating car accident which caused her to retire. After years of recuperation she got a call from an old friend from the Pittsburgh scene, Robert Elliott Balter. He now had a music publishing company in LA, Jordan/Balter Music, with partner Van Jordon. Robert called to ask her for technical advice regarding a film project he had in mind. His company had purchased the rights to a film they wanted to turn into something new. The technical questions grew into conceptual questions and little by little, she was drawn into the project. Soon there was a request for story ideas. What could she do to make a new story from the old? It was an interesting problem, so she started to try to figure it out. Armed with stacks of index cards and a bulletin board, she set out to try to remake the story. When she pitched her idea Jordan/Balter loved it and they were off! Things started to grow in complexity, so she asked her husband, editor Bruce Tovsky, to help out. He came on board and they began devising a way to cut away half of the old movie and add in new material that they either made (as animation), shot (via remote directing) or composited (pulling together both animation and live action elements) to make a new film. They even wrote music to score the new scenes. Bruce had been playing on the experiment scene in New York for years. They had a recurring experimental music and film salon at their studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. So, this opportunity was just the kind of project they were made to do. Elvis impersonator George Thomas Statetrooper Martin Kove from Rambo: First Blood Part II and Karate Kid Movies (John Kreese, the head instructor of the Cobra Kai karate school) Prior film credits include: “Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues” Worked as part of a team of editors and won ACE award for editing Featured as a musician in “Debt Begins at 20” by Stephanie Beroes Not a documentary about the Pittsburgh punk scene Future Projects: A zombie film set in Palmdale, CA that features drug company executives, a female detective, the Latino gay scene and military police. Show Stuff Join the episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark Support the podcast and shop @ http://shopthedarkhorde.com UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com Mail can be sent to: UFO Buster Radio Network PO BOX 769905 San Antonio TX 78245 For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Alexander Butterfield, Nixon’s deputy COS who revealed the existence of the taping system in the White House, gets only a small mention in Watergate history but he has a lot to contribute to the understanding of it.   He recently spoke to Bob Woodward in a new book and his account and the records he kept for decades.

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Author Ray Locker returns for part two of a discussion about his new book, Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him From Office. In this episode, Locker and S.T Patrick take the story from July 1973 through the end of the Nixon presidency. included in tonight's episode are discussions on Alexander Butterfield, The White House Tapes, Bob Woodward, Deep Throat, Seymour Hersh, Larry Higby, Fred Buzhardt, the 18 1/2-minute gap on the tapes, being at Defcon 3 without the president even knowing, Archibald Cox, the Saturday Night Massacre, Leon Jaworski, the Spiro Agnew resignation and the Gerald Ford appointment, the Ford pardon, the "I'm in charge here" comment of 1981, and the value of the memoirs. Locker also gives his theory on who ordered the Watergate break-in and why. These two episodes are two of the best we have ever done. Check them out! Check out our FREE archives at www.MidnightWriterNews.com. And the magazine, "garrison: The Journal of History & Deep Politics," has a new home at LuLu where you can buy a copy at any time and from anywhere Get it here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MidnightWriterNews          

In this, the current installment of the MWN Legends Series, we listen to excerpts of three Mae Brussell episodes from 1981. We begin with an amazing bit of foreshadowing, an episode Mae recorded days before the attempt on Reagan's life (March 30, 1981). Then we move to episodes recorded less than six weeks after the shooting. Mae talks about the history of Alexander Haig, including his far-right sponsorships and ties, as well as his close relationship to Alexander Butterfield. We also listen to Mae wax prophetic about the Haig / Bush power grab, the rise and importance of Fritz Kraemer, the history of the John Hinckley family and their ties to the Bushes, the Neil Bush and Scott Hinckley link, and so, so much more. If you have ever herd Mae Brussell before, you know that two hours of Mae is probably the equivalent of a month of college. Get the pens and notebooks out, folks. You're going to school. Go to www.MidnightWriterNews.com for our free archives!  

Today's episode is a rerun of my interview with journalist Bob Woodward that originally aired 11/04/15.  Bob talks about his book "THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN" which chronicles the White House career of Alexander Butterfield, who served as deputy assistant to President Nixon.  Through countless documents and hours of interviews, Butterfield gave Bob Woodward a revealing glimpse into the disfunction, paranoia, and corruption in the Nixon White House.  Woodward talks about how Alex Butterfield oversaw the installation of the infamous taping machine in the Oval Office and served as the right-hand man to Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.  We'll talk about the isolated world of Richard Nixon, Nixon's relationship with his wife and with Henry Kissinger, Nixon's awkward though likely unconsummated flirtations with White House secretaries, and the chip on Nixon's shoulder that haunted him his entire life.  Plus we'll talk about the man known as "Deep Throat." If you enjoy this episode, then go to Amazon to order Bob Woodward's fascinating new book "THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN."

Nixon "cashed" his check back in July-1973 when former White House aide Alexander Butterfield testified on Monday, July 16, 1973 in front of the Senate Select Committee for the Watergate Hearing that - yes - the White House had, in fact, a voice-activated taping system to record conversations involving President Nixon and his subordinates and other officials. Well, boys & girls, fast-forward to 2018 and lo + behold we now have another sitting U.S. president who was recorded that will become pivotal in an ongoing investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.   Now, Nixon had "reams" of tapes, one of which turned out to be the "smoking gun" --- the June 23, 1972 conversation Nixon had with his Chief of Staff, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman -  about how best to handle the break-in of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters by Republican operatives working for and on behalf of the Nixon White House. Nixon's Chief Of Staff H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman made the following suggestion to Nixon: "That the way to handle this now is for us to have Walters -[The CIA Dir.] call Pat Gray [The FBI Dir.] and just say, “Stay the hell out of this…this is ah, business here we don’t want you to go any further on it.” That’s not an unusual development,…" As Nixon further said on the tape of June 23, 1972 "“the President believes that it is going to open the whole Bay of Pigs thing up again. And, ah because these people are plugging for, for keeps and that they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don’t go any further into this case, period!" The release of the tape was ordered by the Supreme Court on July 24, 1974, in a case known as United States v. Nixon. The court’s decision was unanimous.

In this rapid-response episode, Thomas and Andrew take a look at the things Andrew Was Right about over the past few weeks (yay!) as well as the things Andrew Was Wrong about (boo!).  It's Schrödinger's Andrew Day! In the pre-show segment, the guys go through the scenario for all of our Opening Arguments Community March Madness potential winners.  After that, it's time for Andrew Was Right! (TM).  We cover the Alex van der Zwaan sentencing memorandum and what it means for Yodel Mountain, as well as both the Amended Complaint and the Motion for Expedited Trial filed by our next Attorney General, Stormy Daniels.  You won't want to miss it! After that, it's time for Andrew Was Wrong (TM), in Andrew owns up to a few corrections about Watergate and revisits the emoluments lawsuit discussed way back in Episode 78.  Andrew was skeptical then; has he changed his mind? Finally, we end with an all-new TTTBE #69 that questions your knowledge of the "firefighter's rule" and whether it protects cops who get sideswiped.  Remember that you can play along with #TTTBE by retweeting our episode on Twitter or sharing it on Facebook along with your guess.  We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Andrew was recently a guest on Episode 255 of the Phil Ferguson Show and Episode 96 of the Naked Mormonism Podcast.  If you'd like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com. Show Notes & Links This is the Alex van der Zwaan sentencing memorandum; he pled guilty to 18 U.S.C. § 1001.  You can click here to read the Christopher Miller story suggesting that "Person A" is Konstantin Kilimnik. This is the Amended Complaint filed by Stormy Daniels; you can also read the Notice of Removal filed by EC and the Motion for Expedited Trial filed by Daniels. Stormy's expedited trial motion is pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 4. This is the Washington Post article on Alexander Butterfield, which is definitely worth a read. Here's the District Court's opinion in the emoluments litigation, which we first discussed back in Episode 78. If you want to dive more into emoluments, you can read Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. 475 (1867), or listen to our two-parter with originalist Seth Barrett Tillman:  Episode 35 (Part 1) and Episode 36 (Part 2). Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/law Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/ Don't forget the OA Facebook Community! And email us at openarguments@gmail.com  

Bob Woodward has done it again. The Last of the President’s Men exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle: “Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation. In forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and libraries, Woodward has uncovered new dimensions of Nixon's secrets, obsessions and deceptions.” In this edition of Greta Talk, Greta Van Susteren talks with Woodward in depth about Alexander Butterfield, Hillary Clinton’s email investigation, and how Nixon felt “untouchable” before the Watergate scandal came to light. Woodward and the On the Record host also remember Senator Fred Thompson, and even discuss why Butterfield appeared before Watergate committees without a lawyer. Download and tune in to hear this fascinating interview!

  My guest on this podcast is Bob Woodward.  Together with fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, he tied the Watergate break-in to the Nixon White House in 1972, bringing down President Richard Nixon and earning the first of two Pulitzer Prizes for the Washington Post.  Today he remains associate editor at the Washington Post and has authored a dozen #1 Best-Sellers on the New York Times Nonfiction list.   He comes on the show to talk about his new book "THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN" which chronicles the White House career of Alexander Butterfield, who served as deputy assistant to President Nixon.  Through countless documents and hours of interviews, Butterfield gave Bob Woodward a revealing glimpse into the disfunction, paranoia, and corruption in the Nixon White House.  Woodward talks about how Alex Butterfield oversaw the installation of the infamous taping machine in the Oval Office and served as the right-hand man to Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.  We'll talk about the isolated world of Richard Nixon, Nixon's relationship with his wife and with Henry Kissinger, Nixon's awkward though likely unconsummated flirtations with White House secretaries, and the chip on Nixon's shoulder that haunted him his entire life.  Plus we'll talk about the man known as "Deep Throat."   If you enjoy this episode, then go to Amazon to order Bob Woodward's fascinating new book "THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN." Or if you want to download the audio version, go to www.audibletrial.com/kickasspolitics to get your free 30 day trial and a free audio book download of "THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN." For more information, visit www.KickAssPolitics.com, and if you enjoyed the show and would like to help keep us on the air, then please help us reach our fall fundraising goal & donate to the show at www.gofundme.com/kickasspolitics. Also, we’d appreciate it if you would take our listener survey to give us an idea of who our audience is at http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?pubid=VaSxWQpFs7xV&ver=short

Please note. The final 10 minutes to this podcast are Audio Only. We apologise for the inconvenience. Forty years after President Richard Nixon resigned from office following the Watergate scandal, Alexander Butterfield, Deputy Assistant to President Nixon, and John Price, Special Assistant to President Nixon for Urban Affairs, will discuss their experiences of working for the enigmatic and controversial 37th President of the United States at a special seminar at the RAI on Wednesday 12 March at 5pm.

Please note. The final 10 minutes to this podcast are Audio Only. We apologise for the inconvenience. Forty years after President Richard Nixon resigned from office following the Watergate scandal, Alexander Butterfield, Deputy Assistant to President Nixon, and John Price, Special Assistant to President Nixon for Urban Affairs, will discuss their experiences of working for the enigmatic and controversial 37th President of the United States at a special seminar at the RAI on Wednesday 12 March at 5pm.

Former White House counsel, John W. Dean, moderates a discussion about the Watergate investigation and how evidence was found and used to persecute President Nixon. Panel guests include Scott Armstrong, Chief Investigator for the Senate Watergate Committee and Alexander Butterfield, the head of internal security at the White House at the time. Get an inside look at the evidence that caused President Nixon to resign, from two people who lived in the thick of it. Taped by Panther Productions at Chapman University.

Alistair Cooke examines the roles Robert Lochner and Alexander Butterfield have played in American state affairs over the past four decades, including JF Kenndy's speech "Ich bin ein Berliner".