All the Presidents Men (1976) Edit

A friend just showed me what they found in the hotel rooms of the burglars.

A group of them. About five. I don't know their names.

A guy can come up to me on the street, and he can ask me an address.

A happy president, smiling.

A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot.

A source at General Accounting tells us...

A White House aide told me Hunt was investigating Kennedy.

A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken, right. Yeah.

Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts.

Abbott, Addison, Augusto, Alberts...

Absolutely.

According to White House personnel, Hunt worked as a consultant for Colson.

All I know is that the story that ran this morning is incorrect...

All right, give it to me.

All right, here's our headline.

All right, thank you.

All right, Wilcox, Winthrow, Windsor, Worts....

All right. Hold it. What?

All right. Yes, hold on.

All that crap, you're putting it in the paper?

All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City.

All we've got are pieces.

All White House transactions are confidential.

ALL: Aww.... HOWARD: How much this time?

Amazing timing.

Ammons, Irene Ammons. Did we see her?

And a year before, Nixon was running behind Muskie...

And all four of them were involved in CIA activities and

And as treasurer, you could release those funds?

And how do you think it got into Barker's account?

And I am curious of the fact that the FBI, in its entire inquiry...

And I come on very sage and I say, You'll see. You wait till this bottoms out.

And I don't know what I did that was so goddamn awful.

And I don't think that the FBI or the prosecutors understand that.

And I hate trusting anybody.

And if we're wrong, we're resigning.

And it's the way they're not talking that's unnatural.

And please tell Mr. Dardis he doesn't want to be late for his 6:30 appointment.

And that individual has denied that he ever so testified.

And that would put you inside the White House.

And that, I think...

And that's the end of your story.

And that's when you got involved in the student elections...

And the CIA.

And the CIA.

And the only one I care about is Hugh Sloan.

And therefore I declare the nominee of the Republican Party...

And these men are the key to what that money was used for.

And they just hung us.

And what if she denies it?

And what kind of stuff do you guys do, then?

And you thought I'd help?

And, of course, we have McGovern offering the VP spot to everybody.

And, Woodward, it was National Democratic Headquarters.

ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Now here comes the president's helicopter...

ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Now, fellow Americans...

ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: Sloan, who resigned as campaign treasurer...

ANNOUNCER: And the president, accompanied by the Escort Committee...

ANNOUNCER: No sooner had Ziegler finished...

ANNOUNCER: Sloan expanded his denial to include his statements to the FBI...

ANNOUNCER: The president and the future president of the United States of America.

Another guy at Justice who won't confirm the other two who controlled the fund.

Anti Communist? That, sir, is not your average profession.

Any proof they were trying to bug the Democratic chairman?

Anything else?

Anything he could find.

Are you gonna stay here?

Are you sure you want us? 517 is closer, and they're in uniform.

As soon as you're done, we're gonna do a story on all of you.

As you know, sir, the check has your name on it.

Asshole. Bradlee's just sticking up for the Kennedys.

At one point, I suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes...

ATTORNEY: No, not at all.

ATTORNEY: None whatsoever. Thank you, gentlemen.

ATTORNEY: Your Honor, Mr. Betts is a young man with no prior record.

Badly.

BALDWIN [OVER RADIO]: We have some activity here.

BARKER: Bernard Barker, anti Communist.

Base 1 to Unit 1.

Base 1 to Unit 1.

Base 1 to Unit 1.

Base 1 to Unit 1.

Be careful how you write it.

Because at one time, he was the temporary head of the committee, before Mitchell.

Ben, that's a Page 1 story.

Ben, this time it could go all the way.

BEN: Bernstein, are you sure on this story? Absolutely.

BEN: Bringing it off his boat.

BEN: Hey, Scott, I need to see you.

BEN: Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing, Nixon's guaranteed the renomination...

BEN: Oh, come on. Listen to him.

BEN: Okay, let's have it. Mm hm. Yeah, here you are, Ben.

BEN: Where is it? It's classified.

BEN: Who was it?

BEN: Why couldn't you tell me over the phone?

BEN: Woodward? I'm sure.

BEN: Yeah? WOMAN: Ken Clawson on the line.

Ben. It's a dangerous story for this paper.

BENNETT: Hello? Mr. Bennett?

Between the first and second quote, there's a contradiction.

BOB & CARL: Hi. Yes?

Bob, I've got something. I don't know what it is.

BOB: A friend of the committee said that we could contact you.

BOB: All right, find somebody who has a number close to it.

BOB: Are we being set up?

BOB: Bernstein got another source. The guy at Justice confirmed.

BOB: Bob Woodward.

BOB: Boyle, Brenner, Bromley, Jost....

BOB: Don't you go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect?

BOB: Ed Nixon.

BOB: Eddy? Hey. Just a second.

BOB: Eighty nine thousand dollars issued in the name of a prominent Mexican lawyer.

BOB: Eugenio Martinez, known as Gene Valdez.

BOB: Fifteen phone calls.

BOB: For the first time, the break in makes sense.

BOB: Hello? Is this Mr. Paul Herrera?

BOB: Here's my note.

BOB: Hi, I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: I'm Carl Bernstein.

BOB: Honest to God, I just don't understand.

BOB: How can you write there's a cover up? We don't know that there is.

BOB: I don't have enough gut feeling. I wish I did.

BOB: I just got a tip from our FBI source. The secret cash fund financed Segretti.

BOB: I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same.

BOB: I say we should start again.

BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. They'll see your car.

BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: Carl Bernstein.

BOB: I'm Bob Woodward. CARL: Carl Bernstein.

BOB: If we can just get somebody who works under Stans.

BOB: If we did, we wouldn't be here.

BOB: Is there a secretary?

BOB: It's like they're getting instructions. It's pat.

BOB: Jesus, look at this. CARL: What?

BOB: John Mitchell? Yes.

BOB: Kay, can ? 757 6521.

BOB: Maybe there was no mistake.

BOB: Minneapolis, Minneapolis.

BOB: Minnesota.

BOB: Mona? Excuse me, Mona.

BOB: Nixon's personal lawyer? I can't say anything. I'm sorry.

BOB: No, it isn't.

BOB: No, only one. CARL: Yeah, and they

BOB: Not in the second paragraph.

BOB: People aren't talking, Harry.

BOB: She said he was in her house having a drink.

BOB: Sloan told the grand jury. He answered everything they asked him.

BOB: Somebody who worked in Finance.

BOB: Sorry to have bothered you. Yeah.

BOB: Sorry, who are the lawy ? Excuse me, sorry.

BOB: Sorry, who are the lawy ? Excuse me, sorry.

BOB: Taxi.

BOB: Teeny, Sandstrom....

BOB: That report on the cash...

BOB: The bookkeeper that worked for both Slans and

BOB: There might have been a card there and we missed it.

BOB: They both worked at the White House? One did.

BOB: They both worked at the White House? One did.

BOB: Two questions?

BOB: Two questions? CARL: We understand.

BOB: Two questions? CARL: We understand.

BOB: We don't know who could order you.

BOB: We're from the Washington Post.

BOB: We're from the Washington Post. We'd like to speak to you.

BOB: Well, Isaiah or David aren't assistant to the president.

BOB: What do you mean? I'm not talking about Haldeman.

BOB: What's the number? CARL: 301.

BOB: Where is he? CARL: He's in California.

BOB: Who was it? You want the name, you mean?

BOB: Who? Clawson.

BOB: Yeah? CARL: Woodward? I got a lead on Dahlberg.

BOB: Yeah.

BOB: Yeah. CARL: 1406 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway.

BOB: Yes, that's right, the Post.

BOB: Yes, we're checking into that information now.

BOB: You can dial the White House direct, can't you?

BOB: You're claiming it was a misunderstanding?

Bob!

Boy, that woman was paranoid.

Break in at Democratic headquarters. There's been an arrest.

Break in, car crash. That's not bad for a Saturday.

But it's obvious that with all that money and equipment...

But the guy who's heading the investigation is named Dardis.

But the message was clear, though.

But the public debate over Senator Eagleman's past medical history...

But the truth is, I can't figure out what we've got.

But you could tell me, then.

Can you be specific?

Can you just nod either way?

Can you tell me anything, anything, about who got the money?

Can't you just call him up...

Caption reads, When you've got them by the balls...

Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post had a conversation...

Carl Bernstein on Line 1.

Carl Bernstein on Line 1.

Carl, if John Mitchell wanted your phone records...

Carl, tell me something. What...?

Carl, we have got to go back there and get that bookkeeper to say who the names are.

Carl, when you guys print it in the papers, then I'll know.

CARL: All right, here's the head of Finance. Maurice Stans, 269.

CARL: All these checks from Mexico? DARDIS: You see?

CARL: All these neat little houses on all these nice little streets.

CARL: Are we? Tell us. BOB: Are we being set up?

CARL: At least 15 phone calls, and those phone calls were made...

CARL: But we don't need to know anything, Joe.

CARL: Do we need W.H. and White House ?

CARL: Don't let her get off like that. She was gonna say something.

CARL: Eulosky, Clan, Constell....

CARL: Excuse me. Can I help you in some way?

CARL: Goddamn New York Times. BOB: What is it?

CARL: He told the grand jury, the FBI confirms. What more do you need?

CARL: Here. John Mitchell.

CARL: Hi. I finally got Sloan on the phone.

CARL: Hi. MIRIAM: Hello.

CARL: Hi. Uh, Donald Segretti? That's right.

CARL: Hold on. MAN 3: Hey, listen, where's the artwork?

CARL: How come? Did the money originate there?

CARL: How many fucking sources do they think we've got?

CARL: I imagine the whole last year.

CARL: I wanna know about Colson. What was his job?

CARL: I was able to make a couple calls, and I got Segretti's records for the year

CARL: I've been there. I've called her twice. There's no answer.

CARL: If the break in was just one incident...

CARL: If you get in a car and there's music I'm in a car.

CARL: In one six day period, over $6 million came in.

CARL: Is it possible some of his people might have known?

CARL: Is this the whole list? BOB: Look what it says.

CARL: It's Are you being told not to talk?

CARL: It's in the notes.

CARL: It's obvious they were trying to.

CARL: Jesus, what was our mistake?

CARL: Jesus. BOB: No, I wanna hear her say it.

CARL: Joe, come on, what's going on with you guys at the FBI?

CARL: Just tell us if we're wrong.

CARL: Just tell us, we won't say anything. Fuck you. And fuck you.

CARL: Kalmbach. BOB: We're pretty sure of Kalmbach.

CARL: Nasemith, Narrow, Ness, Nickels....

CARL: Nasemith, Narrow, Ness...

CARL: No, no, we're not asking you to use him, just to help us.

CARL: Oh, you're all right. BOB: Sloan and Stans.

CARL: Okay, we have to find out how the money got from Stans to the burglars.

CARL: Okay, we have to find out how the money got from Stans to the burglars.

CARL: One second. Come here, come here, come here.

CARL: Phone calls from the burglars in Miami to the Committee to Reelect.

CARL: Skully. We've been there twice.

CARL: Someone got to that woman.

CARL: Steuben, what's the name of that girl that you bombed out with...

CARL: The letter that said Muskie was slurring the Canadians.

CARL: Then they're just setting us up. Then the whole thing was a setup.

CARL: Think the truth will come out at the trial?

CARL: This is alphabetical.

CARL: This isn't so crazy.

CARL: Uh, Sloan? You need him? BOB: He's the treasurer.

CARL: Uh, when did he start? BOB: July of '71.

CARL: Uh....

CARL: We haven't revealed the sources of the people that have talked to us.

CARL: We need a sympathetic face. BOB: We're not gonna find one here.

CARL: We parked around the corner.

CARL: Well, then let's just turn around and go back and question her again.

CARL: What are you afraid of? Who got to you?

CARL: What I can't figure out is, what is a real denial?

CARL: What went wrong? Nothing.

CARL: What?

CARL: What? BOB: It was over.

CARL: What? BOB: It's like there's a pattern...

CARL: When did you say he told you?

CARL: Where were you? My apartment.

CARL: Who's that? Who is that? Dahl ? DARDIS: Kenneth H. Dahlberg.

CARL: Why did it take you two weeks to tell us this, Sally?

CARL: Will you call us? I don't know.

CARL: Will you give our best to her? I will.

CARL: Woodward says there's electronic surveillance.

CARL: Woodward! Woodward!

CARL: Wouldn't be anything embarrassing. BOB: Would you object to just ?

CARL: You are very attractive.

CARL: You don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us?

CARL: You're attractive. Jesus.

Carolyn Abbott.

Certain on Mitchell?

Certain people have gone back to the prosecutors and the FBI...

Chapin came to you.

Chapin hired Segretti, we know that. And we know Haldeman hired Chapin.

Charles Colson is special counsel to the president.

Check the time of arraignment and get over there.

CHIEF JUSTICE so help me God.

CHIEF JUSTICE: and will, to the best of my ability...

CHIEF JUSTICE: preserve, protect and defend...

CHIEF JUSTICE: that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States...

CHIEF JUSTICE: Mr. President, are you ready to take the constitutional oath?

Christ, that's the most sickening thing I ever heard.

CLAWSON [OVER PHONE]: Absolutely. Sally's got it all wrong.

CLAWSON: Ben, now, look, this whole thing that's going on over there...

CLAWSON: Mr. Woodward, Ken Clawson calling back.

CLAWSON: Sally, for chrissakes, don't tell them I came to your place.

Coffee's cold.

Colson was really big on secrets anyway.

Come here, sit down.

Come here. Tell him what you told me.

Come on. Where you claimed that Muskie slurred the Canadians.

Committee?

Common sense says it's Haldeman.

Compulsion?

Could be a story or just crazy Cubans.

Could be raining. There's a lawyer present. We don't know what he asked them.

Could I just borrow one of your cigarettes there?

Could I speak to Clark MacGregor?

Could we just confirm a couple ? Bye.

Could you be a little bit more specific than that?

Could you give us their names?

Could you tell us who got the money? And how much?

Couple sleeping in bed, car hits the house, goes through their bedroom.

CROWD [CHANTING]: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

CROWD [CHANTING]: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

DAHLBERG: Hello? Mr. Dahlberg?

DAHLBERG: Yes. Uh, I'm sorry I hung up before.

DARDIS: I just don't have a minute now. CARL: Well, I'm sorry, but

DARDIS: Well, I doubt it started off as pesos.

DARDIS: Would be easier too, wouldn't it?

Dardis. What's his first name?

DEEP THROAT: Over here.

DEEP THROAT: What's the topic for tonight?

DEEP THROAT: Yes? This is Woodward.

Did Deep Throat say that people's lives are in danger?

Did one of the other men involved in the break in call you?

Did the committee tell you to go ahead and publish the story?

Did you call the White House Communications Office?

Did you change cabs?

Did you know Howard Hunt?

Did you know that documents had been destroyed?

Did you mean Bob Haldeman? Yeah, Bob Haldeman.

Did you understand one thing he was saying?

Didn't he say there was a Bart Porter who was a member of the committee?

DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO]: Car 727, Car 727.

Do it right. Here are my notes. If you're gonna hype it, hype it with facts.

Do you have any idea what he did?

Do you know the name of the counsel?

Do you know who did?

Do you remember when ?

Do you remember where this shooting the breeze took place?

Do you think he said it to get you to go to bed with him?

Do you think something this size just happens?

Do you think that...?

Do you trust him?

Do you understand loyalty?

Does Justice?

Does the FBI know ?

Does the FBI know what we know?

Doesn't she go with a guy that works for the Committee to Reelect?

Don't concentrate on Segretti. You'll miss the overall.

Don't do anything that would embarrass you...

Don't you understand what you're on to?

Door sticks.

Drop that jacket.

Drop that.

DUNLAP: That could be a human interest.

DUNLAP: That's a great parallel story...

Eleven thirty?

Even Bernstein's busting his ass.

Even if I had worked for him, I wouldn't know anything.

Every indication says the indictment will stop at the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy.

Everybody is under Haldeman except the president.

Everybody who works under Haldeman does so with his knowledge.

Everybody's been offered it. I'll tell you what'll be news.

Everything in that campaign is done with his approval.

Exactly as scheduled, at 9:30 in the Capitol plaza...

Excuse me, what is your name?

Excuse me.

False press leaks, fake letters.

FBI interrogated Segretti, found he wasn't involved in the break in.

FBI...

Fifty one of the 59 FBI field officers were involved. Uh....

First paragraph has to have more clarity if the reader's gonna understand.

Fischer lost the opening match to Spassky last night...

Five seconds later, she says, I don't know Mr. Hunt.

Follow the money.

For the Committee to Reelect?

Forget it.

Forget the myths that the media has created about the White House.

Frank Sturgis, alias Frank Fiorini. All five of the men had at least one alias.

From '49 to '70. This is on deep background...

Fuck it, let's stand by the boys.

Garage freak?

Get a nice hot bath, rest up 15 minutes...

Get another source.

Get out your notebook. There's more.

Get some.

Go on.

Gonzalez, Martinez, Sturgis and, uh....

Good God.

Good morning. Crash. Louis is over at Democratic headquarters.

Good night.

Gordon Liddy...

Got it. That's good. All right, stay there.

Ha, ha. I'm so glad.

Haldeman had to know too.

Haldeman has to be the fifth name to control the fund.

Haldeman was the fifth man to control that fund.

Hang on.

HARRY: No, no, not at all. I can't believe it.

HARRY: One has nothing to do with the other.

HARRY: Walkie talkie, two 35 mm cameras.

Harry.

Have Mr. Moffitt come in here, please. And see if Mr. Bradlee's free.

Have you been threatened if you tell the truth?

Have you ever heard of loyalty?

Haven't the slightest idea. I have this whole place to take care of.

He also works as a writer at Mullen and Company Public Relations.

He didn't say anything? Come on, you're hedging.

He gave the check to Stans for the Committee to Reelect.

He greets members of his cabinet...

He is an able United States senator....

He kept it right in the flame until his flesh was burned.

He knows a lot of people.

He might be in Mr. Colson's office. I'll connect you.

He really said that about Mrs. Graham?

He said everyone is involved.

He said four of the guys that were arrested were from Miami.

He said that Shipley was asked in the summer of 1971...

He said, I am convinced that neither Mr. Colson...

He took a car trip to New York, Ottawa and Washington to kill him.

He took out a whole lot of material.

He wants to take the story away from Woodstein...

He was always getting material...

He was carrying a raincoat over his head.

He was second in command under Mitchell. Why do you?

He's also a novelist.

He's offered it to Humphrey, Kennedy and Ribicoff.

He's on deep background. I call him Deep Throat.

He's secretive. He's secretive but a decent man.

Hello?

Hello?

Here. L, P and M.

Hey, Bob, Carl, he's on the phone.

Hey, do any of you guys speak English ? Or do any of you guys speak Spanish?

Hey, sit down, sit down.

Hey, wait a minute.

Hi, I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post.

Hi, I'm Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post.

Hi, this is Carl Bernstein, of the Washington Post.

Hi, this is Carl. I'm sorry to disturb you now.

Hi.

Hi. Please tell Mr. Dardis that Mr. Bernstein has just left.

His travel records for the year 1971 '72.

His wife is pregnant and made Sloan quit. He no longer wanted to be part of it.

His wife was going to leave him if he didn't stand up and do what was right.

Holy shit.

How can you keep going at something past the point when you'd believe it?

How dangerous?

How do you think your check got into the bank account of the Watergate burglar?

How high up?

How high up?

How long has it been since you heard from him?

How long have you worked at the committee?

How much can you tell me about Deep Throat?

How much do you need to know?

How was it paid out?

Howard, they're hungry. You remember when you were hungry?

HOWARD: Any comment from CREEP? Yes, unavailable for comment.

HOWARD: Deep Throat. Who?

HOWARD: Do any of them have an ax? Nope.

HOWARD: Got anything on that couple?

HOWARD: Isn't that what you'd expect them to say?

HOWARD: Let me know what happens.

HOWARD: Let's go over your sources again.

HOWARD: Okay. Foreign?

HOWARD: We all have to go out and work for a living.

HOWARD: We're aware of that. You said it. Sitting around.

HOWARD: What happened with that Taiwan thing you were telling us about?

HOWARD: Who are they? BOB: Sloan.

HOWARD: Yeah, big mistake.

HOWARD: You double checked your sources? Jesus.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccounted for cash.

Hunt took out books from the Library of Congress...

Hunt was investigating Kennedy at Chappaquiddick.

Hunt worked for Colson at the White House.

HUNT: Howard Hunt here.

Hunt's come in from the cold.

I am not talking to you about Haldeman or anybody else.

I assure you there's nothing very mysterious involved.

I base that conclusion upon my conversations with his doctors...

I beg your pardon, but this gentleman made the appointment with me...

I beg your pardon?

I believe we were talking about a $25,000 check.

I can't be positive that that money was used for the break in, you understand?

I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them.

I can't even be seen talking to either one of you bastards.

I can't tell whether Hunt works for Colson or Colson for Hunt.

I did find one picture though, if it's any help.

I do have a couple things to do.

I do remember getting material for somebody, but it wasn't Mr. Hunt.

I don't believe the story.

I don't care for inexactitude and shallowness.

I don't care where it happened. What happened is what counts.

I don't have time for this. I'm a busy man.

I don't know his first name. I guess you'll have to find that out.

I don't know how How did ?

I don't know, but the men under Mitchell received the money from the slush fund.

I don't know, it still feels thin.

I don't know.

I don't like newspapers.

I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it.

I don't remember her getting much wrong before, do you?

I don't respect the type of journalism

I don't wanna say any more, okay?

I don't want a cookie. We've gotta get that bookkeeper to say it was Magruder.

I don't want hints.

I don't want you to feel you're in a position where you have to disclose names.

I even know someone who works on the phone company.

I finished it.

I followed my orders, period.

I gave yours a glance, it didn't look right, so I figured I'd refine it a little.

I get confused. Could we just go back for a second?

I got something for you. Did you see this?

I gotta have a cigarette.

I gotta tell Bob.

I guess basically you were involved in recruiting other people like yourself...

I guess I don't have the taste for the jugular you guys have.

I guess it's difficult when he makes his own appointments.

I guess so.

I had all the evidence. It was destroyed. I don't know who destroyed it.

I happen to love this country.

I have a very bad memory.

I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat.

I have experienced guys sitting around...

I have full confidence in Mr. Mitchell...

I have no comment.

I have nothing more to say.

I have referred to the growing pressures to ask for Senator Eagleton's withdrawal.

I just don't have anything to say.

I just got off the phone with him. It's gold.

I just spoke to a Kenneth Dahlberg, who says he is Midwest Finance chairman.

I just talked to him. I just hung up. It goes all the way to Stans.

I just wanna ask you a couple of questions.

I just wanna know what you said in Sally's apartment.

I know I shouldn't be telling you this. Uh....

I know somebody on the staff at Watergate. Want me ?

I know what he said, but I'm from Wheaton, Illinois.

I know you're trying to do your job. I mean....

I made the appointment with him personally.

I made the instructions too complicated.

I mean, I guess I did until after the break in...

I mean, you'd be on deep background.

I mean, you've really been on the mark, except for Mitchell.

I met a White House aide once at a social occasion.

I need to know what you know.

I never asked about Watergate.

I never told her I wrote that letter.

I never worked for Sloan or Stans.

I read that cockamamie memorandum he wrote on the break in.

I respect the free press.

I said, If I get to 10 and you don't hang up, it's solid.

I screwed up...

I see. Were there any other checks that you might be aware of, that could've ?

I simply asked what were Hunt's duties at the White House.

I think $300 would subsequently be suggested....

I think anyone who were to honestly assess what his political persuasions are...

I think I got a bunch of books on Hunt.

I think it's odd.

I think mine's better, but if you think yours is better, we'll give yours to the desk.

I think one of the most interesting ones was the Canuck letter.

I think they have the same information. Got a pencil? Write this down.

I think they're trying to find out if the Watergate burglars broke any Florida law.

I think we can probably squeeze him in around 4:30.

I think what Bob means is, ordinarily, what was the procedure?

I think what Bob means is, ordinarily, what was the procedure?

I thought it was all legal.

I thought it was an all purpose political fund...

I thought what we had was so hot that CBS or NBC were gonna take the story.

I understand that.

I understand your being afraid.

I understand. We know it's against the law for you to say anything.

I wanna talk about Watergate.

I want Ben to hear this.

I was at a party once...

I was having lunch at the Sans Souci and

I was just curious why you lied just then.

I was just wondering why your name and phone number...

I was told that you had worked with a Mr. Howard Hunt.

I was wondering if you can remember any books...

I was wondering if you'd like to comment on this confusion.

I wasted a whole day here, and my paper's waiting for a story.

I wish you could've told me before I left...

I won't talk about the other two.

I wonder if you could confirm information on one of your employees, Howard Hunt?

I wonder if you could just help me a little bit about the money.

I work at Garfinckel's, in the Accounting Department.

I worked in the White House for four years, and so did my wife.

I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that.

I wouldn't quote you even as an anonymous source.

I wrote it, and the day it appeared, Johnson held a press conference...

I'd just as soon not.... Okay? Maybe I could call you.

I'd like to know if....

I'd really like to help you, but I can't.

I'll buzz you in about five minutes.

I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all.

I'll never quote you.

I'll see if I can squeeze you in later.

I'll tell you something. None of this was my idea.

I'll try.

I'm a good lawyer...

I'm a proper citizen. What I do is proper.

I'm afraid your articles have just scratched the surface.

I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post.

I'm Carl Bernstein from the Washington Post.

I'm Carl Bernstein. I've been here since 9.

I'm glad you asked me that question.

I'm gonna check this out.

I'm interested in what you know.

I'm just aware of the fact that you've only been here nine months.

I'm just helping. It's a little fuzzy.

I'm just polishing it.

I'm Midwest Finance chairman.

I'm not gonna take my book out. I'm just asking you.

I'm not here.

I'm not sure you want them, but I got them.

I'm not sure.

I'm not talking about it.

I'm not. Still seems thin.

I'm really sorry, but I was on my way out. Goodbye.

I'm sorry to bother you.

I'm sorry, you said L or...?

I'm still here.

I'm writing in the bathroom while she's getting coffee.

I've been a Republican all my life, but this goes beyond party politics.

I've been looking for a job in the private sector, but it's....

I've been trying to get you for weeks. Secretary says you're not in.

I've got Colson's name up front.

I've got the press here. I'm gonna have to call you back.

I've read what you've written. I wanna thank you.

If he has space tomorrow, I'd appreciate it. Number's on the back.

If he self destructed.

If I could've, I would've. I'm trying to get anything I can.

If I get any calls....

If it's so goddamn important...

If people are to be convinced that Stans and Sloan are innocent...

If that appears in the papers, that I'm over at your house having a....

If the story's all right, you'll be on the phone after I get to 10, all right?

If there was a piece of paper that said Hunt was taking out books...

If there's any reason we should hold on the story, hang up before I get to 10.

If those sinister things really happened, I don't think Dwight knew about them.

If we can make names of the initials...

If we can't prove the fifth is Haldeman, we're wiped out.

If we go and see Sloan, and we tell him that we know...

If we made a mistake, we'll come off the story.

If you can't talk in specifics, you shouldn't say anything.

If you could get me in for five minutes, I'd appreciate it.

If you could warn us to hold on the story, we'd appreciate it.

If you didn't wanna see me, I don't know why you didn't tell me.

If you go to bed and there's no snow, and you wake up and there's snow...

If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful.

If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful.

If you print that, our relationship will be terminated.

If you shoot too high and miss, everybody feels more secure.

If you will place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand...

If you'd like to leave a message, could you hold, please?

If you'd read mine and then read yours

In a conspiracy like this...

In fact, they deny even knowing McCord.

In fact, we get confirmations before we print anything.

In my day, it was simply known as a double cross.

In one two day period, 6 million dollars came in.

In other words, by their very silence, there was a cover up.

In our present context...

In the fact that the interview did not take place in her home...

Is she feeling better?

Is that your plan in the convention?

Is there any evidence...

Is there any place you don't smoke?

Is there anybody there?

Is there something that strikes you as odd about this?

It could be Mardian.

It could be Porter. It could be

It could be raining. Let me go through the story again.

It could be...

It goes against everything we stand for.

It has recently, very recently, been reported now...

It involves the entire U.S. intelligence community.

It leads everywhere.

It was a Haldeman operation.

It was mainly to protect the covert operations.

It was the only record.

It was to protect covert operations...

It won't be easy getting at him. He was insulated.

It would be nice if we were right.

It'll sink the goddamn paper. Everyone says, Get off it, Ben.

It's a space of about five seconds.

It's all in our files.

It's been postponed till after tonight's renomination.

It's for you. It's Carl Bernstein.

It's funny, but I keep forgetting that you guys knew each other in college.

It's getting worse.

It's gonna have to wait until tomorrow.

It's Haldeman.

It's hard to believe that something's wrong...

It's incredible.

It's just not good enough.

It's really for his benefit.

It's the key to the whole cover up.

It's very hard. My name's been in the papers too much.

IVY: Hello, Mr. Murray? This is Ivy Mills of the Washington Post.

James W. McCord, alias Edward Martin.

Japan is going to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize they're China.

Jeez. Chapin was the appointment secretary for Nixon when he called.

Jesus Christ, you just shot me down.

Jesus Christ. This is just incredible.

Jesus, what kind of a crazy fucking story is this?

JOE [OVER PHONE]: You don't seem to understand.

Joe, wait a minute.

JOE: What the hell are you talking about? I'll deny everything.

John Mitchell resigns as the head of CREEP...

John Mitchell was head of the committee. He might know.

John N. Mitchell, while serving as United States attorney general...

Jolson, Jones...

JUDGE: Where in the government?

JUDGE: You are charged with soliciting prostitution...

JUDGE: Your names, please, and state your professions.

Judith Abbott?

Just be sure you're right.

Just exactly the way you said it to me, just say it to him.

Just follow the money.

Just got off the phone with the librarian. You wanna look at the notes on it?

Just have to start all over again.

Just profile information mostly.

Just White House would be enough. Just use White House. Forget W.H.

KAY: Meet me at 4. MAN: All right.

Ken Clawson told me he wrote the Canuck letter.

Ken, I don't wanna print that you were in Sally's apartment.

Ken, Ken. Slow, slow, slow down, Ken. You sound frazzled.

Ken. What's up, kid?

Kenneth H. Dahlberg. D A H L B E R G, Dahlberg.

KLEINDIENST: I think that came out in the story in the Washington Post.

L 62, James McCord. L 63, Bernard Barker.

L 64, Virgilio Gonzalez.

L 65, Eugenio Martinez.

L 66, Frank Sturgis.

L? Hm.

Ladies and gentlemen, President Nixon will, in a moment...

Last night, you said you couldn't talk.

Later, at the White House...

Laugh, gentlemen. It'll be the only story everyone reads.

Let me put it this way.

Let me tell you something, we did a lot of worse things in college.

Let's go.

Lights on the eighth floor.

Listen, I want his comment about that appointment.

Listen, if anything, it helped the man's image.

Listen, one last thing.

Little jokes they're making down at Finance these days.

Look, he wants on the story bad. They both do.

Look, I'm gonna count to 10, all right?

Look, I've forgotten the entire incident, but it wasn't in her apartment.

Look, let me ask you something, Carl.