Alexander Butterfield is a truthful, decent man who served his country honorably without regard to power or money. His interview here speaks volumes about what the consequences can be if one merely follows his conscience and does "the right thing."🇱🇷
I'm thinking what a lot of people are thinking. Why aren't there more honorable people in govt like Butterfield--the situation now is far worse than then. He is a true American hero IMO. Great interview
Have any of you read "Last of the President's Men"? Bob Woodward wrote it based of several boxes of White House notes that Alexander Butterfield had kept at his home for over the past 45+ years. Butterfield is living in La Jolla, California.
Speaking even as a Canadian, the world we live in today is the world that Alexander Butterfield, in his integrity, gave us. Let's everyone in the West keep it.
Mike Wallace was such a great. We dont realise at the time. He was the Robin Day of US Political exorcism. Good on his wife for standing up for her husband.
@@erichaynes7502 True. But, I think it was only extensive, when JFK became President. People thought Nixon was the only one doing it in secret. They still haven’t released all of the LBJ tapes, have they?
@@HVACSoldier You're right I forget who it was that first taped themselves in order to write a book..I think that's why most of these presidents followed, they knew they could make millions by writing a book after office. After Nixon I don't think any President allows taping.
It's clearly God's will, but it is also very interesting to me that John Dean, Daniel Ellsberg, Bob Woodword, Carl Bernstein, and Alexander Butterfield are all currently living, while Richard Nixon, John Mitchell, HR Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman have all died long ago. I am just surprised that Gordon Liddy lasted as long as he did.
10:35 John Erlichman said as much. He said the White house staff did nothing on their own initiative. They carried out Richard Nixon's instructions day to day. Howard Hunt was always blaming others for Nixon's downfall. Never his own ineptness and Liddy's.
What was the purpose of this interview? Mr Butterfield had no new information to give, as there were more detailed questions and answers during the senate hearing? Was this interview to give Mike Wallace a feather in his cap that he interviewed the man that told of the tape recordings.
60 Minutes stretched Watergate out as long as possible..an early 1975 interview with the guy who dramatically revealed that Nixon had a taping system in the oval office was a sure fire ratings hit.
Yes, Howard Hunt was former CIA. Anyone care to ask _why former?_ The man lost all credibility after being dismissed from his post as assistant CIA station chief in Venezuela, I believe it was.
Lot's of similarities, if you're honest. Except Nixon didn't hire somebody to pass his college exams, he's a lawyer and very intelligent. Same corruption-wise though.
