Watergate: The Hidden History

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23. Agree with you about Dean

though he did go to jail and pay a pretty heavy price. He was the first to turn - so that he could receive immunity on lots of stuff, and receive a lighter sentence. Fortunately he was generally accurate in his testimony at the Senate hearings, as compared to Nixon and the rest who were by that time calling him a self-serving liar. Perhaps the most fascinating part of Blind Ambition is when Dean describes how he began to sense he was being set up when Nixon asked him to go to Camp David and write a full report. Set up to be the fall guy who put it all in writing. That kind of deception creeps up on you and I think that's when Dean decided to cut his losses, not write the report, and negotiate a plea deal in return for his testimony. His book Worse Than Watergate, as you know, describes how current republicans have grown more brazen, and leave less of a tape or paper trail, in their complicity with corruption. Cheers to Dean for that book. I read his columns on the Justicia web site, and while I don't agree with every word, do find them well written on legal and policy matters.

You'll enjoy Kutler's book. It's mainly transcripts, which I find riveting, along with excellent brief summaries of the setting and background of each conversation. Great conversing with you H20Man.