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MWN Episode 124 - Ray Locker on Haig's Coup and Watergate (Part 2)

07.02.2019 - By S.T. Patrick, Midnight Writer NewsPlay

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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          

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