1:38:04
Yeah?
1:38:06
Some very secretes says on Vietnam
have been leaked to the New York Times.
1:38:09
I know, I know. Not now, Chuck.
1:38:16
The New York Times.
Get Ron over here.
1:38:24
Is the happiest day of my life.
1:38:32
The New York Times
began publishing today...
1:38:35
...the first in a series
of 47 volumes...
1:38:37
...of top-secret Pentagon tapes...
1:38:39
...relating to the war
in Vietnam.
1:38:41
The papers, leaked
by defence analyst Daniel Ellsberg...
1:38:44
...reveal a pattern of government lies
and American involvement in the war.
1:38:49
Mr. President,
we are in a revolutionary situation.
1:38:52
We are under siege.
The Black Panthers, the Weathermen.
1:38:56
The State Department under Rogers
is leaking like a sieve.
1:38:59
And now this little,
insignificant little shit Ellsberg...
1:39:03
...publishing all the diplomatic
secrets of this country...
1:39:05
...is destroying our ability
to conduct foreign policy.
1:39:08
I wonder if many people here wouldn't
think that ten years in prison...
1:39:11
...was very cheap if they could
contribute to ending this war.
1:39:13
The man has become a drug fiend. He shot
people from helicopters in Vietnam.
1:39:18
He's had sexual relations with his wife
in front of their children.
1:39:22
He sees a shrink in L.A.
The man's all fucked up.
1:39:26
And now he's trying
to look good for the Liberals.
1:39:29
And if he gets away with it,
Every body will follow his lead.
1:39:31
This man must be stopped
at all costs.
1:39:33
I'm as frustrated as you are Henry, but don't
you think this is a Democrat problem?
1:39:37
They started the war.
It makes them look bad.
1:39:40
But, Mr. President,
the Russians, the Vietnamese...
1:39:44
...it makes you look like a weakling!
Goddamn it.
1:39:46
How long have we had this jackass dog?
Two years?
1:39:49
He still doesn't come. We need a dog
that looks happy when the press is here.
1:39:52
He's photogenic. Try new biscuits.
Aw, fuck it.
1:39:54
He doesn't like me, John.
Is your fault, Henry.
1:39:57
I beg your pardon?
Is your people talking to the press.