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.
1:40:00
Uh, this Ellsberg,
wasn't he a student of yours at Harvard?
1:40:04
I mean, he's your idea, Henry.
So why are you running for cover?
1:40:07
Well, yes,
we taught a class to get her at Harvard...
1:40:09
...but you know these back-stabbing
Ivy League intellectuals.
1:40:12
No, I don't, Henry. I don't.
Prosecute the New York Times. Go for injunction.
1:40:17
Yeah, but is not, bottom line,
gonna change a goddamn thing, John.
1:40:20
The question is how do we
screw Ellsberg so bad...
1:40:25
...it puts the fear of God
into all leakers?
1:40:27
The other issue is how the hell we stop
these leaks once and for all?
1:40:30
Now, someone is talking to the press.
We gotta stop these leaks at any cost, Henry.
1:40:34
You hear me? Then we can go
for the big pic... China, Russia.
1:40:37
Sir, if I might?
Go, Chuck.
1:40:40
We can do this ourselves.
1:40:42
The C.I.A. and the F.B.I.
aren't doing the job.
1:40:44
Now, we can create our own intelligence
unit right here inside the White House.
1:40:51
Well, why not?
1:40:54
Our own intelligence to plug the leaks?
Yeah.
1:40:57
Like plumbers.
Plumbers.