Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

433 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:50,712 (SIGHS) 434 00:34:54,383 --> 00:34:55,842 Are you looking for her? 435 00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,638 Is the most powerful law enforcement agency 436 00:34:59,722 --> 00:35:01,431 in the world looking for her? 437 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,016 I can't do that. 438 00:35:03,851 --> 00:35:04,935 Oh. 439 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,729 It's against the rules? 440 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,278 We don't know what they will find. 441 00:35:16,864 --> 00:35:17,864 Do we? 442 00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:15,172 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 443 00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:23,096 Where the hell did they get that? 444 00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:49,414 Mr. Bates. 445 00:36:49,498 --> 00:36:52,918 This Washington Post story says we know who the Watergate ringleader is. 446 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,756 Then, this morning, our Time magazine pal, Sandy Smith, 447 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,384 called the acting director to say that he is prepping a story 448 00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,970 that the FBI is plotting a whitewash. 449 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:08,725 He said the director has put a 48-hour cap on the investigation. 450 00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:10,769 - What's your point? - Is that true? 451 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:13,939 Someone in this office is talking to the press. 452 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,398 The point, Mr. Lano, 453 00:37:15,483 --> 00:37:17,442 is that leaks kill investigations. 454 00:37:17,526 --> 00:37:19,694 - Whoa, whoa. Okay. - Take it down, Angie. 455 00:37:19,779 --> 00:37:22,989 You want to conduct a leak investigation, be my guest. 456 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:26,368 But you got 200 field agents from here to LA all chasing down leads, 457 00:37:26,535 --> 00:37:28,245 so you're gonna have to ask them all, too. 458 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:30,038 Tone, in front of Mr. Felt. 459 00:37:30,122 --> 00:37:33,875 I can guarantee it wasn't me or any of the guys in this room. 460 00:37:34,001 --> 00:37:36,461 Donald H. Segretti. 461 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:39,130 You pulled that name from Howard Hunt's phone records. 462 00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:40,966 He called Hunt a few dozen times, yeah. 463 00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:44,636 This says Segretti used to be a lawyer in the Treasury Department, 464 00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,097 paid out of the account that funded the Watergate. 465 00:37:47,181 --> 00:37:50,433 An account belonging to the Committee to Re-elect the President. 466 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,477 - Who is the head of the committee? - John Mitchell. 467 00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:55,355 Former Attorney General, John Mitchell. 468 00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:58,608 The best we can make out is Segretti's some kind of prankster. 469 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:02,529 You know, like he's spying on the Dems, sending their wives dirty pictures. 470 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,907 - It's all bottom-feeder, frat boy stuff. - Indictable under election laws. 471 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,784 Forget the plot of the story, Mr. Kunkel. 472 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:10,036 What's the theme? What's it saying? What does it mean? 473 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,956 Like Angie, like Mr. Lano said, we are still vetting the leads. 474 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,918 All the ugly politics, all the dirty money, all the sleaze. 475 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:20,046 (SHOUTING) It means the goddamn punks are running the country! 476 00:38:28,180 --> 00:38:29,306 Keep going. 477 00:38:30,891 --> 00:38:33,685 LANO: You might want to talk to the White House about those leaks. 478 00:38:38,607 --> 00:38:40,400 - Why? - 'Cause whenever I'm lucky enough 479 00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:42,527 to get someone over there to actually talk to me, 480 00:38:42,903 --> 00:38:44,696 they know what I'm gonna ask before I ask it. 481 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:49,617 It's like they already know what I want to know. 482 00:38:57,460 --> 00:39:00,795 Mr. Felt, I have the White House on the phone. Mr. John Dean. 483 00:39:20,733 --> 00:39:21,900 MARK: Put him through. 484 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:26,780 Mr. Dean. 485 00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:29,366 <i>DEAN: The White House is concerned about these press leaks.</i> 486 00:39:31,827 --> 00:39:33,328 Of course. 487 00:39:33,412 --> 00:39:36,623 <i>We think the source must be someone in the FBI.</i> 488 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,881 Why FBI? 489 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:47,258 <i>DEAN: That's where the information is.</i> 490 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,346 MARK: Those stories could have come from someone in the White House. 491 00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:53,056 (EXHALES) 492 00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:57,060 We want you to do something about it, Mr. Felt. 493 00:39:57,144 --> 00:39:59,396 - MARK: Okay. - Now. 494 00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:01,231 Fine. 495 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,857 But I don't understand. 496 00:40:04,235 --> ...