"Do you think that Deep Throat was listening to the tapes all the while? Such that they already knew what was said that could compromise Nixon heading into Watergate?"
No, just assumed that given Nixon's candid, unfiltered manner of speaking, there would be something there to hang him on. Geoff Shepard who transcribed the tapes after But…
"Do you think that Deep Throat was listening to the tapes all the while? Such that they already knew what was said that could compromise Nixon heading into Watergate?"
No, just assumed that given Nixon's candid, unfiltered manner of speaking, there would be something there to hang him on. Geoff Shepard who transcribed the tapes after Butterfield's testimony is the one who came up with the label "the smoking gun" tape, though now he says that it has been misinterpreted and is not a "smoking gun." The point being that select portions of tapes can be used for selective ends. Note also that only a fraction of the total recorded conversations have been released. And Watergate really part of two-pronged strategy -- both domestic and foreign -- against the presidency.
"Do you think that Deep Throat was listening to the tapes all the while? Such that they already knew what was said that could compromise Nixon heading into Watergate?"
No, just assumed that given Nixon's candid, unfiltered manner of speaking, there would be something there to hang him on. Geoff Shepard who transcribed the tapes after Butterfield's testimony is the one who came up with the label "the smoking gun" tape, though now he says that it has been misinterpreted and is not a "smoking gun." The point being that select portions of tapes can be used for selective ends. Note also that only a fraction of the total recorded conversations have been released. And Watergate really part of two-pronged strategy -- both domestic and foreign -- against the presidency.