The Emporer's New Clothes

Jun 2, 2009

Dezenhall Resources

Richard Ben-Veniste talked about his book The Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11 (Thomas Dunne Books; May 26, 2009). In his book he recounts his legal career in Washington, focusing on five major cases including his tenures as chief of the Watergate Task Force, minority chief counsel of the Senate Whitewater .. Read More
Richard Ben-Veniste talked about his book The Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11 (Thomas Dunne Books; May 26, 2009). In his book he recounts his legal career in Washington, focusing on five major cases including his tenures as chief of the Watergate Task Force, minority chief counsel of the Senate Whitewater Committee, and as a member of the 9/11 Commission. His themes were the intersection of law and politics and the problems of the hypocrisy and hubris of those in power and overcoming secrecy in order to achieve accountability. Mr. Ben-Veniste read passages from his book and responded to questions from members of the audience. This event was an author's salon hosted by Dezenhall Resources in Washington, D.C.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:23 Guest THANK YOU .
00:00:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THERE ARE A LOT OF THE NEW FACES HERE. I AM YOUR HOUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
00:03:04 Unidentified Speaker DONNA HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER FOR OUR FAMILY AND HAS SUFFERED THROUGH MANY WEEKENDS, FAMILY VACATIONS,...
00:06:05 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS AN EPIPHANY FOR ME. IT TAUGHT ME THAT THE PRESS CAN BE FICKLE. THAT FAME IS FLEETING, ONE...
00:14:27 Unidentified Speaker ONCE HOME I WAS HAVING DINNER AND THE TV WAS ON IN THE OTHER ROOM JUST IN CASE THERE WAS SOME NEWS...
00:19:59 Unidentified Speaker BY THE 8TH GRADE HE WAS DONE WITH FORMAL EDUCATION, DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. WORKING FOR HIS FATHER'S...
00:20:49 Unidentified Speaker ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO ACCEPTED MONEY WAS CONVICTED AND WENT TO JAIL. THE POWER OF WHAT APPEARED...
00:26:28 Unidentified Speaker FOR ME, THIS WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE. AS A TRIAL LAWYER, I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO THINKING ON MY FEET. AND...
00:27:33 Unidentified Speaker I HAD OCCASION TO MENTION THIS PHENOMENON TO PAUL, AS I IMPLORED HIM TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO COUNTER...
00:28:28 Unidentified Speaker THE 9/11 COMMISSION. AS ONE OF TEN MEMBERS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSION, I OPERATED UNDER THE...
00:33:58 Unidentified Speaker I TALK ABOUT HOW WE ULTIMATELY SUCCEEDED IN HAVING AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND VICE...
00:45:23 Unidentified Speaker UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS? INTO RIGHT HERE.
00:45:29 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:45:31 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS A PROSECUTOR WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR AND YOU INDICATED DURING YOUR TALK...
00:45:59 Unidentified Speaker CHUCK COLSON WAS NOT CALLED BY THE PROSECUTION, NOT CALLED BY US, IN THE WATERGATE TRIAL. WE HAD SOME...
00:49:19 Unidentified Speaker HOLY CRAP! TOTALLY SUCKERED. SO I WAS ALREADY INTO IT, AND SO I BEGAN TO BREAK DOWN THE QUESTION....
00:50:20 Unidentified Speaker NO. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.
00:50:25 Unidentified Speaker GET, BA TO YOUR BOOK AND REMARKS YOU BROUGHT UP, MENTIONED THAT NIXON BELIEVED, IT WAS AN IMPERIAL...
00:50:47 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK IT IS ENDEMIC TO THE INSTITUTION. I THINK THAT PRESIDENTS HAVE A HEALTHY REGARD FOR...
00:51:34 Unidentified Speaker THERE WAS A REPORT MANY YEARS AGO THAT THE WATERGATE BREAK IN WAS ACTUALLY TO REMOVE LISTENING DEVICES...
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ACTUALLY, A GOOD QUESTION, AS YOU POINT OUT, THE BREAK-IN IN JUNE, 1972, WAS TO ACTUALLY --...
00:52:41 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF YOUR MANY GREAT SUCCESSES --
00:52:42 Unidentified Speaker I LIKE THAT BEGINNING.
00:52:47 Unidentified Speaker WAS YOUR PROSECUTION OF ALAN DORFMAN, JIMMY HOFFA'S HAND-PICKED AT STRAERT, AND YOU REFER TO IT IN...
00:53:05 Unidentified Speaker I TEND TO REMEMBER THE FUNNY ANECDOTES. ALAN DORFMAN WAS A VERY POWERFUL PERSON IN THE REALM OF THE...
00:54:41 Unidentified Speaker DORFMAN, SAYS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHO IS HE.
00:54:46 Unidentified Speaker IS HE NOT THE PRESIDENT OF CIRCUS-CIRCUS, ONE OF THE HOTELS IN LAS VEGAS, TO WHICH THE CENTRAL STATES...
00:55:34 Unidentified Speaker WHO GOES OUT AN GET THE SANDWICHES AT LUNCH.
00:55:42 Unidentified Speaker YES?
00:55:47 Unidentified Speaker I WONDER, WHO IN YOUR OPINION, I GUESS THE -- WHO DO YOU THINK HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN WATERGATE,...
00:55:57 Unidentified Speaker THERE WAS ENOUGH SCANNED TOL GO AROUND. LET ME TELL YOU. CERTAINLY MARK FELDT WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON....
01:00:32 Unidentified Speaker AS A -- I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S CONTENTIOUS THAT PRESIDENT...
01:00:46 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. -- TO BE THE CASE. I BELIEVE THAT WHILE THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AL QAEDA PRESENTS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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