08-06-2013, 06:30 PM
Nice piece on connecting the dots of Watergate. It's stuff I have known for decades but a terrific re-review of what really went down.
New stuff re. Butterfield's actual role. Explosive. Given that he was appointed head of the FAA so soon after the obvious murder of Dorothy Hunt, his outing of the taping system during the hearings caused me
great excitement: the hope that that crash would be investigated and that what McCord and Hunt were really doing would be revealed. Alas, that excitement would be short lived.
Two things he left out: In January 1973 Nixon's appointments secty Dwight Chapin exited to join in the crash cover-up at United Airlines. That three key Nixon aids -Krough, Butterfiled and Chapin would move so quickly to positions of power regarding this 12/8/72 plane crash made me believe at the time that Nixon had been responsible for the crash. (Even though it had also become clear by then that McCord and Hunt were trying to get caught, to set Tricky Dick up).
The second thing of import- to my mind- not in this piece is that Colson told Time Magazine that he believd the CIA killed Dorothy Hunt.
So who is responsible for this crash? (In a strange irony in 1974 I would meet a high level reporter from CBS who informed me that that CBS had done its own internal investigation and had determined that their own Michele Clark had not been murdered. That the crash was indeed an accident. "Ya sure", I told him. )
I wish he would turn this into a book. He's gone down all the correct trails. Avoiding the foolish story of the prostitute ring as the reason for Watergate. I do not disbelieve that there was such a ring and that
Dean's lovely wife was involved, but as an explantion for the complexities of Watergate? Not a chance.
The connections betwen Dallas and Watergate can never be explored enough.
Again, thanks Tracy for posting this essay. Your finds are much welcomed.
Dawn
New stuff re. Butterfield's actual role. Explosive. Given that he was appointed head of the FAA so soon after the obvious murder of Dorothy Hunt, his outing of the taping system during the hearings caused me
great excitement: the hope that that crash would be investigated and that what McCord and Hunt were really doing would be revealed. Alas, that excitement would be short lived.
Two things he left out: In January 1973 Nixon's appointments secty Dwight Chapin exited to join in the crash cover-up at United Airlines. That three key Nixon aids -Krough, Butterfiled and Chapin would move so quickly to positions of power regarding this 12/8/72 plane crash made me believe at the time that Nixon had been responsible for the crash. (Even though it had also become clear by then that McCord and Hunt were trying to get caught, to set Tricky Dick up).
The second thing of import- to my mind- not in this piece is that Colson told Time Magazine that he believd the CIA killed Dorothy Hunt.
So who is responsible for this crash? (In a strange irony in 1974 I would meet a high level reporter from CBS who informed me that that CBS had done its own internal investigation and had determined that their own Michele Clark had not been murdered. That the crash was indeed an accident. "Ya sure", I told him. )
I wish he would turn this into a book. He's gone down all the correct trails. Avoiding the foolish story of the prostitute ring as the reason for Watergate. I do not disbelieve that there was such a ring and that
Dean's lovely wife was involved, but as an explantion for the complexities of Watergate? Not a chance.
The connections betwen Dallas and Watergate can never be explored enough.
Again, thanks Tracy for posting this essay. Your finds are much welcomed.
Dawn