and to federal judge johnson sirica, and ford goes over, and haig is surprised that ford brings bob hartmann, a good friend of vice president ford's. he was brought into this meeting, not just because bob went to every meeting, he did, with vice president ford, but because ford knew that something was up, and he needed a witness. haig tells ford in this visit, though he did not want hartmann there, haig tells ford that what is going to happen in the next 24 hours could possibly be the tipping point in the nixon presidency. he doesn't give his hands out. haig knows that they are going to come to the white house. haig absolutely knows that the tapes are going to come to the white house. but ford thought that haig was holding something back, and he talked to hartmann on the way out, and he said, "well, i have kind of heard this before. no great comment. i'm going to keep my speeches today," and hartmann goes to his office. ford then gets another phone call from al haig, and he said, "mr. ford, i need to see you, and you cannot bring bob hartmann with you." ford goes back to haig's office, and h