so he turns on nixon or first of all he turns on mcgruder and tries to get mcgruder to shoulder the responsibilityso it's kindof this infighting between mcgruder and dean . as next and puts it, his aides are pissing on each other and then they start pissing on the president to be crude about it which is what nixon was. so you know, once the taboo has been broken there's just one person, james mccourt who is not willing to go along with the cover-up. starts blowing the whistle on it, then this soul whole house of cards starts to fall apart. >> art they mostly attorneys and lawyers ? from my memory seems nixon was quite the law student in several of the aides were law students. >> that's one of the points that john dean makes. at one point he writes up a list of everybody who's involved in the watergate either in the white house or the committee to reelect the president and he puts asterisks against all of the lawyers and most of them are lawyers including nixon himself . the whole legal question of obstruction of justice and conspiracy is a specialized branch of the law they weren't necessarily cri

and tries to get mcgruder to show responsibility so to see him fighting between mcgruder and dean asnixon puts itit, his aides are on each othr and when they stop on the president to be crude about it which is what nixon was so once it's been broken, just one person is not willing to go along with the cover-up and starts blowing the whistle on it. in this "house of cards" begins to fall apart. >> i think mostly it's attorneys and lawyers. from my memory it seems that nixon was quite the law student several aides were law students. >> right, that's one of the points john dean makes. at one time he writes up a list of everybody he's involved in the watergate either in the white house to elect the president and he does the lawyers and most of them are lawyers including himself. of course the whole legal question of obstruction of justice and conspiracy is a specialized branch so they weren't necessarily criminal lawyers so some of them were smarter than others realizing legal jeopardy they were in, he realized he could be sent to prison for p many years and that was one reason he blew t

in fact mcgruder himself was authorized. one of the burglars and man called james mccord listens to this. he thanks why should i the rest of this take responsibility for this when we know the people who gave the orders including mcgruder are getting off scott free while we are about to be sent to this horrible jail, the washington d.c. jail. so mccord decides he's not going to put up with us and write a letter to the judge. that is really when the whole cover-up starts unraveling. mccord says perjury has been committed in the trial. legal counsel john dean realizes the white house has been blackmailed. he feels he can be implicated. he's not willing to be sent to prison for the crimes he sees of other people. so he turns on it nixon. of all he turns on mcgruder entrance into shoulder responsibility. there's this infighting is what nixon was monthly to boo has been broken there is just one person, james mccord is not willing to go along with this cover-up and start blowing the whistle on edge. this whole sort of "house of car

and tries to get him to show responsibility so there's the inside between mcgruder and dean as nixon since aides are kissing on each other and then on the president to be crude about which is what nixon was so once it's been broken, there's just one person, james mccourt is not willing to go along the cover-up and start blowing the whistle on a. then this whole "house of cards" begins to fall apart. >> aren't they mostly attorneys and lawyers? it seems that nixon was white the law student and several aides were law students, did they not -- >> right, that's one of the points john dean makes actually. at one time he writes up a list of everybody involved in the watergate and the white house are committee and he puts all lawyers and most of them are lawyers himself though whole legal question of obstruction of justice and conspiracy is a specialized branch so they weren't necessarily terminal lawyers but some of them were smarter than others legal realizing the legal jeopardy they were in. in that respect, he realized he could be to prison for many years and that was one reason he blew

for the crimes that he sees of other people so he turns on nixon or first of all he tries to get mcgruderto shoulder the responsibility so there's kind of this inciting as nixon puts it they are on each other and then on the president to be crude about it which is what nixon was so once the taboo has been broken there's just one person not willing to go along with the cover-up and he starts blowing the whistle on it and then the whole house of cards begins to fall apart. >> aren't they mostly attorneys and lawyers? from my memory it seems nixon was quite the law student and several of the aides were law students. >> that's one of the points john dean makes. at one point, he writes up a list of everybody involved either in the white house or with the president. most of them are lawyers including nixon himself. of course the whole legal question of obstruction of justice and conspiracy they weren't necessarily criminal lawyers but so some of them were smarter than others realizing the legal jeopardy that they were in. i would say dean was the smartest and realized he could be sent to prison

the prosecutor asks mcgruder is he gave any instructions for the breaking of the watergate or the tapingof democratic national committee and magruder his this young eight in his 30s, he says no, this and nothing to do with them, and lady was acting without any authorization at all. in fact, magruder himself was authorized the break-in. but one of the burglars, a man named james mccourt listens to this and he thinks why should ii and the rest of us take responsibility for this when we know that the real, the people who gave the orders, including jeff magruder, are getting off scot-free while we are about to be sent to this horrible jail, the washington d.c. jail. so mcchord decide to second to put up with this and writes letters to the judge. that's really when the whole cover-up starts unraveling, because mcchord says perjury has been committed in the trial. the president legal counsel john dean realizes that the white house has been blackmailed. he's afraid he can be implicated. he will be sent to prison. he's not about -- he's not willing to be sent to prison for the crimes as he sees