ford calls in that afternoon his absolute closest advisor, phil buchen. >> phil buchen. they were in law practice. probably ford's closest professional and personal friend. phil immediately came into the white house as white house counsel. he says, "you have got to pardon him." and ford tells him, "you have got to figure this out," and he charges buchen with looking into the nuts and bolts of how a pardon might happen. buchen says, we have got to talk to everyone, and in august, 40 found out his then closest aides, bob hartmann, henry kissinger, al haig, philip buchen, and jack marsh. on august 29 in the morning, ford says, "i am thinking about it. go home and tell me tomorrow what your recommendations are." the next day on the 30th, they reconvened. kissinger and al haig, not surprisingly, said, "do it now." hartmann and buchen, "why now? he hasn't been charged with a crime. how can you constitutionally pardon someone who has not been charged with anything?" and jack marsh says, "do you really think this is the right thing to do?" and ford said, "a thousand angels danci