i would ask people do you think richard nixon knew of himself and prince brokaw said i thinkme sometimes he took a peek and he didn't like what he saw. i asked james schlessinger and then the secretary of defense of the director and schlessinger said no but then he looked outkn the window and said who does. that is a fair question and an interesting question. if you're somebody that gets up every morning and thinks you're going to save the world you can't be too worried about where your car keys are. often great men have blinders on. they are going in one direction and this lack of self-awareness that is haunting and ultimately self-destructive is not entirel uncommon. so it raises interesting questions about the greatness of what inspired him to do great things if you are self reflective. nixon is a tragic case that there is a lot of gray areas here. i was wondering i was just fascinated by this. it may be that he really didn't know. there is a 10,000 page diary still sitting behind closed doors. i asked nixon's ghost writer on the memoir who spent three years working on this, i asked h