given richard nixon's and erratic brain wave, how did we ever get settled with spiro agnew as vice president and did he have any role in the dirty tricks? >> the answer to the last part of your question is no. none whatsoever. nixon kept him out of the office. i did discover the answer in my work to the first question. .. and -- end what i would like to say -- to we have the system? >> the system is still going out. >> what i would like to say is that when somebody tells the truth you find yourself in great peril. there will be many, many people who will be upset with that truth. over the years, and particularly the tapes, i found a level of cooperation that shows nothing but the fact that i, as i told the senate, was under testifying, particularly about the president. i would also find cooperation -- corroboration for virtually everything else i said, but i try not to make the book about myself, but some of that in the footnotes, there were certain -- that tapes were certainly my salvation. >> as a professor teaching cold war history and presidential history, you cannot skip over the nixon

political, i point you to republicans such as mary cheney, who were skewered in this book as well as spiro agnew for having a number of affairs going at once, even though he claimed to be for family values. that was his whole shtick, as well as jenna bush who evaded her agents all the time, gave them a hard time, we didn't go through red lights trying to evade her agents. just didn't understand what security was all about. thought it was a big game. and senator ted cruz. you'll have to find -- by the book to find out what i said about senator ted cruz. i think it's interesting. and so at that point president obama says he had confidence in the secret service. how could anybody say that confidence in the secret service? it's not just to come out publicly and criticize them. he can just be quiet, but at the same time look for replacement for mark sullivan. mark sullivan, turns out, ordered -- this is one of the more shocking revelations, ordered agents who were protecting president obama at the white house, including when he lifted off in marine one, to go to camp david one weekend, especially loo

spiro agnew. all the first lady's of maryland. >> we can show you.ughter] these of the women of the granite state. [inaudible conversations] >> thanks for coming. >> that's right. [inaudible conversations] how are you doing? good. good. >> i have over 200 people coming. [inaudible conversations] >> i have won back when it with too much time at the beach. >> where were we that day? >> maybe that was two years ago? you had that great irish skin. that is george? >> absolutely. can you do us a favor? deal with your -- do you live here? >>. >> i live along the coast. >> excellent. >> we have a construction company in boston. >> get has developed a lot. >> we still get together. what do? >> thanks for coming tonight. thanks a lot. come around. thank-you. >> this is my husband. you know every person there is the spouse that puts up with a lot. >> we see people taking swings at us. >> i have some bones to pick [laughter] [inaudible conversations] plus you have a very courageous woman. [laughter] and wendy? >> but she went down. >> she keeps telling you of th

. >> only one of our 47 vice presidents was forced to resign in disgrace, spiro agnew.hat in an earlier book. what made the agnew scandal so infamous? >> well, he was a crook. he took bribes as gruovernor of maryland and even when he got to the white house, people continued to make payments to him. so he certainly was probably the most infamous vice president we've had. we have a few others. but none that candidly breaking the law. >> no one stops that. all right. and y thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up, it is called weekend of resistance. we'll take you live to st. louis. >>> plus, an alleged conspiracy involving the cia. contra rebels and crack cocaine. it hits the big screen this weekend. i'll talk to the man helped the book that is now a movie. due cappuccini, per favore. domo... arigato? arigato united flies to more destinations than any other airline. namaste. over 5100 daily flights to nearly 60 countries. namaste. plus, over 230 us cities. dessert? pee-can pie. pecan? yeah. okay. in any language, that's...gateway to the world friendly. amerig

given richard nixon's erratic brainwaves how did we ever get saddled with spiro agnew and vice president nvidia for the role at all in the dirty tricks? >> the answer to the last part of your question is no, none whatsoever. in fact nixon kept him out of office. to discover the answer in my work to the first question. a fellow by the name of tom pappas who was a greek american businessman had been the first to recommend agnew to president nixon is somebody who he thought was an appropriate moderate at that time governor who gave balance to the ticket. what is most interesting about tom pappas go he raises money for the watergate defendants. richard nixon would seldom ambassadorship. quite a remarkable thing. the panel moderator has suggested we close on that note as we are in the countdown right now for the c-span audience. what i would like to say, do we have the system. [inaudible question] what i would like to say is when somebody tells the truth you find yourself at great peril. there will be many many people who will be upset with that truth. over the years in picking the tapes i ha