Author Ray Locker returns for part two of a discussion about his new book, Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him From Office. In this episode, Locker and S.T Patrick take the story from July 1973 through the end of the Nixon presidency. included in tonight's episode are discussions on Alexander Butterfield, The White House Tapes, Bob Woodward, Deep Throat, … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 123 – Ray Locker on Haig’s Coup and Watergate (Part 1)
Author Ray Locker joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the new book, Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him From Office. Locker delves into the role of General Alexander Haig in the administration of Richard Nixon. In this episode, Locker and Patrick cover Haig's actions through the end of May 1973. Was Al Haig a major player in the downfall of Nixon? This is part … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 111 – Mae Brussell on Alexander Haig and the Reagan Assassination (MWN Legends Series 009)
In this, the current installment of the MWN Legends Series, we listen to excerpts of three Mae Brussell episodes from 1981. We begin with an amazing bit of foreshadowing, an episode Mae recorded days before the attempt on Reagan's life (March 30, 1981). Then we move to episodes recorded less than six weeks after the shooting. Mae talks about the history of Alexander Haig, … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 108 – Reassessing Watergate with Geoff Shepard (Part Two)
Author Geoff Shepard is back with S.T Patrick to continue their discussion of Watergate. In tonight's episode, Shepard covers, in depth, the problems of the Watergate-era biographies, how and why the Nixon tapes are misunderstood so often, the infamous 18 1/2-minute gap, the "smoking gun" tape, why Dean accused Nixon of stonewalling after Dean himself had encouraged Nixon to … [Read more...]
Bob Woodward, Al Haig, and the Confirmation of Deep History
by S.T. Patrick Bob Woodward’s newest book, Fear: Trump in the White House, stands atop the New York Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Non-Fiction. Woodward skeptics and Watergate revisionists still question Woodward’s monarchical hold on modern journalism and publishing. In this issue, contributing editor S.T. Patrick continues a series that will spotlight the … [Read more...]