This tape begins with footage of Harris and Klebold in Harris' house on March 15, drinking Jack Daniels, and talking about how they hope that the videos that they're making will soon be shown all over the world, once their so-called "masterpiece" had been completed, and when everyone would be looking for answers as to why they committed the massacre. This tape was found by authorities in a Sony 8mm video camera with "Columbine High School" engraved on the side (evidence item #200). Hey, /u/Alive_Brother_1515! The NRA strategists on the call sounded shaken and panicked as they pondered their next step into what would become an era of routine and horrific mass school shootings. [11], The existence of the White House taping system was first confirmed by Senate Committee staff member Donald Sanders, on July 13, 1973, in an interview with White House aide Alexander Butterfield. The final words spoken on the recording are of Harris saying "That's it. For now, your post is awaiting approval and will be reviewed by our moderator team as soon as possible! White House lawyers first heard of the gap on the evening of November 14, 1973, and Judge Sirica, who had issued the subpoenas for the tapes, was not told until November 21, after the president's attorneys had decided that there was "no innocent explanation" they could offer. BAKER: I talked to Delfay this morning, and he said they stand ready to help us orchestrate whatever we want to do. "Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues, and More Idiots: Not-So-Great Moments in Modern American Politics." They had made it quite clear in the basement tapes the reasons for their actions,and were yet to record the final "goodbye" tape,so why did he feel the need to record a message on his own,at 2am in the morning,with NBK being so close risking his parents waking up and catching him? This quote isnt an order from Nixon to break into the Watergateits an order to break into the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Nixon was afraid that there was a report on the 1968 bombing halt that might contain information on his own illegal attempts to sabotage the start of peace talks to end the Vietnam War, Hughes says. [22], In a grand-jury interview in 1975, Nixon said that he initially believed that only four minutes of the tape were missing. [3] All locations in the White House were activated by the Executive Protective Service's "First Family Locator" system: when an officer notified the system that the president was in the Oval Office, the taping machinery switched on, ready to record when triggered by sound. Furthermore, iirc Wayne didn't call until around 1 pm(unless he made another call that isn't included in the 911 log) At that time people already knew Eric was one of the perpetrators and his name had even been mentioned on live tv. The ten Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who had voted against impeachment in committee announced that they would now vote for impeachment once the matter reached the House floor. A few lines from it were transcribed, and appear in my book. "[23], A variety of suggestions have been made as to who could have erased the tape. Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes In the short term, it was a disastrous calculation. And, and it's gonna, it's gonna be the worst thing you can imagine.". "The message that it will send is that even the NRA was brought to its knees, and the media will have a field day with it.". Kennedy got us in, Johnson kept us in. There were a reported five tapes, two of which would later be released; one called Hitmen for Hire, and the other tape of the two shooting at Ramparts Range. The remainder of the tape is a description of the weapons, bombs and the suicide plan., He says this is total KMFDM and that there are 7 and 1/3 days left. He gets an odd look on his face, then says, Fuc*ing bitches. He then lists five names and says that hes going to be one tired motherfuc*er come Monday, then BOOM! And in fact, the report Nixon was so concerned about doesnt seem to have existed. The two converse for a while, then the tape cuts out again. Share to Tumblr. Newly uncovered tapes reveal how NRA leaders apparently really feel about their members. [15], According to President Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods, on September 29, 1973, she was reviewing a tape of the June 20, 1972 recordings,[17] when she made "a terrible mistake" during transcription. In December 1999, Time . The language was Nixon language.". Columbine killers on tape. Over the next four decades, the Nixon Library and the National Archives released 3,000 hours of tape that it considers in the public interest, holding back the rest for family privacy or national security concerns. ", In 2003, a fifteen-minute recording of the killers shooting at the Rampart Range was released, and in 2004, a short film the two had created for school five months prior to the massacre titled Hitmen for Hire, both of which many people suspected to have been two of the five "Basement Tapes". [36] The Judiciary Committee rejected Nixon's edited transcripts, saying that they did not comply with the subpoena. COLUMBINED.com; DOCS . The people you are most likely to get in that member meeting without an exhibit hall are the nuts," says LaPierre. My guess is that Eric simply restated what he said on the "Basement Tapes" and in his journals about how people are going to pay for what they've put him through and how hard his life has been. The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973.. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 39, No. Nixon made this callous statement after the National Prayer Breakfast in February 1972, while talking to Chief of Staff Haldeman and Reverend Billy Graham about the Vietnam War. He had a few reflections to add to his audio memoirs. About sixty hours of Richard Nixon's White House tapes will be opened by the National Archives sometime in 1989. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Several sources who have seen the tapes, including various family members of the deceased, claim the total run-time to have been roughly three to four hours. Here is a quote from it. Around the same time, leaders discussed how to respond to the shooting at Columbine High School in nearby Littleton, Colo. More than 20 years later, NPR has obtained secret recordings of those conversations. BAKER: I think the industry will do whatever we ask them to do. i'm sorry if this is also easily found info but Wayne Harris called 911? This is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates." Klebold: [interrupts] We did what we had to do. JCSO He initially lost several cases,[47] but the courts ruled in 1998 that some 820 hours and 42 million pages of documents were his personal private property that must be returned to his estate. With that in mind I don't think it's reasonable to conclude Wayne called because he actually knew or believed without a doubt that Eric was involved. Roche published an article for Times on the tapes on December 20 soon after viewing them, dubbing them the "Basement Tapes". You remember Hustons plan? Cabinet Room Recordings: Tape #s 47 - 129. Harris: Susan, [referring to his friend] sorry. [19] The tapes are now preserved in a climate-controlled vault in case future technology allows for restoration of the missing audio. Great question, honestly. One recorder, labeled as Exhibit 60, was marked "Secret Service" and the other, Exhibit 60B, was accompanied by a foot pedal. This is why I've always been more interested in hearing Eric's 'Nixon' tape than seeing/hearing the basement tapes. Did we ever hear more about that? HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. The Nixon Library is currently releasing the fifth and final chronological release in batches. It can be twisted, but we feel sympathetic and NRA SPOKESPERSON BILL POWERS: Respectful. In my process of rereading Columbine to come up with questions for the book club (remember that? Some one who becomes angry easily . Not long after the article's publication, furious family members of the deceased threatened to sue Jefferson County, considering the fact that not even they had been given access to the recordings. This article has been tagged as NSFL due to its disturbing subject matter. 43:02. The President talks on the telephone, October 27, 1972. Klebold says, Weve been planning this for over eight months., Then tape then cuts to Harris in his bedroom speaking into the camera. I want it implemented on a thievery basis. Its at once hard to imagine this took place but can be imagined visually by reading the descriptive transcripts. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Nixon was furious when The New York Times wrote about the Pentagon Papers in June 1971. A school bus in 1999 passes a billboard advertising the NRA's annual meeting in Denver, previously scheduled to take place just 10 days after the shooting at Columbine High School. Baker can also be heard telling others not to worry about the stance of the firearms industry. [21], Woods was asked to demonstrate the position in which she was sitting when the accident occurred. Seems like Im probably incorrect? In November 1971, Indira Gandhi visited the White House to discuss tensions between India and Pakistan. An NRA spokesperson called the story a "hit piece" and complained that the NRA was denied the tape. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. He then begins to apologise to various friends for what he had planned to do, talks about how "It's a weird feeling knowing you're going to be dead in two and a half weeks", about whether he "should do it before or after prom", and that he would have liked to have re-visited Michigan and some "old friends." This led to an exodus of some half a million members a number that has never been reported prior to now. He lacked substantial support in the Senate as well; Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott estimated that no more than 15 senators were willing to even consider acquittal. "It will be a day that will be remembered forever." _________________. They came to an agreement, with Jefferson County quickly screening the tapes for them, and then putting them in a vault "indefinitely. I've always wondered this,the Nixon tape doesn't really make sense. He says its a drawing of gear, back when we thought we could get calicos. He then points to a picture that depicts two backpacks labeled napalm. He calls this the suicide plan., Video screengrabHarris & Klebold Hitman video screengrab. I cant help it. Harris: [eventually] Thats it. Bush publicly resigned as an NRA member in protest. [31], The National Archives and Records Administration owns the tape and has tried several times to recover the missing minutes, most recently in 2003, but without success. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Press J to jump to the feed. Go ahead and change the gun laws. Telephone conversations were recorded by tapping the telephone lines from the White House switchboard and relaying the conversations to recorders in a closet in the basement of the residence. He states that there are seven and one-third days left, before listing off five names. On April 20th, 1999, two students attending Columbine High School, Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold, went to their school and killed fourteen students (including themselves) and one teacher, and injured many others. Share via email. They discuss the role of Republican politicians in the Columbine fallout as well and say they too are looking to the NRA for guidance. Cookie Notice An overview of the history of the "Basement Tapes," courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed in the Oval Office, including in Nixon's Wilson desk, using Sony TC-800B open-reel tape recorders to capture audio . NPR has obtained more than 2 1/2 hours of recordings of those private meetings after the Columbine shooting, which offer unique insight into the NRA's deliberations in the wake of this crisis and how it has struggled to develop what has become its standard response to school shootings ever since. Huh thats a good question Ive never thought about where they were found, only what they contained. hide caption, Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA, is seen here in a photo taken just weeks after the 1999 Columbine shooting. In this tape, Harris and Klebold are in the Harris basement-level family room. I think we as citizens deserve to have an accurate record of presidential deliberations., However, Hughes notes that because secret taping has become a lot easier in the age of the smartphone, he wouldnt be surprised if we find out that there are other recordings of presidential conversations.. The NRA's public relations gurus weren't just worried about the propriety of the gun show, either. They struggled with whether to cancel the convention entirely, proceed with a pared-down event or just go ahead as planned. GettyColumbine school shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The panel was supplied with the evidence tape, the seven tape recorders from the Oval Office and Executive Office Building and the two Uher 5000 recorders. RC. On it, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman are heard formulating a plan to block investigations by having the CIA falsely claim to the FBI that national security was involved. The panel determined that the buzz was of no consequence and that the gap was the result of an erasure[27] performed on the Exhibit 60 recorder. [38] The 80 ruling (Justice William Rehnquist recused himself because he had worked for attorney general John N. Mitchell) in United States v. Nixon found that President Nixon was wrong in arguing that courts are compelled to honor, without question, any presidential claim of executive privilege. Though, it seems weird to imagine them filming that final shot and then walking somewhere far away to put the camera down. colossalwyrm. LaPierre claims that Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles, R-Okla., had secretly asked him for talking points to use after the shooting. He addresses and apologizes to his parents, saying theyre the best, and what hes about to do is his and Klebolds fault and not theirs. Dylan is wearing a black baseball cap on backward, exposing a B embroidered in white on the back of the hat the Boston Red Sox logo. And so anything we do here is going to be a matter of trying to decide the best of a whole bunch of very, very bad choices.". On the tape he explains what his motives are and why he and Dylan are doing NBK. For instance that's not what Wayne said. Just my opinion. He believes that members of all those groups are arrogant and that they put themselves above the law. Because their story needs a villain. Murderous Minds: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris - Columbine High School Shooting Documentary. Share to Pinterest. Don't forget in the audio of brooks browns 911 call he names 3 potential suspects; Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and a redacted name. Klebold then takes the camera and films Harris, who also records a goodbye message. [1], However, in February 2015, word surfaced that the unreleased tapes had been approved for destruction by Sheriff Ted Mink of Jefferson County, Colorado in 2011. 2. It wouldnt have been too bad, Nixon guessed. The tapes of the NRA discussions were recorded secretly by a participant and shared on the condition that the participant's name not be divulged. That's why revisiting the Nixon tapes and learning what is new on them is of real importance today. Guess it was a Prelude. Around the same time, leaders discussed how to respond to the shooting at Columbine High School in nearby Littleton, Colo. More than 20 years later, NPR has obtained secret recordings of those conversations. Woah, I never knew that Eric's dad accused him of taking LSD. A report from NPR lets us listen in on hours of private NRA meetings held in the wake of the 1999 Columbine . hide caption. [8] Significant phone lines were tapped as well, including those in the Oval Office, Old Executive Office Building and the Lincoln Sitting Room, which was Nixon's favorite room in the White House. [45][46], The legal disputes would continue for 25 years, past Nixon's death in 1994.