Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Page #4

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was the talk of the capital today.

Robert Endicott covered the story.

Democratic officials today

held a series of meetings

to talk about tighter security

at the national headquarters

here in Washington.

REPORTER 2:
The White House

has so far offered no official comment,

but a close adviser to the president,

seen here visiting China last month,

has said the president

is most concerned about the break-in

and will be keeping

a very close eye on the investigation.

Now, turning to other news...

Mr. Lano is running street on this.

2:
15, Sunday morning,

Metro finds our perps inside the

Democratic National Committee office.

We ID'd the lead. He's a pro.

Five years in the FBI, 19 in the CIA.

Then he left the CIA to run security

for the Attorney General.

Then he ran security for the White House

for the Committee to Re-elect the President.

CHARLIE BATES:
The lead burglar ran security

for the Committee to Re-elect the President?

- Is that what you said?

- MARK:
That's what he said. Keep going.

Yeah, it gets weirder.

The lookout in here, three years FBI.

Then the Attorney General recruits him

to be his wife's personal bodyguard.

Just keep going.

ANGELO LANO:
The lookout makes

a Howard Hunt the ringleader.

Hunt's also ex-CIA.

But get this,

a year ago we were asked to do

a background check

on Hunt for a government job.

- Did we clear him?

- LANO:
Yeah.

For a job at the White House

as a "consultant on highly sensitive,

confidential matters."

That's a job title?

White House, Justice and the CIA

are gonna want to know everything we know.

But we aren't going to tell them. Anything.

The Attorney General already called.

Nobody talks to the Attorney General.

- We answer to the Attorney General.

- You answer to me.

What about the director?

I'll take care of the director.

REPORTER:
There is still no explanation

why the Watergate suspects

might have attempted

to bug Democratic headquarters.

A spokesman for the Attorney General

said yesterday

that the FBI is already investigating.

Their report will be turned over to the

criminal division for appropriate...

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

John Dean, the president's counsel,

just went into the director's office.

- Let me know when he comes out.

- Yes, Mr. Felt.

SECRETARY:
(OVER INTERCOM) Mr. Dean has left.

The director's leaving in a bit to play golf.

(TELEPHONES RINGING)

What's John Dean doing here in this building?

This is a remarkable amount of information

about the break-in.

We're still gathering string.

This is just the beginning.

Okay.

First of all, there are no more interviews

with White House or CIA people

without permission.

- What?

- Whose permission?

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