Jeff Morley's guest appearances

Jeff Morley

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Night Fright Show

Skullduggery

Conspiracyland

Donald Trump

John Barbour

Jesse Ventura

Larry Hancock

Russ Baker

Abraham Bolden

Stephen Bassett

Lamar Waldron

Sean Stone

Jim DiEugenio

Naomi Wolf

George Bush

Tom Davis

Jonathan Alter

Lawrence Wilkerson

OwlTail

“Stay the hell out of it!” Those were the key words from the so-called smoking gun tape, the conversation between Richard Nixon and his Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman about how to get the FBI to back off its investigation into the Watergate break-in that occurred fifty years ago this week, June 17th, 1972. The plan they came up with in the days after the burglary was to get the CIA and its powerful director Richard Helms to tell the then head of the FBI, L. Patrick Gray to back off, to stay the hell out of it, to drop the probe into the financing of the break-in unless dark agency secrets would be revealed. It was a lie of course, the Watergate break-in had been bankrolled by Nixon campaign donors and not the agency spooks at Langley. But as Jefferson Morley writes in his new book, Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate, Helms was prepared to do what Nixon wanted, at least first. He drafted a memo instructing two deputies that the agency needed to instruct the bureau to quote, “Confine themselves to the personalities already arrested.” And “desist from expanding this investigation into other areas.” Helms may have later gotten cold feet, but as Morley reminds us it was just one of many examples of the exceedingly strange and still mysterious relationship between Nixon and the Spy Master, a dynamic in which each man seemed to have abundant blackmail material against each other. As the country prepares to commemorate the half-century anniversary of Watergate, we’ll look back at the events of that era and get a fascinating new take on why they matter more than ever as Morley joins us.GUESTS:Eric Holder, (@jeffersonmorley), Author, Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate HOSTS: Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host) RESOURCES: Pick up Morley's book Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate - Here.  Recent story on Watergate - Here. Follow us on Twitter: @SkullduggeryPodListen and subscribe to "Skullduggery" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.Email us with feedback, questions or tips: SkullduggeryPod@yahoo.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“Stay the hell out of it!” Those were the key words from the so-called smoking gun tape, the conversation between Richard Nixon and his Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman about how to get the FBI to back off its investigation into the Watergate break-in that occurred fifty years ago this week, June 17th, 1972. The plan they came up with in the days after the burglary was to get the CIA and its powerful director Richard Helms to tell the then head of the FBI, L. Patrick Gray to back off, to stay the hell out of it, to drop the probe into the financing of the break-in unless dark agency secrets would be revealed. It was a lie of course, the Watergate break-in had been bankrolled by Nixon campaign donors and not the agency spooks at Langley. But as Jefferson Morley writes in his new book, Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate, Helms was prepared to do what Nixon wanted, at least first. He drafted a memo instructing two deputies that the agency needed to instruct the bureau to quote, “Confine themselves to the personalities already arrested.” And “desist from expanding this investigation into other areas.” Helms may have later gotten cold feet, but as Morley reminds us it was just one of many examples of the exceedingly strange and still mysterious relationship between Nixon and the Spy Master, a dynamic in which each man seemed to have abundant blackmail material against each other. As the country prepares to commemorate the half-century anniversary of Watergate, we’ll look back at the events of that era and get a fascinating new take on why they matter more than ever as Morley joins us.GUESTS:<ul><li>Eric Holder, (<a href="https://twitter.com/jeffersonmorley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@jeffersonmorley</a>), Author, Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate </li></ul> HOSTS:<ul> <li>Michael Isikoff (<a href="https://twitter.com/Isikoff" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@Isikoff</a>), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News</li> <li>Daniel Klaidman (<a href="https://twitter.com/dklaidman" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@dklaidman</a>), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News</li> <li>Victoria Bassetti (<a href="https://twitter.com/VBass" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@VBass</a>), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)</li> </ul> RESOURCES:<ul> <li>Pick up Morley's book Scorpions Dance: The President, The Spymaster and Watergate - <a href="https://jeffersonmorleybooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Here.</a> </li> <li>Recent story on Watergate - <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/watergate-ushered-era-political-distrust-232558056.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Here</a>.</li> </ul> Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SkullduggeryPod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@SkullduggeryPod</a>Listen and subscribe to "Skullduggery" on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skullduggery/id1333621434" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0JJWlJiOSVo6cTtCjbFcTX" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL3NrdWxsZHVnZ2VyeQ?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwim4eDzlLrvAhWYD1kFHcRUBKYQ9sEGegQIARAF" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a> or wherever you get your podcasts.Email us with feedback, questions or tips: SkullduggeryPod@yahoo.com. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Buried Treasure: The CIA's Watergate Moment (w/ Jeff Morley)

For the 55th anniversary of the JFK Assassination we put together a round table discussion with authors, researchers and JFK assassination experts Russ Baker (author of Family of Secrets, which has multiple chapters on the JFK assassination) , Jim DiEugenio (author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba &amp; the Garrison Case, and also Reclaiming Parkland: Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood ) &amp; Jeff Morley (author The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton, and also CIA &amp; JFK: The Secret Assassination Files). Also, please check out the archives for Russ, Jim and Jeff's past appearances on The Ripple Effect Podcast.

The Ripple Effect Podcast #167 (JFK Assassination with Russ Baker, Jim DiEugenio & Jeff Morley)

Get the coffee going get the tea or get a beverage of choice. Settle back and kick your feet up in your most comfy chair and get ready for an incredible story tonight about a kind of David and Goliath saga. David, being our guest tonight Jeff Morley, Goliath being the giant CIA monstrosity of hidden secrets.

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