Mark Moyar

Actually, we don't know that much about it.

They they don't release records on those things.

But yeah, I don't think it's probably as serious as people might imagine.

Hollywood's dramatizing things.

It is, yes.

Wow.

Yes, yeah, there's a lot of... Hollywood hasn't done a very good job on Vietnam.

Okay.

Yeah.

So after the Ellsberg

uh disclosures made so ellsberg turned himself in but henry kissinger and others tell nixon that there may be a broader conspiracy here it might involve some state department people some think tanks and so nixon decides to set up a group that will become known as the plumbers to go find out and dig dirt on these people and so one of the people

they target initially is a psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg.

And they go and raid his apartment without really proper legal clearance.

They end up not finding anything, but this will become important because it basically sets the stage for the actual Watergate break-in, which is what's going to take Nixon down ultimately.

And so Nixon...

So he gives a silent majority speech in November of 69.

1970, there's a coup in Cambodia, throws out the pro-communist leader, and the US then decides to go into Cambodia to help the Cambodian government.

which is useful in reducing sanctuary.

And one of the things we find out is that the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville was a massive hub for North Vietnamese supplies coming in.

So we're able to shut that down.