Sheriff Ted Mink chose no. [14] On October 19, 1973, he offered a compromise; Nixon proposed that Democratic U.S. The NRA exists in part to advocate for legislation and, often, to make compromises to see bills pass into law. The NRA ultimately decided to hold its convention in Denver after the shootings, albeit vastly scaled down in size. Any thoughts? And it makes me wonder just what exactly was going on in their household. [32] Corporate security expert Phil Mellinger undertook a project to restore Haldeman's handwritten notes describing the missing 18+12 minutes,[33] but that effort also failed to produce any new information. "People will die because of me," Eric said. COLUMBINED.com; DOCS . 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. ", Charlton Heston, then the NRA's president, delivered a defiant message at the organization's 1999 meeting: "Why us? RC. [21], Woods was asked to demonstrate the position in which she was sitting when the accident occurred. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Don't forget in the audio of brooks browns 911 call he names 3 potential suspects; Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and a redacted name. "On the other side, if you don't appear to be deferential in honoring the dead, you end up being a tremendous s***head who wouldn't tuck tail and run, you know? The Basement Tapes were recorded on a Columbine High School camera. It was supposed to be 500 dead and on fire, not 12 dead. A subreddit focused on constructive discussion to better understand the events that took place surrounding the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. For instance that's not what Wayne said. "Bombthreat before she blows" coincidence. If anything I publish anywhere ever disappears, I didn't take it down. hide caption, Charlton Heston, then the NRA's president, delivered a defiant message at the organization's 1999 meeting: "Why us? . 'Goddamn it, get in and get those files. This article has been tagged as NSFL due to its disturbing subject matter. A six-week TIME investigation of the Columbine case tracked the efforts of the police and FBI, who are still sorting through some 10,000 pieces of evidence, 5,000 leads, the boys' journals and. BAKER: I think the industry will do whatever we ask them to do. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. But a hard-line faction in the NRA is uninterested in those compromises or any position other than the most expansive view of the Second Amendment. Everyone I love, Im really sorry about all this. [16] Nixon appointed Leon Jaworski special counsel on November 1, 1973. and our Klebold: [interrupts] We did what we had to do. "Why us? Seems like Im probably incorrect? They suggest that their story should be made into a film, speculating on whether Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino would direct it. Harris: [eventually] Thats it. This is just the point when she is a bitch, Nixon said. 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. Nixon recordings are numbered by location of the original recording. Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes In the short term, it was a disastrous calculation. 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. The content of the three tapes is disturbing, shocking even. In this tape, Harris and Klebold are in the Harris basement-level family room. We need to get a chain reaction going here. Article regarding and confirming the destruction of the Basement tapes. In the mean time, please check out our Rules section as well as our Resources pages! 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. The language was Nixon language.. Hes wearing a plaid shirt, either dark blue or black with white; the shirts untucked. They talk some more about various things before the camera once again cuts out. The Basement Tapes (partially found Columbine killers video diary; 1999), Evidence item #265 (One 8mm tape, recorded mid-March 1999), Evidence item #298 (Two 8mm tapes, one recorded April 11th, 1999, one date unknown), Evidence item #333 (One 8mm tape, recorded late March to April 20th, 1999), Lost advertising and interstitial material. In the aftermath of the shooting, McQueen reasons that "normal" members would stay away from the site of the tragedy leaving only the group's most extreme members as attendees. An in-depth transcript of evidence item #265, courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. And they dismiss conservative politicians and gun industry representatives as largely inconsequential players, saying they will do whatever the NRA proposes. (As a 90s kid, it was a common thing to label VHS tapes with a handwritten title or number). When follower or not, Dylan planned to and did murder people, he turned on everyone he had known his whole life. colossalwyrm. JCSO [10] Hundreds of hours are of discussions on foreign policy, including planning for the 1972 Nixon visit to China and subsequent visit to the Soviet Union. Going on what little information we have the tape was recorded around 2am on the morning of 20th, but why? Special Counsel Archibald Cox, a former United States Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy, asked District Court Judge John Sirica to subpoena nine relevant tapes to confirm the testimony of White House Counsel John Dean. At the end of the document was a partial transcript of the "Nixon Tape," but only the portion of the interview Eric had with Nixon. What would Vietnam have looked like if the war had ended earlier? This can be seen in an April 1971 conversation about John F. Kennedys presidential image versus his own. [13], President Nixon initially refused to release the tapes, putting two reasons forward: first, that the Constitutional principle of executive privilege extends to the tapes and citing the separation of powers and checks and balances within the Constitution, and second, claiming they were vital to national security. "[20], In his 2014 book The Nixon Defense, Nixon's counsel John Dean suggests that the full collection of recordings now available "largely answer the questions regarding what was known by the White House about the reasons for the break-in and bugging at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, as well as what was erased during the infamous 18 minute and 30 second gap during the June 20, 1972, conversation and why. Finally, Harris turns the camera to his previously seen journal which he now dubs the "Writings of God," flicking through the book while talking about his beliefs, before showing various "Doom drawings" that he had done near the back of the book. Ive never heard of this, whats the Nixon tape? [30] The panel was subsequently asked by the court to consider alternative explanations that had emerged during the hearings. Finally, they talk about how they wanted copies of their videos to be sent to four news networks before Harris briefly references his journal. He told NDTV: There was disappointment at the results of the meeting. Its gonna be like fucking Doom man after the bombs explode. 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. [25][26], Nixon himself launched the first investigation into how the tapes were erased. He then falls silent and begins to cry, wiping a tear from his face, before shutting the camera off. The content of the three tapes is disturbing, shocking even. An NRA spokesperson called the story a "hit piece" and complained that the NRA was denied the tape. It was called the Nixon tape because the tape had an old label on it ("Nixon" written on it) because it was recorded over an old school interview that Eric did with a Asian guy named Nixon (some with insights into asian names and culture have doubted that being the correct spelling of the asian guy's name though). We are in deep s*** on this deal. Is this inside the Harris home???? Cookie Notice 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.. Though, it seems weird to imagine them filming that final shot and then walking somewhere far away to put the camera down. "When we lost control of a situation and the result was a half a million members, the president of the United States bailing out on us and a firestorm of negative media that if you went back and looked at, it was probably in the hundreds of millions of dollars in opposition to us and our point of view.". We have created no mythology.. Guess it was a Prelude. Here are some moments. Who is more keenly aware than I am that, from a political standpoint, we should have flushed it down the drain three years ago, blamed Johnson and Kennedy? he asked rhetorically. A subreddit focused on constructive discussion to better understand the events that took place surrounding the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. More than 20 were injured. The next cut-in shows the two men in Klebold's bedroom, fiddling around with their weapons and securing guns to their clothing (the same clothing that they would die in). . 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. Is there anybody we ought to be talking to? The "Nixon" Tape. For links, please explain why you think this is important, summarize or comment on it's content. Facing certain impeachment in the House of Representatives and equally certain conviction in the Senate, Nixon announced his resignation on the evening of Thursday, August 8, 1974, effective as of noon the next day. And as you can see, the final tape was inside the camera, so wherever that was. 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. The camera then cuts out and back into the two once again driving, revealing that they had just purchased two large fuel containers, as well as three propane bottles. We still don't have a specific transcript for what Eric recorded the morning of the massacre, but the transcript noted that morning message was only a few moments long. He argued that the 1974 act was unconstitutional because it violated the constitutional principles of separation of powers and executive privilege and infringed on his personal privacy rights and the First Amendment right of association. [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. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? And inside, then-NRA President Charlton Heston delivered the defiant message that its leaders had planned out in their private calls a message very similar to the group's position on mass shootings today: The national media is not to be trusted, and any conversation about guns and the NRA after mass shootings is an untoward politicization of the issue.