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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:08 AM Mar 2019

The Lyndon Johnson tapes

Richard Nixon's 'treason'

Declassified tapes of President Lyndon Johnson's telephone calls provide a fresh insight into his world. Among the revelations - he planned a dramatic entry into the 1968 Democratic Convention to re-join the presidential race. And he caught Richard Nixon sabotaging the Vietnam peace talks... but said nothing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21768668

Are we reliving history?

Is Mueller withholding for the "good of the nation" because he knows the truth would be explosive?

LBJ thought that and tens of thousands more died or wounded.

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The Lyndon Johnson tapes (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2019 OP

I remember when, 25 years ago, the first batch of the tapes were released. John1956PA Mar 2019 #1

John1956PA

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1. I remember when, 25 years ago, the first batch of the tapes were released.

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Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:29 AM

Mar 2019

Ted Koppel played excerpts of the tapes on "Nightline." One of the excerpts revealed Johnson strong-arming Senator Russell into serving on the Warren Commission.

Here is the link to a video of "Nightline's" 1994 show, "The LBJ Tapes":

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