MWN Episode 123 - Ray Locker on Haig's Coup and Watergate (Part 1)

06/14/19 • 69 min

Author Ray Locker joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the new book, Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him From Office. Locker delves into the role of General Alexander Haig in the administration of Richard Nixon. In this episode, Locker and Patrick cover Haig's actions through the end of May 1973. Was Al Haig a major player in the downfall of Nixon? This is part one of a two-part episode on Haig's Coup. Ray Locker was previously on the Midnight Writer News Show in episode 037 discussing Nixon's Gamble, his first book, the story of how Richard Nixon set up a new national security establishment that would create the conditions under which the Moorer-Radford spy ring took place. And yes, Haig was involved there, as well.For our FREE archives, go to www.MidnightWriterNews.com

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MWN Episode 122 - Rob Clark on Marina Oswald

Rob Clark guest hosts this episode of the Midnight Writer News Show to discuss Marina Oswald. Clark is the host of The Lone Gunman Podcast, and has served as the MWN quarterly guest host for over a year. In this stint, he has done JFK assassination-centric episodes that have focused on Guy Banister, Gen. Edwin Walker, Larry Crayfard, David Ferrie, and Buell Wesley Frazier. S.T. Patrick and Midnight Writer News would like to thank Rob for another job well-done. For our free archives, go to www.MidnightWriterNews.com

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MWN Episode 124 - Ray Locker on Haig's Coup and Watergate (Part 2)

Author Ray Locker returns for part two of a discussion about his new book, Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him From Office. In this episode, Locker and S.T Patrick take the story from July 1973 through the end of the Nixon presidency. included in tonight's episode are discussions on Alexander Butterfield, The White House Tapes, Bob Woodward, Deep Throat, Seymour Hersh, Larry Higby, Fred Buzhardt, the 18 1/2-minute gap on the tapes, being at Defcon 3 without the president even knowing, Archibald Cox, the Saturday Night Massacre, Leon Jaworski, the Spiro Agnew resignation and the Gerald Ford appointment, the Ford pardon, the "I'm in charge here" comment of 1981, and the value of the memoirs. Locker also gives his theory on who ordered the Watergate break-in and why. These two episodes are two of the best we have ever done. Check them out! Check out our FREE archives at www.MidnightWriterNews.com.

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