John Dean had a remarkable memory, but was he the "human tape recorder" that people thought he was? To find out, can compare his memory for events against a tape recording of the events that he "recalled."
For each row, judge how accurately Dean's testimony matches the transcript by clicking either the "Inaccurate" or the "Accurate" button in the far right column..
| Partial transcript of the meeting | Dean's memory of the meeting | Accurate or inaccurate recall? |
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| President: Hi, how are you? You had quite a day today, didn't you? You got Watergate on the way, didn't you? | The President asked me to sit down... |
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Dean: We tried. Haldeman: How did it all end up? |
The President then told me that "Bob"--referring to Haldeman--had kept him posted on my handling of the Watergate case. |
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Dean: Ah, I think we can well, at this point. The press is playing
it just as we expected. Haldeman: Whitewash? Dean: No, not yet--the story right now-- President: It is a big story. Haldeman: Five indicted plus the WH former guy and all that Dean: Plus two White House fellows. |
The President told me I had done a good job and he appreciated how difficult a task it had been .... |
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Haldeman: That is good; that takes the edge off whitewash, really. That was the thing Mitchell kept saying, that to people in the country Liddy and Hunt were big men. Maybe that is good. | and the President was pleased that the case had stopped with Liddy. |
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President: How did MacGregor handle himself? Dean: I think very well. He had a good statement, which said that the Grand Jury had met and that it was not time to realize that some apologies may be due. |
I responded that I could not take credit because others had done much more difficult things than I had done. |
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