The President talks on the telephone, October 27, 1972. His staff created the impression of warm, sweet and nice to people, reads a lot of books, a philosopher and all that sort of thing. CORNISH: Tim Naftali is an associate professor of history at New York University. https://lostmediawiki.com/index.php?title=The_Basement_Tapes_(partially_found_Columbine_killers_video_diary;_1999)&oldid=197604. Harris: Yea . They want us to play the heavy in their drama of packaged grief. "Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues, and More Idiots: Not-So-Great Moments in Modern American Politics." Read many questions regarding the tapes, but never even considered how they where discovered. Kevin Moloney/Getty Images The ten Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who had voted against impeachment in committee announced that they would now vote for impeachment once the matter reached the House floor. How do you think we got ours? "We got a call from Congressman Tancredo, who is as good as they get, and he's nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof," says Baker. Ill get shot and die., The remainder of the tape is a description of his Writings of God, and the weapons, bombs and the suicide plan., Eric then films his planning book, calling it the Writings of God. He says his beliefs have changed somewhat during the year, over the course of time hes been writing. Thirteen people lay dead at a high school in Colorado. "The "Nixon" microcassette tape that Eric Harris recorded the night before the massacre. Is it known where exactly the tapes were He turns to a page where there are figures drawn complete with ammo, bombs, and guns, all labeled. [18], The contents missing from the recording remain unknown, though the gap occurs during a conversation between Nixon and H. R. Haldeman three days after the Watergate break-in. 1979 A mob attacked the. The Basement Tapes were filmed by the murderous architects of the Columbine Massacre. I want you to have that Fly CD. The language was Nixon language.". -We know Eric saw a psychiatrist and was prescribed antidepressants.-We know Eric's dad caught him with a pipe bomb and just made him detonate it.-We know the gun store called Eric's home phone to let him know his "ammunition was ready" and Wayne flippantly dismissed them saying he didn't order any.And we know that on the day of the attack Wayne called 911 almost immediately saying, "I think my son might be involved!" ROBINSON: No, I'm talking about something concrete PR CONSULTANT TONY MAKRIS: Like a victims fund ROBINSON: Yeah, we create a victims fund, and we, uh, we give the victims a million dollars or something like that, uh. According to Haig, the president was "spectacularly inept" at understanding and operating mechanical devices, and in the course of reviewing the tape in question, he may have caused the erasures by fumbling with the recorder's controls, though Haig could not say whether the erasures had occurred inadvertently or intentionally. And don't worry, I won't delete this content in 24 hours. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold documented their madness with journals and videos. Nixon then ranted about the kind of public image his staff should project for him. This tape begins with footage of Harris and Klebold in Harris' house on March 15, drinking Jack Daniels, and talking about how they hope that the videos that they're making will soon be shown all over the world, once their so-called "masterpiece" had been completed, and when everyone would be looking for answers as to why they committed the massacre. "Bombthreat before she blows" coincidence. This is why I've always been more interested in hearing Eric's 'Nixon' tape than seeing/hearing the basement tapes. Such a sicko, Oh it was a honda prelude? An in-depth transcript of evidence item #333, courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. She tells LaPierre that even if they don't lose money, they would lose face if they canceled. The public didnt learn hed ordered this until 1997, when Newsweek and The Washington Post transcribed new portions of the tapes. A place to discuss the massacre that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO on April 20th, 1999. Unlike some contemporary politicians, Nixon made a habit of hiding his prejudices from the public; but his tapes certainly capture them, Hughes says. [8], The tapes contain more than 3,000 hours of conversation. Three days later, it was made public during the televised testimony of Butterfield, when he was asked about the possibility of a White House taping system by Senate Counsel Fred Thompson. 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. Several sources who have seen the tapes, including various family members of the deceased, claim the total run-time to have been roughly three to four hours. The tape then finishes. I didnt like life too much and I know Ill be happy wherever the fuck I go. For instance that's not what Wayne said. Harris: Susan, [referring to his friend] sorry. Columbine High School mass murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on the day of the rampage in the school's cafeteria. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Authorities have determined that this last piece of footage was taken roughly 30 minutes before the attack.[5]. NPR has obtained more than 2 1/2 hours of recordings of those private meetings after the Columbine shooting, which offer unique insight into the NRA's deliberations in the wake of this crisis and how it has struggled to develop what has become its standard response to school shootings ever since. hide caption. https://www.researchcolumbine.com/topics-basement-tapes.phphttps://www.researchcolumbine.com/topics-eric-nixon-tape.php, I've not formatted the "Basement Tapes" page much because I am planning a 2022 release and don't want to redo my work. They had made it quite clear in the basement tapes the reasons for their actions,and were yet to record the final "goodbye" tape,so why did he feel the need to record a message on his own,at 2am in the morning,with NBK being so close risking his parents waking up and catching him? ", In 2003, a fifteen-minute recording of the killers shooting at the Rampart Range was released, and in 2004, a short film the two had created for school five months prior to the massacre titled Hitmen for Hire, both of which many people suspected to have been two of the five "Basement Tapes". Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. He spoke into a micro-cassette recorder, indicating that there were fewer than nine hours to go. He takes a small drink and tries not to [5] Nixon's refusal of a congressional subpoena to release the tapes was the basis for an article of impeachment against Nixon, and led to his subsequent resignation on August 9, 1974. Twitter/Mickeysnoel screenshotEric Harris and Dylan Klebold, This tape, transcribed by Langman, has Harris, nickname Reb, driving with Klebold to get gear; two large fuel containers and three propane bottles. Senator John C. Stennis review and summarize the tapes for accuracy and report his findings to the special prosecutor's office. This also makes me wonder if Wayne Harris saw the tape on the kitchen table before he made the 911 call or if he even noticed it before the police obtained it. We need to get a chain reaction going here. Rose Mary Woods, President Richard M. Nixon's secretary . Shortly afterward, Klebold takes the camera and aims it at Harris, who is now holding the guns. The Columbine shooting in Littleton, Colo., was at the time the deadliest school shooting since the late 1960s, threatening to provide a tragic backdrop to the NRA's previously scheduled annual. Is there anybody we ought to be talking to? Its gonna be like fucking Doom man after the bombs explode. Or was it a last ditch attempt to BE caught, he seems to have dropped so many hints and no one noticed. They want us to play the heavy in their drama of packaged grief, to provide riveting programming to run between commercials for cars and cat food," Heston said at the time to applause. The camera then cuts out and back in, still showing Harris holding the guns, but in different clothing. House Committee on Un-American Activities. NB: even the Fly CD he played when he was with Susan Dewitt, now Fly where not exactly conducive with Eric's musical taste,but the titke? They discuss the role of Republican politicians in the Columbine fallout as well and say they too are looking to the NRA for guidance. [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. It's at once hard to imagine this took place but can be. One recorder, labeled as Exhibit 60, was marked "Secret Service" and the other, Exhibit 60B, was accompanied by a foot pedal. Goodbye. [36] The Judiciary Committee rejected Nixon's edited transcripts, saying that they did not comply with the subpoena. In the ensuing firestorm, former Republican President George H.W. The transcript is around 1500 words longer than what was released by Peter Langman. Everywhere else it said it was a civic. There were a reported five tapes, two of which would later be released; one called Hitmen for Hire, and the other tape of the two shooting at Ramparts Range. 10k Lead Tracking. Ever. Is it known where exactly the tapes were found? "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.". . I remember that CLUE with a picture of a fuse is the last part of the basement tapes. [30] The panel was subsequently asked by the court to consider alternative explanations that had emerged during the hearings. [7], Just prior to assuming office in January 1969, President Nixon learned that his predecessor, Lyndon B. Johnson, had installed a system to record his meetings and telephone calls. He lacked substantial support in the Senate as well; Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott estimated that no more than 15 senators were willing to even consider acquittal. NPR reached out to the NRA and provided it with transcripts of the audio we used in this story. I don't know about you guys, but I somehow have never come across this before. 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. For images, explain its historical value or another point around which a discussion can form. They suggest that their story should be made into a film, speculating on whether Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino would direct it. i'm sorry if this is also easily found info but Wayne Harris called 911? Does that look crass or NRA LOBBYIST JIM BAKER: You mean the legislative? There, he says: "NOT IN THE COLUMBINE GUIDE: [.] An in-depth transcript of evidence item #265, courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. We had the idea before the first one ever happened. The first of these two tapes is labelled "Reb's Tape" (Reb being Harris' nickname), and shows footage of the two in the front of a car, stating that "We are on our way to get the rest of our gear", before revealing the date, April 11th, and claiming that "We've been planning this for over eight months". [8] Significant phone lines were tapped as well, including those in the Oval Office, Old Executive Office Building and the Lincoln Sitting Room, which was Nixon's favorite room in the White House. Its the letters CHS along with a drawing of a bomb with a lit fuse and, in bold black letters, the word clue., Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold: The Basement Tapes, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. He talks about specific people he will kill. [3] Three months later, microphones were added to President Nixon's private office in the Old Executive Office Building and the following year microphones were installed in the presidential lodge at Camp David. ", Over the next two decades, this unapologetic message would come to define the NRA's tone in the wake of mass shootings at American schools. All the planning was done,the VHS tapes recorded,the plans set,NBK delayed by a day because of Manes failure to turn up with extra ammunition in time for monday 19th,the original date. Finally, they talk about how they wanted copies of their videos to be sent to four news networks before Harris briefly references his journal. So it's a double-edged sword.". Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Lead Investigator Kate Battan told me there is nothing else significant on it. In the end though, I doubt we'll ever know what was on it especially in light of Jeffco announcing this past January of having destroyed the Basement Tapes and other Columbine related evidence. They then move on to discussing the weapons, before getting into their personal philosophical views, and talking about various people who they believed had done them wrong. The final image is a few seconds of the static camera facing a sign on the wall of Harris' bedroom (partially blocked by someone's arm in the camera's line of sight), with a haunting image of the letters "CHS", along with a bomb with a lit fuse, and the word "clue", written in bold black lettering. Kissinger responded that the Indians are bastards anyway, and agreed that Gandhi was a bitch. A little later, Nixon added, we really slobbered over the old witch.. [citation needed], On July 11, 2007, the National Archives was granted official control of the previously privately operated Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. hide caption. They want us to play the heavy in their drama of packaged grief." Tick, tick, tick, tick . Addeddate 2021-04-21 16:40:57 Identifier hitmen-for-hire The next footage seen is that of Klebold and Harris once again in Harris' home, with Harris filming Klebold. For example, Eric named 5 girls who never called him back and "Bill's" transcript contains 4 out of 5 of names. Dylan Klebold sits in a tan La-Z-Boy recliner in Erics basement bedroom, chewing on a toothpick while Eric Harris messes around with the now-stationary video recorder. Implement it, Nixon said, referring to a secret plan to expand government burglary and wiretapping. "[23], A variety of suggestions have been made as to who could have erased the tape. Since said 1999 screening with family members, the unreleased tapes have presumably never been seen by any members of the general public. Kissinger responded by blaming Nixon, who had conveniently died in 1994. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Kissinger mentioned this to Nixon as far back as March 1971. ", Says Hammer: "If you pull down the exhibit hall, that's not going to leave anything for the media except the members meeting, and you're going to have the wackos with all kinds of crazy resolutions, with all kinds of, of dressing like a bunch of hillbillies and idiots. The shooters' parents, as well as many families of the shooters' victims, all supported the suppression and destruction of all the tapes.[2]. Nixon was furious when The New York Times wrote about the Pentagon Papers in June 1971. On this day in 1973, J. Fred Buzhardt, a lawyer defending President Richard Nixon in the Watergate case, revealed that a key White House tape had an 18 1/2-minute gap. And they dismiss conservative politicians and gun industry representatives as largely inconsequential players, saying they will do whatever the NRA proposes. [38], The White House released the subpoenaed tapes on August 5. [3] Nixon was not the first president to record his White House conversations; President Franklin D. Roosevelt recorded Oval Office press conferences for a short period in 1940. In this tape, Harris and Klebold are in the Harris basement-level family room. "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? Columbine killers on tape. Goodbye," before Klebold sticks his face in the camera and also says "Goodbye." An overview of the history of the "Basement Tapes," courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. I specifically remember reading something about the tapes being found in Erics closet with the word CLUE written on the door/above it. If we do, its going to hurt us very badly., Prolonging a war for political gain is an abuse of government power, but there was no proof that Nixon had done this until the transcripts became public. Because their story needs a villain. [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. 3:42. It zooms in on it. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. One day after the shootings, the NRA's top executives, officials, lobbyists and public relations strategists all scrambled on to a conference call to deal with the crisis. Haa! "Screw the insurance," says Hammer. Not because guns are responsible, but because we care about these people? "Made that point earlier. "People will die because of me," Eric said. For the duration of the phone call, about five minutes, she kept her foot on the device's pedal, causing a five-minute portion of the tape to be rerecorded. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. If anything I publish anywhere ever disappears, I didn't take it down. hide caption. and our heheh, I'm trying guys, bear with me), I came across this passage: "Shortly before 11:00 A.M., Eric and Dylan set off with the arsenal[]They left two pipe bombs behind at Eric's house, six at Dylan's. They go on to talk about how they hate all races: ni**ers, spi*s, Jews, fuc*ing whites. They also mention enemies that abused them and friends who didnt do enough to defend them. The shooting was dubbed "the Columbine High School massacre" and the implications and impact of the event continue to be discussed over two decades later. "I got to tell you, we got to think this thing through, because if we tuck tail and run, we're going to be accepting responsibility for what happened out there," says NRA official Jim Land. In December 1999, Time . There are several bags on the floor, including a large maroon one. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 2.3.2Nixon tape 3Weaponry Toggle Weaponry subsection 3.1Guns 3.2Explosives 3.2.1Pipe bombs 3.2.2Cafeteria bombs 3.2.3Car bombs 3.3Knives 4The massacre Toggle The massacre subsection 4.1Planting the bombs 4.211:19 a.m.: Shooting begins 4.311:22 a.m.: Police response and West Entrance shootouts 4.411:29-11:36 a.m.: Library massacre The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973. By Brittany Shammas. "You have to go forward," she says. [8] All audio equipment was sound-activated, except in the Cabinet Room. John F. Kennedy shaking hands with Nixon before their televised debate in 1960. He even mockingly impersonated his parent's on the Basement Tapes saying something like, "If only we would've asked the right questions." 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 final report, dated May 31, 1974, found that these other explanations did not contradict the original findings. The NRA's public relations gurus weren't just worried about the propriety of the gun show, either. [38] The 80 ruling (Justice William Rehnquist recused himself because he had worked for attorney general John N. Mitchell) in United States v. Nixon found that President Nixon was wrong in arguing that courts are compelled to honor, without question, any presidential claim of executive privilege. After introducing himself he said: "my son is Eric Harris and I'm afraid that he might be involved in the shooting at Columbine High School" and more. The content of the three tapes is disturbing, shocking even. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! There are many people who know what Eric said on the tape, but cannot speak about it for legal reasons. Also, does anyone know if the tapes where labeled? In 2006, the court permitted the JCSO to release the tapes if it so chose. As such, this tape is not considered a part of the "Basement Tapes" by many people (it has been included here for reference reasons, and due to the fact that it is counted by authorities as part of evidence item #298).[4]. To protect our source and in keeping with prior practice, we did not provide the tape. very good question! .. Dylan takes the camera then and begins filming Eric. [37], Sirica, acting on a request from Jaworski, issued a subpoena for the tapes of 64 presidential conversations to use as evidence in the criminal cases against indicted former Nixon administration officials. Reaching for the Uher 5000 stop button, she said that she mistakenly hit the button next to it, the record button. Klebold: [sticks his face in the camera] Goodbye. This can be seen in an April 1971 conversation about John F. Kennedys presidential image versus his own. The final of the Basement Tape, reported to have been recorded around 30 minutes before their murderous rampage, is transcribed by Langman. They name some of the classmates they hope to murder. [3] At Nixon's request, Haldeman and his staffincluding Deputy Assistant Alexander Butterfieldworked with the United States Secret Service to install a recording system. He had a few reflections to add to his audio memoirs. 3 By Samuel W. Rushay, Jr. And so anything we do here is going to be a matter of trying to decide the best of a whole bunch of very, very bad choices.". Members of Congress, one participant says, have asked the NRA to "secretly provide them with talking points. If we have a fuc*ing religious war or oil or anything. . Dylan adds that they can have his things as well. Years later, White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig speculated that the erasures may conceivably have been caused by Nixon himself. His lower half cant be seen. Evidence Vols. Goddamn it, get in and get those files. What should be said; is that in the police report from what i remember, there were acctually more explosives recovered from Dylans house than Erics. 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. When follower or not, Dylan planned to and did murder people, he turned on everyone he had known his whole life. "The dirty secret of this day and age is that political gain and media ratings all too often bloom on fresh graves. CNN has obtained an audio tape of Harris and Klebold from a court hearing they attended last year, and CNN's Tony Clark speaks to the judge about the boys (April 27 . They attempted to use bombs on themselves as much as anybody else. In addition to mapping out their national strategy, NRA leaders can also be heard describing the organization's more activist members in surprisingly harsh terms, deriding them as "hillbillies" and "fruitcakes" who might go off script after Columbine and embarrass them. [44], After Nixon's resignation, the federal government took control of all of his presidential records, including the tapes, under the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974. Klebold says, Weve been planning this for over eight months., Then tape then cuts to Harris in his bedroom speaking into the camera. After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Share to Tumblr. Hammer, a longtime NRA lobbyist who once served as its president, weighs in with an unyielding view. Our plan is better, not like those fucks in Kentucky with camouflage and .22s. The tape was labelled "Top Secret Rampart." Initially, government investigators focused on the tapes concerning the Watergate scandal. Any thoughts? Early on the morning of the shooting, Eric made an audio recording on a tape labeled "Nixon." The name "Nixon" is not a reference to the President, but rather to the last name of a man they interviewed for a school project. 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. Erics also wearing a plaid shirt thats either dark blue or black with white, with a white t-shirt on underneath. Thank you for your submission to r/Columbine! The strategists ultimately decided that canceling their convention would deny them a platform to respond to criticism and also that a cancellation would be an opportunity for attacks by the national media. The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973.. samantha bender softball, verification of discovery responses california,
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