https://lostmediawiki.com/index.php?title=The_Basement_Tapes_(partially_found_Columbine_killers_video_diary;_1999)&oldid=197604. 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. Harris: Susan, [referring to his friend] sorry. The NRA considered other options as well, as illustrated by this exchange: NRA OFFICIAL KAYNE ROBINSON: Is there something concrete that we can offer? Someone said that the Nixon Tape was found on the kitchen table at Eric Harris' house, is that confirmed and what about the other tapes? Goodbye," before Klebold sticks his face in the camera and also says "Goodbye." 43:02. Harris: Yea . House Committee on Un-American Activities. "What we're trying to avoid here, I think, is what happened after the Oklahoma City bombing," says PR adviser McQueen. But he also knew that this would probably hurt his reelection chances in 1972which is why he delayed withdrawal until 1973. The transcript is around 1500 words longer than what was released by Peter Langman. official Columbine report, so they are public. 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. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. [6], On August 19, 2013, the Nixon Library and the National Archives and Records Administration released the final 340 hours of the tapes that cover the period from April 9 through July 12, 1973. Hammer and LaPierre are also among the NRA officials who can be heard disparaging some of the group's membership. Addeddate 2021-04-21 16:40:57 Identifier hitmen-for-hire A week before that bombing, the NRA put out a fundraising letter calling the ATF "jackbooted government thugs," and after the bombing, LaPierre had defended this rhetoric. He had a few reflections to add to his audio memoirs. Nixon made this callous statement after the National Prayer Breakfast in February 1972, while talking to Chief of Staff Haldeman and Reverend Billy Graham about the Vietnam War. I always assumed it was on a poster or something rather than handwritten, and that it wasnt necessarily filmed on person. Dylan is wearing a black baseball cap on backward, exposing a B embroidered in white on the back of the hat the Boston Red Sox logo. Mario Tama/AFP via Getty Images Shortly afterward, Klebold takes the camera and aims it at Harris, who is now holding the guns. 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. The content of the three tapes is disturbing, shocking even. He claimed that it was an intensive investigation but came up empty. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Now keep in mind, I initially read Columbine a bit over a year ago. "[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. That fuc*ing shotgun [he kisses his gun] straight out of Doom. A few lines from it were transcribed, and appear in my book. "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. What? . 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. Kennedy was cold, impersonal, he treated his staff like dogs, particularly his secretaries and the others, Nixon said. 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. 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 Please enable JavaScript to pass antispam protection!Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser http://www.enable-javascript.com.Antispam by CleanTalk. Any information I receive regarding this case will be published with source approval and will not be retracted on a whim. [25][26], Nixon himself launched the first investigation into how the tapes were erased. [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. Cabinet Room Recordings: Tape #s 47 - 129. On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the tapes. From the time that the federal government seized his records until his death, Nixon was locked in frequent legal battles over control of the tapes. They ponder if the police will watch the entire footage of the tapes, then suggest that the authorities would probably slice the footage up, omitting certain parts to convey a specific image of the killers, twisting their words so to speak. He can be heard on the recordings obtained by NPR calling some NRA supporters "nuts.". [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. He didn't get a lot of sleep last night, if any. A school bus in 1999 passes a billboard advertising the NRA's annual meeting in Denver, previously scheduled to take place just 10 days after the shooting at Columbine High School. Tips (Interviews) 3. Its about a half an hour before our little judgment day. He takes a small drink and tries not to Only 200 of the 3,500 hours contain references to Watergate[10] and less than 5% of the recorded material has been transcribed or published. and our On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [3] The system was expanded to include other rooms within the White House and Camp David. Publication date 2019-01-22 Topics Columbine, Columbine Massacre, Columbine High Massacre, Columbine High School Massacre, Columbine Shooting, Columbine High Shooting, Columbine High School Shooting, Dylan Klebold Language English. It's just strange,obviously I could be and probably an wrong,but a part of me always thinks he wanted to be caught as an excuse to back out. 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. Called the Basement Tapes because each was filmed in a basement family room in the Harris house. [3] The system was turned off on July 18, 1973, two days after it became public knowledge as a result of the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee hearings. 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. Harris once again mentions Brandon Larson and talks about his head being on his knife (despite the two threats made towards Larson in the videos, he did not end up being one of their victims). The NRA ultimately decided to hold its convention in Denver after the shootings, albeit vastly scaled down in size. The other three tapes, the Basement Tapes, were under a court-ordered seal. Is there anybody we ought to be talking to? Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre is on the line, as is longtime NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer and advertising strategist Angus McQueen, among others. 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.. I just wanted to apologize to you guys for any crap this might instigate as far as [inaudible] or something. I've always wondered this,the Nixon tape doesn't really make sense. What would Vietnam have looked like if the war had ended earlier? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. "People will die because of me," Eric said. 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. She has generally been straight with me.". The tape then ends.[3]. And in fact, the report Nixon was so concerned about doesnt seem to have existed. [1], However, in February 2015, word surfaced that the unreleased tapes had been approved for destruction by Sheriff Ted Mink of Jefferson County, Colorado in 2011. Baker can also be heard telling others not to worry about the stance of the firearms industry. Would love your thoughts, please comment. CORNISH: Tim Naftali is an associate professor of history at New York University. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. Finally, they talk about how they wanted copies of their videos to be sent to four news networks before Harris briefly references his journal. When Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman suggested that you could blackmail Johnson on this stuff, Nixon said they should steal the report to blackmail him.. The Nixon Library is currently releasing the fifth and final chronological release in batches. 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. Kissinger responded by blaming Nixon, who had conveniently died in 1994. He said that when he later heard that 18 minutes were missing, "I practically blew my stack. Sorry. Klebold then takes the camera and films Harris, who also records a goodbye message. Roche published an article for Times on the tapes on December 20 soon after viewing them, dubbing them the "Basement Tapes". "For NRA to scrap this and the amount of money that we have spent ". 1979 A mob attacked the. And again it seems to me you don't understand how to play the game. Furthermore, iirc Wayne didn't call until around 1 pm(unless he made another call that isn't included in the 911 log) At that time people already knew Eric was one of the perpetrators and his name had even been mentioned on live tv. The tape then finishes. All Rights Reserved. Here is a quote from it. This led to an exodus of some half a million members a number that has never been reported prior to now. 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. They attempted to use bombs on themselves as much as anybody else. And it makes me wonder just what exactly was going on in their household. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. 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 NRA exists in part to advocate for legislation and, often, to make compromises to see bills pass into law. Also, does anyone know if the tapes where labeled? [30] The panel was subsequently asked by the court to consider alternative explanations that had emerged during the hearings. "It will be a day that will be remembered forever."[p.337]. Charlton Heston (left), then president of the NRA, meets with fellow leaders Wayne LaPierre (far right) and Jim Baker (center) on April 30, 1999, ahead of the NRA's annual meeting in Denver. (As a 90s kid, it was a common thing to label VHS tapes with a handwritten title or number). He then begins to apologise to various friends for what he had planned to do, talks about how "It's a weird feeling knowing you're going to be dead in two and a half weeks", about whether he "should do it before or after prom", and that he would have liked to have re-visited Michigan and some "old friends." Weapons can be seen on the floor, such as pipe bombs (which Harris begins to describe in detail), as well as two guns (a sawn-off shotgun and a carbine) and two boxes of bullets. Nixon knew that he couldnt win the Vietnam War, and that as soon as American troops pulled out, Nguyn Vn Thius U.S.-backed government in the south would fall to the north. [45][46], The legal disputes would continue for 25 years, past Nixon's death in 1994. ", 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". Did we ever hear more about that? "That's one very good argument, Jim," replies PR consultant Tony Makris. Since said 1999 screening with family members, the unreleased tapes have presumably never been seen by any members of the general public. [19] Nixon claimed not to know the topics discussed during the gap. 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. Columbine Tapes. However, at the time of the erasure (probably the Fall of 1973 . [34], On April 11, 1974, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenaed the tapes of 42 White House conversations. LAPIERRE: Do you think they have a preference, Jim? A 7-hour gap in Trump's calls evokes a missing spot on Nixon's tapes. It zooms in on it. Im sorry, all right. It was all just their own paranoia.. Its at once hard to imagine this took place but can be imagined visually by reading the descriptive transcripts.