Newspaper Articles: Nixon tape mentioned, CBI Searches Harris's Prelude, "Mark John Doe" pleads guilty to selling Klebold the TEC-9 & Harris Ammo. He takes a small drink and tries not to Blow the safe and get it.. Mario Tama/AFP via Getty Images hide caption, Charlton Heston, then the NRA's president, delivered a defiant message at the organization's 1999 meeting: "Why us? I don't know about you guys, but I somehow have never come across this before. "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. official Columbine report, so they are public. [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. Well, you're true. Thank you for your submission to r/Columbine! Klebold: Hey mom. When hes done Eric moves to sit in another recliner with the bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey, and his sawed-off shotgun named Arlene on his lap. 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.. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold documented their madness with journals and videos. The Basement Tapes were recorded on a Columbine High School camera. Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes In the short term, it was a disastrous calculation. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Bush publicly resigned as an NRA member in protest. And, and it's gonna, it's gonna be the worst thing you can imagine.". (As a 90s kid, it was a common thing to label VHS tapes with a handwritten title or number). She tells LaPierre that even if they don't lose money, they would lose face if they canceled. Yet even though its all out there now, only a small percentage of those tapes have ever been transcribed or published. They want us to play the heavy in their drama of packaged grief. 39, No. 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. He states that there are seven and one-third days left, before listing off five names. Is this inside the Harris home???? [3][9], By design, only very few individuals (apart from Nixon and Haldeman) knew of the existence of the taping system: Butterfield, Haldeman's assistant Lawrence Higby, and the Secret Service technicians who had installed it. In this tape, Harris and Klebold are in the Harris basement-level family room. On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the tapes. Murderous Minds: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris - Columbine High School Shooting Documentary. 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. The NRA strategists on the call sounded shaken and panicked as they pondered their next step into what would become an era of routine and horrific mass school shootings. All Rights Reserved. Klebold says, Weve been planning this for over eight months., Then tape then cuts to Harris in his bedroom speaking into the camera. He can be heard on the recordings obtained by NPR calling some NRA supporters "nuts.". It has not been released. Her posture during the demonstration, dubbed the "Rose Mary Stretch", caused many political commentators to question the validity of the explanation. I think his last goodbye message describes his hatred for the school's jock-first culture. 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. If anything I publish anywhere ever disappears, I didn't take it down. hide caption. Because their story needs a villain. Indira Gandhi and Nixon talking at the White House, 1971. Reaching for the Uher 5000 stop button, she said that she mistakenly hit the button next to it, the record button. Eric's "Nixon" Tape; Were They on Psychotropic Meds? 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. For example, Eric named 5 girls who never called him back and "Bill's" transcript contains 4 out of 5 of names. Klebold: [interrupts] We did what we had to do. . When the transcript of Nixon and Kissinger talking about Gandhi became public in 2005, it became front-page news in India and drew rebukes from the countrys government. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! 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. [38], The White House released the subpoenaed tapes on August 5. Years later, White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig speculated that the erasures may conceivably have been caused by Nixon himself. With that in mind I don't think it's reasonable to conclude Wayne called because he actually knew or believed without a doubt that Eric was involved. [34], On April 11, 1974, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenaed the tapes of 42 White House conversations. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. Authorities have determined that this last piece of footage was taken roughly 30 minutes before the attack.[5]. The excerpts are from Peter Langman, PhD. [49] The facility now houses the tapes and periodically releases additional tapes to the public that are available online and in the public domain.[50][51]. 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. The tapes also show that the NRA was shaken by the negative press following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, which targeted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and other federal agencies. Wow the leader follower thing started quicker thank I thought. The Nixon tape is mentioned on page 10409 of the 11K Part of what it says: On the micro cassette tape the male voice indicates reason why these things are happening and states it will happen in "less than nine hours now." He goes on to say, "People will die because of me," and "It will be a day that will be remembered forever." Kevin Moloney/Getty Images Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. This page was last edited on 9 November 2022, at 23:19. The remainder of the tape is a description of the weapons, bombs and the suicide plan., He says this is total KMFDM and that there are 7 and 1/3 days left. He gets an odd look on his face, then says, Fuc*ing bitches. He then lists five names and says that hes going to be one tired motherfuc*er come Monday, then BOOM! They're just waiting to know. From February 1971 to July 1973, a secret taping system recorded conversations in the White House. We need to get a chain reaction going here. "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. They discuss the role of Republican politicians in the Columbine fallout as well and say they too are looking to the NRA for guidance. More than 20 were injured. They released the final batch of tapes in 2013. 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. In 1973, Haig had speculated aloud that the erasure was caused by an unidentified "sinister force. I've always wondered this,the Nixon tape doesn't really make sense. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. If we have a fuc*ing religious war or oil or anything. She has generally been straight with me.". Kevin Moloney/Getty Images All link / image posts require a submission comment to try and start a discussion. She has generally been straight with me." Great question, honestly. Theyre drinking Jack Daniels and talking about their anticipated notoriety and their hopes their videos would be shown globally. . Klebold then takes the camera and films Harris, who also records a goodbye message. This is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates." The two converse for a while, then the tape cuts out again. They struggled with whether to cancel the convention entirely, proceed with a pared-down event or just go ahead as planned. [1], In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed in the Oval Office, including in Nixon's Wilson desk, using Sony TC-800B open-reel tape recorders[2] to capture audio transmitted by telephone taps and concealed microphones. Harris tells Klebold to "say it now," prompting Klebold to begin giving a goodbye message to his friends and family. If it's hard to read, copy and paste it into a Word Document :), Scan this QR code to download the app now, https://www.researchcolumbine.com/topics-basement-tapes.php, https://www.researchcolumbine.com/topics-eric-nixon-tape.php. [21], Woods was asked to demonstrate the position in which she was sitting when the accident occurred. Again, they talk about their plans to murder people, before discussing various things such as credit card fraud and tests, and inventing excuses on why they would need certain parts that they were still to purchase for their upcoming attack, in case anyone was to ask them. [3] All locations in the White House were activated by the Executive Protective Service's "First Family Locator" system: when an officer notified the system that the president was in the Oval Office, the taping machinery switched on, ready to record when triggered by sound. Addeddate 2021-04-21 16:40:57 Identifier hitmen-for-hire An in-depth transcript of evidence item #333, courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. "You have to go forward," she says. Don't forget in the audio of brooks browns 911 call he names 3 potential suspects; Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and a redacted name. Its so strange to me that people rallied round Dylan, and against Eric the outsider. Harris: We need a fuc*ing kick start. What's the industry going to do? 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. The tape then stops once more, before cutting back to a closeup of Harris' face; he is now alone and begins to talk about his family, apologizing for the agony that he knew the coming events would put them through and telling them that it was not their fault. He turns to a page where there are figures drawn complete with ammo, bombs, and guns, all labeled. 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. BAKER: No. 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? Gotta go. Where in the home is a good question. 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.. 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. When the plumbersso called because they fixed leaksdiscovered military analyst Daniel Ellsberg had released the Pentagon Papers, they broke into his psychiatrists office to try to find information to use against him. the so-called Milk Fund and Watergate trials. 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. These home videos are what nightmares are made of and tragically, visual documentation of what Columbine High School mass murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would do on April 20, 1999. Is it known where exactly the tapes were found? Not long after the article's publication, furious family members of the deceased threatened to sue Jefferson County, considering the fact that not even they had been given access to the recordings. A few lines from it were transcribed, and appear in my book. Like in this exchange: MAKRIS: Jim, let me ask you a question. 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. A place to discuss the massacre that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO on April 20th, 1999. So much uncertainty floating around. An in-depth transcript of evidence item #265, courtesy of acolumbinesite.com. (sorry but as a car guy i find that interesting), there are photos of the car maybe u can determine what it is exactly, I checked out the pics and home video. "People will die because of me," Eric said. The next cut-in shows the two men in Klebold's bedroom, fiddling around with their weapons and securing guns to their clothing (the same clothing that they would die in). I cant help it. 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. He told NDTV: There was disappointment at the results of the meeting. It was supposed to be 500 dead and on fire, not 12 dead. 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. Some 3,000 hours of secret tapes from President Nixon have been released, but only a small percentage has been published. 10k Lead Tracking. And as you can see, the final tape was inside the camera, so wherever that was. 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. Images of students running from the school were looped on TV. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre is on the line, as is longtime NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer and advertising strategist Angus McQueen, among others. 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. 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]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It kinda sheds some new light on what his parent's might've thought about his mental state. Some one who becomes angry easily . One of those possibilities included that Klebold's hand was situated over the magazine in the leaked photos. He was still awake past 2:00 A.M., three hours before his wake-up call. 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. They talk about how they used various people to acquire their weapons, before referring to a classmate of theirs, Brandon Larson and how "you will find his body." We can't have it knocked overbrutallyto put it brutallybefore the election, he said; and Nixon responded, That's right. In the last months before the election, Nixon told Kissinger, South Vietnam probably can never even survive anyway; and I dont want it before the election with a Thiu blowup. Now keep in mind, I initially read Columbine a bit over a year ago. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Parties and banquets were planned even an appearance by a comedian. And again it seems to me you don't understand how to play the game. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? "I was talking to Nickles' office this morning, and what they told me is they're planning on sending them all to school[s] because what they wanted us to do was secretly provide them with talking points," LaPierre says. Dylan adds that they can have his things as well. very good question! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. ", 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 public didnt learn hed ordered this until 1997, when Newsweek and The Washington Post transcribed new portions of the tapes. I think we as citizens deserve to have an accurate record of presidential deliberations., However, Hughes notes that because secret taping has become a lot easier in the age of the smartphone, he wouldnt be surprised if we find out that there are other recordings of presidential conversations.. 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 argued that the 1974 act was unconstitutional because it violated the constitutional principles of separation of powers and executive privilege and infringed on his personal privacy rights and the First Amendment right of association. Would love your thoughts, please comment. [25][26], Nixon himself launched the first investigation into how the tapes were erased. I tried to look further into it, and only got links from Cullen's website. The NRA exists in part to advocate for legislation and, often, to make compromises to see bills pass into law. Im sorry, all right. Kevin Moloney/Getty Images [3] At Nixon's request, Haldeman and his staffincluding Deputy Assistant Alexander Butterfieldworked with the United States Secret Service to install a recording system. And inside, then-NRA President Charlton Heston delivered the defiant message that its leaders had planned out in their private calls a message very similar to the group's position on mass shootings today: The national media is not to be trusted, and any conversation about guns and the NRA after mass shootings is an untoward politicization of the issue.