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Alexander Porter Butterfield (born April 6, 1926) is a retired United States Air Force officer, public servant, and businessman. He served as the deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.
Sep 30, 2022 · FRED THOMPSON: Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the president? BUTTERFIELD: I was aware of listening devices. Yes, sir.
Sep 30, 2022 · SFX: Fred Thompson: Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the President? A.B.: [Long pause] I was aware of listening devices, yes sir. AB: I hated to be the guy who had to tell about the tapes. But I saw these guys I really liked and admired going off to jail, and I realized Nixon ...
Jun 28, 2022 · Soon after taking the job, Butterfield nearly quit. Nixon seemed to him “an ignorant boor, a bumpkin,” he later revealed to Bob Woodward for the 2015 book “The Last of the President’s Men
Jul 13, 2013 · Alexander Butterfield testified before the Senate Watergate Committee and revealed the existence of a secret recording system in the White House. Mr. Butterfield served as deputy assistant to ...
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John F. Kennedy Library, Presidential Tapes conference, February 16, 2003. Unofficial transcript. At the Presidential Tapes conference at the John F. Kennedy Library in February 2003, Alexander Butterfield spoke in detail about his role in setting up the Nixon taping system as well as his role in revealing its existence during a public hearing for the Senate select committee investigating the ...
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Sep 30, 2022 · Butterfield revealed that he had overseen the installation of a recording system that taped President Richard Nixon's White House conversations. Butterfield talked with his friend Tom Johnson about what led to his testimony. TOM JOHNSON: Tell me about the Nixon that you saw. ALEXANDER BUTTERFIELD: Nixon was a very controlled person.
