But by far the most interesting person was undoubtedly [Henry] Kissinger. He is showing signs of strain from the Watergate scandal. He drank very little but talked somewhat indiscreetly in front of our French guests who are bound to repeat much of what he said... ...Henry talked at the table in front of everyone about Watergate. He said the people now being exposed (like Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean, etc.) were small-town, middle-class politicians who were used to fixing municipal elections and thought they could do the same thing in the White House. He failed to mention that Nixon had, after all, brought them in and let them run wild. He also said it was all right to lie for "a great cause" but not for a small one.

In honor of the presidential inauguration today, I figured I’d share a pic of J.T. Walsh when he played in Oliver Stone’s film, Nixon, as John Ehrlichman, one of Nixon’s aides who served on the White House counsel and assistant to Nixon for Domestic Affairs.