and Howell insists, ''He's the most straightforward, no BS guy I've ever met.

There is no record of what he did at the meeting. He met with the chief negotiators for the enemy. He had no right to do that as a private citizen. He had no right to do it as a naval officer,

I'm a late-night guy.

[Lyndon] was the most outspoken, straightforward, determined person I'd ever encountered. I knew I'd met something remarkable-but I didn't know quite what.

We didn't have any idea of what was going on. We had no idea.

We could've met a nobody next but that would've been no use to anyone.