LBJ not only refused them, but humiliated them, cursing them "obscenely" per the narrative written by the Marine aide to the chiefs.
"The Day It Became The Longest War" appeared in the May, 1996 Proceedings of the Naval Institute.
Six years later John Kerry would lie before the Senate and negotiate with the head of the Viet Cong team in Paris (Binh there, done that).
While Felt--boohooing over not getting Hoover's legacy after the May, 1972 death--broke the law, violated his oath, blabbing to WaPo Woodstein.
And Felt is a heeero?
I side with the eloquent Ben Stein.
For an excellent statement that Clinton is the Nixon the Left warned us about, see Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, Regnery, 1998.
And how about Admiral Moorer as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs conducting espionage on Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig?
Precisely what was the reason for that? Treason?
Felt's a Hooverboy. See how he leaked on Agnew too?
Them Hooverboys did that kinda sh!t all the time.