"WHATIFIWERETOTELLYOU" "THAT THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR" "DEMOCRACY IS ACTUALLY MISSING?" "IN 1792, STONEMASONS LAID THE" "CORNERSTONE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE." "IT'S THE FIRST GOVERNMENT" "BUILDING IN WASHINGTON." "NOW, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STONE" "VARY FROM SOMETHING SMALL THAT" "YOU CAN CARRY TO SOMETHING" "THAT'S MASSIVE." "THE MEN WHO PLACED IT WERE" "BROTHERS IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S" "MOST SECRETIVE ORGANIZATIONS " "OF COURSE, THE FREEMASONS." "THE DAY AFTER IT'S PLACED, THE" "STONE VANISHES." "THIS THING JUST DISAPPEARS." "[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]" "SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE STONE" "WAS INSCRIBED BY OUR FOUNDING" "FATHERS." "OTHERS SAY IT WAS HOLLOW, THAT" "IT CONTAINED LANDMARK DOCUMENTS" "OF GREAT, UNIMAGINED WISDOM." "MANY BELIEVE THIS WAS STOLEN BY" "THE MASONS THEMSELVES." "BUT THEY, OF COURSE, DENY ANY" "INVOLVEMENT." "WHATEVER THE CASE, NOBODY HAS" "SEEN THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE" "FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, AND LET" "ME TELL YOU RIGHT NOW " " I WANT" "TO KNOW WHY." "I'M BRAD MELTZER." "I'VE SPENT MY LIFE COLLECTING" "STORIES." "THE BEST INCLUDE SIGNS, SYMBOLS," "AND CODES, SECRET MEANINGS THAT" "ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT." "SOME HAVE BECOME THE BASIS FOR" "MY NOVELS, BUT I'VE ONLY" "SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF WHAT'S" "OUT THERE." "AND NOW..." "HISTORY HAS GIVEN ME THE" "RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE THE" "REST." "THIS IS "DECODED."" "[ Telephone ringing ]" "WHITE HOUSE." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "HEY!" "HEY,BRAD!" "LISTEN,WEGOTYOURMESSAGE," "AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE" "WHITE HOUSE, MAN." "NOONEKNOWSWHERETHEFIRST" "PIECE OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS TO" "THIS DAY." "AND WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT THE" "VERY FIRST PIECE OF" "THE WHITE HOUSE IS MISSING, I" "WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT WENT." "WELL,BRAD,WHENYOU SAY ," ""MISSING," WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "MAYBEIT'STHATIT'SINA" "DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE THOUGHT." "IT COULD BE THAT SOMEONE TOOK" "IT." "SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S HOLLOW" "AND IT CONTAINS SOMETHING" "SPECIAL." "YOU KNOW, WHEN THE MASONS GET" "INVOLVED, THE TALES GET LARGER" "AND LARGER." "WE HAVE THE TOOLS, AND WE GOT TO" "USE IT." "WE GOT TO FIND IT." "SO,NOPRESSURE" ""TEAM, FIND THE CORNERSTONE."" "[ Chuckling ] OKAY." "THEWHITEHOUSEMIGHTBETHE" "MOST FAMOUS HOME IN THE WORLD." "BUT THE SECRET SERVICE IS VERY" "PROTECTIVE OF THE EXACT FLOOR" "PLAN, SO DECODING IT, OF COURSE," "FASCINATES ME." "WHEN PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FIRST" "MOVED IN IN 1800, IT WAS THE" "BIGGEST HOME IN AMERICA -- 28,000 SQUARE FEET." "TODAY THE BLACK BURN MARKS STILL" "EXIST " " YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE" "BASEMENT'S ORIGINAL SANDSTONE" "STRUCTURE " " FROM WHERE THE" "BRITISH SET FIRE TO THE" "WHITE HOUSE IN 1814." "ORIGINALLY, IT WAS KNOWN AS THE" ""PRESIDENT'S PALACE" OR THE" ""EXECUTIVE MANSION."" "BUT IT WAS TEDDY ROOSEVELT WHO" "EMBOSSED STATIONERY WITH THE" "TERM "WHITE HOUSE" ON IT IN 1901, UNINTENTIONALLY RENAMING" "THE BUILDING FOR" "MARTHA WASHINGTON'S CHILDHOOD" "HOME IN VIRGINIA." "WHILE HEAVILY GUARDED NOW, UP" "UNTIL THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION," "YOU COULD ACTUALLY DRIVE UNDER" "THE NORTH PORTICO IN YOUR CAR" "AND PUT UP THE TOP ON YOUR" "CONVERTIBLE DURING A RAIN STORM." "THE WEST WING WAS COMPLETED IN 1930, AND THE WHITE HOUSE" "COMPLEX, AS IT'S CALLED TODAY," "MEASURES SOME 55,000 SQUARE" "FEET..." "DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE." "IT'S GOT A BOWLING ALLEY," "JOGGING TACK, MOVIE THEATER, ITS" "VERY OWN FLOWER SHOP..." "BUT HERE'S THE BEST SECRET " "WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE" "GROUND-FLOOR CORRIDOR, YOU'LL" "SEE TWO STATUES." "MAKE A TURN BETWEEN THOSE." "YOU'LL BE IN A SMALL ROOM WITH" "CHAIRS STACKED TO THE CEILING." "THAT'S WHERE THEY STORE THE" "CHAIRS FOR THE STATE DINNER." "WHEN YOU GO OUT THE OTHER SIDE" "OF THAT ROOM, HEAD DOWN THE" "NARROW CORRIDOR." "WHEN YOU HIT THE DEAD END, MAKE" "A RIGHT-HAND TURN." "YOU'LL SEE A STEEL DOOR." "THAT IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BOMB" "SHELTER, THE TRUE, HIDDEN," "SECRET TUNNEL THAT'S BELOW" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE OF" "THE WHITE HOUSE WE'RE TALKING" "ABOUT." "IT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF OUR" "DEMOCRACY, AND IT'S MISSING." "POWERFUL PEOPLE HAVE SEARCHED" "FOR THE CORNERSTONE." "NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THIS" "THING IS." "THAT, TO ME, IS THE DEFINITION" "OF A GOOD MYSTERY." "WHEREDOYOUTHINKITWOULD" "HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN?" "THEMASONSTYPICALLYLAID" "THEM IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER." "SO, HERE'S THE NORTHEAST SIDE." "IDON'TEVENKNOW,REALLY," "WHAT A CORNERSTONE IS OR HOW BIG" "WERE THEY, HOW HEAVY WERE THEY." "IFYOUGETMEMATERIALAND" "SIZE, I CAN CALCULATE HOW HEAVY" "IT IS." "OKAY." "HOWDOYOUDOTHAT ?" "IS THAT LIKE A MATHEMATICAL" "FORMULA?" "YEAH,IT'SJUSTDENSITY" "AND SIZE." "BUT IT'S GONNA BE AROUND, I" "DON'T KNOW, 150 POUNDS." "MYFAVORITETHINGABOUT" "McKINLEY IS THAT, AS A" "MECHANICAL ENGINEER..." "WOW." "...SHENEEDSEVERYTHINGTOBE" "PROVEN USING MATH OR SCIENCE." "SHE DOESN'T MAKE GUESSES." "SHE FINDS FACTS, AND WE NEED" "THAT." "AND HERE, HER DAD WAS A MASON," "SO SHE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW" "THEY WORK, TOO." "HERE'SWHAT'SINTRIGUINGME." "BRAD SAID THAT THE ANSWER LIES" "WITH THE MASONS." "I THINK THEY'RE BEHIND THIS," "BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE SECRETS" "THEY HAVE, MAYBE THEY THINK" "THERE'S SOME KIND OF POWER THEY" "GET FROM STEALING" "THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE." "I MEAN, IT'S DISTINCTLY POSSIBLE" "THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE" "BEHIND THIS." "HONESTLY,I 'MKINDOF" "DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU WOULD GO" "THERE." "WHY WOULD YOU JUST GO, "THE" "MASONS," LIKE EVERY OTHER" "CONSPIRACY THEORIST?" "YOU HAVEN'T EVEN MET THEM." "LET'SSEEWHATTHEY" "LOOK LIKE." "I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE." "YOUKNOWWHAT?" "THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE HORNS" "COMING OUT OF THEIR HAIR, 'CAUSE" "MY DAD DIDN'T." "HE WAS A MASON." "ISTILLTHINKTHEY'VEGOTTHE" "INFORMATION, THEY HOLD THE KEY" "TO THIS." "SCOTT'SA FORMERPROSECUTOR." "YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?" "IT MEANS HE'S LIED TO EVERY DAY." "NO ONE TELLS HIM THE TRUTH." "SO SCOTT'S A SKEPTIC BY NATURE." "HE QUESTIONS EVERYTHING, BUT HE" "ALWAYS FOLLOWS THE EVIDENCE." "OKAY,I 'MONTHECORNERSTONE." "WHAT IS IT?" "WHAT WAS IT FOR?" "I'VE GOT TO HIT" "THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS." "THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME" "DOCUMENTARY, HISTORICAL EVIDENCE" "OF WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE MOMENT" "IT WAS LAID THERE ALL THE WAY TO" "THE LAST TIME ANYONE KNOWS" "ANYTHING ABOUT IT." "WHATI LIKEABOUTBUDDYIS" "THAT HE ASKS THE QUESTIONS THAT" "I WOULD ASK." "AND HE HAS THIS UNCANNY ABILITY" "TO USE THAT CHARM TO GET PEOPLE" "TO TALK TO HIM." "WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH" "THE CORNERSTONE, THIS IS GONNA" "BE ESSENTIAL FOR US." "OKAY,WENEEDTOFIND OUT" "WHO'S LOOKED FOR THIS THING," "WHAT DID THEY FIND, WHAT DIDN'T" "THEY FIND." "I'MGONNABE WITHYOU ?" "YES,ANDWE 'REGONNATALK" "ABOUT THE MASONS, AND I'M GONNA" "PROVE TO YOU WHAT I'M SAYING." "AREYOUGUYSGOOD?" "ITHINKWE 'REGOOD." "WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW." "I'M KEEPING AN OPEN MIND." "IFHEKEEPSTALKINGCRAZY," "WE'RE NOT GOOD." "I'MKEEPINGAN OPENMIND." "WELL,LET'SDO IT ." "SONOWIT 'STIMETODIVIDE" "AND CONQUER TO MAKE SURE WE" "COVER MORE TERRITORY." "MAC AND SCOTT ARE GONNA GO SPEAK" "TO A GUY WHO'S AN EXPERT ON THE" "WHITE HOUSE, AND HE KNOWS ABOUT" "PREVIOUS SEARCHES THERE, WHAT" "MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE" "PAST." "VERYNICETO MEETYOU ." "ATTHESAMETIME,BUDDY'S" "GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT" "CORNERSTONES ACTUALLY" "PHYSICALLY ARE." "INWASHINGTON,THE" "CORNERSTONES SERVED A DUAL" "PURPOSE." "THEY WERE FUNCTIONAL, BUT THEY" "WERE SYMBOLIC OF THIS NEW" "GOVERNMENT, THIS NEW ORDER." "SO IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT" "STONE OF THE BUILDING." "WHATABOUTTHESIZEOFONEOF" "THE STONES " " THE ACTUAL SIZE IN" "DIMENSIONS?" "WELL,ITDEPENDSONWHICH" "BUILDING." "LET'SSAYTHESE." "THISISGRANITE." "6 1/2' x 6 1/2' x 2 1/2' HIGH." "BYCOMPARISON,HOWMUCH" "LARGER WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE" "CORNERSTONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE" "MIGHT BE?" "WELL,THEWHITEHOUSE,YOU" "KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW" "SPECIFICALLY." "IT WAS SAID TO BE A LARGE STONE" "THAT WAS PLACED THERE." "IUNDERSTANDTHATSOMETIMES" "THERE ARE BRASS PLAQUES OR" "PLATES PUT IN A CORNERSTONE." "WELL,CERTAINLYFOR" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "THERE WAS A BRASS PLAQUE THAT" "WAS PLACED UNDER THE CORNERSTONE" "AT THE WHITE HOUSE, LISTING THE" "PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, MAYBE A" "BLESSING, THE DATE THAT IT WAS" "PLACED." "SO,I 'MWONDERINGIF" "CORNERSTONES ARE EVER USED AS A" "SORT OF TIME CAPSULE." "YES." "SOME EARLY CORNERSTONES WERE" "HOLLOWED OUT." "OKAY." "ANDA ZINCOR COPPER" "CONTAINER WAS PLACED INSIDE AND" "THEN SEALED." "I'MWONDERINGIF THEREMIGHT" "BE SOMETHING WORTH FINDING IN" "THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE." "THETHINGTHATWOULDBEWORTH" "FINDING WOULD BE THE BRASS" "PLAQUE." "FROMWHATIUNDERSTAND," "CORNERSTONES WERE EITHER" "CEREMONIAL OR FUNCTIONAL, SO THE" "IDEA THAT CORNERSTONES WERE" "SOMETIMES USED AS TIME CAPSULES" "MADE ME THINK IT'S EVEN MORE" "LIKELY THAT SOMEONE STOLE IT." "SO,SCOTT,SOMESERIOUS" "PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED FOR THIS." "YES." "PRESIDENTSHAVESEARCHED" "FOR THIS CORNERSTONE." "I THINK THE FIRST SEARCH WAS" "PROBABLY TEDDY ROOSEVELT." "THEY KNEW THE STONE WAS LAID" "MASONICALLY, AND KNOWING THAT" "MASONS ALWAYS PUT THEIR" "CORNERSTONES IN THE NORTHEAST," "OF COURSE, THEY LOOKED IN THE" "NORTHEAST CORNER." "RIGHT." "BUTWHATDIDTHEYFIND ?" "NOTHING." "REALLY?" "THENEXTSEARCHCAMEDURING" "TRUMAN'S ADMINISTRATION, AND" "THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A" "WORLD WAR II MINE DETECTOR TO" "THE BUILDING." "NO LUCK." "COULDN'T FIND IT, EITHER." "GEORGE BUSH SR." "WAS IN OFFICE" "DURING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE" "LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE, SO," "OF COURSE, THEY WANTED TO FIND" "IT, BUT THEY COULDN'T, SO..." "JUSTCAN'TFINDIT?" "JUSTCAN'TFINDIT." "TO THIS DAY, STILL A MYSTERY." "WERETHEYHIDINGITIN" "ANOTHER CORNER?" "ITHINKTHATWOULDBEA" "GREAT IDEA." "WHAT BETTER WAY TO KEEP IT A" "SECRET THAN PUT IT SOMEWHERE" "CONTRARY TO WHERE YOU NORMALLY" "PUT YOUR CORNERSTONE?" "WHYDOYOUCAREABOUTTHIS?" "THECORNERSTONE?" "YEAH." "IAMAMASONMYSELF." "YOU'REA MASON?" "YES." "I AMAMEMBEROF" "FEDERAL LODGE NUMBER ONE, AND," "BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS" "STARTED BY JAMES HOBAN, WHO WAS" "THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER OF" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "INTERESTING." "OKAY." "THEFREEMASONSHAVESPENT" "CENTURIES COLLECTING THE MOST" "POWERFUL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY." "EIGHT SIGNERS OF THE" "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WERE" "FREEMASONS, NINE SIGNERS OF THE" "U.S. CONSTITUTION, AND 14 TIMES" "THEY TOOK THE WHITE HOUSE." "YOU'RE TELLING ME 14 PRESIDENTS" "ARE PART OF THE SAME SECRET" "CLUB?" "I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S IN THAT" "CLUB." "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO." "DOYOUTHINKIT'STHERE?" "IWANTTO BELIEVETHATIT'S" "THERE." "WHYDOYOUWANTTOBELIEVE" "THAT?" "IMEAN,THISISTHEFIRST" "STONE DEDICATED FOR OUR NEW" "CAPITAL CITY." "YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE" "FOUNDING OUR GOVERNMENT, THE" "IDEA WAS NOT THAT IT WOULD LAST" "FOR 5 OR 50 OR 500 YEARS BUT TO" "LAST FOREVER, AND I THINK THIS" "STONE IS A SYMBOL OF THAT." "SCOTT,MAYBETHESTONEIS" "ACTUALLY MISSING." "SURE." "UM..." "THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT" "IT'S MISSING." "WHOWOULDWANTTOSTEAL" "THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE?" "YOUKNOW..." "TRYINGTO THINK" "HOW I SHOULD ANSWER THAT" "QUESTION." "MAYBE " " MAYBE SOMEONE WHO WOULD" "WANT TO KEEP IT A SECRET TO" "PRESERVE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT" "IT LASTS FOREVER." "WHOWOULDWANTTO" "WAIT ," "WHO WOULD WANT TO KEEP IT A" "SECRET?" "UM..." "YOU?" "THEMASONS?" "I-I-IMEAN,POSSIBLY." "I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE" "FREEMASONS ARE KNOWN TO PRESERVE" "THE ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE." "YOU KNOW, WHENEVER CORNERSTONES" "ARE LAID, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE" "NORTHEAST CORNER, YET IT MIGHT" "NOT BE IN THAT CORNER." "MAYBE THEY LAID IT SOMEWHERE" "ELSE." "THISISWHENITGOTMUCHMORE" "INTERESTING." "IT CERTAINLY MADE ME THINK THE" "MASONS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND," "POSSIBLY, THE MOTIVE." "I'MTRYINGTO FIGUREOUT THE" "LOCATION OF THIS WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE." "DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN THE" "ARCHIVES ON THE CORNERSTONE" "SPECIFICALLY?" "WELL,LET'SLOOK." "WHITEHOUSECORNERSTONE" "I WOULD THINK THERE'D BE PAGES" "THAT WOULD COME UP." "IONLYHAVEONE SPECIFIC" "ACCOUNT." "YOU'REKIDDING." "NO." "THERE'SONEDOCUMENT?" "RIGHT." "THAT'SREMARKABLE." "WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA NEED" "THAT ONE." "HERE." "FOLLOWME ." "YOUKNOW,IN MY EXPERIENCE," "THERE ARE USUALLY VOLUMES" "WRITTEN ON HISTORICAL EVENTS" "LIKE THE LAYING OF THE" "CORNERSTONE." "THE FACT THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE" "SINGLE LETTER IN THIS CASE WAS" "VERY SUSPICIOUS TO ME." "OKAY." "SO,THISISTHE" "CITY GAZETTE, PRINTED" "NOVEMBER 15, 1792." "WHOA." "THEREIT IS ." ""A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN" "PHILADELPHIA TO HIS FRIEND IN" "CHARLESTON, DATED" "OCTOBER 20, 1792."" ""FROM A GENTLEMAN IN" "PHILADELPHIA" " "THAT'S INTERESTING." "IT'S A NAMELESS GENTLEMAN." "SO, "ON SATURDAY, THE 13th, THE" "FIRST STONE WAS LAID IN THE" "SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE" "PRESIDENT'S HOUSE."" "THE SOUTHWEST CORNER." "SOUTHWESTCORNER,NOTWHAT" "WE'D THINK." "OH,MYWORD." "OKAY, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE AFTER" "THE CEREMONY, THEY PROCEEDED TO" "PARTAKE IN 16 DIFFERENT TOASTS," "WHICH, WHENEVER I'VE TAKEN 16" "SHOTS, IT'S BEEN HARD FOR ME TO" "FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS WERE." "DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO" "THE ORIGINAL LETTER?" "SOMEHOW,ITRESURFACEDIN 1946." "ISTHEREANYEXPLANATIONFOR" "WHERE IT WAS IN THE INTERVENING 150 YEARS?" "WE'RENOTSUREWHATHAPPENED." "IT IS." "THISCONCERNSME ,BECAUSEHOW" "DO WE EVEN KNOW THAT THIS" "LETTER, WRITTEN BY A NAMELESS" "AUTHOR, IS AN ACTUAL ACCOUNT?" "WEHAVENO WAYOFKNOWING." "HMM." "OKAY,HERE'SWHATITHINK" "WHEN YOU WRITE SOMETHING" "SECRETLY, THEN THERE'S GOT TO BE" "SOME TRUTH IN THERE." "THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT," "FOR SOME REASON, YOU DON'T WANT" "PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU GAVE" "AWAY, AND THAT, TO ME, IS ONE OF" "THE MOST TRUSTED SOURCES OF" "HISTORY." "HEY,BUDDY." "HEY,I JUSTGOTBACKFROM THE" "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AND IT'S" "REALLY, REALLY WEIRD." "IN THE ENTIRE" "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THERE'S ONE" "LETTER THAT DESCRIBES THE" "CORNERSTONE CEREMONY." "WHATDOYOUMEAN,ONE?" "IDON'TUNDERSTANDIT." "WHATDIDIT SAY?" "ITSAYSTHATTHE CORNERSTONE" "WAS LAID IN THE SOUTHWEST" "CORNER." "THAT" "WAIT,WHAT?" "YEAH,ITSAYSINTHE" "SOUTHWEST CORNER." "THENTHATWASINTENTIONAL." "YEAH." "DOI KNOWIF THEMASONSSTOLE" "THE CORNERSTONE?" "OF COURSE NOT." "BUT I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE " "THAT THE EVIDENCE IS STARTING TO" "MOUNT AGAINST THEM." "THE MASONS PLACED THE" "CORNERSTONE IN A STRANGE" "LOCATION, AND THEN THEY BARELY" "SPEAK ABOUT IT OR WRITE ABOUT IT" "FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS." "SEVERAL PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING" "HARRY TRUMAN, A 33rd-DEGREE" "MASON HIMSELF, HAVE LOOKED FOR" "IT, AND NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO" "FIND THIS THING." "WHAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT NOW IS" "IF THE MASONS HAVE A REASON TO" "LIE." "WHY WOULD THEY STEAL THE" "CORNERSTONE?" "WHY WOULD THEY HIDE IT?" "AND IF SO, WHAT IS THAT MOTIVE?" "THE CORNERSTONE OF THE" "WHITE HOUSE " " THE VERY FIRST" "STONE LAID IN OUR CAPITAL " "HAS BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN 215 YEARS." "AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT IS." "AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DENY IT," "ALL SIGNS SEEM TO POINT TO THE" "ULTRA-SECRETIVE ORGANIZATION" "KNOWN AS THE FREEMASONS." "THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE PLAY THE" "SCARY MUSIC." "THEY SAY THEY'RE THE LIKELY" "CULPRITS THAT TOOK IT." "THE MASONS, OF COURSE, CLAIM" "THAT THEY'RE INNOCENT." "BUT LET'S BE CLEAR " " THERE ARE" "MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK JUST THE" "OPPOSITE." "[ CARILLON PLAYS ]" "IDOTAKEACRITICALVIEWOF" "MASONRY, DEFINITELY." "THE GREATER POPULATION OF" "FREEMASONRY " " THE AVERAGE MASON" "THAT YOU WOULD MEET " " IS" "PROBABLY A VERY MORAL," "UPSTANDING MEMBER OF THE" "COMMUNITY." "MY REAL CONTENTION IS WITH WHAT" "I WOULD CALL THE "INNER CORE" OF" "FREEMASONRY " " THIS HANDFUL OF" "ELITE ADEPTS, CALLED THE "INNER" "CIRCLE" OR "INNER CABAL" " " AND" "THE INNER DOCTRINES OF MASONRY" "THAT THEY INTENTIONALLY HIDE" "FROM THE LOW-LEVEL MASONS WHO" "HAVEN'T PROGRESSED AS FAR IN" "THE CRAFT." "WHATARETHEYHIDING?" "THEIRULTIMATEAGENDA,WHICH" "IS THE NEW WORLD ORDER." "THIS INNER CIRCLE, THIS" "INNER CABAL, WANT TO ULTIMATELY" "RULE THE WORLD." "AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WILL" "BE FORCED TO CONFORM TO THIS" "BELIEF SYSTEM, AND THOSE WHO" "DON'T CONFORM WILL BE KILLED." "ANDYOUBELIEVETHAT'SWHAT" "THEY BELIEVE?" "WELL,I KNOWTHAT'SWHATTHEY" "BELIEVE, 'CAUSE I'VE READ THEIR" "WRITINGS." "A LOT OF THEIR BOOKS THAT WERE" "RESERVED ONLY FOR MASONS HAVE" "MADE THEIR WAY OUT INTO THE" "PUBLIC, AND PEOPLE SCAN THEM" "ONTO THE INTERNET." "SO A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS" "LAID OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE" "BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GO AND" "SEEK IT OUT." "ASWELLRESEARCHEDAS" "CHRIS PINTO'S IDEAS SEEM TO BE," "I JUST DID NOT BUY IT." "I FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT" "MY DAD WAS MIXED UP WITH GUYS" "BENT ON WORLD DOMINATION." "DOYOUTHINKIT'SPOSSIBLE," "THEN, BASED ON EVERYTHING YOU'VE" "TOLD US, THAT THE MASONS COULD" "HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE" "DISAPPEARANCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE?" "WELL,CERTAINLY." "IF THERE WAS SOMETHING INSIDE" "THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE," "THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED WOULD" "SEE THE CORNERSTONE AS POSSIBLY" "SOME KIND OF TALISMAN OF POWER," "IF YOU WILL." "HOWFARDO YOUTHINKTHE" "INNER CIRCLE ARE WILLING TO GO" "TO MAINTAIN THEIR SECRETS?" "THESEAREGUYSWHO HAVESWORN" "BLOOD OATHS TO HAVE THEIR" "THROATS CUT AND TO BE" "DISEMBOWELED BEFORE THEY REVEAL" "THE SECRETS OF THEIR ORDER." "AND FREEMASONRY HAS A RECORD OF" "SO CAREFULLY GUARDING THEIR" "SECRETS THAT THEY'VE EVEN BEEN" "WILLING TO KILL PEOPLE TO" "PROTECT THEM." "REALLY?" "OH,YEAH." "ANDWILLINGTO KILL" "PEOPLE, OR..." "WILLINGTOKILLPEOPLE,AND" "THEY HAVE KILLED PEOPLE." "ISTHEREAN EXAMPLEOFTHAT ?" "SURE." "PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE" "OF ALL IS THE CASE OF" "CAPTAIN WILLIAM MORGAN BACK" "IN 1826." "ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNTS OF" "THAT TIME, MORGAN HAD BEEN A" "FREEMASON, AND SO HE PUBLISHED" "THEIR RITUALS FOR EVERYONE" "TO SEE." "AND SO THEY KIDNAPPED HIM." "AND THEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT A" "COUNCIL OF MASONS HAD DETERMINED" "THAT HE NEEDED TO DIE." "AND THEY MURDERED HIM." "DOYOUTHINKTHATCOULD" "HAPPEN AGAIN?" "IDOBELIEVETHATTHAT KIND" "OF THING CONTINUES TO GO ON EVEN" "TODAY." "THEREARESOMEWHO WOULD" "WRITE OFF CHRIS PINTO'S" "SUSPICIONS AS EXTREME, AND I'M" "ONE OF THEM." "BUT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA GET" "TO THE TRUTH IS BY TALKING TO" "EVERYONE." "YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO AND" "CONSIDER EVERY THEORY," "ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING" "WITH THE MASONS." "THEY'RE A SECRET SOCIETY." "THEY KEEP SECRETS." "THAT'S WHAT THEY DO." "BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE" "MASONS DON'T WANT TO TALK TO US." "I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT AND" "THEY DON'T REALLY MEAN IT, BUT" "THE MASONS DON'T WANT TO TALK TO" "ANYONE." "AND YOU KNOW WHY?" "BECAUSE EVERYBODY BURNS THEM." "EVERYONE BLAMES THEM FOR EVERY" "BAD THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN" "THIS WORLD." "BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO GET" "BEHIND THE WALL OF SECRECY" "THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR CENTURIES." "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "[ POOL BALLS CLACKING ]" "ALLRIGHT." "OH!" "IGOTTO HEARABOUT" "MR. PINTO." "YEAH." "WHAT'STHISGUYABOUT?" "YOUWANTTO START?" "THEMOSTINTERESTINGTHINGTO" "ME IS THAT THERE IS A SANE," "INTELLIGENT, WELL-RESEARCHED GUY" "SITTING THERE COMPLETELY" "SINCERELY TELLING US THAT THE" "MASONS ARE MURDERERS, THERE'S A" "NEW WORLD ORDER COMING." "I DIDN'T THINK HE SAID ANYTHING" "THAT WAS TRULY CREDIBLE." "OH, DEAR." "WELL,IFTHISORGANIZATION" "BELIEVES THIS, AND THEY'RE" "RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING THE" "WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE..." "THEORGANIZATIONDOESN'T" "BELIEVE THAT." "...THEYABSOLUTELYCOULDBE" "RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS" "DISAPPEARANCE." "THEYPUTIT THERE." "YEAH,ANDTHENTHEYTAKE IT" "AWAY SO THEY CAN GET IT." "THAT'STRUE." "THEY PUT IT THERE AND LATER CAME" "AND GOT IT?" "I'MNOTSAYINGIWAS" "CONVINCED." "I'M JUST SAYING THAT SOME OF" "THIS STUFF THAT HE'S TALKING" "ABOUT " " ABOUT THE INNER CIRCLE" "AND AN OUTER CIRCLE " " I THOUGHT" "MADE SOME SENSE." "I REALLY DID." "SCOTT" "WHENTHEGUYSATTHE" "AIRPORT COME UP AND START GIVING" "OUT PAMPHLETS AND CONVERTING" "PEOPLE, SCOTT'S THE FIRST GUY" "THEY GO TO, BECAUSE HE'S GOT" "THAT LOOK." "[CHUCKLES]" "NO,THAT'SNOTTRUEATALL." "LISTEN, I KNEW McKINLEY WAS" "HAVING A GREAT TIME BUSTING MY" "CHOPS, BUT I KNEW, AS AN" "ATTORNEY, THAT WE NEEDED TO" "LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYBODY HAD TO" "SAY BEFORE I DREW A CONCLUSION." "I MEAN, IF WE DISCOUNTED WHAT" "PEOPLE LIKE CHRIS PINTO HAD TO" "SAY JUST BECAUSE WE DISAGREE" "WITH THEM, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE" "MISSED SOMETHING REALLY" "IMPORTANT." "HEY,BRAD,WHAT'SUP?" "THISISAN UNBELIEVABLEPIECE" "OF NEWS I JUST GOT." "WE HAVE GOT PERMISSION TO" "ACTUALLY GO INSIDE THE" "HEADQUARTERS OF" "SCOTTISH RITE FREEMASONRY." "SWEET!" "NOTONLYTHAT,THEY'RE" "ACTUALLY BRINGING OUT THEIR TOP" "MASONS TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS." "THEY KNOW THE HISTORY LIKE" "NOBODY ELSE." "SWEET." "THISISAONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME" "CHANCE TO ASK THEM WHATEVER YOU" "WANT TO ASK THEM." "OKAY." "HEY,WE 'REON IT ,AND" "WE'RE HEADING THERE NOW." "THANKS,BRAD." "YOUHAVETO UNDERSTAND,THE" "MASONS HIDE SYMBOLS IN" "EVERYTHING." "AND THEIR OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS," "WHICH IS KNOWN AS" "THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE" "IS NO EXCEPTION." "STARTED IN 1911, IT WAS MODELED" "ON THE PERSIAN TOMB OF MAUSOLUS," "THE ORIGINAL MAUSOLEUM, WHICH" "BECAME ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS" "OF THE ANCIENT WORLD." "IT'S GOT TWO GIANT LIMESTONE" "SPHINXES THAT GUARD THE" "ENTRANCE." "THEY HAVE HUMAN FACES BUT LIONS'" "BODIES." "AND THEY REPRESENT TWO PILLARS" "OF MASONIC BELIEF " " WISDOM AND" "STRENGTH." "THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A" "LABYRINTH OF ROOMS AND" "PASSAGEWAYS." "SYMBOLS LIKE THE 2-HEADED EAGLE," "WHICH REPRESENTS POWER OVER EAST" "AND WEST DECORATE THE WALLS." "THE BIGGEST ROOM IS KNOWN AS" "THE TEMPLE ROOM." "IT'S WHERE THE SUPREME COUNCIL" "CONVENES EVERY TWO YEARS TO" "ELECT 33rd-DEGREE MASONS." "JUST OUTSIDE IS THE SEAT WHERE" "A GUARD IS PLACED, IN THE" "TILER'S SEAT, TO PROTECT AGAINST" "NON-MASONS FROM ENTERING." "AN INSCRIPTION THE BACK OF THE" "CHAIR SAYS "KNOW THYSELF," WHICH" "WAS WRITTEN ON ANCIENT TEMPLES." "ALBERT PIKE, THE FATHER OF" "MODERN-DAY MASONRY, HE'S ALWAYS" "CLOSE BY, BECAUSE HE'S ENTOMBED" "IN ONE OF THE BUILDING'S WALLS." "WOW!" "I 'MPSYCHEDTO BE HERE." "IT'SAMAZING." "LOOK AT THIS THING." "YEAH,THISPLACEISCOOL" "ALREADY." "LOOKATALLTHE MASONSINTHE" "SPACE PROGRAM." "JOHNGLENN?" "BUZZALDRIN." "YOUGUYSREADY?" "MM-HMM." "OH,MAN." "OH." "OH,LOOKAT THAT." "WHERE DO THEY GET THIS STUFF?" "SIGNATURESOFSOMEOFTHE" "SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OF THE" "UNITED STATES WHO WERE MASONS." "MANYPEOPLEWITHPOWERATTHE" "ORIGINS OF THE COUNTRY APPEAR TO" "HAVE BEEN MASONS." "THISISPRESIDENTTRUMAN'S." "ASTONEFROMTHE WALLOFTHE" "WHITE HOUSE." "IT'SGOTMASONICSYMBOLS" "ON IT." "CANYOUSEEIT?" "IT ACTUALLY HAS A COMPASS AND A" "SQUARE." "TAKENFROMTHEWALL." "IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY WHERE." "IKNOW,IT DOESN'T." "WAIT." "ISTHISAPIECEOFTHE" "CORNERSTONE?" "IHADTO CALLINEVERYFAVOR" "I COULD, BUT I MANAGED TO GET" "BUDDY, MAC, AND SCOTT INSIDE" "THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE." "THIS IS FREEMASON HEADQUARTERS" "IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND MAC" "JUST FOUND SOMETHING THAT SHE" "THINKS MIGHT BE A PIECE OF THE" "ACTUAL WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE." "WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS YET," "BUT, LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN IT" "COMES TO THE MASONS, IT WILL" "ALWAYS BE A GOOD STORY." "UNBELIEVABLE." "STONEFROMTHEWALLOFTHE" "WHITE HOUSE." "I'MREALLYINTRIGUEDTHAT" "THERE'S A PICTURE OF A" "CORNERSTONE LAYING AND THERE'S" "AN ACTUAL STONE RIGHT UNDER IT." "AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE " " THESE" "ARE SMART GUYS." "THEY " " THEY " " EVERYTHING'S" "DONE FOR A PURPOSE." "MAYBE THAT'S A PIECE OF THE" "CORNERSTONE." "HI, THERE." "HI." "HI." "I'MARTDE HOYOS." "THISPIECEOF STONEHEREIS" "INTERESTING..." "ITIS." "...TOUS." "THATISACTUALLYNOT THE" "STONE." "IT IS A STONE." "IT'S ONE OF THE STONES THAT" "PRESIDENT TRUMAN SENT TO THE" "VARIOUS MASONIC GRAND LODGES" "THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY DURING" "THE WHITE HOUSE RECONSTRUCTION." "WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THEM IS" "THAT THEY HAD THESE MASON MARKS." "TRADITIONALLY, MASONS WOULD PUT" "A SYMBOL ON THE STONE THAT" "IDENTIFIED THEM AS THE" "CRAFTSMAN." "WHY DON'T WE CONTINUE THE" "CONVERSATION " " HAVE YOU BEEN UP" "TO THE TEMPLE ROOM?" "WEHAVENOT." "WHYDON'TWE GO UP THERE?" "SOUNDSGOOD." "IINTENDEDTO MEET" "BRENT MORRIS." "ITHINKWE CANFINDHIM" "UP HERE." "OKAY." "COMEON." "THANKSA LOT." "THISISREALLYCOOL." "OH,BRENT." "ART." "YOU'RETHEMANINEED TOSEE." "I'MHERE." "COME ON UP TO THE LIBRARY." "APPRECIATEIT." "I'MNOTICINGALLTHIS" "EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS AND STATUES AND" "PICTURES." "WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?" "WELL,FREEMASONRYIS AN" "ECLECTIC ORGANIZATION, SO WE'VE" "BORROWED SYMBOLS FROM ALL SORTS" "OF CULTURES." "LOOKATTHESE,SCOTT." "THEY'RE CRAZY." "IT'S LIKE A SERPENT WITH AN" "EGYPTIAN GODDESS FACE." "IT WAS AMAZING TO ME, THE" "MASONIC SYMBOLS, LIKE PYRAMIDS" "AND TRIANGLES AND ALL-SEEING" "EYES WERE EVERYWHERE," "ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON." "AND THESE HELD VERY SPECIAL" "MEANINGS TO THE MASONS WHO" "DESIGNED AND BUILT THIS CITY." "SO, THE PYRAMID IS SAID" "TO REPRESENT THE" "GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, ONE OF" "THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE" "ANCIENT WORLD." "AND IT'S A NOD TO THE MASONS'" "ORIGINS AS BUILDERS." "THE TRIANGLE, WITH ITS THREE" "EVEN SIDES, HAS BEEN A SACRED" "SYMBOL FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS." "BUT TO MASONS, IT REMINDS THEM" "OF THE THREE DEGREES OF MASONRY," "THE THREE ORDERS OF" "ARCHITECTURE." "AND FOR THE CATHOLIC MASONS," "OBVIOUSLY, THE FATHER AND THE" "SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT." "AND THE ALL-SEEING EYE IS THE" "EYE OF PROVIDENCE." "IT'S THE REMINDER TO MASONS THAT" "THE SUPREME BEING WATCHES AND" "JUDGES HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS." "SO ONCE I KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR," "I COULDN'T HELP SEEING THESE ON" "BUILDINGS AND CORPORATE LOGOS" "AND EVEN ON THE BACK OF THE" "DOLLAR BILL." "OH, MY GOD." "OH, MY GOD." "THISISTHETEMPLEROOM ." "VERY,VERYIMPRESSIVE." "[CHUCKLES]" "IT'S AWESOME, ISN'T IT?" "WOW." "YEAH." "INNERCIRCLESANDOUTER" "CIRCLES." "I'M NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT" "IN HERE." "ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE" "INNER CIRCLE OR THE" "OUTER CIRCLE, ARTURO?" "[LAUGHS]" "FREEMASONRY HAS 33 DEGREES." "YOU KNOW, I WISH I KNEW THE" "POWERS THAT I HAD, BEING A" "MEMBER OF THIS, BECAUSE WHEN I" "RECEIVED THE 33rd DEGREE, I" "FOUND OUT THAT I STILL HAD TO" "PAY FOR HBO AND CINEMAX." "YOU KNOW, THERE WAS [ LAUGHS ]" "THAT'SGOTTO BE" "DISAPPOINTING." "ITWAS." "THERE WERE NO GREAT BENEFITS" "THAT WENT WITH THAT." "I MEAN, IT'S SIMPLY AN HONOR," "REALLY." "THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS." "NOW,WE'VEHEARDTHATTHE" "ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF THE MASONS" "IS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD." "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?" "RIGHT,YOUKNOW,IHAVE READ" "THAT." "I'M THE ARCHIVIST AND HISTORIAN" "OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL." "I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR" "MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS." "IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE NEVER" "SEEN THE KIND OF LUNACY THAT I" "READ ABOUT ON THE INTERNET." "BUTTHEREARESOMETHAT" "BELIEVE THAT CORNERSTONES HAVE" "SOME SORT OF MAGICAL POWER." "YOUMEAN,LIKESUPERNATURAL" "POWER?" "WELL,I GUESS." "I MEAN, YOU HAVE A CORNERSTONE" "HERE, RIGHT?" "ALLBUILDINGSHAVEA" "CORNERSTONE." "BUT IN FREEMASONRY, WE SEE" "OURSELVES AS A TEMPLE IN THE" "MAKING." "WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS IMPROVE" "AND ENNOBLE OUR CHARACTER." "AND WHAT FREEMASONRY DOES IS" "TEACH YOU TO BECOME A BETTER" "PERSON IN SOCIETY." "BUTNOTTO TAKEOVERTHE" "WORLD?" "NO[ CHUCKLES]NOTTO TAKE" "OVER THE WORLD." "IWANTEDTO TALKALITTLEBIT" "ABOUT THE CORNERSTONE CEREMONY" "AT THE WHITE HOUSE." "SURE." "THE STONE IS BEING PUT IN BEFORE" "THE BUILDING'S ERECTED." "THEY DUG A FOUNDATION," "IT IS LOWERED INTO PLACE" "CEREMONIALLY INSTEAD OF JUST" "PICKING IT UP AND CHUCKING IT" "IN THE CORNER." "SO IT'S PROBABLY BELOW GRADE." "NO ONE CAN SEE IT." "ANDHOWBIGISTHIS STONE" "WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?" "COUPLEOFFEETDEEP,THREE" "OR FOUR FEET WIDE, FIVE OR" "SIX " " YOU WANT A LARGE," "SUBSTANTIAL STONE." "INTHEMUSEUM,WESAWA STONE" "THAT WAS PART OF THE TRUMAN" "RENOVATION." "YES." "TRUMANISAHIGH-RANKING" "MASON?" "TRUMANWASGRANDMASTEROF" "MASONS IN MISSOURI." "THERE'S SOME FASCINATING" "PHOTOGRAPHS, FROM WHEN THE" "RENOVATION WAS GOING ON, OF THE" "GUTTED WHITE HOUSE WITH" "BULLDOZERS INSIDE MOVING SOIL," "AND SCAFFOLDING." "AMAZING." "I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF" "THOSE IMAGES, IF I COULD." "OURLIBRARYIS OPENTOYOU." "OUR LIBRARY IS OPEN TO ANY" "RESEARCHER." "COME ON AND I'LL SHOW YOU." "THANKS." "SO,WHYDO YOUTHINKPEOPLE" "PICK ON THE MASONS?" "ITHINKTHATTHE PEOPLENEED" "SOMEBODY TO BLAME FOR THE" "TRAGEDIES THAT WE SEE IN LIFE." "AND BECAUSE FREEMASONRY HAS BEEN" "AROUND A LONG TIME, WE GOT TO BE" "THE BAD GUYS." "ARTURO,ISN'TIT IN PART" "BECAUSE OF THE SECRECY?" "WHY, AGAIN, DOES EVERYTHING HAVE" "TO BE SECRET?" "SHARINGSECRETS,OR SHARING" "CONFIDENCES, BUILDS STRONGER" "RELATIONSHIPS." "YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEONE" "THAT HAS MADE A PROMISE THAT HE" "WON'T BETRAY YOU..." "YEAH." "...ORHISFELLOWMASONS." "BUTWHATHAPPENSIFSOMEBODY" "DOES?" "WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT" "THE CAPTAIN MORGAN AFFAIR?" "I MEAN, WASN'T SOMEBODY" "KILLED..." "THAT'SA GREAT--  ...BECAUSETHEYGAVETHE" "MASON SECRETS AWAY?" "POSSIBLYSO." "WILLIAM MORGAN NEVER REALLY" "BECAME A MASON, AS BEST WE CAN" "TELL." "HE HAD TRICKED HIS WAY" "INTO A MASONIC LODGE IN" "UPSTATE NEW YORK." "AND THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE, I" "THINK, WHO SERVED TIME IN" "PRISON." "I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THESE" "GUYS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THEIR" "ZEAL, YOU KNOW?" "IT WASN'T SANCTIONED BY" "FREEMASONRY IN ANY WAY." "THESE WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE" "THAT DID SOMETHING STUPID." "WHOHAPPENEDTO BE MASONS." "WHOHAPPENEDTO BE MASONS." "THAT'S RIGHT." "BULLDOZINGTHEBASEMENTOF" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "OH, WOW." "HARRYTRUMANRIPSAPARTTHE" "WALLS OF THE WHITE HOUSE." "THE GUY TEARS EVERYTHING APART." "THEY BRING IN MINE SWEEPERS," "THEY BRING IN DIFFERENT THINGS" "TO FIND IT." "THIS LITTLE "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP"" "GOES OFF, AND THEN HE SAYS," ""YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?" "FORGET ABOUT IT." "LET'S NOT LOOK HERE ANYMORE."" "WAIT, WAIT, WAIT GO BACK." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN "DON'T" "LOOK HERE?"" "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THERE." "I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT IS, IF" "IT'S IN THERE, I WANT TO KNOW" "WHAT'S IN IT." "I WANT TO KNOW IF" "GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FROZEN HEAD" "IS INSIDE." "TELL ME WHAT'S INSIDE THIS" "THING." "AND THAT'S A GOOD MYSTERY." "AND I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER." "HEY." "GOTSOMETHINGGOOD,HUH ?" "THISISREALLYGOOD." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "WELL, JUST CHECK THIS OUT." "THESE ARE THE TRUMAN RENOVATIONS" "OF THE WHITE HOUSE." "THISISTHEWHITEHOUSE?" "OH, MY GOD, IT'S COMPLETELY" "GUTTED." "LOOKHOWDEEPDOWNINTO THE" "FOUNDATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE" "THEY ARE, RIGHT?" "YEAH." "AMAZING." "THEMINESWEEPGOESTHROUGH," "AND THEY GET A PING." "IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE TRUMAN FOUND" "THE CORNERSTONE..." "AND TRUMAN STOPS THE RENOVATION." "WE'REINSIDEFREEMASON" "HEADQUARTERS, AND WE'RE" "SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING" "CORNERSTONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE." "NOW, DO I KNOW THAT THE" "CORNERSTONE WAS STOLEN FOR SURE?" "NO." "CAN I SAY FOR SURE THAT THE" "MASONS ARE THE ONES WHO TOOK IT?" "ABSOLUTELY NOT." "BUT IT IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE" "PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN " "COINCIDENTALLY " " THIS IS" "PERFECT " " A 33rd-DEGREE MASON" "HIMSELF " " MAY HAVE KNOWN MORE" "THAN ANYONE SUSPECTED." "THESEARETHETRUMAN" "RENOVATIONS OF THE WHITE HOUSE, 1952." "FOUR YEARS OF DIGGING, LOOKING" "FOR THE CORNERSTONE, TRUMAN" "STOPS THE RENOVATION." "SUBSEQUENTLY, TRUMAN SENDS" "STONES TO ALL THE LODGES " "THE GRAND LODGES IN THE" "UNITED STATES " " STONES WITH" "MASONIC MARKINGS ON THEM." "I THINK SOMETHING WAS FOUND." "GUYS,YOUKNOW,IDON'TWANT" "TO, YOU KNOW, BLOW HOLES IN YOUR" "THEORY, BUT I GOT TO BLOW HOLES" "IN THE THEORY." "THERE'S NO EVIDENCE, THERE'S NO" "RECORDS THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS" "THAT TRUMAN FOUND IT." "YES, HE WAS A 33rd-DEGREE MASON," "BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY" "FOUND THE CORNERSTONE." "WHAT I THINK THAT THOSE STONES" "THAT HE FOUND WERE, WERE SIMPLY" "STONES WITH MASONS' MARKS ON" "THEM AND THAT HE SHARED THE" "STONES WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE" "GRAND LODGES." "HE GAVE ONE TO US." "I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS" "IS THE CORNERSTONE." "WHATWOULDHE DO WITHITIF" "HE FOUND IT?" "HADHEDISCOVEREDIT, I" "IMAGINE HE WOULD HAVE MADE A BIG" "TO-DO ABOUT IT." "THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME KIND" "OF FANFARE." "IFYOUBELIEVETHE ANTI-MASON" "SENTIMENT, THIS CORNERSTONE AND" "ALL CORNERSTONES HAD SOME SORT" "OF EMPOWERMENT OF THE BUILDING." "AND IF THEY TOOK IT UPON" "THEMSELVES, THEY COULD HAVE" "EMPOWERMENT FOR THEMSELVES." "HOW DO WE KNOW?" "YOU'RE TELLING US ONE THING." "THIS MIGHT BE TELLING US" "SOMETHING ELSE." "WELL,I MEAN,PEOPLEARE" "GONNA BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO" "BELIEVE." "BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A PIECE" "OF ROCK HAS SOME KIND OF MAGICAL" "POWERS ABOUT IT." "THIS WAS A STONE THAT HAD" "CEREMONIAL SIGNIFICANCE, WAS" "THE FOUNDATION OF THIS BUILDING," "AND I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT" "THE PRESIDENT, MASON OR" "OTHERWISE, WOULD HAVE CONCEALED" "SOMETHING LIKE THIS." "BRENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT" "TRUMAN." "BUDDY SUGGESTS THAT TRUMAN" "CONCEALED THE FACT THAT HE" "DISCOVERED THE STONE." "WHYWOULDYOUWANTTODO THAT" "AND NOT ADVERTISE IT TO THE" "WORLD THAT YOU FOUND IT?" "YOU WOULD WANT TO BRAG ABOUT IT." "BUTIFYOURORGANIZATIONIS" "SWORN TO SECRECY, YOU TAKE AN" "OATH OF SECRECY, RIGHT?" "RIGHT." "YOU'RENOTGONNATELLUS." "BRENTANDIWILLBOTH ADMIT" "THAT WE'VE TAKEN DEGREES IN" "MASONRY THAT HAVE INFORMATION" "THAT WE CAN'T SHARE, BUT THAT'S" "NOT ONE OF THEM." "I MEAN, I'M SORRY GUYS, I JUST" "DON'T BUY IT." "WHEN WE WERE UPSTAIRS, WE HAD" "THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MORGAN" "AFFAIR." "IF I'M GONNA ADMIT TO A MASONIC" "MURDER PER SE, DON'T YOU THINK" "I'D TELL YOU ABOUT SOME ROCK?" "I MEAN [CHUCKLES] WE'D BE HAPPY" "TO PULL IT OUT AND PARADE IT." "WHEREWOULDYOUGO?" "TOFINDTHECORNERSTONEOF" "THE WHITE HOUSE?" "ORWHATHAPPENEDTOIT." "IT'SPROBABLYSTILLDOWNIN" "THE BASEMENT, UNDERNEATH MANY" "FEET OF STONEWORK ABOVE IT," "SUPPORTING THE WHITE HOUSE." "BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT THE" "ONLY CORNERSTONE THAT'S MISSING." "WHATOTHERCORNERSTONEIS" "MISSING?" "THAT'STHECAPITOL." "THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS." "YOU'REKILLIN'ME ." "REALLY?" "[CHUCKLES]" "GEORGEWASHINGTONPRESIDED" "OVER THE CEREMONY AS A MASON." "ANDTHEYCAN'TFINDTHAT" "ONE EITHER?" "CAN'TFINDTHATONE EITHER." "BACK FOR THE BICENTENNIAL IN 1992, JACKSON POLK WAS A" "TELEVISION PRODUCER DOING" "INDEPENDENT RESEARCH," "FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR THE LOST" "CORNERSTONE." "OKAY." "ALLRIGHT." "IBELIEVETHEM." "THOSE GUYS DON'T LOOK LIKE" "THEY'RE HIDING ANYTHING." "AFTERTHEPICTURES,ITHOUGHT" "I HAD IT, AND THEN I STARTED TO" "COME AROUND TO THEIR ARGUMENTS." "THEIR ARGUMENTS ARE IRONCLAD." "THAT'S THE PROBLEM." "ASANATTORNEY,WHENYOU" "TALKED TO THOSE TWO GUYS, DID" "YOU GET A SENSE OF, "THESE GUYS" "ARE TELLING THE TRUTH," OR DID" "YOU GET A SENSE OF, LIKE," ""AW, I DON'T KNOW"?" "WELL,HERE'SEXACTLYWHATI" "THOUGHT." "THEY CAME ACROSS AS VERY" "BELIEVABLE, AND I WANTED TO" "BELIEVE THEM, I WANTED TO TRUST" "THEM, BUT I STILL GOT THE" "FEELING THAT WE WEREN'T HEARING" "IT ALL." "LOOKATALLTHE MEMORABILIA" "IN THERE." "I MEAN, THEY SAVE THESE THINGS." "THEY SHOW THEM OFF." "THEY'REPROUDOF BEING" "MASONS." "THEY'RE PROUD OF WHAT THESE" "STONES REPRESENT." "IF THEY FOUND THEM, THEY MIGHT" "BE THE ONES WHO WANTED TO" "ADVERTISE THEM." "SO,NOW,NOTONLYDOWE FIND" "OUT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE IS MISSING, BUT NOW" "THE CAPITOL CORNERSTONE IS" "MISSING, TOO?" "THAT'S CRAZY TO ME." "AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA" "FIND AN ANSWER IS WE'RE GONNA" "HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S THE" "CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO." "SO,WHATIHAVEN'TANSWERED" "FOR MYSELF HERE IS REALLY HOW" "BIG, HOW HEAVY IS THIS THING." "HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IS IT TO" "SPIRIT AWAY?" "WE'RETALKINGABOUTABIG" "STONE." "I'VE ASKED EVERYONE, AND NO ONE" "CAN GIVE ME A PRECISE SIZE." "THE BEST ESTIMATE I'VE BEEN" "GIVEN IS TWO FEET HIGH," "SIX FEET LONG, AND THEN PROBABLY" "TWO FEET." "SO24FEETCUBED." "WE THINK IT'S MADE OF SOME KIND" "OF BUILDING STONE." "LET'S SAY, GRANITE." "HOWABOUTGRANITE?" "YEAH." "GRANITEIS 150POUNDS" "PER FEET CUBED." "CHECK IT OUT." "JUST FOR THE STONE " " AND THIS" "IS WITHOUT THE BRASS PLATE OR" "ANYTHING ON IT " " IT'S 3,600 POUNDS." "AREYOUKIDDINGME?" "THAT'SABOUTTHEWEIGHTOF" "A CAR." "THERE'SNOWAYONE ORTWO" "PEOPLE OR THREE PEOPLE ARE" "CARRYING THIS THING AWAY FROM" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "IFYOUDRAGTHE THINGALONG," "IT'S GONNA LEAVE A GIANT SCAR" "IN THE GROUND." "[Chuckling]TOWHEREVER" "YOU'RE GOING." "THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT WAS" "PULLED AWAY." "SEE,THAT'SWHATI'M SAYING." "THE EVIDENCE IS STARTING TO" "MOUNT, BASED ON THE SIZE OF" "THIS THING AND THE WEIGHT OF IT," "THAT IT DIDN'T MOVE OFF THE" "WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS." "IT'SGONNABE ,LIKE,HOW DO" "YOU TAKE THAT WAY WITH NO ONE" "NOTICING?" "BUTTHEN,IF IT 'SSTILL" "THERE, WHERE IS IT AND WHY CAN'T" "WE FIND IT?" "[SIGHS]" "SO,NOWI'MTHINKING,ISIT" "POSSIBLE THAT THE WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE WAS ACTUALLY" "DELIBERATELY HIDDEN, THAT IT WAS" "NEVER STOLEN?" "THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME." "THINK ABOUT IT." "AMERICA WAS A BRAND-NEW COUNTRY." "WE JUST DEFEATED THE MOST" "POWERFUL MILITARY THE WORLD HAD" "EVER SEEN." "THEY HAD TO BE COUNTING THE DAYS" "UNTIL THE BRITISH RETURNED TO" "TAKE BACK WHAT WAS ONCE THEIRS." "SO MAYBE, AT THIS EXACT MOMENT," "THE BAD GUYS ARE ACTUALLY" "THE GOOD GUYS." "MAYBE THE MASONS PUT THE" "CORNERSTONE WHERE NOBODY WOULD" "EVER FIND IT, WITH THE BRASS" "PLAQUE HIDDEN UNDER THE STONE." "NOW IF BUDDY CAN GET TO THE" "BOTTOM OF THE CAPITOL'S MISSING" "CORNERSTONE, WE MAY FINALLY BE" "ABLE TO PUT THIS 200-YEAR-OLD" "QUESTION TO REST." "HERE'S THE THING " " THE MORE WE" "DISCOVER ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE, THE MORE IT MAKES" "SENSE THAT THE MASONS HID THE" "STONE, RATHER THAN STOLE IT." "NOW BUDDY IS ABOUT TO MEET AN" "EXPERT ON THE MISSING CAPITOL" "CORNERSTONE." "AND IF HE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM" "OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL," "IT MAY SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT" "REALLY HAPPENED AT THE" "WHITE HOUSE." "THE ICONIC U.S. CAPITOL WAS" "ANYTHING BUT WHEN IT WAS FIRST" "BUILT ON JENKINS HILL," "OVERLOOKING THE SWAMPY NEW CITY." "GEORGE WASHINGTON HIMSELF LAID" "THE ORIGINAL CORNERSTONE DURING" "A MASONIC CEREMONY BACK IN 1793." "BUT IT WAS FOUNDING FATHER" "THOMAS JEFFERSON WHO INSISTED" "ON CALLING THE HOME OF CONGRESS" "THE CAPITOL, BECAUSE IT" "LITERALLY MEANT, IN LATIN," ""CITY ON A HILL."" "A CRYPT WAS BUILT TO HOLD" "THE REMAINS OF" "PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S BODY" "BELOW THE FLOOR OF THE ROTUNDA." "THAT'S WERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO" "BE BURIED." "BUT WHEN HIS WILL STATED THAT" "HE'D BE BURIED AT MOUNT VERNON," "IT WAS LEFT VACANT." "UNTIL RECENTLY, THEY USED TO" "KEEP THE CATAFALQUE DOWN THERE." "IT'S A PLATFORM THAT HOLDS THE" "COFFIN DURING A FUNERAL." "AND IT HELD EVERYONE FROM" "LINCOLN'S TO JFK's TO" "RONALD REAGAN'S BODIES." "THERE'S A STEEP METAL STAIRCASE" "IN THE CAPITOL WHICH LEADS TO A" "WALKWAY ON TOP OF THE ACTUAL" "DOME." "THE 365 STEPS INSIDE OBVIOUSLY" "REPRESENT THE DAYS OF A GIVEN" "YEAR." "BUT THE BEST PART OF THE CAPITOL" "IS THE PART YOU CAN'T SEE ON" "THE TOUR." "WHEN THE BUILDING WAS FIRST" "BUILT, THERE WAS NO AIR" "CONDITIONING, SO THEY USED TO" "HAVE TO PUMP AIR IN THROUGH" "UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAYS." "I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE, CRAWLING" "IN THESE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS," "AND THEY ARE AMAZING." "WHATWE'REHOPINGTODOIS" "FIND OUT ABOUT THE CAPITOL" "CORNERSTONE AND THEN RELATE IT" "TO THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE" "AND SEE IF WE CAN DRAW ANY" "CONCLUSIONS." "THECAPITOLCORNERSTONEWAS" "THE CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY," "LITERALLY." "THE CORNERSTONE OF THE" "UNITED STATES CAPITOL " " THE" "ORIGINAL " " WAS MISSING." "IN 1988, FOR THE 200th" "ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONE, THE" "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" "DECIDED, "OKAY, LET'S FIND IT" "DEFINITIVELY FOR SURE."" "UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, THERE HAD" "ALREADY BEEN A DIG GOING ON IN" "THE SENATE." "REALLY?" "AFELLAWHOHAD THE KEYSON" "HIS BELT TO ALL THE DOORS " " AN" "AIR-CONDITIONING MECHANIC FOR" "THE U.S. SENATE, NAMED" "CHARLIE SCALA " " CHARLIE HAD" "BEEN DIGGING FOR IT FOR MONTHS." "YOUMEAN,INDEPENDENTLYOF" "ANYONE ELSE?" "YES." "RIGHT HERE IS CHARLIE SCALA." "CHARLIE DID NOT HAVE OFFICIAL" "PERMISSION TO DO THIS WHEN HE" "STARTED." "HE JUST DID IT BECAUSE HE" "THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA." "ILOVETHISGUY GOINGROGUE." "DID HE GET IN ANY KIND OF" "TROUBLE FOR THIS INDEPENDENT" "DIG?" "HECOULDHAVEAND MAYBE" "SHOULD HAVE, BUT DID NOT," "BECAUSE HE'D BEFRIENDED SEVERAL" "UNITED STATES SENATORS WHO WERE" "FREEMASONS AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT" "HE WAS DOING." "YOUGOTTO BE KIDDINGME." "NO,NO,NO ." "AND WHEN IT CAME UP AS A PROBLEM" "IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THEY" "ENCOURAGED THE ARCHITECT OF THE" "CAPITOL TO NOT ONLY LEAVE THE" "GUY ALONE BUT HELP HIM FIND IT." "WAIT,WAIT." "THE TWO MEN WHO ENCOURAGED HIM" "TO LOOK FURTHER FOR THIS THING" "WERE MASONS?" "ANDSENATORSAT THESAME" "TIME." "WHYDIDN'TTHEYFINDIT,DO" "YOU THINK?" "THEARCHITECTOF THECAPITOL" "INITIALLY STARTED THE SEARCH FOR" "THE CORNERSTONE, BUT THEN HE" "SAID, "OH, WELL, WE'VE LOOKED IN" "THE SENATE LONG ENOUGH." "POLITICALLY, NOW WE HAVE TO GO" "LOOK OVER IN THE HOUSE SIDE."" "UNBELIEVABLE." "THEYDUGALLUNDERTHE" "SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE" "WING AND FOUND NOTHING." "OKAY,OKAY,SO ,I'MCONFUSED" "AND I'M TRYING TO GET THIS" "STRAIGHT." "WHERE DO MASONS USUALLY PLACE A" "CORNERSTONE?" "THESEDAYS,IN THENORTHEAST" "CORNER OF A BUILDING." ""THESEDAYS"?" "THENORTHEASTCORNERBECAME" "IMPORTANT FOR CORNERSTONES" "APPARENTLY IN THE EARLY 1800s," "AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE" "CAPITOL WERE BUILT." "OKAY." "WHERE DO YOU THINK IT IS?" "IT'SABOUT8OR10FEETAWAY" "FROM WHERE CHARLIE IS STANDING" "RIGHT THERE IN THAT PICTURE." "[LAUGHS]" "WAS HE WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE" "TIME THAT HE WAS THEN TAKEN OFF" "OF THE PROJECT?" "YES,WHICHFRUSTRATEDALL OF" "US, BECAUSE HE WAS WITHIN 8 OR 10 FEET OF FINDING THE" "ORIGINAL U.S. CAPITOL" "CORNERSTONE WHEN THE ARCHITECT" "OF THE CAPITOL CALLED OFF THE" "DIG IN THE SENATE AND SAID, "OH," "NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE TO THE" "HOUSE."" "AND THAT WAS ALL POLITICS." "NOW, HONESTLY, I WOULD THINK" "FINDING THE CORNERSTONE WOULD BE" "A GOOD IDEA." "WHAT IF " " WHAT IF " " THEY PUT" "SOMETHING IN THE CORNERSTONE" "THAT WE CAN READ NOW?" "WHAT IF THEY HAD A DIFFERENT" "CONSTITUTION?" "THOMAS JEFFERSON WASN'T IN THE" "CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION." "HE DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH THOSE" "GUYS." "BUT THEY TOOK HIS INFORMATION." "WHAT IF, OUT OF THAT, THEY" "WROTE A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT THAT" "MAYBE TURNED AMERICA FROM AN" "AGRARIAN SOCIETY TO AN URBAN" "SOCIETY?" "WE'RE NOW AN URBAN SOCIETY." "WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO FIND" "THAT DOCUMENT NOW?" "AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED" "THAT THAT MAY BE WHAT'S IN" "THERE." "WOW." "WHEN JACKSON MENTIONED THE IDEA" "OF AN ALTERNATE CONSTITUTION" "INSIDE THE CAPITOL CORNERSTONE," "I WAS BLOWN AWAY." "I MEAN OUR ENTIRE LEGAL AND" "POLITICAL SYSTEM ARE BASED ON" "THE CONSTITUTION." "HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE A" "MORE PERFECT UNION THAN THE ONE" "WE HAVE NOW?" "BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN'T FIND THE" "CAPITOL CORNERSTONE, WE'RE NEVER" "GONNA KNOW." "DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S ANY" "CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MISSING" "CAPITOL CORNERSTONE AND THE" "MISSING WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE?" "ONLYTHATTHEY'REMISSING." "I MEAN, THERE'S NO..." "[CHUCKLES]" "THERE'SNOSYMBOLISMISSUE" "HERE." "ORTHERE'SNO RELATIONSHIP?" "WELL,NO,IDON 'TTHINKIT'S" "A MASONIC CONSPIRACY OF SOME" "KIND." "I THINK THEY JUST FRICKIN'" "LOST IT." "[LAUGHS]YEAH,IBET ." "YEAH." "WHATA HELLOF ARIDE." "I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A CRASH" "COURSE IN AMERICAN HISTORY." "YEAH,NOKIDDING." "SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "WELL,I THINKTHATWE'VEBEEN" "LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS" "EXACTLY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO" "BE IN THE FIRST PLACE." "I BEGAN THIS QUEST SEARCHING" "THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE" "WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE, AND" "THERE WAS SO LITTLE WRITTEN" "ABOUT IT, I WAS REALLY" "SUSPICIOUS." "THEN I SAW THAT WASHINGTON" "WASN'T EVEN AT THE LAYING AT THE" "WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE." "HE BELIEVED THAT THE CAPITOL" "CORNERSTONE WAS A MUCH BIGGER" "DEAL." "SO, YEAH, THERE WAS A CEREMONIAL" "MASONIC LAYING OF THE" "WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE, BUT" "THERE WAS LESS WRITTEN ABOUT IT." "AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT TURNS OUT" "THAT THOSE TRADITIONS ABOUT" "WHERE MASONS WOULD LAY" "CORNERSTONES IN A CEREMONY" "DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER BOTH" "THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL" "CORNERSTONES WERE LAID." "ANDTHAT'SWHYIDON'TTHINK" "THE WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE IS" "MISSING IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE" "THAT IT'S GONE." "LOOK, WE KNEW IT DIDN'T GET UP" "AND WALK AWAY ON ITS OWN, BUT I" "JUST DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS" "ENOUGH EVIDENCE THERE THAT IT" "HAD BEEN STOLEN." "ILEARNED,FROMMYINTERVIEW" "WITH JACKSON POLK, THAT THE" "CORNERSTONE WAS STRUCTURAL." "IT WAS FUNCTIONAL." "IFTHECORNERSTONEWAS TRULY" "STRUCTURAL, AND TRUMAN HAD" "DECIDED TO GET IT OUT, HE WOULD" "HAVE HAD TO DIG OUT NOT ONLY THE" "INSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE BUT A" "TON OF SOIL ON THE OUTSIDE OF" "THE WHITE HOUSE." "IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE," "EXPENSIVE, MESSY, PROJECT, AND" "IT WOULD HAVE ENDANGERED THE" "STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE" "WHITE HOUSE, SO I BELIEVE IT'S" "STILL THERE." "IT'S THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION." "ITIS,WHICHSOMETIMESIS" "THE RIGHT EXPLANATION." "YEAH." "WHENWEFIRSTSTARTEDTHIS" "JOURNEY, THE MOST IMPORTANT" "THING TO ME WAS TO FIND THAT" "CORNERSTONE, TO PUT AN END TO" "THE QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF THE" "MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN AMERICA" "HAVE ASKED FOR OVER 200 YEARS." "I NOW BELIEVE THE CORNERSTONE IS" "STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE" "WHITE HOUSE, JUST WHERE IT WAS" "IN 1792." "AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE MASONS" "EVER STOLE IT." "BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FAR MORE" "IMPORTANT." "IF WE HAD FOUND THE CORNERSTONE" "AND PUT IT ON DISPLAY, IT'S JUST" "A ROCK UNDER GLASS LIKE ANY" "OTHER MUSEUM PIECE." "IT LOSES ALL OF ITS SYMBOLIC" "POWER." "BUT BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE" "CORNERSTONE IS STILL, FOR ALL" "INTENTS AND PURPOSES, MISSING," "IT RETAINS ITS POWER AS A SYMBOL" "AND IT KEEPS US WONDERING," "THINKING, AND SEARCHING."