A couple of days ago I asked who Doug Wead was.
It turned out he is an author promoting a book, who talked with George W. Bush between 1998 and 2000, taping the conversations.

Now he has regrets and has decided to turn the tapes over to the President and donate proceeds of the book he’s been peddling to charity.

“Contrary to a statement that I made to the New York Times, I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history,” Wead wrote in a letter to the show’s host, Chris Matthews, that MSNBC released to the public on Wednesday. “I am asking my attorney to direct any future proceeds from the book to charity and to find the best way to vet these tapes and get them back to the president to whom they belong. History can wait.”