John Dean orchestrated the Watergate breakin, without Nixon's knowledge or approval, although Nixon stupidly tried to cover it up afterward.
Why? Well, one of the burglars, G. Gordon Liddy, says that Dean was trying to steal evidence that a friend of Dean's wife was running an "escort" service for Democrat bigwigs in town, which may or may not be true. Liddy says that Dean's wife was part of the ring, but that may just be hard feelings.
Liddy went to prison due to Watergate and lost his law license, as did Dean.
Oddly enough, it was John Dean who was assigned to investigate the breakin and first announced publicly that nobody from the White House was involved. He also refused to resign and had to be fired. He then rolled over on the White House and sang like a canary. And he is widely believed to be "Deep Throat" - but so is Al Haig, another rat.
Bottom line, a sneaky little rat like John Dean may know the law, but he's still a sneaky little rat, so don't trust him on the facts.
CB@gmanrulz.com |
