#howard hunt

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(via Killer Covers: Another Look: “The Judas Hour”)

The Judas Hour, by Howard Hunt (Gold Medal, 1951); cover artist unidentified.

the evil of her ate into his soul

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what is your favourite part of watergate????? i must know the nixon stans must unite

Hiiiii hello!! Happy late watergate anniversary haha.

I think what pulled me in to watergate to begin with was all of the failed attempts that came before it. The original plan that cost 1 million dollars and involved strippers and kidnapping. Delivering pizzas to their enemies. Robbing Elsberg’s psychiatrist. I also was really fascinated by the weird cast of characters involved. Hunt being a spy novel author and Liddy being a neonazi. Just CRAZY stuff

Now I adore it so much because I think it serves as a window into not only our country’s political past, but its present and future as well. Nixon’s career served as the foundation for the modern conservative movement, and it is fascinating to follow that line of development. As an American, I also feel a surge of pride when I think of stories like Woodward and Bernstein’s. Most people see his administration’s corruption as a tragedy, but I see a government and people who protected their system and drove out those taking advantage of them.

I also love me some Nixon. What a fucked up weird little man.

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I’ve been watching The White House Plumbers and I’ve quite enjoyed it so far. It’s entertaining, has good acting and writing, is mostly accurate save for dramatized bits, and is (rather unfortunately) relevant to our times and it knows it.

Having said that I hope none of you watch it.

Not ready for the “do you think Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy ever explored each other’s bodies” posts.

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(via Vintage Pin Up: Ron Lesser)

cover art for a Robert Dietrich (pen name of Howard Hunt) novel.

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Watergate Mastermind G. Gordon Liddy Dies

Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary.

Will Lester at AP, via HuffPost: 

WASHINGTON (AP) — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter’s home in Virginia.

His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death but did not reveal the cause, other than to say it was not related to COVID-19.

Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He spent four years and four months in prison, including more than 100 days in solitary confinement.

“I’d do it again for my president,” he said years later.

Liddy was outspoken and controversial as a political operative under Nixon. He recommended assassinating political enemies, bombing a left-leaning think tank and kidnapping war protesters. His White House colleagues ignored such suggestions.

One of his ventures — the break-in at Democratic headquarters at the Watergate building in June 1972 — was approved. The burglary went awry, which led to an investigation, a cover-up and Nixon’s resignation in 1974.

Liddy also was convicted of conspiracy in the September 1971 burglary of the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst who leaked the secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers.

After his release from prison, Liddy became a popular, provocative and controversial radio talk show host. He also worked as a security consultant, writer and actor. His appearance — piercing dark eyes, bushy moustache and shaved head — made him a recognizable spokesman for products and TV guest.

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Liddy became known for such offbeat suggestions as kidnapping war protest organizers and taking them to Mexico during the Republican National Convention; assassinating investigative journalist Jack Anderson; and firebombing the Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank in Washington where classified documents leaked by Ellsberg were being stored.

Liddy and fellow operative Howard Hunt, along with the five arrested at Watergate, were indicted on federal charges three months after the June 1972 break-in. Hunt and his recruits pleaded guilty in January 1973, and James McCord and Liddy were found guilty. Nixon resigned on Aug. 9, 1974.

After the failed break-in attempt, Liddy recalled telling White House counsel John Dean, “If someone wants to shoot me, just tell me what corner to stand on, and I’ll be there, OK?” Dean reportedly responded, “I don’t think we’ve gotten there yet, Gordon.”

Liddy claimed in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that Nixon was “insufficiently ruthless” and should have destroyed tape recordings of his conversations with top aides.

Liddy learned to market his reputation as a fearless, if sometimes overzealous, advocate of conservative causes. His syndicated radio talk show, broadcast from Virginia-based WJFK, was long one of the most popular in the country. He wrote best-selling books, acted in TV shows like “Miami Vice,” was a frequent guest lecturer on college campuses, started a private-eye franchise and worked as a security consultant. For a time, he teamed on the lecture circuit with an unlikely partner, 1960s LSD guru Timothy Leary.

In the mid-1990s, Liddy told gun-toting radio listeners to aim for the head when encountered by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. “Head shots, head shots,” he stressed, explaining that most agents wear bullet-resistant vests under their jackets. Liddy said later he wasn’t encouraging people to hunt agents, but added that if an agent comes at someone with deadly force, “you should defend yourself and your rights with deadly force.”

Liddy always took pride in his role in Watergate. He once said: “I am proud of the fact that I am the guy who did not talk.”

G. Gordon Liddy, who was best known for being the Watergate mastermind and his right-wing radio show career, passed at 90.

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Secret Hunt Diaries Bolster Infowars Claims About JFK Hit

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Watergate Wanted Poster by Philip Lief and Marcel Fiegel, 1973.