G. Gordon Liddy (nonfiction)
George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) is a former FBI agent, lawyer, talk show host, actor, and figure in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon Administration. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the scandal.[1]
Working alongside E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in May and June 1972. After five of Liddy's operatives were arrested inside the DNC offices on June 17, 1972, subsequent investigations of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Liddy was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and refusing to testify to the Senate committee investigating Watergate. He served nearly fifty-two months in federal prisons.[2]
He later joined with Timothy Leary for a series of popular debates on various college campuses, and similarly worked with Al Franken in the late 1990s. Liddy served as a radio talk show host from 1992 until his retirement on July 27, 2012.[3] His radio show as of 2009 was syndicated in 160 markets by Radio America and on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio stations in the United States.[4] He has been a guest panelist for Fox News Channel in addition to appearing in a cameo role or as a guest celebrity talent on several television shows.
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- G. Gordon Liddy @ Wikipedia
- G. Gordon Liddy on Letterman, June 3, 1982 @ YouTube
- Looking back at the life of the unapologetic criminal behind Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy @ YouTube - PBS NewsHour
- USDA certified P.I.G. | Miami Vice @ YouTube
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- Post @ Twitter (1 July 2024) -I recall a televised quote from G. Gordon Liddy — "it must be done, and it will be done" — meaning an eternal campaign of covert paramilitary government actions. Very likely from Bill Moyers' [The Secret Government [1987], but perhaps some other source.