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Liddy Wins, John Dean Loses June 29, 2000

G. Gordon Liddy, who served four years in prison for his role in the operation, has said it was not until he read Silent Coup that he finally learned the real reason for the caper. He said that White House Counsel John Dean had ordered an earlier break-in to plant a bug on a phone that was used to arrange dates with call girls for visiting Democratic dignitaries, and that the second break-in was ordered after address books giving the names of the girls being called fell into the hands of the police.

Silent Coup claimed that this was of great concern to Dean because his lover’s name was listed under the code name “Clout,” a reference to her connection with Dean. The book said Dean ordered the second break-in to find out if the Democrats had any career-threatening dirt on him. One of the men who was caught, Rolando Martinez, an active CIA agent, was found to have a key to a desk where it was thought the dirt on Dean might be found. The key was found to fit the desk of DNC secretary Maxie Wells.

[Equine1952]

I used to listen to G Gordon Liddy a lot. I even ordered a stacked and packed calendar one year. It was great. Funniest story he ever told was about the breakin and the guys and his capture. I miss his show. Dean is a nitwit.

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‘Silent Coup claimed that this was of great concern to Dean because his lover’s name was listed under the code name “Clout,” a reference to her connection with Dean. ‘

His lover, it was Maureen AKA Mo who married Dean that summer. Dean arranged a private loan from his law firm to finance his honeymoon. The loan is what is usually called embezzlement and was discovered and it was one reason Dean was propelled into the Committee to Reelect the President. As a aside the first time my mother saw ‘Mo Dean’ on TV she instantly said ‘she looks like an expensive prostitute,’ She was her hubby still is.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There were lawsuits over that book and the authors and G Gordon Liddy lost.