Word: barkers
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Ehrlichman and Colson were charged with being part of a conspiracy to deprive Dr. Fielding of his constitutional rights. Also indicted as members of the conspiracy were G. Gordon Liddy, one of the convicted leaders of the Watergate burglary, and three Cuban-Americans: Bernard L. Barker, Felipe de Diego and Eugenic R. Martinez. The special prosecutor's case in the Ellsberg-related burglary is considerably strengthened by the fact that several persons named as coconspirators, but not as defendants, will presumably testify against the indicted...
...BERNARD BARKER, 56, one of the four Cuban refugees charged in the original Watergate breakin. Pleaded guilty to burglary, conspiracy, illegal wiretapping and eavesdropping; released after twelve months in prison pending appeal. DWIGHT L. CHAPIN, 33, former appointments secretary to Nixon. Indicted on four counts of perjury concerning the activities of Dirty-Tricks Specialist Donald Segretti; awaiting trial...
...which if accepted by Sirica would cancel his planned review of their sentences. Schultz argued that the men originally pleaded guilty in the belief that they were protecting "national security interests" by doing so. Now they believe they were deceived and made victims of a "cruel fraud." Barker once denied that anyone had pressured the four conspirators into pleading guilty last spring but now says it is a matter of "interpretation" and for the judge to decide. It is known, however, that Schultz is preparing a suit against E. Howard Hunt and former Presidential Special Counsel Charles W. Colson...
...Barker and Sturgis do not have Cuban surnames because, although Barker's mother was Cuban, his father was American and Sturgis adopted his stepfather's name...
...said several intimate friends of Watergate defendant Bernard Barker tried to sell the VVAW weapons "of any kind" for cash or dope: "They were trying to set us up to buy weapons so they could make the conspiracy case fit. They didn't have any other concrete evidence against...