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...Gordon Liddy had broken into Dr. Fielding's office. The President's curt reply: "I know about that. That's a national security matter. Your mandate is Watergate. Stay out of that." In mid-April, the Justice Department began to advise Judge Byrne of the Government's covert activities involving Ellsberg. On May 11, the case was dismissed...
Unable to fall back on national security, Ehrlichman based his defense on the claim that he had never specifically ordered a break-in but only a "covert" operation that would give the White House "plumbers" access to Ellsberg's psychiatric files. The two former White House aides in charge of the plumbers -David Young and Egil Krogh-testified that they had discussed the operation only in general terms with Ehrlichman, their immediate boss. In a delicate exchange of euphemisms, they were careful never to utter such words as "entry" or "burglary." Nevertheless, said Krogh, "it was clear...
With his wife Jeanne and their five children observing in court, Ehrlichman took the stand in his own defense. He emphasized that he had nothing illegal in mind when he approved the covert operation. "My mind didn't dwell on the various possibilities. I didn't run over possible means or methods...
...summation to the jury, Assistant Special Prosecutor William Merrill said that it was not necessary to prove that Ehrlichman had ordered a breakin. It was sufficient to show that he had approved a covert operation to get the information. William S. Prates, Ehrlichman's chief defense counsel, indignantly objected. "They're trying to make you the jury believe that the word covert is an illegal operation. It doesn't mean illegal...
...opening defense arguments, Henry Jones, one of Ehrlichman's two black lawyers (the other is Spencer Boyer), admitted that Ehrlichman had approved a "covert" operation but argued that this was not meant to include anything illegal, like a burglary. As for the memos copied by Young, Jones charged that Young had altered the documents "to save his own neck...