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...federal jury in Washington convicted John Ehrlichman, one of the President's two former closest advisers, of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, and of lying to both the FBI and a federal grand jury about authorizing the break-in of the psychiatrist's office...
...John Ehrlichman, it was a hang-tough defense all the way. On trial in federal court in Washington for authorizing the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in September 1971 and then lying about his participation, Ehrlichman conceded nothing. Not only did he deny approving the break-in but he claimed that he did not even know about it until after it happened. Yet the weight of evidence-many memos and recalled conversations-counted against him. Last week, after a little more than three hours' deliberation, the jury found him guilty of conspiracy and three...
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...
Other witnesses brought Ehrlichman closer to the commission of the crime. Charles Colson testified that only a few days before the breakin, Ehrlichman had asked him to raise $5,000 immediately for a plumbers' operation. Ehrlichman told Colson of a project to get derogatory information about Ellsberg. Colson would then have to devise a game plan to spread the dirt. After the burglary, said Colson, Ehrlichman admitted to him: "The boys tried to get Ellsberg's psychiatric papers. They failed...
...early as 4 a.m. to try to get a seat in the courtroom. Those few who succeeded were disappointed. Kissinger was on the stand for less than two minutes as he answered three questions. No, he had not authorized David Young to request a psychological profile of Ellsberg from the CIA. No, he had not known that one was being assembled. No, he had not been aware of a plan to obtain information from Ellsberg's psychiatrist. That succinct testimony by the Secretary of State ran counter to Young's assertion that both Kissinger and Ehrlichman had asked...