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...latest revelation of skulduggery scarcely strengthens the Government's case against Ellsberg. If it turns out that the prosecution made use of tainted evidence gathered from the burglary, a mistrial could be declared or some or all charges could be thrown out. Defense Counsel Leonard Weinglass insisted that the burden of proof was on the Government to show that none of the evidence was tainted. He said that he would ask the court to call both Liddy and Hunt to the stand...
...documents will probably contain additional information about the burglary at the Beverly Hills office of Dr. Lewis J. Fielding, the psychiatrist who once treated Daniel Ellsberg...
...time of the burglary--September 1971--Krogh was deputy to John Ehrlichman, then a top Nixon aide. Ehrlichman has admitted hiring convicting Watergate conspirators G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt to prepare a psychological profile of Ellsberg. And Hunt, in turn, has admitted that he and Liddy helped conduct the burglary...
...case grows larger and the tale becomes stranger and more ominous with each passing day. And lost in the Watergate shuffle is the central issue in the Pentagon Papers trial: are Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony J. Russo innocent or guilty...
...defense, understandably, has been reluctant to drop the Watergate issue. Although defense lawyers have repeatedly predicted that the jury would vote for acquittal, they want to play it safe. So if they can win a dismissal of charges, or a mistrial "with prejudice"--which means Ellsberg and Russo would be safe from further prosecution--they will gladly accept...