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...convicted Watergate conspirators were reported by the Justice Department to have burglarized the office of a psychiatrist to seek damaging evidence against Daniel Ellsberg (see following stories...
Long before they were caught trying to bug Democratic headquarters in Washington, the Watergate conspirators were apparently getting plenty of practice at breaking and entering. During the trial of Daniel Ellsberg last week, a memo from the Justice Department was handed to U.S. District Judge William Matthew Byrne. It disclosed that two of the convicted Watergate conspirators-G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt-had broken into the office of a psychiatrist to obtain files dealing with Ellsberg. A grim-faced Byrne ordered the document revealed to the defense. Then he told the prosecution that he wanted all the additional...
...served as liaison between the White House and the FBI, Hunt as a $100-a-day consultant. Known as "the plumbers," they had been hired to trace the leak of the Pentagon papers. Receiving all the FBI reports in what was called a "superspecial" investigation, they were informed that Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Lewis Fielding, had refused to divulge any information in his files on the grounds that they were privileged. The plumbers decided to visit Fielding's office and photograph the files...
Tainted. The Justice Department also believes it is possible that the pair paid a nocturnal visit to the office of a Manhattan psychotherapist, Robert Akeret, who had treated Ellsberg's wife Patricia. If they did, Akeret is not aware of it. Besides, he adds, they would not have learned anything useful...
...disliked the methods used by Hunt and Liddy, why did he permit the two men to continue on the White House payroll? Further, did Ehrlichman inform anyone of the Ellsberg burglary, and if so, were Hunt and Liddy hired for the Watergate bugging operation despite the Ellsberg incident...