Word: hunts
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...would cost. I told him that I could only estimate, that it might be as high as a million dollars or more. He told me that that was no problem, and he also looked over at Haldeman and repeated the statement. The President then referred to the fact that Hunt had been promised Executive clemency. He said that he had discussed the matter with Ehrlichman and that [Charles] Colson had also discussed it with him later. He expressed some annoyance at this...
Dean has testified that Ehrlichman suggested to him that some "politically sensitive" documents taken from Wiretapper Hunt's safe in the Executive Office Building be "deep-sixed." Ehrlichman is said to have asked: "You drive across the river on your way home at night, don't you? Well, when you cross over the bridge on your way home, just toss the briefcase into the river." Later, according to Dean, these papers were instead given to Patrick Gray by Dean and Ehrlichman in the latter's office. Gray has said that he was given the admonition: "These should...
Ehrlichman simply had "no recollection" of any conversation about deep-sixing the documents. After ticking off all the people present when Hunt's safe was opened, Ehrlichman argued that he had wanted "the 20 bishops" present so "the chain of evidence" would be protected. The papers were given to Gray solely to protect their confidentiality. Ehrlichman said that staff people around Gray were leaking information to newsmen. When Gray told him he had destroyed the documents, Ehrlichman testified, "that totally nonplussed...
...intrigued by a matter not directly related to Watergate, though it involved some of the same personnel and tactics. That was the burglary of the office of a Los Angeles psychiatrist who had been consulted by Pentagon Papers Defendant Daniel Ellsberg. The burglary was directed by White House Plumbers Hunt and Liddy. They reported to White House Supervisors Egil Krogh and David Young, both of whom reported to Ehrlichman. Ehrlichman's contention that the operation was legal touched off a long constitutional debate before the cameras (see box page...
McGuane's own trademark is the monstrous practical joke that is at the center of all his books. In The Sporting Club, a demonic hoax-artist contrived to destroy an exclusive hunt club in northern Michigan. The Bushwhacked Piano contained a lunatic scheme to cash in on antipesticide sentiment by selling tall towers stocked with insect-eating bats...