Word: mccord
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...latest assault on the Administration's pretense that the wiretapping operation was a relatively minor matter came from one of the wiretappers, James W. McCord Jr. At the time that he and four other men were caught red-handed with electronic eavesdropping equipment and burglary tools at Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate, McCord was the chief security coordinator for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. Last week McCord, who had been convicted of wiretapping and burglary, appeared in a Washington federal district court with six similarly convicted conspirators to face sentencing. But Judge John...
...letter, written without his lawyers' knowledge, McCord charged that "there was political pressure applied to the defendants to plead guilty and remain silent." Five of the defendants, not including McCord, had done so. McCord also claimed that "perjury occurred during the trial in matters highly material to the very structure, orientation and impact of the Government's case." Moreover, he wrote, "others involved in the Watergate operation were not identified during the trial, when they could have been by those testifying...
...Fear. McCord's letter also said that "members of my family have expressed fear for my life if I disclose knowledge of the facts in this matter, either publicly or to any Government representative." McCord wrote that he did not feel all that endangered but thought "retaliatory measures will be taken against me, my family and my friends, should I disclose such facts...
According to a story in The Los Angeles Times, James W. McCord Jr., a convicted Watergate conspirator, last Monday charged that Magruder had lied in court. McCord alleged that Magruder had had prior knowledge of the bugging at the Democratic National Headquarters last June, the story said...
...would not speculate on what effect McCord's allegations would have on a fellowship for Magruder...