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...they soon revealed that they had been drawn into the affair without quite realizing what they were doing, that they were more adept at taking orders than understanding them. John J. Caulfield, an ex-cop who had carried an offer of Executive clemency to convicted Watergate Raider James W. McCord Jr., described how he had been "injected into this scandal," how he had been forced to choose between obeying the law and obeying the White House, and Sam Ervin remarked: "The greatest conflicts in this world are when we try to choose between two loyalties...
...McCord, the star witness to date, finally explained his motives for becoming involved. As an old CIA hand, he said, "I had been working in an environment where, if there was ever any question of the legality of a matter or an activity, it would always be sent to high legal officials for a decision on the matter, where, if they sanctioned it, that was sufficient." He added that "left alone, I would not have undertaken the operation...
Further verification may come from E. Howard Hunt, the mystery-writing novelist and former CIA agent who is scheduled to be an early witness. McCord said that Hunt also passed the word from on high that the convicted men would get payoffs and Executive clemency in return for clamming...
Liddy, who is McCord's chief source of information that the Watergate bugging was plotted by Administration high-ups, will probably remain silent, as he has since the start. That could cost Liddy still another contempt sentence, this one from the Ervin committee...
From the beginning, the CIA has had links to the case. Two of the convicted conspirators, James McCord...