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Almost from the time of his arrest, McCord testified last week, certain authorities within the White House waged a campaign of pressure, promises and threats to shut him up. This, testified McCord, was the chronology...
Liddy, the epitome of the silent secret agent, pleaded innocent but resisted all efforts to get him to talk fully about the operation. Convicted along with Liddy, McCord also said nothing at first...
After Judge John J. Sirica sentenced Liddy to up to 20 years and the others to even stiffer terms, but with the promise that he would review the penalties if they spoke up, Liddy remained mum and received an additional sentence for contempt of court. McCord took the suggestion to heart, and he wrote Sirica, charging that higher authorities had been involved in a coverup. With that, the whole attempt at concealment began to collapse...
...July 1972. An unstamped note was slipped into the mailbox at McCord's house in Rockville, Md. It was signed "Jack," and came from John Caulfield, a former White House staff assistant who had worked under John Ehrlichman, mainly as a liaison with law enforcement agencies. The note suggested three times at which McCord could go to a pay phone "on Route 355 near the Blue Fountain Inn" and expect a call from Caulfield. McCord went to the booth, got a call from a man with a "New York accent" who said: "Jack will want to talk with...
...McCord received word from his attorney, Gerald Alch, that "a friend" McCord had known at the White House would call that night...