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H.R. HALDEMAN, 47. As Nixon's stern chief of staff, the former California advertising executive once noted on a memo returned to a White House aide: "I'll approve of whatever will work and am concerned with results?not methods." The most formidable guardian of Nixon's Oval Office, Haldeman...
JOHN D. EHRLICHMAN, 48. Formerly Nixon's chief adviser on domestic affairs, the outgoing and often witty Ehrlichman has acidly termed Congressmen "a bunch of clowns" and argued that a President has the right to simply "set aside" anything Congress did that was "not in the public interest." A Seattle...
CHARLES W. COLSON, 42. A tough and wily political infighter, Colson was Nixon's special counsel, concentrating on soliciting labor support and punishing the President's political enemies. Colson's footprints kept appearing at the fringes of the Watergate scandal, although he insisted loudly that he would never be indicted?...
(4 of 13) transferring White House men to key department and agency posts. It was Strachan who startled the Ervin committee by advising young people who were considering government work: "Stay away." He is charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and one count of lying to a grand jury.
The new Watergate Seven face maximum sentences of five years in prison for each count of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making a false statement to the FBI or a grand jury. If there are convictions on all counts, the consecutive sentences could total as much as 30 years for...