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Zorro

(15,722 posts)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 12:17 AM Apr 2019

The mysterious life of James McCord, Watergate burglar whose death went unnoticed for 2 years

In the mid-1990s, the Discovery Channel aired a five-part series on Watergate, calling it a “refresher course” on the audacious White House scandal that drove President Nixon from office.

It might be time for a sequel.

There was a time when the shadowy cast of characters behind the break-in of the Democratic national headquarters were household names, as familiar to Americans as those on a lineup card — G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, John Ehrlichman — on they went.

But the years have not been particularly kind to Watergate.

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-james-mccord-watergate-breakin-dead-20190419-story.html

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The mysterious life of James McCord, Watergate burglar whose death went unnoticed for 2 years (Original Post) Zorro Apr 2019 OP
E. Howard Hunt murielm99 Apr 2019 #1
He wrote spy novels. Dulcinea Apr 2019 #6
Then there's this. G. Gordon Liddy in a patriotic Speedo SharonAnn Apr 2019 #2
"pathetic" is more like it... CTyankee Apr 2019 #4
Rachel Maddow did a special series podcast on Agnew,, The Bag Man Delmette2.0 Apr 2019 #3
Likewise, I doubt Trump's passing would go unnoticed. machoneman Apr 2019 #5

Delmette2.0

(4,157 posts)
3. Rachel Maddow did a special series podcast on Agnew,, The Bag Man
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:05 AM
Apr 2019

It is so worth listening to. This actually flew under everyone's radar. Rachel did a great job in laying it out and interviewing the young (now older) state attorneys who pursued the investigation.

machoneman

(3,997 posts)
5. Likewise, I doubt Trump's passing would go unnoticed.
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:27 PM
Apr 2019

Way too many folks would have to battle me to be the first to piss on......

Well, you get the idea!

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