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|Image = G. | |Image = G._Gordon_Liddy.jpg | ||
|fullname = George Gordon Battle Liddy | |fullname = George Gordon Battle Liddy | ||
|alias = G. Gordon Liddy | |alias = G. Gordon Liddy | ||
|origin = Brooklyn, USA | |origin = Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
|occupation = FBI agent<br>Prosecutor<br>Leader of the White House Plumbers | |occupation = FBI agent<br>Prosecutor<br>Leader of the White House Plumbers | ||
|skills = Political and legal knowledge | |skills = Political and legal knowledge | ||
|goals = Become New York District Attorney<br>Sabotage the Democratic Party<br>Cover up his involvement in Watergate (all failed) | |goals = Become New York District Attorney<br>Sabotage the Democratic Party<br>Cover up his involvement in Watergate (all failed) | ||
|crimes = Burglary<br>Conspiracy<br>Illegal wiretapping<br>Illegal surveillance<br>Obstruction of justice | |crimes = Burglary<br>Conspiracy<br>Illegal wiretapping<br>Illegal surveillance<br>Obstruction of justice<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Corruption | ||
|type of villain = Corrupt Official}} | |type of villain = Corrupt Official}}{{Quote|Obviously, crime pays, or there'd be no crime.|G. Gordon Liddy}} | ||
'''George Gordon Battle Liddy''' (30 November 1930 - 30 March 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent and leader of the White House Plumbers, a special operations unit established in order to prevent sensitive information relating to the presidency of [[Richard Nixon]] from leaking out. In 1972, Liddy and several other White House officials were prosecuted after being implicated in the [[Watergate scandal]]. Liddy was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. | '''George Gordon Battle Liddy''' (30 November 1930 - 30 March 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent and leader of the [[White House Plumbers]], a special operations unit established in order to prevent sensitive information relating to the presidency of [[Richard Nixon]] from leaking out. In 1972, Liddy and several other White House officials were prosecuted after being implicated in the [[Watergate scandal]]. Liddy was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. | ||
Liddy has often been described as the "mastermind" of the Watergate scandal. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Watergate scandal=== | ===Watergate scandal=== | ||
On 27 January 1972, Liddy presented a campaign intelligence plan to the [[Committee for the Re-Election of the President]] that involved extensive unlawful activities against the Democratic party. His initial plan was rejected by CRP chairman [[Jeb Magruder]], Attorney General [[John Mitchell]] and Presidential Counsel [[John Dean]]; however, two months later the three of them approved a smaller-scale version of Liddy's plan which involved breaking into the Democratic party's headquarters, the Watergate complex, in order to photograph campaign documents and install listening devices. | On 27 January 1972, Liddy presented a campaign intelligence plan to the [[Committee for the Re-Election of the President]] that involved extensive unlawful activities against the Democratic party. His initial plan was rejected by CRP chairman [[Jeb Magruder]], Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]] and Presidential Counsel [[John Dean]]; however, two months later the three of them approved a smaller-scale version of Liddy's plan which involved breaking into the Democratic party's headquarters, the Watergate complex, in order to photograph campaign documents and install listening devices. | ||
In May, [[Alfred Baldwin]] was assigned to bug the Watergate complex's phone lines and monitor the phone conversations afterwards. After this failed to produce any meaningful results, Liddy and Hunt assigned a five-man team consisting of [[James McCord]], [[Virgilio Gonzalez]], [[Bernard Barker]], [[Eugenio Martinez]] and [[Frank Sturgis]] to break into the complex on 28 May and wiretap the office phones, with Baldwin acting as a spotter. This was successful, with the phones of DNC chairman Larry O'Brien and Association of State Democratic Chairmen director Robert Spencer Oliver being bugged. | In May, [[Alfred Baldwin]] was assigned to bug the Watergate complex's phone lines and monitor the phone conversations afterwards. After this failed to produce any meaningful results, Liddy and Hunt assigned a five-man team consisting of [[James McCord]], [[Virgilio Gonzalez]], [[Bernard Barker]], [[Eugenio Martinez]] and [[Frank Sturgis]] to break into the complex on 28 May and wiretap the office phones, with Baldwin acting as a spotter. This was successful, with the phones of DNC chairman Larry O'Brien and Association of State Democratic Chairmen director Robert Spencer Oliver being bugged. | ||
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===After Watergate=== | ===After Watergate=== | ||
Following his release from prison, Liddy became a radio host until his retirement in 2010. He ultimately died of Parkinson's Disease on 30 March 2021. | Following his release from prison, Liddy became a radio host until his retirement in 2010. He ultimately died of Parkinson's Disease on 30 March 2021. | ||
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