Chuck Colson

Chuck Colson Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice in Ellsberg Case, Serves Seven Months

1974-06-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On June 21, 1974, Charles Wendell “Chuck” Colson—Nixon’s Special Counsel and the official known as the President’s “hatchet man”—pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with attempts to discredit Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Colson …

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White House Plumbers Break Into Daniel Ellsberg Psychiatrist Office Seeking Pentagon Papers Dirt

1971-09-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

In September 1971, the White House Special Investigations Unit—mockingly known as the “Plumbers” because their mission was to stop leaks—broke into the Los Angeles office of Dr. Lewis Fielding, psychiatrist to Daniel Ellsberg, who had leaked the Pentagon Papers exposing government lies …

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