John Dean

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• 11/12/19
  

  Why Televised Hearings Mattered During Watergate But May Not Today

  by James Robenalt

  The whistleblower today has been backed up by others who had direct knowledge, making his or her account now superfluous. John Dean had no such back-up from others; he had to wait a year for his testimony to be fully corroborated by the tapes themselves.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/10/19
  

  Key Nixon Accuser Returns To Capitol With Sights Set On Another President

  Dean was a key Watergate insider – and whistle blower – due to his special role as White House counsel. 

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• 8/25/18
  

  There Is a Cancer Growing On Trump’s Presidency

  by James D. Robenalt

  It's not "RATS" who are doing him damage.  

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• SOURCE: US News
  5-10-17
  

  Not Watergate, Not Yet

  by James Warren

  "Nixon's 'Saturday Night Massacre' was clearly a sinister act and effort to kill an investigation. What is not clear is whether Trump has botched this or it is a sinister act."

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• 1-5-15
  

  Nixon’s Righthand Man Makes Amends – Or Tries to

  by Diana Klebanow

  Dean has worked very hard to erase the image of him as a villain, but it remains to be seen whether he really should be regarded as a hero.

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• SOURCE: Media Matters
  8-19-14
  

  Former Nixon Counsel John Dean: Right-Wing Media Impeachment Calls, Watergate Comparisons "Absolutely Silliness"

  "The conservative media just doesn't seem to understand the impeachment clause. It is not designed to ... besmirch a president with, and that's all they're doing with it."

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• SOURCE: Colbert Report
  8-4-14
  

  Stephen Colbert's 40th Anniversary Show on the Resignation of Richard Nixon

  Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert's history of Watergate features interviews with Pat Buchanan and John Dean. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-27-14
  

  Bob Dallek in the NYT gives a rave review of John Dean's history of Watergate cover-up

  by Robert Dallek

  A review of Dean's new book, "The Nixon Defense."