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6 unusual facts about John Dean


Alexander Butterfield

John Dean had previously mentioned that he suspected White House conversations were taped, and the committee was therefore routinely asking witnesses about it.

Conservatives without Conscience

Conservatives Without Conscience is a book written by John Dean, who served as White House Counsel under U.S. President Richard Nixon and then helped to break the Watergate scandal with his testimony before the United States Senate.

Lyn Nofziger

John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, wrote that Nofziger had helped compile the Nixon White House's enemies list.

Robert Mardian

Mardian always insisted on his innocence and since the trial has said that John Dean had the idea of calling Kleindienst.

The Conscience of a Conservative

John Dean's 2006 book Conservatives without Conscience, for example, draws both its title and some of its principles from Goldwater's book.

Ulric Neisser

In 1981, Neisser published John Dean's memory: a case study, in regards to the testimony of John Dean for the Watergate Scandal.


Earl Butz

News outlets revealed a racist remark he made in front of entertainer Pat Boone and former White House counsel John Dean while aboard a commercial flight to California following the 1976 Republican National Convention.

James W. McCord, Jr.

In a later letter, written to U.S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell.

Norma Percy

this five-part series chronicled the Watergate scandal and featured exclusive interviews with many of the key participants in the events, including H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Dean and G. Gordon Liddy as well as former President Gerald Ford.

The Reflections

Original members Tony Micale and John Dean are now augmented by three other members from various regional doo-wop groups: first tenor Joey Finazzo, baritone Gary Benovetz, and first tenor Sal Prado.


see also

Golf Punk

Golf Punk magazine was launched by Tim Southwell and John Dean through their Keep Yourself Nice Ltd company in 2004, after securing investment from initially Premier League footballers Michael Gray, Thomas Sørensen, Phil Babb, Jason McAteer and Steven Wright, and then Genesis Investments (part of Chris Ingram's investment portfolio).

Jonathan Potter

For example, they reanalysed Ulric Neisser's classic work on the Watergate testimony showing the way John Dean's accounts of his excellent memory were used by counsel as parts of building the case against Nixon.