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Gordon liddy s autobiography is entertaining, fast paced, and wonderfully blunt. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the scandal. Gordon liddy at the watergate trial in 1973 left and speaking on a segment of fox news in 2005. In his 1996 book, slouching towards gomorrah, bork. This book, while obviously telling the story of the mans life, proves to be a superb commentary on american society. Nov 14, 2007 the national broadcast of the g man on the radio america network, recorded live in arlington vawashington dc. David greenberg, former acting editor of the new republic, is a richard hofstadter fellow in american history at columbia university and an editor of the online magazine slate.
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