John Dean

John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938 in Akron, Ohio, USA) was White House Counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 to April, 1973. As White House Counsel he became deeply involved in the Watergate scandal cover up, even referred to as "master manipulator of the cover up" by the FBI.{{fn|1}}, and went on to become the star witness of the Watergate prosecution.

Life after Watergate

Dean chronicled his White House experiences, with a focus on Watergate, in the memoirs Blind Ambition and Lost Honor.

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In 1992 he brought the first in a series of defamation suits against G. Gordon Liddy for claims in his book Will and St. Martin's Press for its publication of the book Silent Coup by Len Colodny. Silent Coup alleged Dean was the mastermind of the Watergate burglaries and the true target of the burglaries was to seize information implicating Dean and his wife in a prostitution ring. After hearing of Colodny's work Liddy issued a revised paperback version of Will supporting Colodny's theory{{fn|4}}. This theory was subsequently the subject of an A&E Network Investigative Reports series program entitled The Key to Watergate in 1992. The suit was dismissed although Dean has threatened to renew it given Liddy's victory in another defamation case.{{fn|5}}

Related Topics:
1992 - G. Gordon Liddy - Len Colodny - A&E Network

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In 2001, Dean published The Rehnquist Choice, an exposé of the White House's selection process for a new Supreme Court justice in 1971, which led to the accession of William Rehnquist to the United States' highest court. Three years later, Dean authored a book heavily critical of the administration of George W. Bush, entitled Worse than Watergate, a polemic which calls for the impeachment of Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney for lying to the Congress.

Related Topics:
2001 - 1971 - William Rehnquist - George W. Bush - Polemic - Dick Cheney

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Dean is now an investment banker in Beverly Hills, California, as well as an author and lecturer. In 2005, he returned to his alma mater, The College of Wooster, to speak.

Related Topics:
Beverly Hills, California - The College of Wooster

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Dean is also a part-time contributor on FindLaw http://writ.corporate.findlaw.com/dean/.

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