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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.

Notes

  • {{fnb|1}} Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Planning and Evaluation. FBI Watergate Invesgiation: OPE Analysis. July 5, 1974. File Number 139-4089. p.11 http://www.watergate.info/burglary/fbi-files1.pdf
  • {{fnb|2}} John W. Dean deposition on September 12, 1995 in Maureen K. Dean and John W. Dean v. St. Martin's Press et al United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Case No. 92 1807 (HHG)
  • {{fnb|3}} {{Citenewsauthor|surname=Bates|given=Stephen|title=Flipping His Liddy|date=5 Feb 2004|org=Salon.com|url=http://slate.msn.com/id/1007011/}}
  • {{fnb|4}} Ibid.
  • {{fnb|5}} Ibid.
  • {{fnb|6}} {{Citenewsauthor|surname=Dean|given=John W.|title=Doing Legal, Political, and Historical Research on the Internet|date=9 Sep 2005|org=Findlaw's Writ|url=http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20050909.html}}