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.

Sources

• {{Book reference|Author=Sussman, Barry|Year=1992|Title=The Great Coverup: Nixon and the Scandal of Watergate (3rd Ed.)|Publisher=Seven Locks Press|ID=ISBN 0929765095}}
• {{Web reference|title=The Watergate Files|work=The Watergate Files presented by The Gerald R. Ford Museum & Library|URL=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/exhibits/watergate_files/index.html|date=March 6|year=2005}}
• The Key To Watergate (1992) Barbara Newman Productions (for A&E Network's Investigative Reports series).http://www.NixonEra.com/library/watergate.asp