Pick signals moderate immigration approach Nov 21, 2008
Richard Kleindienst - The former state Republican activist and 1964 GOP gubernatorial nominee became the 68th attorney general in June 1972, just days before the Watergate break-in that would destroy President Nixon's administration. He served as Nixon's attorney general for less than one year. (AZCentral -- News)
Watergate offenders rewrite history (2) Nov 19, 2008
Could he go to Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. Same answer. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
An FBI 'reign of terror' with 'Deep Throat' to blame Sep 2, 2008
I wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst spelling out the whole shameful spectacle. By this time, Hoover had died and Nixon had appointed as acting director L. Patrick Gray III, described by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward as "a political hack." Gray's appointment was "all the more shocking," Woodward writes in 'The Secret Man,' "because Felt had concluded he (Felt) was the logical successor to Hoover.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Happy 35th, 'God Bless America' May 2, 2008
It was a difficult speech for Nixon: He announced the resignations of three Administration officials, including Attorney General Richard Kleindienst but Nixon nonetheless tried to sound optimistic. As he approached the end of his speech, Nixon noted that he had "exactly 1,361 days remaining" in his term and wanted them "to be the best days in America's history." "Tonight," he continued, "I ask for your prayers to help me in everything that I do throughout the days of my presidency." Then came... (Time.com)
Watergate revisited in book by ex-FBI chief Mar 9, 2008
Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst advised him in 1972 to fire Felt, Gray wrote. "Where's all this coming from?" Gray asked. (Boston Globe)
Being a CIA Target Jun 29, 2007
I broke the story about ITT in the Nixon adminsitration which caused a big controversy on Capitol Hill and later the reopening of the nomination hearing of Richard Kleindienst to be the attorney general and they used the plumbers to spirit the witness out of town. There was a lot of domestic stuff going on that was pretty irregular then that was purely political. (Fox News)
Analysis: Gonzales woe on familiar track Mar 28, 2007
Nixon later accepted the resignations of senior aides Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman and of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst before eventually resigning himself over the Watergate cover-up. President Carter accepted the departure of longtime friend Bert Lance as budget director in a dispute over banking irregularities earlier in Lance's career. (Bakersfield Californian -- Politics)
Rehnquist's Skeletons: Jan 9, 2007
The page below, written before the 1971 hearings, shows Assistant Attorney General (and subsequent ) Richard Kleindienst requesting (and the FBI agreeing) that agents "discreetly determine" whether two individuals likely to testify from Rehnquist's home state of Arizona "had any criminal records or criminal background." A few days later a second memo (see next page) reports the FBI's "investigation disclosed opposition to Rehnquist by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored... (Slate)
FBI Releases Rehnquist Nomination Files Jan 5, 2007
In 1971, Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst directed the FBI to conduct investigations of witnesses who were planning to testify at a Senate hearing against Rehnquist's confirmation. Fifteen years later during the Reagan administration, the FBI was enlisted to conduct background checks on witnesses who were scheduled to testify against Rehnquist's nomination to become chief justice. (Newsmax)
Rehnquist File Sheds Light on Drug Dependence, Confirmation Battles Jan 4, 2007
An October 1971 memo from Alex Rosen to Clyde Tolson, two of Hoover's top aides, reported that then-Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst had called "to have a criminal background check made" on two Phoenix residents -- their names are blocked out -- who were expected to give testimony that was critical of Rehnquist. At the bottom of the memo is a handwritten "ok" that was the characteristic mark of Hoover himself, according to Charns, the Durham lawyer. (Law.com)
