1. American Spy, 177.
2. Dirty Tricks, 93.
3. American Spy, 178.
4. G. Gordon Liddy, Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991), 204.
5. Dirty Tricks, 93; General Cushman’s Call Re: Howard Hunt, Osborn to Inspector General, February 5, 1974, Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, May–June 1974, Book 7, pt. 2, p. 1040 (“HJC Hearings”). See also: Evans, MFR, August 30, 1971, NARA/JFK RIF #104–10119–10317; MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Alexander P. Butterfield, Deputy Assistant to the President, The White House, SUBJECT: Everett Howard Hunt Jr., July 7, 1971. Hunt Fourth Security File.
6. RN, 513.
7. Ends of Power, 161.
8. Report of the Special Subcommittee on Intelligence of the House Armed Services Committee, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, October 23, 1973, 5 (Nedzi Report); Dirty Tricks, 95.
9. The Man Who Kept the Secrets, 324.
10. Nedzi Report, 10, 20.
11. Dirty Tricks, 95.
12. Dirty Tricks, 96; “Working Draft-CIA Watergate History,” 50. Obtained by Judicial Watch via Freedom of Information Act, August 2016, https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-cia-watergate-cia-report-00146/ (“Draft CIA Watergate History”).
13. Nightmare, 91.
14. Helms Watergate Testimony, pp. 3233–34.
15. American Spy, 183–85. The acting TSD chief found the photos “intriguing,” not least because the target, Dr. Fielding, was identified. Dirty Tricks, 107.
16. Dirty Tricks, 115.
17. CIA Employee Statement, January 17, 1974, HJC Hearings, Book 2, pp. 298–99. In the House Judiciary Committee report, Ratliff’s statement is heavily redacted. See also: Dirty Tricks, 299–300. O’Sullivan found an unredacted copy of Ratliff’s statement in Arden B. Schell Watergate Collection, box 2, folder 24, George Mason University. Ratliff said he felt sure “that Mr. Helms was probably aware of some of Hunt’s activities and might have authorized the use of Dr. Malloy.” (CIA Employee Statement).
18. Dirty Tricks, 302; Hunt HSCA testimony, pt. 1, p. 30. “Mr. Colson has in the past adverted to a supposed continuing intelligence liaison between then-director Helms and myself, which, in fact, did not exist,” Hunt said.
19. The President’s News Conference of September 16, 1971, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Richard Nixon, 1971: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999), 292.
20. Strong Man, 164.
21. Nightmare, 83.
22. Nightmare, 84.
23. Nightmare, 85.
24. Nightmare, 85.
25. The Man Kept the Secrets, 326.
26. RN, 515.
27. Ends of Power, 40.
28. White House Tapes, OVAL 587–007a; October 8, 1971; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California, https://nixontapes.org/rmh.html (“Who shot John?” 17:30; “Gee, I did this for Kennedy or I did this for Johnson,” 27:00; “Sir, I’m working entirely for you,” 32:00).