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NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX
The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise.
On July 17, 1971, Egil "Bud" Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor--and a key confidant of the president--John Ehrlichman. Expecting to discuss the most recent drug control program launched in Vietnam, Krogh was shocked when Ehrlichman handed him a file and the responsibility for the Special Investigations Unit, or SIU, later to be notoriously known as "The Plumbers."
The Plumbers' work, according to Nixon, was critical to national security: they were to investigate the leaks of top secret government documents, including the Pentagon Papers, to the press. Driven by blind loyalty, diligence, and dedication, Krogh, along with his co-director, David Young, set out to handle the job, eventually hiring G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, who would lead the break-in to the office of Dr. Fielding, a psychiatrist treating Daniel Ellsberg, the man they suspected was doing the leaking. Krogh had no idea that his decisions would soon lead to one of the most famous conspiracies in presidential history and the demise of the Nixon administration.
The White House Plumbers is Krogh's account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Nixon White House, and how a good man can make bad decisions, and the redemptive power of integrity. Including the story of how Krogh served time and later rebuilt his life, The White House Plumbers is gripping, thoughtful, and a cautionary tale of placing loyalty over principle.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this breezy memoir, the basis for a forthcoming HBO series, Egil "Bud" Krogh, who died in 2020, recounts his role as head of the Nixon administration's Special Investigations Unit, whose members later committed the Watergate break-in. Writing with his son, Matthew, a climate change activist, Krogh recalls vetting cabinet nominees as a member of Nixon's transition team in 1968, "long before I understood the seriousness of the many responsibilities I would be given." After defense contractor Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Krogh's mentor and "surrogate father" John Ehrlichmann tasked him with directing a team, later known as "the Plumbers," to investigate "who was part of the conspiracy." Krogh admits to orchestrating the theft of Ellsberg's psychiatric files, but notes that he was kicked off the Special Investigations Unit before Watergate for refusing to authorize a warrantless wiretap. Ultimately, Krogh suggests that former FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy bears much of the responsibility for the break-in. Krogh is an amiable narrator, but he covers well-trod ground here and takes pains to highlight his own naivete. This Watergate history is best suited to completists. (Dec.)
Booklist Review
How does someone regain integrity? Krogh believed in the importance of integrity, but felt he lost his during the unraveling of the Nixon Administration. In July, 1971, press leaks involving Vietnam and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and Daniel Ellsberg's release of the Pentagon Papers left the administration reeling. Krogh was approached by domestic advisor John Ehrlichman to work on a special project for Nixon. With a Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Krogh would be entrusted with preventing future leaks and digging for dirt on leakers like Ellsberg. Krogh's past work overseeing the evaluation of narcotics control policy made him seem a good fit for spearheading the SIU (later called the Plumbers), whose break-in at Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office set the ball rolling to Watergate. This is a concise and important view of one domino that would topple Richard Nixon's Presidency. With coauthor and son Matthew, Krogh pens a heartfelt mea culpa--soon to be an HBO miniseries--emphasizing that redemption is always possible and integrity not entirely lost, even in the wake of historic scandal.
Library Journal Review
The late Nixon aide Egil Krogh (1939--2020) presents, in concert with his son Matthew, this clearly written first-person confession for his role in some of the Nixon administration's crimes. After the Pentagon Papers leak by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971, Krogh was made co-director of Nixon's Special Investigations Unit ("the Plumbers"), charged with preventing future leaks, purportedly in the interest of national security. In September 1971 Krogh assented to have the Plumbers break in to the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist to look for information to discredit the leaker. Eight months later, the Plumbers would form the core of Nixon's Watergate burglars; by then, Krogh had left the unit, after refusing to use a warrantless wiretap. Krogh was implicated in the Nixon administration's crimes when Watergate broke in 1973; he pled guilty for a reduced sentence (part of his effort to atone, he writes here) and was the first person incarcerated for activities in the Nixon White House. Later, he lectured on accepting responsibility and making ethical choices when loyalty to people and principles conflict. VERDICT General readers on both sides of the political aisle will welcome this instructional, conscience-stricken account and will want to compare the book to the five-part miniseries based on it (to appear on HBO in 2022).--Frederick J. Augustyn Jr.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ix |
| Prologue | 1 |
| 1 Two Decisions in Two Days | 13 |
| 2 The Plumbers Gather in Room 16 | 37 |
| 3 A New Leak for the Plumbers | 53 |
| 4 Sparring with the CIA, FBI, and "Deep Throat" | 65 |
| 5 A Proposal Gone Awry | 77 |
| 6 Blind Loyalty Ensnares Me in Watergate | 99 |
| 7 Pleading Guilty | 109 |
| 8 From Courthouse to Jailhouse | 123 |
| 9 The Road Home | 133 |
| 10 Making Amends, and a Final Parting | 143 |
| 11 Closure | 153 |
| Timeline | 171 |
| Oath of Office (1966, PL 89-554) | 177 |
| Letter of Resignation | 178 |
| Statement of Egil Krogh, Jr., to the Court | 180 |
| Acknowledgments | 183 |
| Index | 185 |