Gordon C. Strachan (born July 24, 1943 in Berkeley, California) was an aide to H.R. Haldeman, Chief of Staff for U.S. President Richard Nixon and a figure in the Watergate scandal. July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ... Harry Robbins (Bob) Haldeman (October 27, 1926 - November 12, 1993) was a U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service in the Nixon White House, and for his role in the Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted and imprisoned. ... ... The President of the United States (unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Watergate Complex (now the Watergate Hotel) as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ...

Strachan graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in International Relations in 1965. He obtained his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 1968. From 1968 until 1970 he worked for the New York City law firm of Mudge, Rose Guthrie & Alexander, the same firm Nixon worked for before he ran for the presidency again in 1968. The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, and Southern California), Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UCB, UC Berkeley, The University of California, California, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ...

Strachan, who was recruited by Dwight L. Chapin, came to the White House in 1970 and initially worked as a staff assistant to Herbert G. Klein but was assigned to be Haldeman's liaison to the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) when it was formed in March 1971. CRP would become the epicenter of the Watergate scandal. His duties at CRP focused on areas that he had previous experience as an advance man during 1970 mid-term election campaigns, he oversaw political operations. He testified as such before the Senate Watergate Committee and stated that John Dean oversaw all political intelligence gathering, including the Watergate break-in, at CRP. Dwight L. Chapin was United States President Richard M. Nixons appointment secretary from 1969 to 1973. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... The Committee to Re-elect the President, often abbreviated to CRP or CREEP, was a Nixon White House fund-raising organization headed by John N. Mitchell, who had previously served as United States Attorney General. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal after it was learned that the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee by CREEP, President Richard Nixons re-election... John Dean, May 7, 1972. ...

However, G. Gordon Liddy has claimed in his book Will, and in a sworn deposition¹, that Strachan was aware of political intelligence gathering that Liddy was undertaking, including the Watergate break-in. Liddy claims that Strachan discussed the poor quality of the intelligence gathered from the first successful Watergate beak-in and that Liddy told him they were "going back in" to correct the technical problems with the monitoring devices. Dean withheld this information from Haldeman and John Ehrlichman² which led to the White House adopting the erroneous position that no one in the White House had involvement, it was all contained within CRP. In a 1997 interview with Tom Clancy for the video Eye of the Storm, John Ehrlichman stated Strachan "knows a lot, that he's not telling." George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for President Richard Nixons White House Plumbers unit when they broke into the Watergate complex, which at the time was the headquarters of the Democratic National Convention, in 1972. ... John D. Ehrlichman as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, May 13, 1969. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. ... John D. Ehrlichman as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, May 13, 1969. ...

Strachan was indicted along with other White House staffers on March 1, 1974 but all charges against him were dropped on June 10, 1975. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

He moved to Utah in 1975 and served as a clerk for Burman & Giauque in Salt Lake City. In 1977 his license to practice law was restored in Utah and he was elevated to a lawyer at the firm until he left for a partnership at Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler. He now is the principal at his own law firm, Strachan & Strachan P.C., in Salt Lake City. His practice is mainly focused on antitrust litigation in the ski industry. He served on the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Games and is also general counsel to the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. He is the author of several books on law. Utah is one of the Four Corners states, and is bordered by: Idaho (at 42°N) and Wyoming (at 41°N and 111°W) in the north, by Colorado (at 109°W) in the east, at a single point by New Mexico to the southeast (at the Four Corners Monument... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... It has been suggested that competition law be merged into this article or section. ... The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...

Notes & References

• Note 1: G. Gordon Liddy deposition on December 6, 1996 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) [1]
• Note 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)
• Special Files: Gordon C. Strachan. Nixon Presidential Materials. URL accessed on March 7, 2005.
• Firm History. Strahan & Strahan P.C.. URL accessed on March 7, 2005.
• John Ehrlichman: In the Eye of the Storm, Hosted by Tom Clancy (1997) Video. ISBN 0966515404

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External Links

Strachan & Strachan P.C. Website