| 词条 | James W. McCord Jr. |
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|birth_name=James Walter McCord Jr. |alias=Ed Martin[1] |birth_date={{birth date and age|1924|6|26}} |birth_place=Waurika, Oklahoma, U.S. |death_date ={{death date and age|2017|06|15|1924|6|26}} |alma_mater=University of Texas at Austin George Washington University |known_for=Participation in the Watergate Scandal |occupation=former CIA officer and electronics expert |module={{Infobox military person|embed=yes |rank=Lieutenant colonel |branch=United States Air Force Reserve}} }}{{Watergate|People}}James Walter McCord Jr. (June 26, 1924 - June 15, 2017 [2]) was a former CIA officer, later involved, as an electronics expert, in the burglaries which precipitated the Watergate scandal.[3] CareerMcCord was born in Waurika, Oklahoma[4][4] and briefly attended Baylor University before receiving a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1949.[5] In 1965, he received an M.S. in international affairs from George Washington University.[5][6] After beginning his career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), McCord worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), ultimately ascending to a GS-15 position in the Agency's Office of Security.[7] For a period of time, he was in charge of physical security at the Agency's Langley headquarters.[8] According to Russ Baker, then-Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles once introduced McCord to an Air Force colonel as "the best man we have".[9] In 1961, and under his direction, a counter-intelligence program was launched against the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.[10] He also held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve.[11] WatergateShortly after resigning from the CIA, McCord was interviewed and then hired by Jack Caulfield in January 1972 "for strict, solely defensive security work at the Republican National Committee and the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP)". He and four other accomplices were arrested during the second break-in to the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. The arrests led to the Watergate scandal and resignation of President Nixon. McCord was one of the first men convicted in the Watergate criminal trial; on eight counts of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping, for which McCord received a sentence of 25 years in federal prison.[12][13] In a later letter, written to U.S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The letter implicated senior individuals in the Richard Nixon administration of covering up the conspiracy that led to the burglary. As a result of the letter, McCord flipped and became a cooperating witness and was released for time served. His letter and subsequent cooperation is said to have broken the Watergate case "wide open".[14] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Dean|first=John|title=Blind Ambition: The White House Years|date=1976|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York, New York|isbn=0671224387|page=90}} 2. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181059465/james-walter-mccord] 3. ^{{cite book|editor=Gerald Gold|title=The Watergate hearings: break-in and cover-up; proceedings|publisher=Viking Press|location=New York|year=1973|pages= 147|isbn=0-670-75152-9|oclc=865966|url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865966&referer=brief_results}} 4. ^{{cite book| author = Dash, Samuel, Mads| title = Chief counsel: inside the Ervin Committee--the untold story of Watergate| publisher = Random House| location = New York| year = 1976| pages = 59| isbn = 0-394-40853-5| oclc =| doi =| url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2388043}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|title=Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRm922VZLzgC|year=1975|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=The Michigan Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lACdVt_-cOkC|year=1974|publisher=University of Michigan-Dearborn}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Edmund Callis Berkeley|title=Computers and Automation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPpUAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates}} 8. ^{{cite book|author=Stafford T. Thomas|title=The U.S. Intelligence Community|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0QvAAAAYAAJ|date=1 January 1983|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-8191-3098-3}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/06/29/watergate-downing-nixon-part-3/|title=Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 3|first1=Hidden Influence|last1=June 29|first2=2017 | Russ|last2=Baker|date=29 June 2017|website=WhoWhatWhy}} 10. ^Oswald and the CIA by John Newman page 138. 11. ^{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Government Operations|title=U.S. Government Information Policies and Practices--problems of Congress in Obtaining Information from the Executive Branch: Hearings Before a Subcommittee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMtEAQAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}} 12. ^1 {{cite book| title=Watergate: chronology of a crisis| volume=1| last=Dickinson| first=William B.| oclc=20974031| isbn=0-87187-059-2| url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/20974031|author2=Mercer Cross |author3=Barry Polsky | year=1973| pages= 40| publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc.| location=Washington, D.C.}}This book is volume 1 of a two volume set. Both volumes share the same ISBN and Library of Congress call number, E859 .C62 1973 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/16/manafort-might-never-get-out-of-jail-watergate-prosecutor/|title=Manafort might never get out of jail: Watergate prosecutor|first=Mary Kay|last=Linge|date=16 June 2018|publisher=}} 14. ^{{cite book| author = Dash, Samuel, Mads| title = Chief counsel: inside the Ervin Committee--the untold story of Watergate| publisher = Random House| location = New York| year = 1976| pages = 30| isbn = 0-394-40853-5| oclc =| doi =| quote = "When Judge Sirica finished reading the letter, the courtroom exploded with excitement and reporters ran to the rear entrance to phone their newspapers. The bailiff kept banging for silence. It was a stunning development, exactly what I had been waiting for. Perjury at the trial. The involvement of others. It looked as if Watergate was about to break wide open."| url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2388043}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
Further readingMcCord wrote a book about his connection with the Watergate burglary:
| author = McCord, James W. | title = A piece of tape; the Watergate story: fact and fiction | publisher = Washington Media Services | location = [Rockville, Md.] | year = 1974 | pages = | isbn = 0-914286-00-5 | oclc = 1031449 | url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1031449 | doi = | accessdate = 2007-07-22 }}{{DEFAULTSORT:McCord, James W. Jr.}} 9 : 1924 births|People from Waurika, Oklahoma|American perjurers|American spies|Baylor University alumni|George Washington University alumni|Members of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President|Watergate Seven|People convicted in the Watergate scandal |
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