Claim 129
White House Counsel John Dean's August 16, 1971 memo described how the Nixon administration could use the machinery of the federal government against people it considered political enemies.
- Statement
- White House Counsel John Dean's August 16, 1971 memo described how the Nixon administration could use the machinery of the federal government against people it considered political enemies.
- Field
- stated_justification
- Value
- Dean memo purpose
- About
- incident 1971-us-nixon-enemies-list
- Source
- Nixon's Enemies List
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Library, A Southern View of Watergate exhibit
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-22
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
Quotation from the source
how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies