{
  "id": 129,
  "subject_type": "incident",
  "subject_id": 30,
  "field": "stated_justification",
  "value": "Dean memo purpose",
  "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.",
  "attribution": null,
  "source_id": 159,
  "evidence_quote": "how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies",
  "evidence_date": null,
  "method": "outlet_report",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-22",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "status": "current",
  "supersedes_id": null,
  "superseded_by": null,
  "supersede_reason": null,
  "batch_label": "v2-research-2026-09-22",
  "created_at": "2026-09-22T23:04:23Z",
  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/129",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1971-us-nixon-enemies-list",
  "source": {
    "id": 159,
    "url": "https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/watergate/nixon-s-enemies-list",
    "final_url": "https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/watergate/nixon-s-enemies-list",
    "title": "Nixon's Enemies List",
    "publisher": "University of North Carolina Library, A Southern View of Watergate exhibit",
    "published_on": null,
    "link_state": "unchecked",
    "link_state_since": null,
    "wayback_url": null,
    "wayback_saved_at": null
  },
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  }
}