ADADAccording to Mr. Krogh, Hunt soon proposed digging up damaging information about Ellsberg through his psychiatrist, Fielding. A proposal from Mr. Krogh and Young called for “a covert operation . “In May 1973,” Mr. Krogh later wrote in his memoir, “the ice cracked open and I fell through.” With Ellsberg on trial for disclosing the Pentagon Papers, the Fielding break-in became public, and Mr. Krogh submitted an affidavit explaining his role. He received a law degree from the University of Washington in 1968 and joined the White House the next year. They discussed the difficulties of performing in Las Vegas, according to Mr. Krogh’s meeting notes, and Nixon promised that Elvis could receive a narcotics agent’s badge.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2020 00:11 UTC