Talk:G. Gordon Liddy

I added the more detailed information about the Anderson assassination and his enlarged testicles. This information was revealed in a interview with Howard Stern. A summary of the interview will be posted on howardstern.com later tonight, at which time I will post a link as a external reference. -sk

Stating Nixon ordered the Watergate and Ellsberg break-ins seems to be going beyond what wikipedia's other articles are willing to say. It seems to me that while many people (myself included) believe that Nixon ordered these, it has not been proven beyond the allegations of a few people. I think using the word "allegedly" would be in order in this case. If anyone has objections to these changes please explain them here. -R. fiend 06:52, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've just brought back a sentence nuked by another editor, for the sole reason that this particular person hasn't got a single valid edit under his belt. The diff is currently at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=G._Gordon_Liddy&diff=0&oldid=14992002 , I could be wrong. -- Kizor 20:11, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There are some awkward parts of this article, like the correspondence between Hoover and Liddy over E. Roosavelt. Since I don't really know much about the subject and just copyeditted it I couldn't figure out how to deal with it. Also, the stuff on films Liddy's been in is duplicated. One of them should go. Felix Dance 14:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Mrs. Liddy's Weight

Mr. Liddy once stated on his syndicated radio show that Mrs. Liddy tips the scales at 220 pounds. His producer expressed consternation, but by that time it was too late. Of course he married her for both her size and her math smarts, so she would produce superior offspring (as he mentions in his autobiography). In those days "the lovely Diana" was not an option, yes indeed!!! His producer has some tig ole bitties, yes indeed!!!

Watergate

Liddy never actually broke into the Watergate, did he? He wasn't one of the five arrested, he just was a planner/organizer, right? This article doesn't make that clear, but I don't want to change it until I'm certain. -R. fiend 1 July 2005 21:01 (UTC)

I would argue that the comment about Liddy's plan to break into the Watergate complex 'caught the eye' of the White House is wrong. It was rejected a number of times, it should also be noted that different people in the White House were involved and had different views.

Catholicism?

Liddy often talks about being a lapsed Catholic and often seems hostile to the Church. He states that his wife is the one who practices Catholicism faithfully. He also states that he is a 32nd Degree Mason; Freemasonry has often been seen as being antithetical to Catholicism. So I guess I'm asking if this is accurate. Rlquall 23:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

washington post

I thought that the reason Liddy "bleeps" the full name of the Post had to do with the fact that it was the paper that brought him down during Water Gate? I am aware of no copyright issue...Can someone clarify? jme

Controversial Statements

Having just come across Liddy's defense of his advice about where to shoot ATF agents, I added it to the article. The quote I've inserted is too long, but I couldn't find a good way to shorten it.

Talking of edited quotations, the text given for the 2 quotations seems to be taken from the FAIR article in the external links. Given that FAIR is Not Exactly Fond of Mr. Liddy, we should find, and cite, a better source, with no elisions. Unfortunately, my efforts to Google for one were totally unsuccessful.

Cheers, CWC(talk) 12:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm ok with using FAIR as a source. They may not like Liddy, but that doesn't mean they'll misquote him. They may spin, but they don't lie. User:texasmusician(talk) 11:16, 13 August 2006

Hmmmmm... Does someone have the context of that Hitler-electrified-me quote? I find it hard to believe he might actually endorse Hitler and what he stood for, so there's gotta be more to it than those words...

Later! Nomad Of Norad 01:38, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes, the revised version makes things much clearer now. Thank you, whoever it was that clarified that. -- Nomad Of Norad 05:33, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Is Media Matters a really "neutral" site?

I mean, it even calls itself a site based on presenting a leftist (at least anti-conservative), point of view. If you're going to quote a site, I'd suggest to quote one that doesn't associate itself with a side of the political spectrum.

Scenes from Liddy's appearance on Miami Vice

Ira Stone shows Crockett a body bag packed with Heroin during the 1975 evacuation of Vietnam

Crockett and Ira stone meet Maynard

Crockett discovers that Maynard is behind the drug trafficking

Race

does anyone have anything to back up the Irish-Italian claims? I've also heard that he is at least part German - any one have any sources for any of this?

Liddy's Involvement with Bud Wilson?

This site: [[1]] references that Alexander "Bud" Wilson created this "Hurricane Force Training Academy" with G. Gordon Liddy. Now, from what I can find out, Mr. Liddy used it for photo ops only, and wasn't really involved. I'm looking for citations, and haven't been able to find any.

Does anyone know anything about this endeavor? Pyrogen 04:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Weight training w/ Fruit of Islam?

Are you sure it was weight training with the Fruit of Islam? That sounds rather mundane and not much of an honor, like he was allowed to play pinochle with them and it was an historical event. Wasn't it martial arts training or something? --Howdybob 17:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The fundamental aspect of this passage is that the Nation of Islam (NOI) is an all-black organization that neither admits white people nor publicly socializes with them. And within this racially exclusive community, the Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the highly elite (very zealous, very strong, and, if necessary, very deadly) adherents of the NOI.

Thus, it would, metaphorically speaking, be a very snowy day in Mecca for a group of FOI Federal Inmates to work out with any white people.

Now, the FOI ain't stupid. They picked the right white guy to work out with; ex-FBI Agent-Government Spook-Black Bag Operative. It is likely that the FOI inmates wanted to gain some knowledge hitherto unknown to them about working out and maybe, just maybe, a fact or two about hand to hand combat.

71.168.139.165 08:09, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Liddy claims martial arts practice with FOI in his autobiography and on his radio show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.65.143 (talk) 16:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Major copyediting needed

This article is a disaster. I've removed huge chunks of OR which -somehow- hadn't been challenged previously, despite being completely ridiculous. Everything in this article needs a source and anything that doesn't have one is liable to be removed immediately under WP:BLP. I've also removed the trivia section since it violates WP:TRIVIA and was pointless anyway. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 08:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

firebombing the Brookings Institute

The Washington Post says this was the brainchild of Chuck Colson.12:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)