Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. A former Watergate prosecutor last night predicted that President Trump will be charged with tax evasion after he leaves office.. A report in the New … With the 2020 race heating up, and Beto O'Rourke launching his campaign with a film, our panel of critics picks the best documentaries about the American political system. Now he thinks Donald Trump is even worse", "Watergate's Dean Stars At Censure Bush Hearing", "The Nation: How John Dean Came Center Stage", "1973 Watergate Hearings; 1973-06-25; Part 1 of 6", "Virginia State Bar Attorney Records Search (citing to 12 November 1973 revocation of license following hearing of Disciplinary Board, VSB Docket No. DOC NYC’s Short List selections are chosen by the festival’s programming team, overseen by Artistic Director Thom Powers and Director of Programming Basil Tsiokos. At that time, Liddy presented a preliminary plan for intelligence-gathering operations during the campaign. Numerous current day parallels are elegantly understated. In 1992, Dean hired famed attorney Neil Papiano and brought the first in a series of defamation suits against G. Gordon Liddy for claims in Liddy's book Will, and St. Martin's Press for its publication of the book Silent Coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. This FAQ is empty. According to Dean, modern conservatism, specifically on the Christian Right, embraces obedience, inequality, intolerance, and strong intrusive government, in stark contrast to Goldwater's philosophies and policies. With so much to cover, Ferguson hasn't much time to give the viewer much of a background to the events during that (just over) two year period, but there are mentions of Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers and the robbery of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office etc.. A stronger narration (written and narrated by Ferguson himself) would have helped immeasurably here and throughout. In particular, it is lifelong conservative Judge John Sirica who becomes one of the major protagonists here. All except Parkinson were convicted, largely based upon Dean's evidence. He places particular emphasis on the abdication of checks and balances by the Republican Congress, and on the dishonesty of the conservative intellectual class in support of the GOP, as a result of the obedience and arrogance innate to the authoritarian mentality. A trailer for a new documentary titled Framing Britney Spears, which addresses the US singer's conservatorship, has landed online. Dean was also receiving advice from the attorney he hired, Charles Shaffer, on matters involving vulnerabilities of other White House staff. Chronicle of Nixon's last months in the White House. Certain aspects of the scandal had come to light before Election Day, but Nixon was re-elected by a significant margin. In 2001, Dean published The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court, an exposé of the White House's selection process for a new Supreme Court justice in 1971, which led to the accession of William Rehnquist to the United States' highest court. With Douglas Hodge, Stewart Alexander, Richard Ben-Veniste, Russell Bentley. Gray's nomination failed and Dean was directly linked to the Watergate cover-up. [39], Dean later emerged as a strong critic of Donald Trump, saying in 2017 that he was even worse than Nixon. [27] Yet, Neisser did not explain the difference as one of deception; rather, he thought that the evidence supported the theory that memory is not akin to a tape recorder and, instead, should be thought of as reconstructions of information that are greatly affected by rehearsal, or attempts at replay. Dean married Maureen (Mo) Kane on October 13, 1972. This major miscalculation aside, WATERGATE does highlight one aspect of the tale that is often overlooked - how the legal system worked, and more specifically how Republican judges, and, eventually, Politicians put aside their own views for 'the good of the country' (any resemblance to President Trump's travails is quite intentional). Spectators laughed, and soon the senator was "sputtering mad". TVPG • Documentaries • TV Series (2019) ... Watergate. We are able to provide FJ for free due to ad revenue. [23][24], When it was uncovered that President Nixon had secretly recorded all meetings in the Oval Office, famous psychologist and memory researcher Ulric Neisser analyzed Dean's recollections of the meetings, as espoused in his testimony, in comparison to the meetings' actual recordings. Archibald Cox, Watergate Special Prosecutor, was interested in meeting with Dean and planned to do so a few days later, but Cox was fired by Nixon the very next day; it was not until a month later that Cox was replaced by Leon Jaworski. A series of exclusive interviews and archival footage examining Bill Clinton's political scandal of the 1990s and its lasting influence in the United States. Charles Ferguson's extensive Documentary (4 1/2 hours) sets out to detail the history of Watergate from the break-in through Nixon's resignation. Marshals and kept instead at Fort Holabird (near Baltimore, Maryland) in a special "safe house" primarily used for witnesses against the Mafia. [37], On September 17, 2009, Dean appeared on Countdown with new allegations about Watergate. However, when Dean surrendered as scheduled on September 3, he was diverted to the custody of U.S. [35], Dean's 2007 book Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches is, as he wrote in its introduction, the third volume of an unplanned trilogy. The film, made by the The New York Times, promises to chart her rise to pop stardom and the subsequent controversy over her welfare. Hodge, in particular, wanting as Nixon, evoking none of his cunning, oily calculation. Looks back at Watergate, the original game changer of America politics. WATERGATE can't be considered the definitive nor final word on the scandal, but, the re-enactments caveat aside, it is a very informative and timely one. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1965. This sparked a sharp debate with Republican South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, who repeatedly asserted that Nixon authorized the break-in at Democratic headquarters. [32] Also in 2006, Dean appeared as an interviewee in the documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon, about the Nixon administration's efforts to keep John Lennon out of the United States. This scaled-down plan would lead eventually to attempts to eavesdrop on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., and to the Watergate scandal. Dean also appeared before the Watergate grand jury, where he took the Fifth Amendment numerous times to avoid incriminating himself, and in order to save his testimony for the Senate Watergate hearings.[21]. On April 17, 1973 Nixon informed Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen (who was overseeing the Watergate investigation) that he did not want any member of the White House being granted immunity from prosecution. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. It's an unpleasant place. The strongest aspect of the Doc is that Ferguson doesn't filter the story through a single prism as is the case with most Watergate summaries. The story of the tragedy on board the Scandinavian Star in 1990, is still the biggest unsolved murder mystery in Scandinavia in recent times. WATERGATE. After hearing of Colodny's work, Liddy issued a revised paperback version of Will supporting Colodny's theory. (2018). USA is divided before the 2020 election and American-Norwegian Thomas Seltzer goes on a trip to find out: What really happened to the American Dream? [27] Dean failed to remember any conversations verbatim, and often failed to recall the gist of conversations correctly. [14], Dean was employed from 1966 to 1967 as chief minority counsel to the Republicans on the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Notable US Presidential election races throughout American history are examined. [34] On March 31, 2006, Dean testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during hearings on censuring the president over the issue. In it, he asserts that post-Goldwater conservatism has been co-opted by people with authoritarian personalities and policies, citing data from Bob Altemeyer. White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman would later claim that Dean was appointed by Nixon to take the lead role in coordinating the Watergate cover-up from an early stage and that this cover-up was working very well for many months. Liddy was ordered to scale down his ideas and he presented a revised plan to the same group on February 4, which was, however, left unapproved at that stage. John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is a former attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. Again, any inference about the current day Republican party isn't a coincidence. [26], Neisser found that, despite Dean's confidence, the tapes proved that his memory was anything but a tape recorder. In this latest book, Dean, who has repeatedly described himself as a Goldwater conservative, built on Worse Than Watergate and Conservatives Without Conscience to argue that the Republican Party has gravely damaged all three branches of the federal government in the service of ideological rigidity and with no attention to the public interest or the general good. 74-CCC-7004)", Doing Legal, Political, and Historical Research on the Internet: Using Blog Forums, Open Source Dictionaries, and More, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liddy-case-dismissed/, "John Dean's Role at Issue in Nixon Tapes Feud", "Watergate's lasting legacy is to legal ethics reform, says John Dean", "Former White House counsel for Nixon: Trump scarier than Nixon", "John Dean warns Gates's testimony may be 'the end' of Trump's presidency", "Watergate Figure John Dean Says Rick Gates' Testimony Could Be The End Of The Trump Presidency", "Here Is What Brett Kavanaugh Said About Sexual Misconduct In His Hearings", "Kavanaugh hearing: John Dean warns of a Supreme Court overly deferential to presidential power", "John Dean: If Kavanaugh's confirmed, a president who shoots someone on Fifth Avenue can't be prosecuted in office", "Former Nixon White House Counsel Case Against Kavanaugh", "Richard Nixon's White House counsel says Jeff Sessions' ousting 'like a planned murder, "Watergate's John Dean Explains How Trump Planned Sessions' Firing 'Like a Murder' — And Details How Mueller Could Protect the Probe", "House Judiciary Committee sets hearing on Mueller report with Nixon White House counsel John Dean", "Dems to call Watergate star John Dean to testify on Mueller report", John Dean testifying at the Watergate Hearings, Worse Than Watergate: Former Nixon Counsel John Dean Says Bush Should Be Impeached, Doing Legal, Political, and Historical Research on the Internet Using Blog Forums, Open Source Dictionaries, and More, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dean&oldid=1000336270, 20th-century American non-fiction writers, 21st-century American non-fiction writers, Lawyers disbarred in the Watergate scandal, People convicted in the Watergate scandal, People convicted of obstruction of justice, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from October 2018, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 18:13. On June 25, 1973, Dean began his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee. Such testimony against Nixon, while damaging to the president's credibility, had little impact legally, as it was merely his word against Nixon's. Mike Rankin. He currently resides in Beverly Hills, California. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. In his testimony, Dean asserted that Richard Nixon covered up Watergate because he believed it was in the interest of national security. In the 1999 film Dick, Dean was played by Jim Breuer. [25] Neisser, a sharp critic of studying memory in a laboratory setting, saw "a valuable data trove" in Dean's recall. He later became a commentator on contemporary politics, a book author, and a columnist for FindLaw's Writ. Posted: 25 Sep 2019 6:00 pm It’s Top 25 time, 1990s style... IGN’s readers voted in our poll to determine what the next Top 25 list we would tackle is, and the movies of the ’90s won! A definitive account of Putin's power and how it changed the modern world. Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. Dean's lawyer moved to have his sentence reduced and on January 8, Judge Sirica granted the motion, adjusting Dean's sentence to time served, which wound up being four months. [38], In speaking engagements during 2014, Dean called Watergate a "lawyers' scandal" that, for all the bad, ushered in needed legal ethics reforms. Watergate It was not until information about secret White House tape recordings having been made by President Nixon (disclosed in testimony by Alexander Butterfield, on July 16) and the tapes having been subpoenaed and analyzed that many of Dean's accusations were largely substantiated. These scenes, which amount to a significant amount of screen time, have all the verisimilitude of a bad cable movie. Silent Coup alleged that Dean was the mastermind of the Watergate burglaries and the Watergate coverup, and the true target of the burglaries was to seize information implicating Dean and the former Maureen "Mo" Biner (his then-fiancée) in a prostitution ring. They don't know whether to hire lawyers or not, how they're going to pay for them if they do. [29] This theory was subsequently the subject of an A&E Network Investigative Reports series program entitled The Key to Watergate in 1992.[30][31]. It does a great job capturing the social mind-state people had in the 1970s. A documentary based solely around the 1972 film, Deep Throat. (2018– ). Fresh interviews with many of the key players including Ellsberg, Pat Buchanan, Dan Rather, John Dean (who becomes a sort of bete noir in Ferguson's eyes) and politicians on both sides of the aisle like Elizabeth Holtzman, John McCain and Lowell Weicker are supplemented with archival ones with many of those intimately involved (although, perhaps surprisingly, not Nixon). News Now clips, interviews, movie premiers, exclusives, and more! [15], Dean volunteered to write position papers on crime for Richard Nixon's presidential campaign in 1968. Reaction to Liddy's plan was highly unfavorable. Senator from Arizona Barry Goldwater, in part as an act of fealty to the man who defined his political ideals. Dean then served as associate director of the National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws for approximately two years. This Mini series gives insight on Richard M. Nixon and the scandal he was involved in that eventually led to his resignation as America's president. For high school, he attended Staunton Military Academy with Barry Goldwater Jr., the son of Sen. Barry Goldwater, and became a close friend of the family. Dean is known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness. Inspector General's report reveals horrific crimes committed by Clintons and Foundation. The former special counsel reaffirmed that while President Donald Trump cannot be indicted while in office, he could face criminal charges as a private citizen after leaving the presidency. With his plea to felony offenses, Dean was disbarred as a lawyer in Virginia and the District of Columbia. See hot celebrity videos, E! The Plot Against the President, which is adapted from the 2019 bestseller by Lee Smith, features interviews with the key players who fought to debunk the Russia collusion hoax. [2], In 2008, Dean co-edited Pure Goldwater, a collection of writings by the 1964 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. And has hope and ... See full summary ». Use the HTML below. The most common device is to use Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as the conduit. Shortly after the Watergate hearings, Dean wrote about his experiences in a series of books and toured the United States to lecture. #FreeBritney: Understanding the Fan-led Britney Spears Movement, Armie Hammer Dropped By WME Amid Controversy Over Social Media Posts, Armie Hammer Has Exited UCP’s ‘Gaslit’ Series To Do Paramount+’s ‘The Offer’, November TV Calendar: Series Return and Premiere Dates. John Dean's memory: A case study. [9], After it became known that George W. Bush authorized NSA wiretaps without warrants, Dean asserted that Bush is "the first President to admit to an impeachable offense". Written by Judd Apatow presents an emotional two-part in-depth look at the life, career and complex internal struggles of his loving mentor, the influential stand-up comedian and actor Garry Shandling, based on Shandling's personal diaries. Specifically, the burglars were interested in information they thought was held by Lawrence F. O'Brien, head of the DNC. [47][48], On November 7, 2018, the day after the midterm elections, President Trump forced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. Ferguson did manage to get both Woodward and Bernstein to discuss their involvement, but they are not presented as THE critical figures, just two of them - and WATERGATE is all the stronger for that because it allows for several other historically important avenues to be explored such as the tangled legal and political paths that lead to Nixon's ultimate political demise. Dean was the first administration official to accuse Nixon of direct involvement with Watergate and the resulting cover-up in press interviews. 60 Years of Comedy History. Henry Holt and Co. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (. In 2019, DOC NYC screened 13 of 15 titles that were named to the subsequent Academy Award Documentary Shortlist. Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), who sponsored the censure resolution, introduced Dean as a "patriot" who put "rule of law above the interests of the president." [17] In July 1970, he accepted an appointment to serve as counsel to the president, after the previous holder of this post, John Ehrlichman, became the president's chief domestic adviser.[17]. Numerous current day parallels are elegantly understated. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? Documentaries, History • TV Series (2017) in 1961. China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) [video] (arte.tv) ... Watergate would've been a better example of a time when the conspiracy theorists turned out to be right. He said, "It's a nightmare. IG Michael Horowitz has been investigating fraud and corruption within the Justice Department and the FBI. On February 28, 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his nomination to replace J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the FBI. The following year, he became an associate deputy in the office of the Attorney General of the United States, serving under Attorney General John N. Mitchell, with whom he was on friendly terms. Using Altemeyer's scholarly work, he contends that there is a tendency toward ethically questionable political practices when authoritarians are placed in positions of power, and that the current political situation is dangerously unsound because of it. Roger Stone, former adviser to President Trump, and his wife Nydia Stone arrive at court in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2019. Deep Throat is the pseudonym given to the secret informant who provided information in 1972 to Bob Woodward, who shared it with Carl Bernstein.Woodward and Bernstein were reporters for The Washington Post, and Deep Throat provided key details about the involvement of U.S. president Richard Nixon's administration in what came to be known as the Watergate scandal. The case of Dean vs. Liddy was dismissed without prejudice. [22] It was alleged that Nixon's motivation in preventing Dean from getting immunity was to prevent him from testifying against key Nixon aides and Nixon himself. In the 1995 film, Nixon, directed by Oliver Stone, Dean was played by David Hyde Pierce. He spent his days at the offices of Jaworski, the Watergate Special Prosecutor, and testifying in the trial of Watergate conspirators Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson, which concluded in December. Every informed person is aware that elements of the US government were involved either in the perpetration or a coverup of the 9/11 attacks. He admitted supervising payments of "hush money" to the Watergate burglars, notably E. Howard Hunt, and revealed the existence of Nixon's enemies list. [13], After graduation, Dean joined Welch & Morgan, a law firm in Washington, D.C., where he was soon accused of conflict of interest violations and fired:[11] he was alleged to have started negotiating his own private deal for a TV station broadcast license, after his firm had assigned him to complete the same task for a client. Hi Friends, As you know FJ is completely free for both members and guests. His co-editor was Goldwater's son Barry Goldwater, Jr.[36]. [2][3][4] Dean has been particularly critical of the party's support of Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump, and of neoconservatism, strong executive power, mass surveillance, and the Iraq War. ABC News Documentaries on Hulu will unveil the best documentary originals and exclusive content - exploring provocative topics that define our life and times from around the n ... (2019) 1969. They don't know if they're a part of a conspiracy that might unfold. John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is a former attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. After the arrests of the burglars, Dean took custody of evidence and money from the White House safe of E. Howard Hunt, who had been in charge of the burglaries, and later destroyed some of the evidence before it could be found by investigators.[19]. Armed with newspaper articles indicating the White House had possession of FBI Watergate files, the committee chairman, Sam Ervin, questioned Gray as to what he knew about the White House obtaining the files. Mark Wilson/Getty … He stated that he had found information via the Nixon tapes, that showed what the burglars were after: information on a kickback scheme involving the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Dean, John W. (2004). Documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions. Dean had had suspicions that Nixon was taping conversations, but had not known for sure, and he tipped prosecutors to question witnesses along this line, leading to Butterfield's revelations. [11] He attended Colgate University and then transferred to the College of Wooster in Ohio, where he obtained his B.A. Dean continued to provide information to the prosecutors who were able to make enormous progress on the cover-up, which up until then they had virtually ignored, having concentrated on the actual burglary and events preceding it. Coupled with his sense of distance from Nixon's inner circle, the "Berlin Wall" of advisors H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Dean sensed he was going to become the Watergate scapegoat and despite going to Camp David, he returned to Washington without having completed his report. Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from... 3 of 4 people found this review helpful. Dean pled guilty to obstruction of justice before Watergate trial judge John Sirica on October 19, 1973. Dean frequently served as a guest on the former MSNBC and Current TV news program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and The Randi Rhodes Show on Premiere Radio Networks. Petersen informed Nixon that this could cause problems for the prosecution of the case, but Nixon announced publicly his position that evening. The burglars' first break-in attempt in late May was successful, but several problems had arisen with poor-quality information from their bugs, and they wanted to photograph more documents. He received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. The documentary boasts sit-downs with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Rudy Guiliani, Gen. Michael Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell, and Donald Trump, Jr. It all started with children’s games. [41][42][43], In September 2018, Dean warned against Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the United States Supreme Court,[44][45][46] a main concern being that the appointment would result in "the most presidential-powers-friendly court" in modern times. The final nails to Nixon's coffin are overseen by another Republican - Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski (appointed after Nixon fired Archibald Cox). I haven't watched the documentary yet, but exiled billionaire Guo Wengui is a divisive figure and on some topics it's unclear how reliable he is. The committee had voted to grant him use immunity (doing so in a divided vote in a private session that was then changed to a unanimous vote and announced that way to the public). We've curated a list of romances that break free of the typical fare of humans falling in love. [10] His family moved to Flossmoor, Illinois, where he attended grade school. On April 6, Dean hired an attorney and began his cooperation with Senate Watergate investigators, while continuing to work as Nixon's Chief White House Counsel and participate in cover-up efforts, not disclosing this obvious conflict to Nixon until some time later. When Nixon learned that Dean had begun cooperating with federal prosecutors, Nixon pressed Attorney General Richard Kleindienst not to give Dean immunity from prosecution by telling Kleindienst that Dean was lying to the Justice Department regarding his conversations with the president. [2][5][6][7][8][9], Dean was born in Akron, Ohio, and lived in Marion, the hometown of the 29th President of the United States, Warren Harding, whose biographer he later became. Nixon fired Dean on April 30, the same date he also announced the resignations of Haldeman and Ehrlichman. [18] In late March in Florida, a scaled-down plan would be approved by Mitchell. I'm not going to start forcing people to see ads to look at the site like some places do, but I am going to ask that those of you that enjoy FJ and use it routinely to turn off your ad blockers while you visit us. [12], Dean married Karla Ann Hennings on February 4, 1962; they had one child, John Wesley Dean IV, before divorcing in 1970. It also came out that Gray had destroyed important evidence entrusted to him by Dean. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Golden Globe nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life, Title: After his plea, he was disbarred as an attorney. In the preface to his 2006 book, Conservatives Without Conscience, Dean strongly denied Colodny's theory, pointing out that Colodny's chief source (Phillip Mackin Bailley) had been in and out of mental institutions. View production, box office, & company info. Dean commented on the removal in colorful terms, saying it "seems to be planned like a murder" and that Special Counsel Robert Mueller likely had contingency plans, possibly including sealed indictments. They don't know what they're looking at. Dean went to Camp David and performed some work on a report, but since he was one of the cover-up's chief participants, the task placed him in the difficult position of relating his own involvement as well as others'; he correctly concluded he was being fitted for the role of scapegoat by higher-ups. Blind Ambition was ghost written by Taylor Branch[28] and later was made into a 1979 TV miniseries with Martin Sheen playing Dean. A lthough the United States is allegedly a democracy with a rule of law, it has taken 17 years for public pressure to bring about the first grand jury investigation of 9/11. Gray stated he had given FBI reports to Dean, and had discussed the FBI investigation with Dean on many occasions. Dean cites the behavior of key members of the Republican leadership, including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, and Bill Frist, as clear evidence of a relationship between modern right-wing conservatism and this authoritarian approach to governance. Dean settled the defamation suit against Colodny and his publisher, St. Martin's Press, on terms which Dean stated in the book's preface he could not divulge under the conditions of the settlement, other than stating that "the Deans were satisfied."