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Fight Back: Tackling Terrorism, Liddy Style
G. Gordon Liddy has never shrunk from a fight, and in this book he offers individuals and businesses a clear-eyed, proactive, and deeply informed approach to combating criminal and terrorist threats. Backed by advice from three seasoned professionals who offer military, medical, and personal security perspectives, Liddy Fight Back is an essential book for everyone concerned about home and workplace safety.
- GenresPolitics
288 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2006
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G. Gordon Liddy
9 books22 followersGeorge Gordon Battle Liddy , known as G. Gordon Liddy, was a U.S. Army veteran former FBI agent, lawyer, talk show host, actor, and figure in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon Administration. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the scandal.
Working alongside Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in May and June 1972. After five of Liddy's operatives were arrested inside the DNC offices on June 17, 1972, subsequent investigations of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Liddy was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and refusing to testify to the Senate committee investigating Watergate. He served nearly fifty-two months in federal prisons.
He later joined with Timothy Leary for a series of popular debates on various college campuses, and similarly worked with Al Franken in the late 1990s. Liddy served as a radio talk show host from 1992 until his retirement on July 27, 2012. He was a guest panelist for Fox News Channel in addition to appearing in a cameo role or as a guest celebrity talent in several television shows. In addition he appeared in movies and television shows.
He also wrote adventure novels and his biography in the years that followed his release from prison.
Liddy died on March 30, 2021. He was ninety years old at the time of his death.
Working alongside Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in May and June 1972. After five of Liddy's operatives were arrested inside the DNC offices on June 17, 1972, subsequent investigations of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Liddy was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and refusing to testify to the Senate committee investigating Watergate. He served nearly fifty-two months in federal prisons.
He later joined with Timothy Leary for a series of popular debates on various college campuses, and similarly worked with Al Franken in the late 1990s. Liddy served as a radio talk show host from 1992 until his retirement on July 27, 2012. He was a guest panelist for Fox News Channel in addition to appearing in a cameo role or as a guest celebrity talent in several television shows. In addition he appeared in movies and television shows.
He also wrote adventure novels and his biography in the years that followed his release from prison.
Liddy died on March 30, 2021. He was ninety years old at the time of his death.
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