http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/chapters/6c.html
G. Gordon Liddy:
G. Gordon Liddy's was an FBI who helped organize and direct the Watergate Scandal, he was the chief operative for the White House during Nixon's presidency. He was the leader of the five men who made at least two separate entries in May and on June 17th of 1972, although Liddy never entered the Watergate complex, but he did admit to supervising the second break-in to a room in the Watergate Hotel.
He testifies that the break-ins were not seeking political intelligence but that the team was simply looking for photographs linking the future wife of President Nixon's White House counsel, John W. Dean, to call-girl ring. Liddy says that the floor plan of the Democratic Party headquarters at the watergate office building showed him that he had been deceived about the mission of the burglars. He refused to testify to the Senate committee investigating Watergate.
Liddy was convicted for his role in the Watergate break in, conspiracy for the Daniel Ellsberg case, contempt of court, and burglary. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and $40,000 in fines to pay. Although President Jimmy Carter commuted his sentence to only eight years. He was released on September 7th after spending a total of four and a half years in prison since many others convicted of the scandal faced less harsh conviction.
After being released from prison Liddy wrote an autobiography, Will, which sold millions of copies and was later made into a TV show. He led a popular talk radio show and started up a private security and counter surveillance firm. He also became quite the actor, appearing in multiple movies and TV shows. He is still alive at the age of 82.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/liddy.html
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