Watergate -- A 1974 Interview with Donald Segretti
Book Details
Author(s)G.M. Jackson III
PublisherG. M. Jackson III
ISBN / ASINB00HZ66T1Q
ISBN-13978B00HZ66T15
Sales Rank1,874,098
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
On October 30, 1974, as a reporter for the school newspaper, The Springhillian, I interviewed the labeled Watergate "Dirty Trickster" Donald Segretti when he spoke at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama (incorporating the interview, in my final report, with my coverage of the Q&A session which was the bulk off his talk). With a forty-year perspective on that scandal, I am uploading the interview on Kindle now, given the current interest in Watergate.
He began his speech by relating his biography by relating his biography (among his accomplishments, he graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California; then, he earned a Bronze Star during his service in Vietnam). Segretti then invited questions from the audience and, in that forum, discussed prison reform since he had been
released from prison the previous March, after serving four months for conducting illegal political activities during the 1972 Nixon re-election campaign. He followed with a description of his work for that campaign before concluding his appearance with speculation on the extent of press scrutiny on candidates in then-future campaigns.
Coincidentally, a few weeks before Segretti's apperance, the late foreign policy expert Dr. Hans Morgenthau, who had been included in the infamous "Nixon's Enemies List," gave a guest lecture at Spring Hill. As background for my article on Donald Segretti, I asked Dr. Morgenthau if he had suffered any adverse effects from his inclusion in that list. While I did not incorporate his response in my original work in 1974, I am including a report of my discussion with Dr. Morgenthau in this current upload to Kindle.
Today, Donald Segretti enjoys a successful law practice in his native California. In my letter to Mr. Segretti, asking his permission to reprint this article, I offered this suggestion, "In retrospect, I believe republication of this work would be invaluable for students today who may be considering their own politics and the career paths they will follow."
In his response, consenting to republication, Donald Segretti added, "I trust it will be helpful to any students of history."
Hoping you will gain insights in political history, and Watergate in particular, please read this report on Donald Segretti.
He began his speech by relating his biography by relating his biography (among his accomplishments, he graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California; then, he earned a Bronze Star during his service in Vietnam). Segretti then invited questions from the audience and, in that forum, discussed prison reform since he had been
released from prison the previous March, after serving four months for conducting illegal political activities during the 1972 Nixon re-election campaign. He followed with a description of his work for that campaign before concluding his appearance with speculation on the extent of press scrutiny on candidates in then-future campaigns.
Coincidentally, a few weeks before Segretti's apperance, the late foreign policy expert Dr. Hans Morgenthau, who had been included in the infamous "Nixon's Enemies List," gave a guest lecture at Spring Hill. As background for my article on Donald Segretti, I asked Dr. Morgenthau if he had suffered any adverse effects from his inclusion in that list. While I did not incorporate his response in my original work in 1974, I am including a report of my discussion with Dr. Morgenthau in this current upload to Kindle.
Today, Donald Segretti enjoys a successful law practice in his native California. In my letter to Mr. Segretti, asking his permission to reprint this article, I offered this suggestion, "In retrospect, I believe republication of this work would be invaluable for students today who may be considering their own politics and the career paths they will follow."
In his response, consenting to republication, Donald Segretti added, "I trust it will be helpful to any students of history."
Hoping you will gain insights in political history, and Watergate in particular, please read this report on Donald Segretti.
