Everette Howard Hunt Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Robert R. Mullen Company Employment

After leaving CIA, Hunt joined the Robert R. Mullen Company, a Washington public-relations firm that maintained a relationship with the Agency.

Role range: 1970-1971

White House Security Consultant Status

CIA's morning meeting recorded that John Ehrlichman had informed Deputy Director Robert Cushman that Hunt had become a White House security consultant.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Alias and Disguise Request

Hunt asked Deputy CIA Director Robert Cushman for alias identification and physical disguise materials for what he described as a sensitive White House mission.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Disguise Materials Issued

CIA gave Hunt a wig, glasses, and a device for altering his speech as part of the technical assistance requested by the White House.

Role range: 1971-1972

Edward Joseph Warren Alias Issued

CIA technical officers supplied Hunt with identification documents in the alias Edward Joseph Warren for use in his White House assignment.

Role range: 1971-1972

Chappaquiddick Incident

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Special Investigations Unit

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

White House Plumbers

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Concealed Recorder Provided

CIA technical officers provided Hunt with a commercial tape recorder concealed in a typewriter case during the period of White House support.

Role range: 1971-1972

Tessina Camera Provided

CIA supplied Hunt with a small Tessina camera concealed in a tobacco pouch for photographic work connected with his White House assignment.

Role range: 1971-1972

Ellsberg Profile Material Submission

Hunt supplied material during White House contacts that contributed to CIA work on a psychological assessment of Daniel Ellsberg.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Secretary Request Refused

Hunt requested temporary use of a CIA secretary he had known during his Agency career, but the request was refused.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Technical Support Ends

Deputy Director Robert Cushman told the White House that CIA would provide no further technical assistance because Hunt's requests had expanded beyond acceptable limits.

Role range: 1971-1972

California Reconnaissance Film Developed

CIA technical officers developed film Hunt had brought back from California after reconnaissance connected with the Ellsberg investigation.

Role range: 1971-1972

New York Cover Request Refused

Hunt asked CIA for a New York mail address and telephone-answering service, but senior officers refused the expanded request.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Credit Card Request Refused

Hunt contacted CIA technical officers seeking a credit card for operational use after other support had been terminated, and the request was refused.

Role range: 1971-1972

Liddy Alias Support Requested

Hunt brought G. Gordon Liddy to CIA technical officers, who provided Liddy with disguise material and alias documents under another name.

Role range: 1971-1972

Special Investigations Unit

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Watergate

Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

White House Plumbers

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Special Investigations Unit

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

White House Plumbers

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Watergate

Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

Fielding Office Burglary

Hunt participates in the burglary of Lewis Fielding's office while seeking information that could be used against Ellsberg.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt maintains that the reason for the break-in was the belief they would find records proving the Democrats had received illegal campaign contributions from the Castro regime.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Watergate

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt maintains that the reason for the break-in was the belief they would find records proving the Democrats had received illegal campaign contributions from the Castro regime.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Watergate

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

Life Magazine

Hunt's White House duties included assassinations-related disinformation. In September 1971, Hunt forged and offered to a Life magazine reporter two top-secret U.S. State Department cables designed to prove that President Kennedy had personally and specifically ordered the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu

Additional Ellsberg Material Supplied

Hunt transmitted additional material connected with the White House request for analysis concerning Daniel Ellsberg after CIA technical support to Hunt had ended.

Role range: 1971-1972

French Leak Case Material Received

CIA arranged to provide Hunt unclassified material concerning a 1954 French government-document leak for research connected with his White House work.

Role range: 1971-1972

Special Investigations Unit

Hired by Charles Colson, special counsel to President Richard Nixon, and joins the President's Special Investigations Unit (alias White House Plumbers)

White House Plumbers

Hired by Charles Colson, special counsel to President Richard Nixon, and joins the President's Special Investigations Unit (alias White House Plumbers)

Nixon China Trip Advisory Work

Hunt served as an adviser connected with preparations for President Nixon's planned trip to China while working outside his former CIA career.

Role range: 1971-1972

Operation Gemstone Planning

Hunt collaborated with G. Gordon Liddy as the broad Operation Gemstone political-intelligence plan was presented to senior Nixon campaign officials.

Role range: 1972-1973

Scaled Gemstone Proposal

Hunt continued working with Liddy as the expensive Gemstone proposal was reduced after senior officials rejected the original plan.

Role range: 1972-1973