Gordon Liddy
| G. Gordon Liddy | |
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Liddy in 2004
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| Born |
George Gordon Battle Liddy November 30, 1930 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Army officer, lawyer, FBI agent, politician, radio personality, actor, writer |
| Criminal charge | Conspiracy, burglary, illegal wiretapping |
| Criminal penalty | 20-year imprisonment, later commuted to 8 years by President Jimmy Carter |
| Criminal status | Released when parole came up after 4.5 years in prison |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Purcell (1957–2010; her death); 5 children |
| Children | Alexandra Bourne (née Liddy) Grace Thomas Liddy Commander James Gordon Liddy Col. Raymond Joseph Liddy |
| Parent(s) | Sylvester Liddy Maria Liddy (née Abbaticchio) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930), better known as G. Gordon Liddy, is a convicted criminal and retired American lawyer who is best known as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July to September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. He was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal.
Separately, along with E. 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.
Liddy 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. His radio show as of 2009 was syndicated in 160 markets by Radio America and on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio stations in the United States. He has been 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.
Liddy was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Sylvester James Liddy and Maria (née Abbaticchio). Largely of Irish descent, his maternal grandfather was of Italian descent. Liddy was raised in Hoboken and West Caldwell, New Jersey. He was named for George Gordon Battle, a New York City attorney and Tammany Hall DA nominee who had mentored Liddy's father.
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