LEGAL ANALYST/AUTHOR: John D. O'Connor, is author of the new book, The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened and Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism and host of The Mysteries of Watergate Podcast. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases.
Most informed citizens do not know what really happened in the most important and impactful scandal in American history—Watergate—and how the Washington Post covered it up.
Watergate, our “great national nightmare” in the words of President Gerald Ford, was the most impactful scandal in American—and perhaps world—history. Yet even those who believe they have studied Watergate fully could never understand the purpose of this puzzling burglary of DNC headquarters, with no meaningful information to gain, and Nixon far ahead in the polls. In easily accessible vignettes, The Mysteries of Watergate will unpack factual narratives and solid inferences that will astound the reader.
John O’Connor’s rendition will add to prior research into heretofore-unknown occurrences, putting all “revisionist” knowledge into one coherent, understandable whole. Even more explosively, he has, for the first time by any observer in fifty years, deeply examined the three thousand Post-Watergate articles and its subsequent publications to show how deeply false and flawed this journalism was. He also will offer the first comprehensive understanding of Deep Throat’s true motives.
Since this reporting won a Pulitzer Prize and is the template for all subsequent investigative reporting, this book profoundly shakes the foundation of the modern mainstream media project. The Mysteries of Watergate is a must-read for anyone interested in the way modern society shapes its historical narratives.
PLUG BOOK: The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened
BIO: John O’Connor is an experienced trial lawyer, practicing law in San Francisco since 1972. He has tried cases in state and federal court throughout the country. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California from 1974-1979, representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases. Among his interesting assignments have been representation of the government during the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s; writing Fifth Amendment and “state of mind” briefs for the prosecution in United States v. Patricia Hearst; representing the FDIC, FSLC and RTC during the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s; representing California Attorney General Dan Lungren in campaign-related litigation; defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in significant smoking and health litigation; representing Coach Don Nelson in litigation with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; and representing W. Mark Felt regarding the revelation of his identity as Deep Throat.
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John D. O'Connor, is author of the new book, The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened and Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism and host of The Mysteries of Watergate Podcast. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases.