POSTGATE CAST OF CHARACTERS



Lawyers for Burglary Team

Henry Rothblatt (lawyer for Martinez, Barker, Sturgis and Gonzalez)
Gerald Alch and Bernard Fensterwald (lawyers for McCord)


Burglary Supervisors

Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy


Lawyers for Burglary Supervisors

William O. Bittman
Peter Maroulis


Wiretap Monitor

Alfred Baldwin, III


Lawyers for Wiretap Monitor

John Cassidento and Robert Mirto


Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP)

John Mitchell, Director
G. Gordon Liddy, Counsel
Penny Gleason, Assistant Security Officer
Glenn Sedam, General Counsel
Jeb Magruder, Deputy Director
James McCord, Director of Security
Paul O’Brien, Outside Counsel for CRP
Robert Odle, Director of Administration


CIA

Richard Helms, Director (terminated by Pres. Nixon in January 1973)
Gen. Robert Cushman, Deputy Director
Howard Osborn, Director of Security, Office of Security (OS)
Paul Gaynor, Chief of Staff, Security Research Staff (SRS), Division of OS
Dr. Edward Gunn, retired, former Chief of Medical Division (“poisons” doctor) 
Louis Vasaly, case officer of Lee Pennington
Lee Pennington, contact with James McCord
Cecil Pennington, CIA agent with last name “Pennington” identified to FBI by CIA
Martin Lukoskie, case officer for Robert Bennett of Mullen & Co.
Rob Roy Ratliff, White House CIA liaison 
Miriam Furbershaw, retired CIA clerk rented room to and evicted James McCord


FBI

J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, 1924 - May 1972
Patrick Gray, Acting FBI Director May 1972-April 1973
W. Mark Felt, Deputy Assistant Director, directed investigation of Watergate until Jun 15, 1973
Angelo Lano, Special Agent, investigated Watergate on behalf of Washington Field Office 
William Ruckelshaus, Interim Acting Director May-June 1973, seeks Felt’s resignation
William Sullivan, retired Assistant Director, rival to Felt


Department of Justice Headquarters (“Main Justice”)

John Mitchell, Attorney General January 1969-March 1972
Richard Kleindienst, Attorney General (acting) March 1972 - (confirmed) June 1972-April 1973
Elliot Richardson, Attorney General May 1973-October 1973 
William Ruckelshaus, Deputy Attorney General under Richardson
Archibald Cox, Special Prosecutor terminated in “Saturday Night Massacre” 


United States Attorney’s Office

Earl Silbert, Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of Watergate burglary prosecution
Seymour Glanzer, Assistant U.S. Attorney, chief assistant to Silbert in burglary prosecution
John Rudy, Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of prosecution in U.S. v Bailley


Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Lawrence O’Brien, Chair
Robert Strauss, Treasurer
Spencer Oliver, Jr., employed by ADC, an affiliate of DNC
Ida “Maxie” Wells, secretary to Spencer Oliver, Jr.
Barbara Kennedy Rhoden, successor to Maxie Wells


Counsel for DNC

Williams, Connolly and Califano (WCC), represented DNC and Washington Post, 1972-1973
Joseph Califano, partner at WCC, General Counsel to Washington Post and DNC 1972-1973
Alan Galbraith, partner at WCC, interviewed Alfred Baldwin, III
Charles Morgan, Jr.Alabama civil rights attorney, intervened in burglary trial for DNC, Oliver, Wells   
Hope Eastman, associate of Charles Morgan, Jr.


Washington Post

Ben Bradlee, Editor
Barry Sussman, Assistant Editor
Timothy Robinson, reporter
Alfred E. Lewis, reporter
Eugene Bachinski, reporter
Bob Woodward, reporter
Carl Bernstein, reporter
Richard Cohen, reporter
Martin Schram, reporter


Reporters not with Washington Post

John CrewdsonNew York Times
Seymour HershNew York Times
Howard MarksChicago Today
Patrick CollinsWashington Star-News
Jack Andersonfreelance journalist
Jack NelsonLos Angeles Times
Ronald OstrowLos Angeles Times
Tom CondonHartford Courant
Sandy Smith, TimeMagazine


Public Affairs, Publisher

Peter Osnos, President and Founder


Mullen & Company

Robert Mullen, former owner
Robert Bennettpurchased Mullen & Co. in 1971 
Spencer Oliver, Sr., Mullen officer, father of Spencer Oliver, Jr., of ADC/DNC
Howard Huntretired CIA agent, part-time Mullen copywriter, part-time White House contractor
Douglas Caddy, counsel for General Foods, closely associated with Mullen
Hobart Taylor, outside counsel for Mullen


White House

Richard Nixon, President
H.R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff
John Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President
John Dean, White House Counsel
Fred Fielding, Deputy White House Counsel
Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor
Alexander Haig, Aide to Kissinger
Jack Caulfield,White House detective
Anthony Ulascewicz,Caulfield’s covert investigator
Alexander ButterfieldDeputy Assistant to Nixon
Charles ColsonSpecial Counsel to Nixon
William Timmons, White House Aide
Rose Mary Woods, Nixon’s personal secretary
Donald Segretti, “Dirty Tricks” program operator
Herbert Klein, Communications Director
Herbert KalmbachNixon’s private attorney
Alfred Wong, Supervisor of White House Secret Service detail


U.S. Senate

Senator Sam Ervin, North Carolina Democrat, Chairman of Select Watergate Committee
Senator Howard Baker, Tennessee Minority Leader, Select Watergate Committee


D.C. Police

Officer Carl Shoffler, burglary arresting officer, D.C. Police
Officer J.T. Barrett, burglary arresting officer, D.C. Police
Garey Bittenbender, Intelligence Officer, D.C. Police


Courts

John SiricaJudge, U.S. v. Liddy
David BazelonCourt of Appeals Judge, U.S. v Liddy 
James Belson, Judge, burglary arraignment, U.S. v. Liddy


Other Characters

Lou Russell, contractor, McCord and Associates
William Birely, benefactor of Lou Russell
Maureen Biner Dean, fiancé and later wife of White House counsel John Dean
Cathy Dieter, alleged madame of Columbia Towers call girl operation
Phillip Mackin Bailley, lawyer for Cathy Dieter, arrested for unrelated Mann Act violation
McCord Associates, private security firm of James McCord
Michael Stevens, supplier of surveillance equipment to James McCord 
Dorothy HuntHoward Hunt’s wife, “hush money” courier killed in United Airlines plane crash