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Egil “Bud” Krogh, Jr. (born August 3, 1939 (1939-08-03) (age 68) in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is a lawyer who came to prominence as a Nixon Administration official who went to prison for his role in events that were a precursor to what would be known as the Watergate scandal. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's

Krogh was raised in Seattle, Washington; his father was a Norwegian immigrant. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional After his service in the U.S. Navy, he went to law school in 1968. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He went to work at Hullin, Ehrlichman, Roberts and Hodge, the Seattle law firm of family friend John Ehrlichman, and joined Ehrlichman in the counsel's office of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. Haldeman and Ehrlichman discuss policy 1973png|thumb|200px|right|"The Berlin Wall" of Ehrlichman and Haldeman on April 27, 1973 three days before they would be asked to resign Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After Nixon was elected, Krogh helped with the arrangements for the inauguration. An inauguration is a ceremony of formal Investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power Krogh joined the Nixon White House as an advisor on the District of Columbia and later served as liaison to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD was a predecessor agency of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA It was there he met G. Gordon Liddy. George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of

Because of his work regarding illegal drugs, he handled the visit of Elvis Presley to the White House on December 21, 1970. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elvis had shown up at the gate with a letter for President Nixon requesting a personal meeting about how he could help the government fight the drug trade. The meeting took place and Nixon gave Presley an honorary narcotics agent badge. Krogh wrote a book about these events The Day Elvis met Nixon (Pejama Press, 1994) ISBN 0-9640251-0-8.

The Nixon Administration was obsessed with leaks to the press and Ehrlichman made Krogh head of the "Special Investigation Unit" in the White House; Krogh and his associates were familiarly known as the "Plumbers"— a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks. The White House Plumbers or simply the Plumbers is the popular name given to the covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24 A news leak is a disclosure of embargoed information in advance of its official release or the unsanctioned release of confidential information " It was an unlikely choice. Krogh had a reputation as a "Mr. Clean," so much on the straight-and-narrow his friends nicknamed him "Evil Krogh. " Theodore White would write "to put Egil Krogh in charge of a secret police operation was equivalent to making Frank Merriwell chief executive of a KGB squad. Theodore Harold White ( May 6, 1915 – May 9, 1986) was an American political journalist historian and novelist best known for his accounts Frank Merriwell was the fictional creation of Gilbert Patten who wrote under the pseudonym Burt L KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty " Krogh brought Liddy into his new office.

When the administration decided to pursue the Pentagon Papers leakers, it was Krogh who approved the September 1971 burglary of the office of Lewis Fielding, the psychiatrist seeing Daniel Ellsberg. The Pentagon Papers is the popular name for a 14000-page top-secret United States government report about the history of the Government's internal planning and policy Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7 1931 is a former American military Analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy Liddy and E. Howard Hunt would commit the actual break-in. Everette Howard Hunt Jr ( October 9 1918 – January 23 2007) was an American Author and spy. Ironically, Ehrlichman, who himself went to prison for his own crimes, wrote in his memoirs this was an example of "such doubtful personal judgement . . . that it has to be said [Krogh] materially contributed to the demise of the Nixon administration. "

Krogh's employment with the plumbers was terminated when he refused to authorize a wiretap. On November 30, 1973, Krogh pled guilty to federal charges of conspiring to violate Fielding's civil rights and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. He was sentenced to two to six years in prison, though he served only four-and-a-half months, ^[1] and was released June 21, 1974. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.

Krogh was disbarred by the Washington State Supreme Court in 1975^[2]. The Washington Supreme Court is the highest Court in the Judiciary of the U Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He successfully petitioned to be readmitted to the practice of law, based on his recognition and acceptance of his wrongdoing, in 1980^[3]. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

He was a partner at Krogh & Leonard ^[4] in Seattle and now is providing legal, consulting, and mediation services to energy and other clients^[5].

Using his personal experience as a warning, and as insight to the importance of integrity, he and his son Matthew Krogh have written the book Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House (Public Affairs, 2007, ISBN 978-1586484675), and he is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics. Legal ethics refers to an Ethical code governing the conduct of people engaged in the Practice of law.

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His brother-in-law is Peter Horton, director and executive producer of the hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy. Peter Horton (born August 20, 1953) is an American Actor and director. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama.

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