James Bierbower, Watergate trial lawyer, dies of pneumonia

[JI7]

<James Joseph Bierbower, a well-known Washington lawyer who represented Nixon campaign aide Jeb Stuart Magruder during the Watergate trials and EPA official Rita Lavelle during a Superfund inquiry, died of pneumonia Feb. 5 at a nursing home in Maryland. He was 81 and had Alzheimer's disease.

He practiced law for 49 years in Washington, representing a bevy of capital characters.

Most infamous was Magruder, a White House aide who admitted that he perjured himself, recanted and testified against others in the scandal.

A decade later, Bierbower was in court for Lavelle, who was found guilty of perjury and obstructing a congressional inquiry into her management of the Environmental Protection Agency's $1.6 billion program to clean up hazardous waste sites.

He briefly represented Saudi financier Adnan M. Khashoggi in some banking matters.>

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[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. deepthroat?????

[AtLiberty]

2. Could this be Deep Throat?

[JI7]

4. i never heard of him before

of course the whole watergate thing happened before i was born so i'm not sure how well known his name was at the time.

but i'm guessing Deep Throat is someone more famous like Fred Fielding or Pat Buchanan and who was more "in" with the administration.

this guy who died in the article posted seems more of an outside attorney guy but didn't have direct knowledge of the inner workings other than what his clients may have told him.

[Spinzonner]

3. Guess he built quite a career on representing Republican

administration liars.

Too bad he was born (and died) before his time. The current one could be the mother lode if the public ever wakes up and demands accountability.

[tanyev]

5. And there's Adnan Khashoggi again.

Just keeps popping up, like a bad penny.

[htuttle]

6. Ever play 'Six Degrees of Adnan Khashoggi'?

He connects to EVERYBODY.

[Ilsa]

7. Banking matters...hmmm...

Would that be BCCI and Bert Lance and Iran Contra? Or is it another? I guess I should google it.

[htuttle]

8. He shows up in just about every scandal since 1960

BCCI, Wedtech, Iran Contra, the Marcos family, etc...

Here's a interesting series of articles about him, and his connection to 9/11 (of course).

http://slate.msn.com/id/2058706/

Oh, and did you know Dodi Fayed, of Princess-Di-crash infamy, was his nephew?

He's everywhere.