G. Gordon Liddy at St. Olaf College
April 2, 1985 - G. Gordon Liddy, former Watergate conspirator, speaking to students at St. Olaf College. In address, Liddy discusses his career in espionage, his involvement in Watergate and his opinion of prisons in this country.
Watergate continues to fascinate many of us and one of the most intriguing figures in that drama was G. Gordon Liddy. Liddy refused to discuss the Watergate conspiracy with prosecutors or congressional investigators and was sent to prison for his refusal to cooperate. Liddy spent five years in nine different prisons for his role in Watergate until his sentence was commuted by former president Jimmy Carter.