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White House Counsel Charles Colson
Charles Colson was not White House Counsel; his official title in the Nixon White House was Special Counsel to the President.
Full reasoning
This title is incorrect. Official Nixon administration and archival sources identify Charles W. Colson as Special Counsel to the President, not White House Counsel.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library's finding aid for Colson states that he "was appointed Special Counsel to the President on November 6, 1969." The American Presidency Project's record of the March 1, 1974 White House statement on the Watergate indictments likewise lists "Charles W. Colson, Special Counsel to the President."
"White House Counsel" was a different office. Calling Colson "White House Counsel" misstates the position he actually held in the Nixon White House.
2 sources
- Charles W. Colson (White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files) | Richard Nixon Museum and Library
In 1968, Colson served as Counsel to Nixon's Key Issues Committee and was appointed Special Counsel to the President on November 6, 1969.
- White House Statement Following Grand Jury Indictment of Seven Former Administration and Campaign Officials. | The American Presidency Project
The men indicted ... were: ... Charles W. Colson, Special Counsel to the President ...
appointed as Director of the FBI over Felt
L. Patrick Gray was not appointed FBI Director at that point; Nixon designated him Acting Director of the FBI.
Full reasoning
This wording is inaccurate. After J. Edgar Hoover's death, L. Patrick Gray was not appointed as the permanent Director of the FBI. He was designated Acting Director.
The FBI's official history page for Gray is titled "L. Patrick Gray (Acting), May 3, 1972 - April 27, 1973" and states that "President Nixon designated him as Acting Director of the FBI." The FBI's Directors page likewise lists Gray as having served as Acting Director from May 3, 1972, to April 27, 1973.
Because the article says Gray was appointed "Director of the FBI," it overstates the office he actually held at that time.
2 sources
- L. Patrick Gray (Acting), May 3, 1972 - April 27, 1973 — FBI
Instead, President Nixon designated him as Acting Director of the FBI.
- Directors, Then and Now — FBI
Louis Patrick Gray, III served as Acting Director from May 3, 1972 to April 27, 1973.
joined The Washington Post in August 1971
Bob Woodward's own biography says he was hired by The Washington Post in September 1971, not August 1971.
Full reasoning
The month given here is off by one. Bob Woodward's official biography says that after a year at the Montgomery Sentinel, he "was hired as a Post reporter in September, 1971." Independent biographical material from the American Academy of Achievement likewise says that "by September 1971, the Post was ready to give him another try."
That directly contradicts the article's statement that he joined The Washington Post in August 1971.
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- Biography - Bob Woodward
After a year at the Montgomery Sentinel, a weekly in the Washington D.C. suburbs, Woodward was hired as a Post reporter in September, 1971.
- Bob Woodward | Academy of Achievement
He soon became the paper's leading reporter, and by September 1971, the Post was ready to give him another try.