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Wednesday, August 11, 1971
- Ehrlichman approves a covert operation to obtain files on Daniel Ellsberg, the source of the Pentagon Papers, from his psychiatrist Lewis Fielding under the assurance that nothing is traceable back to the White House.
"...on the investigation, you know, the Democratic break-in thing, we're back in the problem area because the FBI is not under control because Gray doesn't exactly know how to control them."
Bob Haldeman | White House Chief of Staff