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Saturday, July 17, 1971
- Not trusting J Edgar Hoover and the FBI to investigate leaks, Ehrlichman taps a White House aide named Egil "Bud" Krogh, Jr to lead a new investigative team charged with learning who was behind Ellsberg's leak of the Pentagon Papers. He would be joined by David Young, a young advisor of Kissinger, as well as E. Howard Hunt. This group would collectively be known by another name - The Plumbers. Their secretary is named Kathy Chenhow whose home would serve as a mailing address for any bills connected to the group.
"The Post story is not only fiction but a collection of absurdities."
Response by the Committee to Re-Elect the President