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L. Patrick Gray, 65, acting FBI director whose nomination as permanent head of bureau was withdrawn before he admitted burning Watergate evidence. Accused with two aides by Justice Department in 1978 of approving illegal FBI break-ins. After charges were dropped, he filed $5.5 million suit against Government; suit still pending. Lives in Mystic, Conn. Practices law.
Henry Petersen, 61, head of Justice Department's criminal division. Used by Nixon to keep tabs on Watergate investigation. "I've got Petersen on a short leash," Nixon bragged on tape. Partner in Hundley & Cacheris, Washington law firm that defended Mitchell in conspiracy trial.
Hugh Sloan Jr., 41, Haldeman aide and treasurer of Nixon re-election committee who disclosed Liddy's withdrawal of campaign funds for Watergate snooping, cooperated with investigators. Now president of Budd Canada, branch of car-and truck-frame company. "There was a lot of personal tragedy involved," he says of Watergate. "It created a learning experience that one might not have chosen, but that certainly was a valuable one."
Anthony Ulasewicz, 63, former New York City policeman and White House gumshoe whose street lingo spiced up Senate Watergate hearings. Arranging hush-money payments, he made so many secretive phone calls from booths that he wore bus driver's money changer on his belt. He called distributing the cash "getting rid of the cookies." Convicted of tax evasion. Given year's probation. Now lives in tiny town of Day (pop. 656) in woods of northern New York. Hunts, fishes, raises chickens ("Just for eggs—I never eat my chickens"). Seeking publisher for 367-page ghostwritten manuscript called Tony U: A Private Investigator. "I was 53 when Watergate broke," he laments. "Now I'm 63 and broke."
Frank Wills, 34, security guard at Watergate complex who twice noticed tape on basement door and called Washington police, leading to capture of burglars. Apparently embittered at his inability, unlike others, to cash in on Watergate fame, he has become a recluse. His mother claims he is selling perfume door-to-door in Washington. He could not be found at address she gave.
Rose Mary Woods, 64, Nixon's longtime personal secretary. Her contortions at federal court hearings on White House tapes, as she tried to demonstrate how she could have mistakenly erased 18½ minutes by simultaneously pressing recorder button and foot pedal while answering telephone, led to widespread suspicion that she was covering up for her boss. Helped Nixon at San Clemente on his post-Watergate books, then retired in 1976 on Government pension of at least $27,000 a year. Lives in Watergate apartments.
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Richard Ben-Veniste, 39, assistant special prosecutor whose tart questioning about missing tapes frequently rattled White House staff in court hearings. Still feisty, he is founding partner of Washington law firm. Was attorney for Abscam Defendant Howard Criden, Philadelphia lawyer. Filed suit on behalf of several clients against Air Florida after last winter's crash of Boeing 737 in Potomac River.