Background
McCord was born in Waurika, Oklahoma, briefly attended Baylor University, and was a graduate of George Washington University.
McCord was born in Waurika, Oklahoma, briefly attended Baylor University, and was a graduate of George Washington University.
Baylor University; George Washington University.
McCord worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1961, and under his direction, a counter-intelligence program was launched against the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. During his career McCord was a security coordinator for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency, where he was in charge of physical security at Langley headquarters.
He also held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States. Air Force Reserves.
McCord was interviewed and then hired by Jack Caulfield in January 1972 "for strict, solely defensive security work at the Republican National Committee and the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP)". He and four other accomplices were arrested during the second break-in to the Democratic National Committee"s headquarters at the complex on June 17, 1972.
The arrests led to the scandal and resignation of President Nixon. McCord was one of the first men convicted in the criminal trial.
On eight counts of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping.
In a later letter, written to United States. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John North. Mitchell. The letter implicated senior individuals in the Richard Nixon administration of covering up the conspiracy that led to the burglary.