about the author
John Dean
Legal Expert and Author of the New York Times-Bestselling Conservatives Without Conscience
Before becoming Counsel to the President of the United States in July 1970 at age 31, John Dean was Chief Minority Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives, the Associate Director of a law reform commission, and Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He served as Richard Nixon’s White House lawyer for 1,000 days.
He did his undergraduate studies at Colgate University and the College of Wooster, with majors in English literature and political science. He received a graduate fellowship from American University to study government and the presidency, before entering Georgetown University Law Center, where he received his J.D. in 1965.
John has long written on the subjects of law, government, and politics, and he recounted his days in the Nixon White House and Watergate in two books, Blind Ambition (1976) and Lost Honor (1982). He lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife Maureen, and now devotes himself full time to writing and lecturing, having retired from his career as a private investment banker.
In 2001 he published The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court; in early 2004, Warren G. Harding, followed by Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, and Conservatives Without Conscience. His newest book, Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, was published on September 11, 2007.
Press Links
"A Dud From ‘Darth’"
TruthDig.com
Jean Dean on Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Current TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann
John Dean on C-SPAN's Book TV
CSPAN's "Book TV"
John Dean's Column Archive
FindLaw.com
"Releasing Nixon's Grand Jury Testimony: It Could Change History"
FindLaw.com
"Warping the lessons of Watergate"
The Boston Globe
"John Dean: From Nixon to Bush to Giuliani—'Much, Much Worse'"
The Huffington Post
"Capitol games"
Detroit Metro Times
"3rd Degree: John W. Dean"
Los Angeles City Beat
John Dean at the Clinton School Speakers Series
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Broken Government
"Gives readers...a close look at how the Bush administration is consolidating presidential power in dangerous ways. Dean has brought a complex and important subject to the public's attention."
—Bill Boyarsky, Los Angeles Times
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Conservatives without Conscience
A sobering look at how radical elements are destroying the Republican Party along with the very foundations of American democracy.
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