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Talk:James W. McCord Jr.

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accurate?[edit]

i removed:

He got Michigan in trouble by giving money from his illegal gambling ring to players. He also allegedly gave more than $800,000 in cash to Michigan State University point guard Mateen Cleaves. (It should be noted that there is no evidence on the Web that corroborates this assertion, other than sources that refer to this Wikipedia entry as the original source.)

I cannot find info on this. can someone verify it? Kingturtle 05:02, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

McCord is still alive, and was not a supporter of Michigan. Typical wikipedia misinformation.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.96.193.245 (talkcontribs) 18:57, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Please Delete Booster Information[edit]

There was a Dr. James McCord who graduated from the University of Michigan, and he was likely the booster. (http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/magazine/2004/spring/classnotes/default.asp). The Watergate James McCord was born in Okalahoma and graduated from George Washington University before joining the CIA. It makes no sense that he would all of a sudden become a Michigan booster after his conviction. 71.232.53.101 06:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Needs more[edit]

What happened to him after Watergate? The article just hangs there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.39.174 (talk) 00:10, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

DOB[edit]

The date of July 26 as his date of birth was added by Ukelele~enwiki on 22 July 2007 at 04:50. Several sources indicate that his date of birth is January 26. The year 1924 appears to be correct. I propose that the month and year be removed until a reliable source is found. BuffaloBob (talk) 20:40, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

sentencing[edit]

The paragraph that had been in this article previously, discussing McCord's sentencing and prison term was riddled with inaccurate, unsourced or poorly attributed claims. The link to the New York Post article claiming that McCord had received a sentence of 25 years offered a quote by a prosecutor who was referring to another case and mentioned McCord's case in passing. In light of other sources, it appears this prosecutor didn't have his facts straight concerning McCord. The other source cited, Watergate: Chronology, located on archive.org, was published in 1974 and the most recent information it gave about McCord's final sentencing was that it had been delayed. Later in the article the claim was made that McCord was released for "time served". The source for this was again Watergate: Chronology, in which this information does not appear and is in fact wrong. The paragraph I inserted clears the matter up with reliable and clear documenting of sources, relying on 1) Sirica's memoir 2) a history.com web article and 3) a NYT article.

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