Richard Nixon's crew attempted to poison Jack Anderson with LSD applied to his steering wheel.Date?Source?

Question

I remember reading this some 30 years ago,but have never bumped into this information since that time.It was probably a brief mention in one of Mr. Anderson's own columns but any expansion would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In 1972, in an overlooked nadir of American political history, Anderson was the target of a Mafia-style hit ordered in the White House. Two Nixon administration conspirators admitted under oath they plotted to poison Anderson on orders from a top aide to the President. White House "plumbers" G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt met with a CIA operative to discuss the possibilities, including drugging Anderson with LSD, poisoning his aspirin bottle, or staging a fatal mugging. The conspirators were never ordered to proceed, and the plot aborted, when the plotters were arrested as a result of the Watergate break-in. Nixon had long been angry with Anderson, blaming the columnist for his loss of the 1960 presidential election, because of an election-eve story about a secret loan from Howard Hughes to Nixon's brother.

Answer 2

It sure is funny how history can get twisted. Richard, or Tricky Dicky, as he liked to be called by his bong brothers, didn't attempt to poison Jack Anderson. He, his crew, and Mrs. Anderson used to love to hang out, listen to music and, at times, indulge in a little chemical release.

When Jack realized his wife was involved in these little parties, he was enraged. He attempted to slander Dicky's name by planting evidence that would implicate a murder plot.

Jack was able to secure some Mickey Mouse stamps that were laced with LSD from a street dealer at his child's school. He waited until the next party. He followed his wife and while she was inside, he moved her car so that it blocked several other party goers. He then carefully rubbed the stamps on the steering wheel of his wife's, not his, car. He hoped that she'd come out to move the car, absorb the drugs from the steering wheel, and then come home all drugged. He would rush her to the hospital and lay blame on Dicky for endangering his wife. What he didn't count on was that Dicky would move the car.

Dicky got the hit and that is what inspired him to pursue relations with China. I know this because I was there when it happened.

Answer 3

I have a mercury cougar. 1985. Its silver grey and one window wont roll up (the cia broke it) I d rather get spiked with lsd then freeze to death.

Answer 4

It would probably be easier if you pick up a book or went on line and researched your answer. Asking people like this will most likely get you an incorrect answer.

Answer 5

What you're saying is that you'll spread slander and hope someone will find a source for you to document.

Lame.

Answer 6

You can't poison somebody with lsd...