121: John Mindermann – Watergate, FBI Public Perception Today

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Retired agent John Mindermann reviews his assignment on C-2, the Miscellaneous Crimes Squad assigned to the Watergate investigation. He reveals little-known facts about the case, including the circumstances leading to the interview of a key witness and the FBI shutdown of the Presidential business offices in the White House. John Mindermann is the author of In Pursuit: From the Streets of San Francisco to Watergate.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 121 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:10.7	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:14.8	FBI cases. Today we get to speak to retired agent John Minterman who served in the FBI for 20 years.
0:25.0	During his career, he was the firearms and defensive tactics instructor
0:30.0	and the leader of the first Washington field office SWAT team.
0:35.0	In this episode, he reviews his assignment on C2,
0:40.0	the Miscellaneous Crime Squad assigned to the Watergate investigation.
0:45.0	He reveals little known facts about the case,
0:49.0	including the circumstances leading to the interview of a key witness and the FBI shutdown of the
0:56.2	presidential business offices in the White House.
0:59.9	Later in his career, John Minderman was assigned to the Behavioral Science Unit in Quantico, Virginia,
1:07.0	where he specialized in violence avoidance and created and taught crisis intervention and police stress programs.
1:16.2	Prior to retiring, he returned back to his hometown,
1:20.3	San Francisco, where he supervised an organized crime and narcotic squad.
1:26.0	John Minderman is the author of In Pursuit from the
1:35.0	watergate
1:36.0	defining moment in American history,
1:40.0	the Watergate scandal.
1:41.0	Now this is the second time that I have reviewed the Watergate
1:46.2	investigation. As many of you may recall in episode 63 I spoke to
1:52.4	Angelo Lano who was the case agent of the Watergate
1:57.0	investigation and I'm proud to say that I had the opportunity to meet Angelo last week at the barbecue hosted by the Society of
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