Contempt of Congress

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Contempt of Congress

CRIME

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Scott Bloch Government c. 1958 Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08

David Bohm Physicist 20-Dec-1917 29-Oct-1992 Particle physicist

Josh Bolten Government 16-Aug-1955 White House Chief of Staff, 2006-09

Lester Cole Screenwriter 19-Jun-1904 15-Aug-1985 Born Free

Edward Dmytryk Film Director 4-Sep-1908 1-Jul-1999 The Caine Mutiny

Howard Fast Novelist 11-Nov-1914 12-Mar-2003 Spartacus

Anne Gorsuch Government 21-Apr-1942 18-Jul-2004 Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign

Dashiell Hammett Author 27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon

Richard Helms Government 30-Mar-1913 22-Oct-2002 CIA Director, 1966-73

Eric H. Holder, Jr. Government 21-Jan-1951 US Attorney General

Henry Kissinger Government 27-May-1923 US Secretary of State, 1973-77

Corliss Lamont Activist 28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist

Rita Lavelle Government 8-Sep-1947 EPA official

G. Gordon Liddy Government 30-Nov-1930 Watergate criminal, talk-show-host

Albert Maltz Playwright 28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten

Harriet Miers Government 10-Aug-1945 White House Counsel, 2005-07

Arthur Miller Playwright 17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman

Janet Reno Government 21-Jul-1938 US Attorney General, 1993-2001

Richard Secord Military 6-Jul-1932 Iran-Contra figure

Pete Seeger Singer/Songwriter 3-May-1919 We Shall Overcome

Harry Sinclair Business 6-Jul-1876 10-Nov-1956 Founder of Sinclair Oil

Frank Stanton Business 20-Mar-1908 24-Dec-2006 President of CBS, 1946-73

Dalton Trumbo Author 9-Dec-1905 10-Sep-1976 Johnny Got His Gun

James Watt Government 31-Jan-1938 Reagan's Secretary of the Interior

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