person
also known as Edward Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy
Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009), senator from Massachusetts from 1962, whose presidential prospects were damaged by the death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick in 1969. In Mae's account he is the last Kennedy brother the 1972 election had to dispose of. No. 106 turns on the White House's surveillance of him.
Across the broadcasts
106
Seen as the opponent the White House most feared, watched and protected at once
June 25, 1973
Dean's description of Ulasewicz's assignment, which Mae takes as the White House's own word that it was working against Kennedy.
"his job was to give embarrassing information about Senator Ted Kennedy"John Dean, read by Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 22:14
The White House's question as Dean told it, which Mae reads as protection and surveillance made one.
"will he be suspicious if we give him that much surveillance"John Dean, read by Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 22:49
Mae names what Chappaquiddick did for the 1972 election, which is why she counts it among the political crimes.
"that takes care of the biggest opponent that Richard Nixon was going to have in 1972"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 25:38
Connections
watched byTony Ulasewicz
Dean testified that Ulasewicz gathered embarrassing information on Kennedy.