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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1973–1977</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">David Norman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td 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Days III">Drew S. Days III</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1940-02-13</span>)</span>February 13, 1940<br /><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 27, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-11-27)</span> (aged 84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Gloria Anderson</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1965; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1975)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Pottinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Pottinger">Matt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stanpottinger.com/">stanpottinger<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6258855#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Stanley Pottinger</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">POT</span>-in-jər</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> February<span class="nowrap"> </span>13, 1940 – November<span class="nowrap"> </span>27, 2024) was an American novelist and lawyer. In the 1970s, he held federal offices involved with <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil rights</a> enforcement. He also worked as a banker in the 1980s. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Stanley_Pottinger&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Stanley Pottinger was born on February<span class="nowrap"> </span>13, 1940, in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, to parents Elnora (née Zeller) and John Pottinger.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up and attended high school in Dayton.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times-1974_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-1974-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pottinger credits his father John with instilling in him an awareness of civil rights.<sup id="cite_ref-Lasswell-1995_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lasswell-1995-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962, Pottinger graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, and he continued his studies at Harvard and graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pottinger's interest in politics led him to volunteer in 1966 to aid the campaign of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Finch_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Finch (American politician)">Robert H. Finch</a> for lieutenant governor of California.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times-1974_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-1974-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finch asked him in 1968 to head the Civil Rights Division.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times-1974_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-1974-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Stanley_Pottinger&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pottinger held significant roles as a bureaucratic appointee in the <a href="/wiki/Nixon_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Nixon administration">Nixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Administration">Ford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carter_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Carter administration">Carter Administrations</a>. He held the position of the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health,_Education_and_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Health, Education and Welfare">Department of Health, Education and Welfare</a> from 1970 to 1973 and later served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Civil_Rights_Division" title="United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division">Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> from 1973 to 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times-2017_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-2017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Span-1995_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Span-1995-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to journalist <a href="/wiki/Bob_Woodward" title="Bob Woodward">Bob Woodward</a>, Pottinger was the only person who discovered that the true identity of <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate</a> source <a href="/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)" title="Deep Throat (Watergate)">Deep Throat</a> was <a href="/wiki/Mark_Felt" title="Mark Felt">Mark Felt</a>. Pottinger maintained the secret until 2005, when Felt publicly declared he was Deep Throat.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pottinger later engaged in a lucrative practice on <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a> and wrote a best selling book, <i>The Fourth Procedure</i> (1995),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as several other novels, including <i>A Slow Burning</i> (1999),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Last Nazi</i> (2003)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Boss</i> (2005).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Pottinger was a signatory to an <a href="/wiki/Amicus_curiae" title="Amicus curiae">amicus curiae</a> brief submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> in support of same-sex marriage during the <i><a href="/wiki/Hollingsworth_v._Perry" title="Hollingsworth v. Perry">Hollingsworth v. Perry</a></i> case.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pottinger represented more than 20 survivors of <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" title="Jeffrey Epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>'s sexual abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Stanley_Pottinger&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pottinger began dating Gloria Anderson in high school; they married in 1965 and have three children together, including former U.S. <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor" title="Deputy National Security Advisor">Deputy National Security Advisor</a> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Pottinger" title="Matt Pottinger">Matt Pottinger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lasswell-1995_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lasswell-1995-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pottinger and Anderson divorced in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-Lasswell-1995_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lasswell-1995-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later had a nine-year relationship with <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Steinem" title="Gloria Steinem">Gloria Steinem</a> that ended in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times-2017_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-2017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lasswell-1995_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lasswell-1995-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other exes include Kathie Lee Gifford, <a href="/wiki/Connie_Chung" title="Connie Chung">Connie Chung</a>, and publisher-turned-agent Joni Evans, according to a 1995 profile in <i>The Washington Post</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Span-1995_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Span-1995-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pottinger died from cancer in <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a>, on November 27, 2024, at the age of 84.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Stanley_Pottinger&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPottinger1995" class="citation book cs1">Pottinger, John Stanley (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-cSQQgAACAAJ"><i>The Fourth Procedure</i></a>. London: Coronet. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-65754-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-65754-6"><bdi>978-0-340-65754-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60295511">60295511</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18211195M">18211195M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fourth+Procedure&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Coronet&rft.date=1995&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F60295511&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL18211195M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-340-65754-6&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=John+Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-cSQQgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger2000" class="citation book cs1">—— (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNVrPwAACAAJ"><i>A Slow Burning</i></a>. London: Coronet. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-69592-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-69592-0"><bdi>978-0-340-69592-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59407299">59407299</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18423342M">18423342M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Slow+Burning&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Coronet&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F59407299&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL18423342M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-340-69592-0&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=John+Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZNVrPwAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger2003" class="citation book cs1">—— (August 1, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=52qyq3wwfhgC"><i>The Last Nazi</i></a>. New York: St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27676-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27676-8"><bdi>978-0-312-27676-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1060711578">1060711578</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3690512M">3690512M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Nazi&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2003-08-01&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1060711578&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL3690512M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-312-27676-8&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=John+Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D52qyq3wwfhgC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger2005" class="citation book cs1">—— (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LAM9PgAACAAJ"><i>The Boss</i></a>. New York: St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27677-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27677-5"><bdi>978-0-312-27677-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/71189917">71189917</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL32081916M">32081916M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Boss&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F71189917&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL32081916M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-312-27677-5&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=John+Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLAM9PgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Stanley_Pottinger&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/us/politics/j-stanley-pottinger-dead.html">"J. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 7,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=J.+Stanley+Pottinger%2C+84%2C+Dies%3B+Figured+Out+the+Identity+of+%E2%80%98Deep+Throat%E2%80%99&rft.date=2024-11-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F11%2F29%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fj-stanley-pottinger-dead.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Risen-2024-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Risen-2024_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Risen-2024_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRisen2024" class="citation web cs1">Risen, Clay (November 29, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/us/politics/j-stanley-pottinger-dead.html">"J. 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Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-8928-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-8928-3"><bdi>978-0-7432-8928-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 7,</span> 2021</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Secret+Man%3A+The+Story+of+Watergate%27s+Deep+Throat&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2005-07-06&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-8928-3&rft.aulast=Woodward&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4B9bVLtPmzkC%26q%3Dwoodward%2Bpottinger%2Bto%2Bhis%2Beternal%2Bcredit%26pg%3DPA135&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-11-ls-11853-story.html">"Here's a Man Who Can Honestly Say He's Done It All"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Los_Angeles_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Los Angeles Times">The Los Angeles Times</a></i>. June 11, 1995.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Here%27s+a+Man+Who+Can+Honestly+Say+He%27s+Done+It+All&rft.date=1995-06-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1995-06-11-ls-11853-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger1995" class="citation book cs1">Pottinger, Stanley (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-cSQQgAACAAJ"><i>The Fourth Procedure</i></a>. Coronet. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-65754-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-65754-6"><bdi>978-0-340-65754-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18211195M">18211195M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fourth+Procedure&rft.pub=Coronet&rft.date=1995&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL18211195M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-340-65754-6&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-cSQQgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger1999" class="citation book cs1">Pottinger, Stanley (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNVrPwAACAAJ"><i>A Slow Burning</i></a>. Coronet. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-69592-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-69592-0"><bdi>978-0-340-69592-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59407299">59407299</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18423342M">18423342M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Slow+Burning&rft.pub=Coronet&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F59407299&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL18423342M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-340-69592-0&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZNVrPwAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger2003" class="citation book cs1">Pottinger, Stan (August 1, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=52qyq3wwfhgC"><i>The Last Nazi</i></a>. St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27676-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-27676-8"><bdi>978-0-312-27676-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1060711578">1060711578</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3690512M">3690512M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Nazi&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2003-08-01&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1060711578&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL3690512M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-312-27676-8&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=Stan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D52qyq3wwfhgC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPottinger2005" class="citation book cs1">Pottinger, Stanley (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LAM9PgAACAAJ"><i>The Boss</i></a>. Hodder & Stoughton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-77104-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-77104-4"><bdi>978-0-340-77104-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/71189917">71189917</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL32081916M">32081916M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Boss&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F71189917&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL32081916M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-0-340-77104-4&rft.aulast=Pottinger&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLAM9PgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvlon2013" class="citation news cs1">Avlon, John (February 28, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/28/the-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief.html">"The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay-Marriage Brief"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast">The Daily Beast</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Beast&rft.atitle=The+Pro-Freedom+Republicans+Are+Coming%3A+131+Sign+Gay-Marriage+Brief&rft.date=2013-02-28&rft.aulast=Avlon&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Farticles%2F2013%2F02%2F28%2Fthe-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-news-new-lawsuits-detail-how-jeffrey-epstein-allegedly-lured-victims/">"Jeffrey Epstein news: New lawsuits detail how Jeffrey Epstein allegedly lured victims"</a>. <i>CBS News</i>. 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href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/business/david-boies-pottinger-jeffrey-epstein-videos.html">"Jeffrey Epstein, Blackmail and a Lucrative 'Hot List'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Jeffrey+Epstein%2C+Blackmail+and+a+Lucrative+%27Hot+List%27&rft.date=2019-11-30&rft.aulast=Silver-Greenberg&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft.au=Steel%2C+Emily&rft.au=Bernstein%2C+Jacob&rft.au=Enrich%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F11%2F30%2Fbusiness%2Fdavid-boies-pottinger-jeffrey-epstein-videos.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Stanley+Pottinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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