Angelo Joseph Lano (born January 12, 1939) is a former American field agent for the

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(1961–1990) in

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, notable for his work heading the investigation of, and appearing as a witness for, the

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surrounding

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Richard M. Nixon. Lano was one of a number of FBI agents who was falsely accused as a source of information for

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and ''

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'' during the investigation, which helped shift

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suspicions away from

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in the 2017 film '' Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' and by

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in the 2022 television series '' Gaslit''.

References

Sources

* Jaworski, Leon ''The Right and the Power: The Prosecution of Watergate'', 1976

External links

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