Nixon Orders CIA to Stop FBI Watergate Investigation

Nixon and Haldeman, three days after the June 23 meeting. [Source: Washington Post]With the FBI tracing the Watergate burglars’ $100…

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McCord Identified by Press as CREEP Security Director

Headline from Washington Post identifying McCord as a ‘GOP Security Aide.’ [Source: Washington Post] James McCord, one of the five…

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Dean Orders Falsified Documents Removed from Watergate Burglar’s Safe

White House counsel John Dean orders the opening of a safe belonging to Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30…

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Five ‘Plumbers’ Arraigned for Watergate Burglary

Prosecutor Earl Silbert. [Source: Washington Post] The five men caught burglarizing the Democratic Nations headquarters in the Watergate hotel (see…

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Lead Burglar Cleans out Watergate Listening Post, Alerts Lawyer to Arrests

While the police are arresting the five Watergate burglars (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972), the team leader, E. Howard Hunt,…

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Five ‘Plumbers’ Caught Burglarizing Democratic Offices in Watergate Hotel

Five burglars (see June 17, 1972) are arrested at 2:30 a.m. while breaking in to the Democratic National Committee (DNC)…

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White House, Nixon Campaign Mobilizes in Response to Watergate Burglary

Though the five Watergate burglars (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) are not yet allowed to make telephones begin ringing at…

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