Justice Department Issues Mixed Report on FBI Investigation of Watergate

The Justice Department’s Office of Planning and Evaluation (OPE) submits a report on the role and actions of the FBI…

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’Deep Throat’ Confesses the Investigation Deliberately Short-Sighted; Evidence Lacking to Prove Deeper Conspiracy

Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward once again meets with his FBI background source, W. Mark Felt—known around the Post offices…

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Wife of Watergate Plumber Dies in Suspicious Plane Crash

Dorothy Hunt. [Source: Spartacus Educational] Dorothy Hunt, the wife of accused Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30 a.m.June 17,…

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’Deep Throat’ Provides Explosive Information about White House Plan to Subvert Elections

Around 2 a.m., Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward meets his FBI source, W. Mark Felt (popularly called “Deep Throat”—see May…

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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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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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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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Nixon Authorizes Brookings Break-In

As another assignment for the newly formed “Plumbers” (see Late June-July 1971), President Nixon orders chief of staff H. R.…

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ITT Negotiates with Nixon Aides to Avoid Antitrust Lawsuit

ITT logo. [Source: Private Line.com] International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) acquires three smaller corporations, prompting the US Justice Department to…

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