Lawrence O’Brien – DIRTY TRICKS

Former DNC Chair Sues Nixon Campaign Committee, Alleges Deeper Involvement

June 20, 1972 FG

Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Lawrence O’Brien files a $1 million civil suit against the Committee to Re-elect the…

June 19, 1972 FG

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

June 17, 1972 FG

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

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

March 20, 1972 FG

According to the FBI’s Watergate investigation, John Mitchell, the director of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), and his…

January 29, 1972 FG

“Plumber” G. Gordon Liddy lays out an elaborate $1 million proposal for a plan for political espionage and campaign “dirty…

July 1, 1971 FG

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

August 6, 1968 FG

In 1968, Larry O’Brien was appointed by Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D) to serve nationally as the director of his…