For Thursday, Matthews, ch. 27.
Today:
- Porter
- Nick Taubenheim
- Anne
Presentations on Thu:
- Julian
- Eman
- Julia
- Luke
- Nick Teresi
- Brian (via Zoom)
Domestic Intelligence Origins
Hoover
- J. Edgar Hoover had bugged King aide Stanley Levison. In October 63, RFK approves wiretaps on MLK's home and SCLC office. Hoover has Kennedy files, so he cannot refuse.
- Hoover dies on May 5, 1972. L. Patrick Gray succeeds him. Associate Director Mark Felt does not
- E. Howard Hunt spied on Goldwater's headquarters for CIA
- Nixon thought that LBJ had bugged him.
- How did LBJ know of RN's Chennault connection?
- Nixon blamed JFK for an audit, demanded IRS go after his enemies .
- The Pentagon Papers and the Plumbers
- From last time: Nixon did not have a commanding lead at first.
- Nixon holds RNC at arm's length; tries to distance himself. CREEP runs the campaign.
- Old campaign finance rules allow a lot of money to come in: slack resources lead to mischief
"Follow the Money" -- Something that Deep Throat Did Not Actually Say
Prelude 1967: States complete ratification of the 25th Amendment
May 28, 1972 Electronic surveillance ("bugging") equipment is installed at Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building.
June 17, 1972 Five men are arrested while attempting to repair the surveillance equipment at Democratic National Committee headquarters. TO THIS DAY, NOBODY KNOWS THE TRUE MOTIVE FOR THE BREAK-IN.
June 19, 1972: Deep Throat (Mark Felt) tells Bob Woodward that Hunt was part of the conspiracy.
June 23, 1972: Nixon and Haldeman discuss how to obstruct justice. This conversation will end Nixon's presidency.
June 23, 1972: Nixon and Haldeman discuss how to obstruct justice. This conversation will end Nixon's presidency.
August 30, 1972: President Nixon announces that John Dean has completed an investigation into the Watergate buggings and that no one from the White House is involved.
September 15, 1972: Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy, Eugenio Martinez, James W. McCord, Jr., and Frank Sturgis are indicted for their roles in the June break‑in.
January 8, 1973 Watergate break‑in trial opens. Hunt pleads guilty (January 11); Barker, Sturgis, Martinez, and Gonzalez plead guilty (January 15); Liddy and McCord are convicted on all counts of break‑in indictment (January 30).
February 7, 1973 U.S. Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.
March 17, 1973: Watergate burglar McCord writes a letter to Judge John Sirica, claiming that some of his testimony was perjured under pressure and that the burglary was not a CIA operation, but had involved other government officials, thereby leading the investigation to the White House.
April 17, 1973 President Nixon announces that members of the White House staff will appear before the Senate Committee and promises major new developments in the investigation and real progress toward finding the truth.
April 23, 1973 White House issues a statement denying President Nixon had prior knowledge of Watergate affair.
April 30, 1973 White House staff members H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and John Dean resign. Nixon then gets drunk, calls Haldeman.
May 17, 1973 Senate Committee begins public hearings.
May 25, 1973 Archibald Cox sworn in as Special Prosecutor.
July 7, 1973 President Nixon informs Senate Committee that he will not appear to testify nor grant access to Presidential files.
July 23, 1973 Senate Committee and Special Prosecutor Cox subpoena White House tapes and documents to investigate the cover‑up.
July 25, 1973 President Nixon refuses to comply with the subpoena.
August 9, 1973 Senate Committee files suit against Nixon for failure to comply with the subpoena.
September 29, 1973: Vice President Agnew proclaims: "I will not resign if indicted! I will not resigned if indicted!"
October 10, 1973: Agnew resigns.
September 29, 1973: Vice President Agnew proclaims: "I will not resign if indicted! I will not resigned if indicted!"
October 10, 1973: Agnew resigns.
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