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Post S tories, Watergate Timeline (for our purposes)

Post S tories, Watergate Timeline (for our purposes). June 17, 1972: Five men, one of whom says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested at 2:30 a.m. trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex. Martinez. Sturgis. McCord. Barker.

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Post S tories, Watergate Timeline (for our purposes)

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  1. PostStories, Watergate Timeline (for our purposes)

  2. June 17, 1972: Five men, one of whom says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested at 2:30 a.m. trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex. Martinez Sturgis McCord Barker Gonzales

  3. June 19, 1972: A GOP security aide is among the Watergate burglars, The Washington Post reports. Former attorney general John Mitchell, head of the Nixon reelection campaign, denies any link to the operation. McCord – former CIA; Security Coordinator for the Committee to Re-elect the President

  4. August 1, 1972: A $25,000 cashier’s check, apparently earmarked for the Nixon campaign, wound up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar, The Washington Post reports. Bernard Barker, whose real estate bank account contains Dahlberg’s check and other deposits totaling $89K Kenneth Dahlberg, Midwest Finance Chair for the Committee to Re-elect the President

  5. September 29, 1972: John Mitchell, while serving as attorney general, controlled a secret Republican fund used to finance widespread intelligence-gathering operations against the Democrats, The Post reports.

  6. October 10, 1972: FBI agents establish that the Watergate break-in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of the Nixon reelection effort, The Post reports.

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