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161IntheearlymorningofJune17,1972,SpecialAgentAngeloLano responded to his supervisor’s request to see what had happenedduring the night at the Watergate complex. At 2:30 a.m., the Watergatecomplex’s security guard had notified the District of Columbia’s Met-ropolitan Police Department that he had discovered tape around twodoors on the sixth floor of the building. Earlier that evening, he hadremoved tape from the doors, only to find it replaced later. He had noway of realizing at the time that he had stumbled upon one of history’smost notorious burglaries.The police department sent seven officers dressed in plainclothesto the scene. There they discovered five men, dressed in suits, riflingthrough the executive conference room of the Democratic National Com-mittee (DNC) headquarters. The burglars carried mace, lock-pickingequipment, and screwdrivers. Each wore surgical gloves. One of the bur-glars, Bernard Barker, carried a portable Bell and Howell transceiver, alistening device. Police found another Bell and Howell transceiver on oneof the DNC’s filing cabinets along with a transistor radio. In one of theoffices, the burglars had left behind an absent-without-leave (AWOL)duffle bag containing eighty-five rolls of high-speed film and two 35-mmMinolta cameras rigged for photographing documents. The police alsodiscovered three miniature radio transmitters suitable for attaching totelephone equipment and a miniature microphone in the bag. The firstFBI report released about the Watergate break-in read, “It appears that7TheWatergateInvestigation
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161IntheearlymorningofJune17,1972,SpecialAgentAngeloLano responded to his supervisor’s request to see what had happenedduring the night at the Watergate complex. At 2:30 a.m., the Watergatecomplex’s security guard had notified the District of Columbia’s Met-ropolitan Police Department that he had discovered tape around twodoors on the sixth floor of the building. Earlier that evening, he hadremoved tape from the doors, only to find it replaced later. He had noway of realizing at the time that he had stumbled upon one of history’smost notorious burglaries.The police department sent seven officers dressed in plainclothesto the scene. There they discovered five men, dressed in suits, riflingthrough the executive conference room of the Democratic National Com-mittee (DNC) headquarters. The burglars carried mace, lock-pickingequipment, and screwdrivers. Each wore surgical gloves. One of the bur-glars, Bernard Barker, carried a portable Bell and Howell transceiver, alistening device. Police found another Bell and Howell transceiver on oneof the DNC’s filing cabinets along with a transistor radio. In one of theoffices, the burglars had left behind an absent-without-leave (AWOL)duffle bag containing eighty-five rolls of high-speed film and two 35-mmMinolta cameras rigged for photographing documents. The police alsodiscovered three miniature radio transmitters suitable for attaching totelephone equipment and a miniature microphone in the bag. The firstFBI report released about the Watergate break-in read, “It appears that7TheWatergateInvestigation
© 2022, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. 1 The FBI and the US Presidency 1
  5. 2 Hoover’s Sabotage and Nixon’s Plumbers 11
  6. 3 Protecting the Bureau’s Jurisdiction 49
  7. 4 The Bureau Under Scrutiny 75
  8. 5 Hoover’s Final Days 103
  9. 6 Nixon’s New Acting Director 127
  10. 7 The Watergate Investigation 161
  11. 8 The Past Informs the Present 209
  12. Bibliography 227
  13. Index 239
  14. About the Book 247
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. 1 The FBI and the US Presidency 1
  5. 2 Hoover’s Sabotage and Nixon’s Plumbers 11
  6. 3 Protecting the Bureau’s Jurisdiction 49
  7. 4 The Bureau Under Scrutiny 75
  8. 5 Hoover’s Final Days 103
  9. 6 Nixon’s New Acting Director 127
  10. 7 The Watergate Investigation 161
  11. 8 The Past Informs the Present 209
  12. Bibliography 227
  13. Index 239
  14. About the Book 247
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