Everette Howard Hunt Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Gemstone Operational Approval

A reduced campaign-intelligence program received approval, clearing the way for operations that eventually included illegal entry into Democratic offices.

Role range: 1972-1973

Survivor Benefit Reemployment Request

Hunt asked CIA whether a brief return to active service could allow him to correct an earlier retirement-benefit election affecting his wife.

Role range: 1970-1972

Arthur Bremer Assignment Considered

After the shooting of George Wallace, Hunt examined the feasibility of entering Arthur Bremer's apartment after Charles Colson raised a political operation involving the gunman.

Role range: 1971-1972

CIA Rejects Reemployment Proposal

CIA General Counsel advised Hunt that returning briefly to service merely to change retirement benefits would violate the spirit of the retirement law.

Role range: 1970-1972

First Watergate Entry Attempt

Hunt and Virgilio Gonzalez took part in an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.

Role range: 1972-1973

Second Watergate Entry Attempt

Hunt's team made another unsuccessful effort to gain access to the Democratic National Committee offices before the successful entry the following night.

Role range: 1972-1973

First Successful DNC Entry

Hunt helped direct the successful entry in which the team photographed Democratic documents and installed electronic listening devices.

Role range: 1972-1973

Watergate Command Post

Hunt and Liddy operated from a nearby command location while the burglary team entered the Democratic National Committee offices.

Role range: 1972-1973

Wiretap Monitoring Begins

The operation Hunt helped organize began monitoring conversations captured by listening equipment installed during the successful Watergate entry.

Role range: 1972-1973

Gemstone Intelligence Reaches Campaign Leadership

Wiretap material and photographs produced by the Watergate intelligence operation were passed through campaign channels to senior officials.

Role range: 1972-1973

Watergate

D.C., seven men gathered to finalize their plans to break in to the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) headquarters, located on the sixth floor of one of the Watergate complex's six buildings.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt is among the men involved in preparations for the Watergate operation against Democratic National Committee offices.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt participates in final preparations connected with the planned entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt participates in the Watergate operation while Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis are assigned lookout roles.

Watergate

Hunt helps coordinate the operation.

Watergate

In room 214 of the Watergate Hotel in Washington,

Watergate

One of these men, G. Gordon Liddy, was a former FBI agent. Another, E. Howard Hunt, had retired from the CIA. James McCord would handle the bugging, Bernard Barker would photograph documents, and Virgilio Gonzalez would pick the locks.

Watergate

The remaining two, Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis, would serve as lookouts

Watergate

D.C., seven men gathered to finalize their plans to break in to the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) headquarters, located on the sixth floor of one of the Watergate complex's six buildings.

Watergate

In room 214 of the Watergate Hotel in Washington,

Watergate

One of these men, G. Gordon Liddy, was a former FBI agent. Another, E. Howard Hunt, had retired from the CIA. James McCord would handle the bugging, Bernard Barker would photograph documents, and Virgilio Gonzalez would pick the locks.

Watergate

The remaining two, Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis, would serve as lookouts

Watergate

D.C., seven men gathered to finalize their plans to break in to the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) headquarters, located on the sixth floor of one of the Watergate complex's six buildings.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt is among the men involved in preparations for the Watergate operation against Democratic National Committee offices.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt participates in final preparations connected with the planned entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.

Watergate

Everette Howard Hunt participates in the Watergate operation while Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis are assigned lookout roles.

Watergate

Hunt helps coordinate the operation.

Watergate

In room 214 of the Watergate Hotel in Washington,

Watergate

One of these men, G. Gordon Liddy, was a former FBI agent. Another, E. Howard Hunt, had retired from the CIA. James McCord would handle the bugging, Bernard Barker would photograph documents, and Virgilio Gonzalez would pick the locks.

Watergate

The remaining two, Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis, would serve as lookouts

Final Watergate Briefing

Hunt joined Liddy and the burglary team in final preparations for another entry into the Democratic National Committee offices.

Role range: 1972-1973

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

After the Watergate arrests, Everette Howard Hunt becomes part of the developing criminal investigation into the burglary and surveillance operation.

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

Gordon Liddy went to his office and commenced a shredding operation to eliminate any evidence of his involvement.

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

Liddy and Hunt had also worked at the White House, which made the Nixon connection more serious

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

Liddy and Hunt had also worked at the White House, which made the Nixon connection more serious.

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

Liddy worked for the Committee to Re-elect the President, sometimes referred to pejoratively as CREEP; his involvement was a direct connection to President Nixon. McCord was the chief security officer at CREEP.

CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)

The five burglars are processed at the police station, where several of them gave fake names. Hunt hired a lawyer to quickly bail the men out, but he underestimated the bail amount. G.

Watergate

Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, noticed tape covering the latch on the locks of several stairway doors in the complex , allowing them to be closed without locking.

Watergate

Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, noticed tape covering the latch on the locks of several stairway doors in the complex, allowing them to be closed without locking.

Watergate

He removed the tape, and thought nothing of it. An hour later, he discovered that someone (McCord) had re-taped the locks.