Political Intelligence Assignment
White House officials select Liddy to run a secret political intelligence operation for Nixon's reelection campaign instead of other candidates considered for the assignment.
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George Gordon Liddy Biography and Timeline
Follow George Gordon Liddy through 80 dated historical records for United States of America.
George Gordon Liddy, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1971
Transfer to CRP
Liddy leaves his White House Domestic Council post and moves to the Committee to Re-Elect the President as counsel, positioning him to develop campaign intelligence operations.
1972
First Intelligence Plan Presentation
Liddy presents John Mitchell, Jeb Magruder and John Dean with an intelligence plan costing about one million dollars that includes proposed electronic surveillance; Mitchell rejects it.
Revised Intelligence Plan Presentation
Liddy presents a revised intelligence proposal costing about half a million dollars and emphasizing electronic surveillance; Mitchell again declines to approve the plan.
Finance Committee Transfer
After reported conflicts with Jeb Magruder, Liddy leaves his CRP counsel position and becomes counsel to the campaign finance committee.
Reduced Intelligence Plan Approval
Magruder later testifies that Mitchell approved a reduced intelligence program developed by Liddy with a budget of about $250,000; Mitchell denies authorizing it.
Intelligence Budget Review
A White House review of campaign decisions includes the approximately $250,000 budget for the CRP intelligence program headed by Liddy.
Watergate Team Meeting
Liddy meets with Hunt, McCord and members of the Miami burglary team after they arrive in Washington for the developing campaign intelligence operation.
First DNC Entry Attempt
The intelligence operation supervised by Liddy and Hunt makes an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex.
Monitoring Equipment Inspection
Liddy and Hunt visit Howard Johnson room 419, where James McCord shows them electronic monitoring equipment prepared for the campaign intelligence operation.
Second DNC Entry Attempt
The Liddy-Hunt intelligence operation makes another unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee offices before the successful entry the following day.
Gemstone Wiretap Logs
Magruder later testifies that he received Gemstone wiretap logs from Liddy and passed them to John Mitchell; Mitchell disputes Magruder's account.
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
George Gordon Liddy is among the men involved in preparations for the Watergate operation against Democratic National Committee offices.
Watergate
George Gordon Liddy participates in final preparations connected with the planned entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.
Watergate
George Gordon Liddy participates in the Watergate operation while Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis are assigned lookout roles.
Watergate
In room 214 of the Watergate Hotel in Washington,
Watergate
Liddy helps direct the operation.
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
George Gordon Liddy is among the men involved in preparations for the Watergate operation against Democratic National Committee offices.
Watergate
George Gordon Liddy participates in final preparations connected with the planned entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.
Watergate
George Gordon Liddy participates in the Watergate operation while Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis are assigned lookout roles.
Watergate
In room 214 of the Watergate Hotel in Washington,
Watergate
Liddy helps direct the operation.
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
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
After the Watergate arrests, George Gordon Liddy 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.
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
After the Watergate arrests, George Gordon Liddy 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.
Records, sources and methodology
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