G. Gordon Liddy1972
Develops a collection of covert political intelligence proposals known as Operation Gemstone for use against Democratic opponents during the 1972 election campaign.
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Develops a collection of covert political intelligence proposals known as Operation Gemstone for use against Democratic opponents during the 1972 election campaign.
Proposes kidnapping anti-war organizers and transporting them to Mexico during the Republican National Convention as one of the more extreme Gemstone schemes.
Proposes secretly photographing Democratic campaign figures in compromising situations aboard a houseboat as part of Operation Gemstone.
It also proposed luring mid-level Democratic campaign officials to a Baltimore houseboat and secretly photographing them in compromising situations with prostitutes.
Liddy concocted several plots in early 1972, collectively known under the title "Operation Gemstone."
Operation Gemstone included plans to kidnap anti-war organizers and transport them to Mexico during the Republican National Convention, then planned for San Diego.
Some of these were far-fetched, intended to embarrass the Democratic opposition.
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