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.
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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.
Watergate
Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell
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Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell.
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.
Watergate
Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell.
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After Frank Wills removes tape from a door latch, McCord retapes the latch, prompting Wills to become suspicious when he returns.
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Police arrive in plain clothes and an unmarked car, bypass the lookout, and enter the Democratic National Committee offices where McCord and the other burglars are found.
Watergate
Security guard Frank Wills notices tape covering door latches at the Watergate complex, an observation that leads toward discovery of McCord and the other burglars.
Watergate
Watergate begins after 5 men are arrested burglarizing the Democratic Party's national HQ.
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.
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He removed the tape, and thought nothing of it. An hour later, he discovered that someone (McCord) had re-taped the locks.
Watergate
Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell
Watergate
Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell.
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.
Watergate
Wills called the police, who showed up in plainclothes in an unmarked car, allowing them to pass by the lookout without the alarm being sounded. The burglars then turned off their radio when they heard noise in an adjacent stairwell.
Watergate Arrest
McCord is arrested inside Democratic National Committee headquarters with four other burglars while carrying surveillance equipment and cash.
Watergate Arrest Connection
Sturgis's arrest as one of the Watergate burglars in June 1972 later drew renewed public attention to his earlier anti-Castro activities.
Watergate Break-In Discovered
Notices tape placed over door locks during his security rounds and alerts police, leading to discovery of the Watergate burglary.
Watergate Command Post
Helps coordinate the second Watergate entry from nearby and leaves after learning that police have arrested the burglars.
Watergate
Howard Hunt receives a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate.
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Howard Hunt receives a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Watergate.
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Howard Hunt recieves a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate
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Howard Hunt recieves a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Watergate
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Howard Hunt receives a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Watergate.
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Howard Hunt receives a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate.
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Howard Hunt recieves a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate
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Howard Hunt receives a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate.
Watergate Connection
Learns that his name and White House contact information were found in material connected to the burglars arrested at the Watergate complex.
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
In fact, an elaborate cover-up was already under way. The charge that would stem from the cover-up, "obstruction of justice," would eventually bring Nixon down
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
Official reaction was swift. From the White House, Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Zeigler, dismissed the incident as some sort of petty thievery attempt. John Mitchell, the head of CREEP, denied that the organization had any connection to the event.
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
The Washington Post reported, "One of the five men arrested early Saturday in the attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters is the salaried security coordinator for President Nixon's re-election committee." Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that a search
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
These public denials were lies.
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
the burglars had keys, and that inside one of them were address books that listed Howard Hunt's name or initials, and included the hand-written notation, "WH," for White House.
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
warrant had been executed for the hotel rooms for which
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
In fact, an elaborate cover-up was already under way. The charge that would stem from the cover-up, "obstruction of justice," would eventually bring Nixon down
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