June 17th 1972 Watergate burglars arrested

[underpants]

WATERGATE BURGLARS ARRESTED:
June 17, 1972

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

In the early morning of June 17, 1972, five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, an office-hotel-apartment complex in Washington, D.C. In their possession were burglary tools, cameras and film, and three pen-size tear gas guns. At the scene of the crime, and in rooms the men rented at the Watergate, sophisticated electronic bugging equipment was found. Three of the men were Cuban exiles, one was a Cuban American, and the fifth was James W. McCord, Jr., a former CIA agent. That day, the suspects, who said they were "anti-communists," were charged with felonious burglary and possession of implements of crime.

[helderheid]

1. heheheheh

"we need subpoena power" :)

[peacetalksforall]

2. Anti-communists! Justification for breaking in? I prefer the theory that

they were looking for discovery material about the assassination of JFK. I am fascinated with the new hints that Nixon was obsessed about the assassination.

[sundancekid]

3. sure hope history repeats itself with the current crooks and liars!