Bernard L. Baker, James W. McCord, Birgillo R. Gonzales, Euqenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis and they broke into the Democratic National Committee Offices to buy telephones to get information for the presidential election. Keyosha Spencer
The men involved in the actual break-in, that is, the actual burglars were James W. McCord, Jr., ex-CIA agent and Director of Security of the Citizens Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP), Bernard L. Barker, also ex-CIA agent; Virgilio R. Gonzalez; Frank A. Sturgis and Eugenio R. Martinez, also ex-CIA agent. Alfred C. Baldwin, ex-FBI agent, watched the operation of the burglars from the Howard Johnson hotel across the street so that he could communicate with the burglars if he saw something suspicious near the burglars and warn them. G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt were in a room in the Watergate Hotel in radio contact with the burglars and Baldwin to co-ordinate the operation.
The five men were Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. The five were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications. On September 15, a grand jury indicted them and two other men (E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy) for conspiracy, burglary and violation of federal wiretapping laws.
Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. broke into suite 610 at the Watergate Hotel. The office belonged to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman, Larry O' Brien.
The men who broke into the Democratic offices at the Watergate Hotel were known as "plumbers". So named because their job was to plug "leaks".
They broke into the Democratic Party Headquarters that were located in the complex. They were looking for secret information and maybe planting bugs or tapping the phone lines.
The sentencing of the Watergate burglars led to Gerald Ford's pardon of President Nixon.
The office at the Watergate that was burglarized belonged to the Democratic National Committee. The Republican Party was looking for information that they could use to to their advantage in the 1972 elections.
John J. Sirica.
the 5 men were wiretaps
A burglary of Democratic Party headquarters
The Watergate burglars were caught attempting to place listening devices or "bugs" in the offices of the Democratic National Committee located in the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. The burglary was instigated by the Republican Party to gain an advantage in the upcoming elections.
I think not. It is difficult to know for sure. He knew fairly soon after the burglars were arrested, I think.
The sentencing of the Watergate burglars led to Gerald Ford's pardon of President Nixon.
The office at the Watergate that was burglarized belonged to the Democratic National Committee. The Republican Party was looking for information that they could use to to their advantage in the 1972 elections.
John J. Sirica.
a burglary of democatic party headquarters
the 5 men were wiretaps
A burglary of Democratic Party headquarters
All were tried and convicted. The masterminds, E. Howard Hunt and James McCord,Jr, . served prison time of 33 months and 2 months respectively. The burglars , Gonzalez, Barker, Martinez and Sturgis, respectively spent 13months, 18 months, 15 months, and 10 months in prison.
They Had TenMillion Dollars When They Got Arrested After The Investagation
a burglary of offices belonging to the Democratic Party
It is known as Watergate because it all started with a botched political espionage burglary at the Watergate Hotel.