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Richard M. Nixon: Smoking Gun Tape

( 1972 )

Glossary

  • Barker Bernard L. Barker, a former CIA operative arrested in the Watergate break-in
  • Bay of Pigs covert CIA plan approved by President John F. Kennedy to invade Cuba and remove Fidel Castro frompower
  • Colson Charles W. (Chuck) Colson, White House special counsel to Nixon
  • Gemstone covert operation developed by the White House operative G. Gordon Liddy to gather intelligence onNixon's opponents
  • Helms Richard Helms, director of the CIA from 1966 to 1973
  • Hunt E. Howard Hunt, a former CIA agent and White House “plumber” arrested in the Watergatebreak-in
  • John Dean White House counsel to Nixon
  • Ken Dahlberg a fund-raiser for Nixon's reelection committee
  • Liddy G. Gordon Liddy, chief White House “plumber” and the person who developed OperationGemstone
  • Mark Felt associate director of the FBI from 1972 to 1974; known as “Deep Throat” for leaking informationabout the Watergate investigation to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post
  • Mitchell John N. Mitchell, U.S. attorney general from 1969 to 1972 and director of Nixon's 1972 reelectioncampaign
  • Pat Gray acting director of the FBI from 1972 to 1973
  • Stans Maurice H. Stans, U.S. secretary of commerce from 1969 to 1972 and finance director of Nixon's 1972reelection campaign
  • Walters Vernon A. Walters, deputy director of the CIA from 1972 to 1976
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