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You can view the original post here On 17 June 1972, in what White Home Press Secretary Ron Ziegler would later name, “a third-rate burglary,” 5 males, all former CIA operatives, broke into the Watergate Resort headquarters of the Democratic Nationwide Committee to steal data referring to the upcoming presidential election. 4 months later, in a blockbuster story for the Washington Submit on 10 October, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein reported, “The Watergate bugging incident stemmed from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of President Nixon’s re-election and directed by officials of the White House, as a basic strategy of the Nixon re-election effort.” 5 months after that, in early March, 1973, the US Senate, by a vote of 77 – 0, voted to convene the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities . 4 Democrats and three Republicans comprised the Committee, which was chaired by Senator Sam Ervin (D-NC) with Senator Howard Bak...