Everything Everywhere Daily · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
As the 1972 election approached and President Nixon's team feared losing, they planned to break into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate building. This operation, carried out by members of the Committee to Reelect the President (CRP), involved bugging phones and photographing files.
“They planned to break into several Democratic Party offices, including a law firm in the Watergate building. The group was officially called the Committee to Reelect the President or CRP. But after the Watergate story, people just started calling them Creep.”
“They planned to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex on Memorial Day weekend.”
“The team included James W. McCord Jr., Bernard Barker, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis.”