Thursday, June 22, 1972

• The President meets with reports and says "The White House has had no involvement whatever in this particular incident." The statement only intrigues reporters who begin wondering which incidents the White House was actually involved in.
• Martha Mitchell, John's wife, phones the United Press International and says she's "sick of the whole operation" and may leave her husband if he doesn't get out of politics altogether.
• Dean tells the FBI he was unaware that Howard Hunt had an office in the White House. Privately, Dean is already planning to lay everything on Hunt and Liddy in hopes of containing the investigation. Gray tells Dean to deal with Mark Felt on all matters of the investigation. The White House hopes that the CIA connections could bring up the possibility of using national security as a way to thwart the investigation from going too deep.

Friday, June 22, 1973

• Mark Felt retires from the FBI.