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Thursday, June 25, 1970
- Tom Huston presents a plan for far-reaching domestic surveillance to various heads of intelligence agencies. Most were receptive, except J Edgar Hoover.
Sunday, June 25, 1972
- Lawrence O'Brien calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor since he believes there is direct evidence tying the White House to the burglary.
Monday, June 25, 1973
- John Dean appears before the Senate Watergate Committee and details the "cancer on the Presidency" conversation he had with Nixon in March. He also details the inner workings of the Watergate coverup, dirty tricks, wiretapping, secret cash funds, the Plumbers, and the existence of a political enemies list. He admits to blocking the Patman investigation. He recalls the September 15 ,1972 meeting with President when he was credited for doing a good job managing the cover up saying he felt the President was well informed on all his activities prior to that meeting. Many of the details were already in the public record from Nixon's statement on May 22.
- Nixon believes he's justified many of the activities sufficiently, however, he knows it will be his word against Dean's. Polls later show 70% of the country believes Dean's version.
Tuesday, June 25, 1974
- Nixon, still suffering from physical issues, flies to Russia to meet with Brezhnev.
- The Wall Street Journal publishes a story quoting Mark Felt assuring them he is not Deep Throat. He tells them he believes Deep Throat is a composite of multiple sources.
"I'm not the press's favorite pin-up boy. If it hadn't been Watergate, there would probably have been something else."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States