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Tuesday, July 1, 1969

  • At the urging of Tom Huston from the White House, the IRS creates the Special Services Staff (SSS) to investigate White House enemies. Over the next year it compiles information on 1000 institutions and 4000 people.

Thursday, July 01, 1971

  • W. Mark Felt is promoted to the No 3 position in the FBI by J Edgar Hoover.

Saturday, July 01, 1972

  • John Mitchell resigns as Nixon's campaign manager citing the need to spend more time with his family.
  • Peggy Gleason, a CRP employee, contacts the FBI following her initial interview to say she has more to say, but feared repercussions. She speaks with Agent Magallanes for close to 10 hours in secret.

"I know it violates the sensibilities of the innocent and tender-minded, but in the real world you sometimes have to employ extreme and extralegal methods to preserve the very system whos laws you're violating. "

G Gordon Liddy | Watergate Conspirator