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Wednesday, October 11, 1972
- After Woodward receives a call from the McGovern campaign with a list of potential acts of sabotage, the Post runs a story about the charges despite Woodward's protests that there isn't any corroboration.
- During a meeting on Capitol Hill, Muskie tells Bernstein his campaign was besieged by problems and leaks that no one could figure out, but he always felt Nixon's men were behind it.
- Hunt demands the return of his belongs that were confiscated from his safe after the break in and given to John Dean. Two notebooks in particular are of interest because they do not appear on Dean's inventory of the safe's contents.
Thursday, October 11, 1973
- The Special Prosecutor's office puts out its first indictment for Egil Krogh.
"...on the investigation, you know, the Democratic break-in thing, we're back in the problem area because the FBI is not under control because Gray doesn't exactly know how to control them."
Bob Haldeman | White House Chief of Staff