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Monday, August 16, 1971
- John Dean prepares a memo to bring order to the President's growing official list of enemies that had been compiled since the early months of Nixon's term. The list has been dubbed the "Political Enemies Project" by those working on it. The goal of the list is to identify people who had in some way wronged the President and determine how the White House could use “the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies."
Wednesday, August 16, 1972
- Clark MacGregor, the new head of CRP, tells reporters that Liddy had used campaign funds for his own priorities.
Thursday, August 16, 1973
- Magruder pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy.
"They’re gonna beat the (expletive) out of some of these people."
Bob Haldeman | White House Chief of Staff