Break-in Quotes



The Russian leadership thought little of it and assumed that it had no consequences. An American Communist official in the Kremlin, Morris Childs, told them that Nixon might actually lose his job over Watergate. Childs was actually an FBI spy. See his quote.


Nixon's suspected that Brookings had evidence about the secret Cambodian bombings and his pre-election felony regarding Vietnam. White House Staff Member Tom Huston had put together a plan to obtain embarrassing and potentially ruinous documents and other documents that would allow them to blackmail Nixon's critics who were regarded as "enemies".