A reminder of how they got the big guns in Watergate

[Greeby]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate

On January 8, 1973, the original burglars, along with Liddy and Hunt, went to trial. All except McCord and Liddy pleaded guilty, and all were convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping. The accused had been paid by CRP to plead guilty but say nothing, and their refusal to allocute to the crimes angered the trial judge John Sirica (known as "Maximum John" because of his harsh sentencing). Sirica handed down thirty-year sentences, but indicated he would reconsider if the group would be more cooperative. McCord complied, implicated CRP in the burglary and the payoff for the burglars' silence, and admitted to perjury.

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See? They indicted the ones who actually did it, and the judge enticed them to rat out the ones who sent them

[longship]

1. Yes, greedy McCord

He was squeaking to the WH about the deal. Apparently they weren't giving him enough $$$. So he wrote the now famous letter to Sirica explaining the situation. Not a very nice man.