White House Plumbers

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Nixon White House unit covert government unit

White House Plumbers was a covert Nixon White House unit created to stop and retaliate against leaks, best known for its role in the Watergate scandal.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
White House Plumber	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nixon White House unit ⓘ covert government unit ⓘ
conflict	United States v. Nixon political-legal crisis ⓘ
connectedTo	Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ surface form: Committee for the Re-Election of the President
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Nixon administration ⓘ surface form: Richard Nixon administration
createdUnderAuthorityOf	John Ehrlichman ⓘ
describedIn	United States Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings Watergate-related court proceedings ⓘ
dissolved	1973 ⓘ
employer	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork	counterintelligence ⓘ political espionage ⓘ
hasAlias	Plumbers ⓘ Special Investigations Unit ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to resignation of Richard Nixon ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era Vietnam War ⓘ surface form: Vietnam War era
hasMember	Charles Colson ⓘ David Young ⓘ E. Howard Hunt ⓘ Egil Krogh ⓘ G. Gordon Liddy ⓘ John Ehrlichman ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
influenced	public distrust of government in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalConsequences	criminal convictions of several members ⓘ
location	White House ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive coverage during Watergate scandal ⓘ
motive	protect Nixon administration from damaging disclosures ⓘ
notableFor	covert operations against perceived political enemies ⓘ role in the Watergate scandal ⓘ
notableWork	break-in at Lewis Fielding's office ⓘ
operatedBy	Nixon administration ⓘ
operationalStatus	defunct ⓘ
opposed	Pentagon Papers leaks ⓘ
partOf	White House ⓘ surface form: Nixon White House Nixon administration covert operations network ⓘ
purpose	retaliate against leakers ⓘ stop leaks of classified information ⓘ
significantEvent	Ellsberg psychiatrist office break-in ⓘ Watergate break-in planning ⓘ
targeted	Daniel Ellsberg ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee to Re-elect the President → connectedTo → White House Plumbers ⓘ

United States v. Daniel Ellsberg → involves → White House Plumbers ⓘ

CREEP → linkedTo → White House Plumbers ⓘ

E. Howard Hunt → memberOf → White House Plumbers ⓘ

E. Howard Hunt → notableRole → White House Plumbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: White House Plumber