WATERGATE BURGLARS

• E. Howard Hunt, was recommended by Charles Colson

• G. Gordon Liddy, was recommended by Egil Krogh

• John Paisley, Another member of the group was its liaison to the CIA, . In recent years Paisley's involvement has led to speculation the CIA had a far greater hand in the operations of the Plumbers than originally thought at the time

The Plumbers' first task was the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's Los Angeles psychiatrist

Aside from the Fielding burglary there are scarce few other activities the Plumbers were known to have been engaged in.

After the California break-in, Liddy was recruited by White House Counsel John Dean to perform an intelligence gathering operation for Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP). Liddy was transferred to CRP and involved Hunt in the operations which would later include the Watergate burglary.