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...McCord conceded under questioning from committee co-chairman Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.) that he had never had direct contact with Mitchell, Magruder or Dean in connection with the wiretap plan. When asked what Mitchell had called him in their campaign contacts, McCord drew a burst of laughter by saying, "Before or after June...
...McCord and four other men were apprehended by Washington police on the sixth floor of the Watergate office Building in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972. The five men, plus Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, a White House aide, were convicted in January of conspiracy and burglary in connection with the incident...
...McCord testified that Liddy arranged to pay him $3000 a month for his political espionage activities and provided him a budget of $76,000 for the purchase of electronic surveillance equipment and burglary tools...
Liddy paid him in cash, McCord said, and Liddy and Hunt handled the recruiting of additional agents for the break-in squad. After the June 17 arrest, McCord testified, Hunt and his wife, who is now deceased, continued to provide him with $3000 in cash per month plus $25,000 in legal fees...
...McCord's responses to Weicker's questions about information he had received from the Justice Department apparently came as a shock to the Senate panel which had already interviewed the former CIA agent in closed executive session...