Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of those tactics have recently been used to plug Government leaks to the press, and Reporter-Researcher Mary Kelley went back through old files and newspaper clippings to study the long history of such leaks. Mary Jane Hodges researched the various Government intelligence agencies, and Alexandra Rich pored over the daily transcripts for our running account of the Senate Watergate hearings...
...enjoyed a well-earned celebration of dining, dancing and entertainment at the White House. It was an occasion of deep national appreciation that was used by Nixon for a self-serving purpose. As he emphasized in his press statement, there is no proper connection between his efforts to plug leaks of state secrets?including the Pentagon papers?and the political espionage at the Watergate headquarters of the Democratic National Committee last June. One purpose of his press release, he said, was to "draw...
...third operation was the establishment, in 1971, of a Special Investigations Unit in the White House. Its primary mission was to plug leaks of vital security information...
...crash effort to find the source of more leaks in the summer of 1971. The U.S. position at the SALT talks with the Soviets had begun leaking into newspapers, and Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon papers to the New York Times and other newspapers. Nixon demanded that Mitchell plug those leaks within two weeks. The President apparently asked no questions about the tactics to be used...
...written dozens of mystery novels. The hiring of Liddy had been suggested by Egil Krogh, Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs, that of Hunt by Presidential Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. Liddy and Hunt became known in the White House as "the plumbers," because they were hired to plug leaks. They later became an integral part of the Watergate crew. This team promptly began tapping telephones, including those of New York Times reporters...