02-04-2019, 05:40 PM
The other thing that is key about McCord is something most of us probably are already familiar with if we have read Jim Hougan's milestone book Secret Agenda.
That is his rather puzzling role in Watergate. It was McCord who cracked the case open in Sirica's court with his letter to the judge about perjury and pressure in his court. That is what led the case into the White House.
Secondly, the question is: would there have been a trial if not for McCord's weird behavior the night of the final break in? But before that, McCord the security consultant planted a faulty bug in O'Brien's office. Which necessitated the last break in. And then it was his shenanigans that got them caught.
McCord always played the put upon technician. In my view, and of others, he was not. He was really an operator who used the technician role as cover.
That is his rather puzzling role in Watergate. It was McCord who cracked the case open in Sirica's court with his letter to the judge about perjury and pressure in his court. That is what led the case into the White House.
Secondly, the question is: would there have been a trial if not for McCord's weird behavior the night of the final break in? But before that, McCord the security consultant planted a faulty bug in O'Brien's office. Which necessitated the last break in. And then it was his shenanigans that got them caught.
McCord always played the put upon technician. In my view, and of others, he was not. He was really an operator who used the technician role as cover.