28-10-2008, 09:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 28-10-2008, 10:46 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
Charles Drago Wrote:Myra,
I'd like to suggest delicately that the question is too broad and begs too many definitions. And its reasoning may be inverted.
Was the Watergate break-in executed, at least in part, to support (or expose -- no kidding) the JFK cover-up?
If we assume that Haldeman was telling the unvarnished truth, then it is more appropriate to conclude that the JFK assassination was invoked to support the Watergate cover-up.
The human connective tissue between these events are noted in the persons of Hunt, McCord, Barker, and Haig.
One of the two great scenes in Oliver Stone's Nixon dramatizes Tricky's reactions upon learning of Hunt's involvement. Anthony Hopkins plays it beautifully and delivers deep subtext.
My answer to this poll: yes and no.
CD
Can you add the catagory 'in part'. I'd vote for 'in part'. There were apparently many motives and sub-plots, and they evolved, as the situation changed - as is usual in these sort of 'things'.