richard nixon's reelection campaign committee. mccord and his accomplices meanwhile have been charged with second-degree burglary and have been released on bail, but i don't think that's the last we're going to hear on this story. >> it's one of the most shocking actions i think that's happened in this country in a long time. but i must say that it's the legacy of years of wiretapping and snooping and violation of privacy in which the government itself has been too deeply involved. >> both democrats and republicans played with pranks and tricks all the time. the difference in watergate was that these people were foolish and they got caught. >> no one in the white house staff, no one in this administration, was involved in this very bizarre incident. >> nixon said, this is being investigated by the congress, by the fbi, but even more importantly, i've had my own white house counsel john dean