What is White House Plumbers?
The '''White House Plumbers''', sometimes simply called '''the Plumbers''', were a [[secret]] [[White House]] group led by [[G. Gordon Liddy]]. They were established July 24, 1971, during the [[presidency]] of [[Richard Nixon]]. Its task was to find out who was giving out [[classified information]], such as the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'', to the [[Mass media|news media]]. They began using [[law|illegal]] methods while working for the [[Committee to Re-elect the President]]. This included the infamous [[Watergate burglary|Watergate break-in]] and the [[Watergate scandal]] that followed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/timeline.html |title=The Watergate Story |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1996–2014 |website= |publisher=The Washington Post |accessdate=12 May 2014 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:1971 in the United States]] [[Category:Plumbers|*]]