The basic story is that they were trying to see if Castro was funding the democrats lol

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Nixon being Nixon is probably why. You oust the raving alcoholic vendetta obsessive and people will dismiss the inevitable grumbling as just Nixon being Nixon. He could have gone full "blame the CIA with receipts" route and people would have just sighed and said "golly, Nixon sure is being Nixon today."