Ellsberg was at the top of the list. The "plumbers" managed to break into Dr. Lewis Fieldaing's office; Ellsberg's psychiatrist. They wanted to find any humiliating information about him before his trial. Because of the burglary the case was dismissed (Evans 61). .
On June 17, 1972 following the Fielaing's break-in, five men were arrested for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The men were sent there to readjust electronic equipment that they had put in time ago. Four of the men, by the names of Bernard Barker, Frank Sturgis, Virgillo Gonzalez and Eugenie Martinez were all from Miami, Florida. The fifth man was James McCord, who was the security manager for the CRP (Halsey 331). The arrest of these men soon led to the plan of surveillance of political opponents. .
A secret fund was then found which was kept in a special account at CRP. It held loads of funds for the Watergate spying. The Watergate money trial uncovered a massive amount of Nixon's financial crimes and illegalities. Officials found a mass of unethical and illegal campaign fund-raising operations that led to the "cover-up" (Kilian 176).
Nixon and his administration began a huge cover-up of McCord's connection with the White House. All files and memos involving him were destroyed. Over $187,000 in "hush money" was paid to McCord and his team to keep their mouths shut from discussing their ties to the White House. During this time another cover-up story was in the progress, to state that the burglary was a part of a CIA operation. But the CIA refused to work together. Nixon began to order all of his aides to block any information to investigators, and applied political pressure to delay trials and investigations of the burglary until early 1973. All documents concerning any involvement were destroyed and everyone testified falsely to official investigations (Schudson 135).