Nixon persuaded himself that Halperin and Gelb were part of a conspiracy that was leaking the papers as a warmup to leaking Nixon’s own damaging secrets during his 1972 reelection campaign. This ...

Ran against Nixon for the Senate in 1950 and lost ... WATERGATE: Refers to the scandal which erupted after a June 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate ...