Bernard Leon Barker (born 17 March 1917) was a former member of the Cuban secret police under the Batista regime. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (fulˈxensjo βaˈtista i salˈdiβar January 16, 1901 &ndash August 6, 1973) was a Cuban He joined Operation 40 and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Operation 40 was a Central Intelligence Agency -sponsored undercover operation in the early 1960s which was active in the Caribbean (including Cuba) The Bay of Pigs Invasion (aka Playa Girón) was an unsuccessful attempt by a U Later, he was recruited by his former CIA boss, E. Howard Hunt, as one of the "Plumbers", the Nixon White House's so-called "Special Investigations Unit". Everette Howard Hunt Jr ( October 9 1918 – January 23 2007) was an American Author and spy. The White House Plumbers or simply the Plumbers is the popular name given to the covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24 See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence In 1972, Barker was one of the five burglars paid by the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP), Nixon's re-election campaign fundraising committee, for a break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, and subsequently was convicted in the Watergate scandal. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Committee to Re-elect the President, often abbreviated to CRP or CREEP (an acronym used derisively by critics of the Nixon administration was a Nixon The Watergate burglaries, which took place on May 28 and June 17, 1972, have been cited in testimony media accounts and popular works on Watergate as The Democratic National Committee (DNC is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's The others were Frank Sturgis, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez and James McCord. Frank Anthony Sturgis (December 9 1924 – December 4 1993 born Frank Angelo Fiorini, was one of the Watergate burglars Virgilio R Gonzalez was a contract CIA operative and one of the five men recruited by E Eugenio Rolando Martinez (alias Musculito) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in the early 1960s and later was one of the five men recruited
Along with the other Watergate burglars, G. Gordon Liddy, and E. Howard Hunt, Barker was charged with, and pled guilty to, wiretapping, planting electronic surveillance equipment, and theft of documents. George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Everette Howard Hunt Jr ( October 9 1918 – January 23 2007) was an American Author and spy.
Barker also worked with CRP to get money into the Nixon campaign coffers off the books; it was via his bank account that twenty-five thousand dollars from Archer Daniels Midland Chief Executive Dwayne Andreas was obtained by CRP in violation of campaign finance laws. The Archer Daniels Midland Company ( is a conglomerate based in Decatur Illinois. Dwayne Orville Andreas (born 4 March 1918) is one of the most prominent political campaign donors in the United States, having contributed millions of dollars
Barker was said by some to be implicated in the JFK assassination, together with other Watergate figures like Frank Sturgis and E. Frank Anthony Sturgis (December 9 1924 – December 4 1993 born Frank Angelo Fiorini, was one of the Watergate burglars Howard Hunt, after a Dallas police officer supposedly recognized him during the time of the Watergate scandal, however this theory is not widely held.
In September 1971, Barker had begun his work for the Nixon administration when he was recruited by Hunt for obtaining background information on Daniel Ellsberg. Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7 1931 is a former American military Analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy Ellsberg was under watch for releasing what came to be known as the "Pentagon Papers", a series of articles featured in the New York Times in 1971 detailing administration secrets concerning the Vietnam War. The Pentagon Papers is the popular name for a 14000-page top-secret United States government report about the history of the Government's internal planning and policy The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Barker had been recruited along with Eugenio Martínez to help Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy break into the office of Dr. Eugenio Rolando Martinez (alias Musculito) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in the early 1960s and later was one of the five men recruited George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Lewis J. Fielding, Ellsberg's psychiatrist. The mission's purpose was to find discrediting information on Ellsberg. The mission was completed, but largely unsuccessful in finding any damaging information about Ellsberg. On March 2, 1974 Barker was indicted for the break-in. [1] He was released pending appeal after serving one year of a two-and-a-half to six-year sentence.
After Barker's release from prison, he worked as a building inspector for the city of Miami, Florida, earning $18,512 per year. He elected early retirement in 1982 rather than fight proceedings seeking his dismissal for loafing on the job.
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