The old rumors were that McGovern had received immense amounts of cash from Sweden (Olaf Palme, remember?), whose ostensible neutrality in the Vietnam War didn’t prevent it from supporting American atrocity claims and welcoming traitors—a natural ally of the American Left. To what end, I certainly don’t know. But the then-brand new Federal Election Campaign Act only added to the gravity of McGovern’s acceptance of such cash funds. Ted Kennedy had made several trips to Sweden, one purportedly to obtain a list of POWs Palme had received from North Vietnam. Was he, some asked, the conduit for the funds as well? But why the DNC, rather than Kennedy’s own office or McGovern’s campaign hqtrs, became the target for surveillance and break-in is still a mystery.
To this day, however, I don’t believe Nixon was aware of the actual tactics. Maybe Gordon Liddy’s estate holds the answers.
Liddy might have some ugh!.. insurance..
More likely his head. He is still alive you know. Still on the radio too, mainly satellite radio. Liddy Official Website