[Valin]

I remember thinking these guys (Nixon et al), didn't have a clue about what was really going on.

Note too all, I would really recomend this book.
Silent Coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin, Pub. by St. Martins Press 1991.

[WillaJohns]

Read Silent Coup on line here

[LivingNet]

If it was John Dean's plot to protect his future wife then why did Agnew and Nixon take the fall for it?

Seems to me it had to be about tapping the DNC or Nixon would never have resigned over it.