Joe Rogan Experience #2544 - Chris Williamson · Aired Aug 21, 2026
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The individuals arrested for the Watergate break-in were largely CIA employees.
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Former is doing the work here. Four of the five men caught inside the DNC office had past CIA ties, mostly through anti-Castro operations, and James McCord and E. Howard Hunt were both ex-agency. But none of them were CIA employees on the night. They were working for the Committee to Re-elect the President, and the agency's involvement was investigated and not established.
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Is it true that the individuals arrested for the Watergate break-in were largely CIA employees?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Former is doing the work here. Four of the five men caught inside the DNC office had past CIA ties, mostly through anti-Castro operations, and James McCord and E. Chris Williamson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2544 - Chris Williamson, aired Aug 21, 2026, at 13:48. The supporting source is watergate.info, linked below.
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