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Bernard Leon Barker (March 17, 1917 – June 5, 2009) was a Watergate burglar and undercover operative in CIA-directed plots to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Jun 7, 2009 · Bernard L. Barker, one of the burglars whose 1972 break-in at the Watergate building in Washington led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, died Friday. He was 92.
Bernard Leon Barker was a hero to many, first as a World War II flier and prisoner of war, later as a CIA operative working to overthrow Fidel Castro. But he is best remembered as a White House ''plumber:'' one of the burglars whose break-in helped topple a U.S. president.
Bernard L. Barker, an unrepentant Watergate burglar whose arrest at the Democratic National Committee headquarters on June 17, 1972, helped set in motion the chain of events that led to the...
Jun 6, 2009 · Bernard Barker, a Cuban-born CIA operative who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion and was later a Watergate burglar, died Friday in suburban Miami. He was 92.
Bernard Barker was a Cuban-American CIA agent who participated in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building. He claimed he was a patriot and a Cuban nationalist, but was sentenced to jail for his role in the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon.
Jun 13, 2017 · Virgilio Gonzales, Frank Sturgis, attorney Henry Rothblatt, Bernard Barker and Eugenio Martinez the defendants charged with breaking into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate ...
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