John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy arranged the break-in at the Watergate complex in order to
A) find information about Daniel Ellsberg that would discredit him in the eyes of the peace movement.
B) destroy the Democratic National Committee's files of potential campaign contributors.
C) wiretap the telephone of the Democratic National Committee.
D) play a harmless prank on their political rivals.
E) retrieve evidence that Spiro Agnew had had an affair with an intern.

Question

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The primary objective of the break-in at the Watergate complex by John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy was to wiretap the telephone of the Democratic National Committee. This was part of a larger scheme to gather intelligence on the Democratic Party's strategies and communications during the election campaign period.