Associated Press reports that Bernard Leon Barker has died in Florida, aged 92.
Barker was a Cuban-born CIA operative who became of the burglars arrested at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972.
AP says: “Barker’s stepdaughter, Kelly Andrad, says that he died Friday morning at his suburban Miami home after being taken to the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center the night before. He had suffered from cancer and heart problems but his exact cause of death was unclear.
“Barker was one of five men who broke into the Watergate building in Washington on the night of June 17, 1972. They were trying to plant a wiretap to gather information on Richard Nixon’s Democratic opponent in the upcoming presidential election, George McGovern.
