A co-conspirator, he became an early witness for the government, which helped lead to the indictment of the burglars and linked them with the White House.
Alfred C. Baldwin III, a former FBI agent who served as the chief eavesdropper and lookout for the Watergate burglars, but then became a key government witness in the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, died Jan. 15, 2020 at a care center in New Paltz, N.Y. He was 83.
Alfred C. Baldwin III was a Marine veteran and former FBI agent who served as the chief eavesdropper and lookout for the Watergate burglars but then became a key government witness in the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon. He died Jan. 15, 2020, but did not want his death publicized.
He watched the infamous break-in from across the street and became the only person involved not charged with a crime after agreeing to cooperate with investigators.