Magnesium Phosphate, Tribasic, occurs as a white, crystalline powder. It may contain four, five, or eight molecules of water of hydration. It is readily soluble in dilute mineral acids, but is almost insoluble in water.
In May 1972, as evidence would later show, members of Nixonâs Committee to Re-Elect the President (known derisively as CREEP) broke into the Democratic National Committeeâs Watergate headquarters, stole copies of top-secret documents and bugged the officeâs phones.
James McCord. A former CIA officer, McCord was one of the five burglars arrested at the Watergate complex on June 15, 1972. He was convicted on eight counts of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping, spending two months in prison. In March 1973 McCord wrote a letter implicating White House officials in the cover-up. He later published a book about his role in the scandal.