I disagree here.
As I recall over sixty people, many of them holding the highest posts in our land, were convicted of felonies involving government sponsorship of burglary and obstruction of justice. One of the mechanisms used to deflect the FBI away from investigating fully was the suggestion that a CIA mission would be compromised by interrogations.
Protection of the integrity of our domestic institutions is as vital to national security as the defeat of foreign enemies.
One of the burglaries was committed to discredit those who sought to reveal government secrets involving the VietNam war.
I disagree here.
I think you're absolutely correct. And that's also proof positive that I'm not really old enough to remember Watergate. (wink, wink!) :-)