Read this: American Spy by E. Howard Hunt

A fascinating read about the covert world of Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt, who seems to have been involved in nearly every one of this country's secrets since about the 1940's.
Though the bulk of the material is about the Watergate break-ins (there were actually two burglaries), he also writes about his involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion, various coups and coup attempts and the Vietnam war. He was not involved in the JFK assassination (so he says).
While the book is insightful into the work of a spy/burglar/hired thug, it comes across too much as Hunt whining about things that went wrong and blaming others for his problems. Is the reader supposed to feel sympathy when a man with seemingly no conscious loses his wife in a plane crash? Why should we be surprised one of his children doesn't talk to him, when he asked that same child to hide evidence about his guilt in Watergate? Why is it the judge's fault that Hunt got a sentence he feels was too harsh?
I also have trouble following the exploits of a man who can rationalize criminal acts in the supposed interest of national security. How much of what was written is true, and how much is Hunt's own bravado?
If you can get past your dislike for truly unlikeable person, you may enjoy this book.