Reply #53: Uhm, the OP title might be a tad misleading.

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It was one former CIA agent, who had left the company and was working privately for Nixon, along with 4 people who had been recruited at times in their past as CIA "operatives", aka private mercenary freelancers who would do jobs of questionable legality and authority.

What does that tell me? Not much, really, CRP wasn't going to send a team of lawyers or graphic designers, they needed a break-in and bugging, so they sent guys with presumable experience in that field.