▁soon ▁became ▁apparent , ▁however , ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" im possible ▁to ▁prove ▁anything ▁to ▁an ▁infl amed ▁national ▁press ▁corps ▁already ▁in ▁full ▁cry " ▁while ▁" d aily ▁le aks ▁to ▁the ▁press ▁kept ▁pointing ▁at ▁C IA ". ▁Only ▁later ▁did ▁Hel ms ▁conclude ▁that ▁" the ▁le aks ▁were ▁coming ▁directly ▁from ▁the ▁White ▁House " ▁and ▁that ▁" Pres ident ▁N ixon ▁was ▁personally ▁manip ulating ▁the ▁administration ' s ▁efforts ▁to ▁contain ▁the ▁sc andal ". ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁break - in , ▁N ixon ' s ▁team ▁( ch ief ly ▁Hal de man , ▁Ehr lich man , ▁and ▁Dean ) ▁asked ▁Hel ms ▁in ▁effect ▁to ▁assert ▁a ▁ph ony ▁national ▁security ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁break - in ▁and , ▁under ▁that ▁r ationale , ▁to ▁inter f ere ▁with ▁the ▁on going ▁F BI ▁investigation ▁of ▁the ▁Water gate ▁burg l aries . ▁Such ▁a ▁course ▁would ▁also ▁involve ▁the ▁C IA ▁in ▁posting ▁b ail ▁for ▁the ▁arrested ▁suspect s . ▁Initial ly ▁Hel ms ▁made ▁some ▁super f icial ▁accommod ation ▁that ▁st alled ▁for ▁several ▁weeks ▁the ▁F BI ' s ▁progress . ▁At ▁several ▁meet ings ▁attended ▁by ▁Hel ms ▁and ▁Wal ters , ▁N ixon ' s ▁team ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Bay ▁of ▁P igs ▁f ias co , ▁using ▁it ▁as ▁if ▁a ▁t alis man ▁of ▁dark ▁secre ts , ▁as ▁an ▁imp lied ▁threat ▁against ▁the ▁integrity ▁of ▁C IA