[DOC] [TLE] AllPolitics - A Watergate Glossary - June 12, 1997 - CNN.com [PAR] Jun 12, 1997 ... "A third-rate burglary attempt" -- Nixon Press Secretary Ron Zeigler's first ... called 
police at 1:47 a.m. on June 17, 1972 to report the break-in. [DOC] [TLE] Ronald Ziegler Dies - The Washington Post [PAR] Feb 11, 2003 ... Ronald Ziegler, 63, who as President Richard M. Nixon's press secretary at first 
described the Watergate break-in as a "third-rate burglary," a ... with this assertion
: "I'm not going to comment on a third-rate burglary attempt." ... Defending his 
boss to the end, on July 19, 1974, he called the House Judiciary... [DOC] [TLE] The Words Of Watergate | American History Lives at American ... [PAR] Ziegler's statement is a classic example of Watergate-ese. ... Here, to mark the 
twenty-fifth anniversary of the break-in, is a glossary of some of the words of 
Watergate. .... Except for Nixon, everyone just named went to jail. ..... break-in, 
saying, I am not going to comment from the White House on a third-rate burglary 
attempt.. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Cavett's Watergate - PBS [PAR] DICK CAVETT: Now the White House burglars were called plumbers, you know, 
... RICHARD NIXON: I have no prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in. ... 
RON ZIEGLER: My remark yesterday regarding a third rate burglary attempt 
related... [DOC] [TLE] All about Oscar - Britannica [PAR] At the time of the break-in, Liddy had been overseeing a similar, though 
uncompleted, attempt to break ... Presidential Press Secretary Ron Ziegler 
responded that the president would have no comment on a third-rate burglary 
attempt. ... Later, this order, revealed in what became known as the Nixon tapes (
Nixon's secret... [DOC] [TLE] Ron Ziegler - Telegraph [PAR] Feb 12, 2003 ... Ron Ziegler, who died on Monday aged 63, was President Richard Nixon's 
staunchly ... couched in what one journalist called "Madison Avenue fuzziness". 
... 1972 for breaking in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters ... 
said, adding that it was "a third-rate burglary attempt" not worthy of further... [DOC] [TLE] Ron Ziegler - History Commons [PAR] White House press secretary Ron Ziegler solemnly informs reporters that [t]he ... 
When Ellsberg later leaks the document to the press, it becomes known as the ... 
1972) are arrested at 2:30 a.m. while breaking in to the Democratic National .... 
by calling it a third-rate burglary attempt, and warning that certain elements 
may... [DOC] [TLE] GULLIXSON: Legacy of a 'third-rate burglary' | The Press Democrat [PAR] Aug 5, 2012 ... The story was significant because, up to then, the break-in at the Watergate had 
... Ron Ziegler later called it, as a "third-rate burglary attempt. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Nixon's master of the new art of spin - The Irish Times [PAR] Feb 15, 2003 ... RONALD ZIEGLER: Ronald Ziegler (63) who as President Richard M. ... 
secretary at first described the Watergate break-in as a "third-rate burglary", ... 
with this assertion: "I'm not going to comment on a third-rate burglary attempt. ... 
Bernstein and Woodward, for what he once called "shabby journalism". [DOC] [TLE] Watergate scandal - Wikipedia [PAR] Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 
1970s, ... The affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering 
into the .... discovered that someone had retaped the locks, Wills called the police
. ... Secretary, Ron Ziegler, described the event as "a third-rate burglary attempt. [DOC] [TLE] Words of Watergate  About Words  Cambridge Dictionaries Online ... [PAR] Jan 7, 2013 ... Thus, the incident that brought the scandal to life, the break-in on ... D.C., was 
initially downplayed by Ron Ziegler, the president's press secretary, as a

Question: Ron Ziegler called this break-in "a third-rate burglary attempt"
Answer: Watergate