What were the Watergate burglars really after?

Question

Incriminating photographs ??

Answer 1

They planted bugs to listen in on Democratic strategy.

Answer 2

Watergate was to be the site of the Democratic National Committee meetings to plan strategy for the upcoming Presidential election.

The burglars were working for a Republican group interested in dirty tricks to sabotage the Democratic Presidential candidacy.

In any campaign, intelligence about your opponents can be critical, even more so in a dirty tricks campaign.

Answer 3

Oxycontin and Vicodin - those Republicans sure do love their painkillers. They didn't even know those rooms were DNC offices.