To start his 1972 campaign, a group of Nixon’s most trusted aides created an "enemies list" of political opponents to the Nixon administration.  The IRS and FBI investigated the people on the list as posing a threat to national security.

On June 27, 1973, John Dean told the Watergate committee about the enemies list.  It consisted of hundreds of potential political opponents, the media, businessmen, intellectuals, actors, organizations and others who Nixon felt were “out to get him.”

ENEMIES ON THE LIST INCLUDED:
 
Senators:
•   Edward M. Kennedy
•   George McGovern
•   Walter Mondale

Members of the House:
•   Bella Abzug
•   Father Robert Frederick Drinan
•   Wright Patman

Black Congressmen and Congresswomen:
•   Shirley Chisholm
•   Louis Stokes
•   Ronald Dellums

Politicians:
•   John V. Lindsay, mayor, New York City
•   Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. senator
•   George Wallace, governor, Alabama

Organizations:
•   Black Panthers
•   National Education Association
•   Southern Christian Leadership
           
Labor:
•   Harold J. Gibbons, international vice president, Teamsters   
•   Lane Kirkland, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO
•   Leonard Woodcock, president, United Auto Workers, Detroit
   
Media:
•   James Reston, New York Times
•   Jack Anderson, columnist, "Washington Merry-Go-Round"
•   Katharine Graham, editor/publisher, The Washington Post

Civil Service Commission:
•   Marvin Kalb, CBS
•   Lem Tucker, NBC
•   Hunter S. Thompson

Celebrities:
•   Bill Cosby, actor
•   Gregory Peck, actor
•   Paul Newman, actor

Business:
•   Ralph Weller, president, Otis Elevator Company
•   Hugh Calkins, Cleveland lawyer
•   George Weissman, president, Philip Morris Corp.

Business, former Politicians:
•   Ramsey Clark, partner, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; former attorney general
•   Robert McNamara, president, World Bank; former Secretary of Defense
•   Clifford Alexander, Jr., member, Equal Opportunity Commission; LBJ's special assistant

Entertainment:
•   Ray Stark, Broadway producer
•   Jack Valenti, president, Motion Picture Association
•   Frederick O'Neal, president, Actors and Artists America

Academics:
•   J. Kenneth Galbraith, professor of economics, Harvard
•   McGeorge Bundy, president, Ford Foundation
•   Daniel Ellsberg, professor, MIT

For a master list of Nixon’s political opponents go to:
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Master-list-of-Nixon-political-opponents