Yes, totally. Nixon had "the plumbers" who broke into DNC HQ to plant equipment to bug their phones, among other break-ins.
The tapes that BURIED Nixon were legal recordings that Nixon installed in his own office.
We've been spying on the Russians and they've been spying on us since the 50s, so have many other countries.
SEE ALSO.
Nixon's demise had nothing to do with another country. I was 13, in 7th grade, when Nixon resigned. I remember it well.