On June 17, 1972 five men were arrested during an attempted burglary at the Democratic Party Headquarters. The headquarters were at the luxurious apartment and office complex called the Watergate. These five men dressed in business suits and latex gloves were caught because of the lack of planning and poor job done. They taped the locks which quickly caught security's eye. The men were carrying lock picks, tear-gas guns, cameras, and electronic listening devices, called bugs. The bugs allowed people to eavesdrop on people's conversations over the phone and in the room. The men were trying to repair the faulty equipment they had already installed over Memorial Day weekend (The American Presidency). The botched attempt had even more flaws. Police found crisp $100 bills and a notebook with the name "E. Hunt W.H." written on one of the pages. This meant that their identities could be found out. All of the men had past CIA connections. One of the burglars, James W. McCord identified himself as a security consultant formerly with the CIA (Time & Again Watergate Timeline). Three of the others, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, and Eugenio Martinez, were Cuban exiles. Frank Sturgis, the last burglar, was an American soldier-of-fortune (Watergate: Scandal in the White House). At first, the bungled burglary did not attract much attention landing a spot on page 30 of the New York Times. But as we all saw this would end up one of the most unique political scandals ever to take steps on United States" soil.
As time progressed and the burglars were put on trial it was found by the testimony of James McCord that politicians had approved the plans for the burglary. About a month after this information was announced, many of Nixon's close affiliates had resigned. Then Sam J. Ervin's Watergate committee begins public hearings on Watergate (The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy). Later Archibald Cox was appointed special prosecutor.
Watergate Scandal Watergate was the biggest political scandal in the United States. ... The Watergate scandal ended with Nixon resigning from being the President. ... The Watergate Scandal also involved a cover-up of the brake-in. The Watergate scandal got its name from the Watergate complex of apartment and office buildings in Washington, D.C. ... Also the evidence pointed to people that tried to cover-up the scandal. ...
Gordon Liddy helped plan the Watergate scandal. ... Hunt's telephone number was found in the Watergate's burglars" address books. ... Colson tried to help cover up the scandal. Archibald Cox was named the first special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation. ... There is one important question that should still be answered: How could President Nixon be totally unaware of everything that went on in the Watergate scandal when so many of his close colleagues were involved?...
Watergate was the largest political scandal ever to be inside of the nation's capitol. ... On the surface, Watergate was the break in and bugging of the DNC (Democratic National Committee) headquarters that was located in the Watergate Hotel and office building complex which resides in Washington D.C. ... Shortly after, Nixon claimed that John Dean, White House counsel, had conducted an investigation into the Watergate scandal and supposedly found that no one from inside the White House was involved. ... Easter Sunday, Nixon sent John Dean to Camp David to prepare a report about the Wa...
The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. ... "Watergate, however, differed from most previous political scandals because personal greed apparently did not play an important role. ... The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... The actual Watergate Scandal began on June 17, 1972, with the arrest of five men for breaking into the Democratic Party's National Headquarters located in the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... Dean served four months in prison for ...
Watergate v. Iran-Contra: A Comparison of Two Scandals and their Investigations Watergate and Iran-Contra are two of the most publicized scandals of all time. ... In the Iran-Contra scandal, President Reagan escaped any impeachment charges claiming he was "uninformed" (Hurwitz et. al., Presidential Support During Iran-Contra, 360). ... Before looking at the effects of the aforementioned scandals, it is necessary for one to first know the reasons for investigating in the first place. ... Dean was of particular importance because his testimony, if truthful would do much damage to the...
THE WATERGATE SCANDALS The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. ... "Watergate, however, differed from most previous political scandals because personal greed apparently did not play an important role. ... The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... The actual Watergate Scandal began on June 17, 1972, with the arrest of five men for breaking into the Democratic Party's National Headquarters located in the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... Dean se...
A major issue at the beginning of Nixon's second term became known as the Watergate scandal. ... The Watergate scandal presented such crisis for our Constitutional system because the Supreme Court issued a major decision on executive privilege. ... A free press was essential to the outcome of the Watergate scandal because reporters, such as Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post, were able to uncover useful information and piece together facts that proved Nixon's involvement. ... Thus, Nixon might have been able to get away with the scandal and the cover-up. By...
In 1972, scandal hit the Nixon Administration. ... Richard Nixon's desire to be reelected and his imperial role would shock the nation and bring scandal to the White House. On June 17, 1972, at 2:30 a.m., five men broke into the campaign headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. ... The White House quickly began covering up the scandal. ... During the Watergate trail, James McCord wrote a letter to Judge John Sirica saying he had lied under oath and members of Nixon's Administration were involved in the burglary. ...
The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. ... "Watergate, however, differed from most previous political scandals because personal greed apparently did not play an important role. ... The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... The actual Watergate Scandal began on June 17, 1972, with the arrest of five men for breaking into the Democratic Party's National Headquarters located in the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. ... Dean served four months in prison for ...
