Watergate Scandal

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the Washington Post writers who investigated and uncovered the Watergate scandal.

Watergate is a very long and complicated subject, however to answer in a paragraph;

The people who conducted the break in at the democratic national headquarters had originally broken in 2 days previously, however one of the wire taps they installed to a phone was not working correctly, so they broke in again to 'fix the bug'. The people who did this were primarily composed of an in-house white house organisation Nixon prompted called 'the plumbers'. The intention of this group was to use espionage to find out where governmental 'leaks' (news stories deliberately broken to the media to the detriment of the government, it's policies or national security) were sourced, in other words, who was speaking to the press.

The organisation was funded indirectly by Nixon's CREEP (Campaign to re-elect the president) fund.

Although historically there are many contradicting positions, it is today largely agreed that John Dean was the principal 'head' of these espionage activities in so much that he gave authorisation to Watergate. It was later proven that Haldeman and Erhlichman also had authorised aspects of 'pay offs' thinly disguised as 'funds to aid the defence of the accused'.

Nixon's only direct involvement as such was 3 part;

1 - Nixon initially created the 'plumbers' to gain intelligence within the white house answerable only to his administration.

2 - His administration was largelythe "berlin wall" of Haldeman and Erhlichman. These were largely (other than Kissinger) the only 2 men who had direct access to Nixon and therefore Nixon created a situation where there was questionably illegal activities to which the only 2 who passed on information was Haldeman and Erhlichman (via John Dean) and therefore made Nixon complicit.

3 - The main point against Nixon was when he discussed 'paying them off' (the arrested and on trial 'plumbers'. Nixon is specifically heard to hear in a recording talking very openly about how money could be obtained to pay for the accused silence. The irony to this situation was that this money would be perfectly legal (albeit with some moral questions) should it be used to maintain their defence in court (as white house employees) and to cover their living costs. It was specifically the implication that the money was specifically for their silence that ultimately tied in Nixon and doomed him to be dragged into a "3rd rate burglary" that he could have easily, but painfully, have distanced himself comfortably from.

The Watergate break-in occurred in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972.

This gap was either accidently caused by Rose Mary woods by a misfunctioning Uher tape recorder or deliberately by somewone who wanted to discredit president Nixon.

Nixon was not happy, because it was so embarrasing. Everybody would think he had something to hide on that tape. But he never blamed Rose Mary Woods. "This gap was either accidently caused by Rose Mary woods by a misfunctioning Uher tape recorder" -This accusation was proven false when Rose Mary testified on November 8, 1973 that she did answer the phone and accidentally made "a terrible mistake" and re-recorded about 5 minutes, but she insisted she was not responsible for the other 13 1/2 minutes missing from the tapes. This was testified later in the same month that she stated "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward. I caught on to that fairly fast. I don't think I'm so stupid as to erase what's on a tape"

The reporters were Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. The primary newspaper leading the reporting on the Watergate scandal was the Washington post. However crediting them with "uncovering" the scandal is incorrect. What they did was publicize Watergate, virtually all of the information they reported was known to the FBI, as evidenced by what was "leaked" to them by "Deep Throat" (FBI agent Mark Felt)

The Watergate Scandal represented a constitutional crisis. Checks and balances, and the rule of law prevailed, with the Congress and Supreme Court acting against abuses of power by the presidency. Congress was prepared to draft Articles of Impeachment and the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon must release the tapes.

This question is kind of like the dogma of the holy trinity of Christendom. It's an unfathomably mystery shrouded in awe inspiring mysticism. Likewise, it's also a complete and foolish waste of time.

Richard Nixon sent the country rolling with the Watergate Scandal. The country was still trying to recover from Vietnam War when this scandal came to the surface. The Watergate scandal was Richard Nixon trying to cheat the country into reelecting him into office.

John Mitchell

No one "forced" Richard Nixon to resign. It was the only course of action he could take to avoid impeachment ("firing") on criminal charges and possible incarceration. His approval rating had dropped to 23%. Given the mood of the country at the time, if he had refused to resign, there is a strong possibility that he would have been legally removed from office and could have been jailed for his crimes.

. Nixon sent in burglars into the Watergate building where the democratic headquarters was located. A security guard found them by noticing a piece of masking tape on the door jam. Nixon was able to hide his relationship with the burglars until it was discovered that his instructions had been taped in the Oval Office. Two investigative journalists were told about the taped conversations and were able to uncover the plot. Not long after in an interview with David Frost Nixon stated that the president was "above the law" and laws didn't apply to him.

Richard M. Nixon. His campaign people were the ones that directed the break-in of the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate complex; he orchestrated the cover-up and resigned as President when it was found out.

This term came from the breakin of the Watergate hotel that was used as site for the Democratic party during Nixon presidency.Subsequent history has proven that breakin with those employed in the Republican party of Richard Nixon.The people were jailed and Nixon was impeached as a direct result of that which was confirmed in the infamous Nixon Whitehouse tapes.

Improvement: NO. That is NOT true. Nixon was NOT impeached, you dumb people. He RESIGNED. God.

Many Americans lost faith in their government and became cynical about politics.

Because Nixon hired people to break into the files of top democrats and steal information about what they were doing and planning. He thought that he could usurp the law and do whatever he wanted just because he was the president. Frost/Nixonis actually a very good portrayal of the events.

The administration of Richard Nixon was obsessive to the point of paranoia regarding "leaks" of information the the press & other media. The men given the job of plugging those leaks were given the nickname of "plumbers". (Plumbers are also reputed to 'get rid of the sh*t)

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Archibald Cox

pat nixon did not know about water gate scandal

John Mitchell was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1913. He was the Attorney General of the United States from January 20, 1969 to February 15, 1972.

That the President had been part of a cover-up.

Pardoning Richard Nixon

38 members of the Nixon Administration plead guilty to or been indicted for crimes revealed in the Watergate investigation.

Resign from office.