The date was june 17, and there was talk of a break in. A june 1972 breakin at the headquarters of the democratic national committee at the watergate office complex begins the chain of events that convulsed. The wiretaps failed to work properly, however, so on june 17 a group of five burglars returned to the watergate building. Notes on scandal and the watergate legacy sage journals.
Als watergateaffare oder kurz watergate bezeichnet man, nach einer definition des. Topics american history, watergate, nixon collection opensource language english. They kept up a steady stream of scoops demonstrating 1 the direct involvement of nixon intimates in watergate activities, 2 that the watergate wiretapping and break in. Throughout the 1972 campaign season, woodward and bernstein were fed leaks by an anonymous source they referred to as deep throat, who, only some 30 years later, was revealed to be fbi deputy director w. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the watergate special prosecution force wspf. Hotel with howard hunt and was arrested after admitting that he had supervised the breakin.
Nixon after a break in at the democratic national committee. In this recording, president richard nixon, chief of staff h. As the prowlers were preparing to break into the office with a new. Security officers log of the watergate office building showing entry for june 17. Watergate scandal, political coverup in the administration of u. The scandal stemmed from the nixon administrations continuous attempts to cover up its involvement in the june 17, 1972 failed break in of the democratic national committee headquarters at the washington, d. Instead, the senatorial committee provided tv melodrama. Refer technical specifications for additional details and latest specifications nz or scan qr code. The watergate break in in the early morning hours of saturday, june 17, 1972, frank wills discovered a piece of tape over a basementdoor lock in the watergate apartment and office complex in washington, d. It resulted in the resignation of the president, richard m. Wills, a night watchman at the complex, removed the tape and left to get a cup of coffee.
The watergate scandal page 8 of 25 scoops journalist bob woodward used a secret source named deep throat. Haldeman, and national security advisor henry kissinger discuss how to retrieve files related to the vietnam war from the brookings institution. John dean was the first white house aide to break with the nixon white house. The watergate scandal centered on the nixon administrations attempt to cover up a burglary of the democratic national committee dnc headquarters at the watergate of. The watergate scandal was a political scandal in the united states involving the administration of u.
President richard nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to nixons resignation. Watergate breakin todays document from the national archives. A carddriven 2player game by matthias cramer frosted games. In the early 1970s, the watergate scandal involving president richard nixon made headlines nationwide, but did he have anything to do with.
The claim that a good, fair impartial investigation was to be held during the watergate hearings on nixons role in the break in and subsequent coverup never materialized. Afirst, few people took the watergate burglary seriously, and. The watergate scandal began early in the morning of june 17, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the democratic national committee, a june 1972 break. The scandal that destroyed president richard nixon watergate. Watergate refers to the political scandal that broke in 1972 and forced richard m. The watergate scandal constitutional rights foundation. Watergate plus 295 also offers a high degree of water resistance, with a high level of water vapour permeability. But it was a full year before the watergate burglary of 1972. The watergate scandal was one of the worst political scandals in american history.
Nixon to resign as president of the united states 2 years later. More information on adobe acrobat pdf files is available on our accessibility. The world had been closely watching the nationally televised senate committee hearings about the break in at the democratic national committee offices at the watergate hotel in washington, d. Investigation into the breakin exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest. In the early days following the watergate breakin, hardly anyone in the country suspected that there was a direct link between the burglary and the white house. The watergate scandal was a political scandal in the united states involving the administration. Watergate trial tapes richard nixon museum and library. Mitchell had approved the break in with the knowledge of white house domestic adviser john ehrlichman and chief of staff h.
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