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Watergate
Thinking Skill: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions Objective: Understand the events of Watergate and assess its overall impact on US history and politics
Why did Watergate occur? How did it take place? What were they specifically doing here?
Watergate
What you must know…
Fra Baidu bibliotek
Watergate –not as much about the actual break in but much more about the cover-up Watergate break-in itself was one of several in a series of events going back well before 1972 (―Dirty Tricks‖) Nixon was never called to testify and resigned just before inevitable impeachment Nixon and the entire nation were preoccupied with Watergate throughout 1973 and much of 1974, making it nearly a 2 year ordeal which likely would have been drawn out even longer had Nixon not resigned when he did
Watergate: An Overview
Personality and psychology of Nixon Pentagon Papers, leaks, creation of Plumbersduring Nixon‘s first term CRP (―Creep‖) ―All the President‘s Men‖-Several spent time in prison for their role Operation ―Gemstone‖ – included several ―black bag ops‖ June 17 1972—the break in—broke big rule of espionage (direct link to the White House) 5 men caught and arrested, story made the paper but few people, if any, would understand its full significance at the time
Significance of these words --obstruction of justice, President halted an FBI investigation, would later appoint new FBI director L. Patrick Grey who ironically would do more to increase the investigation into Watergate
―Smoking gun‖ conversation June 23, 1972 just 6 days after break-in -this dialogue would prove important later when discovered
Nixon: When you get in these people . . . say: "Look, the problem is that this will open the whole, the whole Bay of Pigs thing, and the President just feels that” – without going into the details — don’t, don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is sort of a comedy of errors, bizarre, without getting into it. "The President's belief is that this is going to open the whole Bay of Pigs thing up again. And because these people are plugging for, for keeps, and that they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don't go any further into this case,” period.. . .
The President’s men: H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman
John Mitchell—Attorney General
The Break-In
A key piece of evidence
The Break-In
The Level of Nixon’s involvement
Watergate: The Cover-up vs. the pursuit of truth
Nixon‘s press secretary called Watergate a ―Third Rate burglary‖ Landslide re-election in Nov of ‘72 As 1972 progressed, story gained momentum in press and coverup worsened An increasing pressure to pay off the burglars. Where did the money come from? CRP campaign funds Into 1973 – investigations, kept alive in press, especially by Woodward and Bernstein of Washington Post Famous leak -- ―Deep Throat‖– informant (mostly famous due to the mysterious nature of his identity for decades) – revealed in 2005 to be Associate Director of FBI Mark Felt.
Thinking Skill: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions Objective: Understand the events of Watergate and assess its overall impact on US history and politics
Why did Watergate occur? How did it take place? What were they specifically doing here?
Watergate
What you must know…
Fra Baidu bibliotek
Watergate –not as much about the actual break in but much more about the cover-up Watergate break-in itself was one of several in a series of events going back well before 1972 (―Dirty Tricks‖) Nixon was never called to testify and resigned just before inevitable impeachment Nixon and the entire nation were preoccupied with Watergate throughout 1973 and much of 1974, making it nearly a 2 year ordeal which likely would have been drawn out even longer had Nixon not resigned when he did
Watergate: An Overview
Personality and psychology of Nixon Pentagon Papers, leaks, creation of Plumbersduring Nixon‘s first term CRP (―Creep‖) ―All the President‘s Men‖-Several spent time in prison for their role Operation ―Gemstone‖ – included several ―black bag ops‖ June 17 1972—the break in—broke big rule of espionage (direct link to the White House) 5 men caught and arrested, story made the paper but few people, if any, would understand its full significance at the time
Significance of these words --obstruction of justice, President halted an FBI investigation, would later appoint new FBI director L. Patrick Grey who ironically would do more to increase the investigation into Watergate
―Smoking gun‖ conversation June 23, 1972 just 6 days after break-in -this dialogue would prove important later when discovered
Nixon: When you get in these people . . . say: "Look, the problem is that this will open the whole, the whole Bay of Pigs thing, and the President just feels that” – without going into the details — don’t, don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is sort of a comedy of errors, bizarre, without getting into it. "The President's belief is that this is going to open the whole Bay of Pigs thing up again. And because these people are plugging for, for keeps, and that they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don't go any further into this case,” period.. . .
The President’s men: H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman
John Mitchell—Attorney General
The Break-In
A key piece of evidence
The Break-In
The Level of Nixon’s involvement
Watergate: The Cover-up vs. the pursuit of truth
Nixon‘s press secretary called Watergate a ―Third Rate burglary‖ Landslide re-election in Nov of ‘72 As 1972 progressed, story gained momentum in press and coverup worsened An increasing pressure to pay off the burglars. Where did the money come from? CRP campaign funds Into 1973 – investigations, kept alive in press, especially by Woodward and Bernstein of Washington Post Famous leak -- ―Deep Throat‖– informant (mostly famous due to the mysterious nature of his identity for decades) – revealed in 2005 to be Associate Director of FBI Mark Felt.