Databases

1. title- HAUNTED BY THE DEAN OF WATERGATE.
Author- Michael Isikoff
Database- Military & Government collection

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=105&sid=2e29ec77-cbc6-41eb-99dc-df9b1be46243%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mth&AN=42099588

2. title- FORD HELPED U.S. RECOVER FROM WATERGATE

author- Industry Group 91

Database- Elibrary

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculum/do/document?set=search&dictionaryClick=&secondaryNav=&groupid=1&requestid=lib_standard&resultid=3&edition=&ts=D26A230F6D0D81E38821FA2EB7799F0C_1280216879477&start=1&publicationId=&urn=urn%3Abigchalk%3AUS%3BBCLib%3Bdocument%3B132867359

Internet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/

I used the information from the Washington Post because they were the only newspaper that really had any knowledge of what was happening in Washington only a few days after it happened.

Podcasts

National Geographic Final Report: Watergate Scandal



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFID6Qkwh88



I used Bing to find the podcast. It is a video about the final report over the entire Watergate scandal and who was all involved and what had happened to everyone. It tells about what happened from the beginning all the way until the resigning of Nixon and him getting pardoned.

Related Blog

How the New York Times (and Almost Everyone Else) Missed the Watergate Scandal



http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/watergate-scandal/



I found this blog using Bing, and mainly it talks about how no one else knew what was going on at the beginning of the scandal and almost missed what had happened. I picked this blog because it backs up what i am talking about that only a few people knew about the scandal until the Post published its story about it. It also backs up that Nixon knew about the burglary and the cover up plan the entire time.

Saturday Night Massacre and to Nixon's Resignation

With the firing of Cox, Nixon's credibility to a huge blow and also created a overwhelming upset that called for Nixon's impeachment. Another blow of Nixon's credibility came in November when the lawyers reviewing the tapes found an eighteen minute section of tape that had been erasure. A report came about on December 31, 1973 saying that along with the original seven burglars that another 12 people had pleaded guilty to the scandal. In his State of the Union address in January 1974, Nixon said "one year of Watergate is enough" but he could not put the issue behind him. The pressure really got to Nixon in March 1974 when six of his formal aides and staff were charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury in the case of the Watergate burglary. Nixon tried to smooth things over in April 1974 by releasing a 1200 page transcript between him and his aides. Finally on June 23, 1974, Nixon released the rest of his tapes and this showed that he had played a leading role in the burglary and the cover-up from the beginning. With no more support from the public and back from his aides Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974. Vice President was sworn in August 9th stating that the nightmare is over and granted Nixon a complete pardon for all crimes that he may or may not have committed during his time as president.

Burglars Plead Guilty

E. Howard Hunt and several other burglars pleaded guilty to Judge John Sirica. In the mean time James McCord and G. Gordon Liddy went to trail and were convicted of the crime. In April 1973 H.R. Hadleman, Nixon's Chief of Staff, John Ehrlichman, Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, Richard Kleindienst, Attorney General, and John Dean, a White House lawyer, all lost their jobs in connection with the burglary. In the summer the Watergate scandal had the nation's full attention and was the topic of to major official investigations. One investigation was lead by Archibald Cox and the other lead by Sam Ervin, a North Carolina Senator. It was also discovered in April 1973 that two of the burglars , Hunt and Liddy, had also broken into the office of Daniel Ellsberg, former Defense Department analyst, and gave top-secret Pentagon papers to the New York Times. Dean broke ties with Nixon after losing his job and told the proscuters that Nixon knew of the plan behind to cover up the burglary. Another White House aide came forth in July 1973 and told the committee that Nixon had a secret taping system that record all of his conversations and phone calls within the Oval Office. The White House refused to give the investigators the tapes. After several negotiations the White House provided written letters of the tapes. Ervin like the deal but Cox rejected it and on October 20, 1973 Nixon ordered his new Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, to fire Cox. Instead of firing Cox, Richardson resigned as did William Ruckleshaus, Richardson top deputy.

The Beginning of the Investigation

On June 18, 1972 all around the country, news papers headlines were talking about a burglary at the Watergate office complex. The burglary had been committed by a team of burglars that were caught and arrested inside the Democratic National Committee offices. From police investigation they concluded that the burglary was down by professionals to try and cover their tracks. One of the people arrested was James McCord and was on Nixon's payroll for his reelection committee. Within a several weeks, the investigation had turned up that a former CIA agent, E. Howard Hunt, and a former FBI agent, G. Gordon Liddy, were being indicted for guiding the burglars through the Watergate building by walkie-talkies from a hotel room across from the building. Also the investigators had come across that a check for $25,000 had been deposited in on of the burglars checking accounts. The check came directly from Maurice Stans, the former Secretary of Commerce. This now linked the burglary to Nixon's reelection campaign funds.