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  Watergate scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watergate led to a new era in which the mass media became far more aggressive in reporting on the activities of politicians.
The judging scandal in the pairs event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in which a controversial double gold medal was awarded to Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze and Canadians Jamie Salé and David Pelletier was termed "Skategate".
In 2006, a scandal concerning the legitimacy of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's re-election as president of the Philippines, due to an alleged conversation Arroyo held with an official from the Commission on Elections, was named the "Gloriagate" scandal.
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 Watergate - MSN Encarta
Watergate, designation of a major United States political scandal that began with the burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters, later engulfed President Richard M. Nixon and many of his supporters in a variety of illegal acts, and culminated in the first resignation of a U.S. president.
Soon after the Watergate scandal came to light, investigators uncovered a related group of illegal activities: Since 1971 a White House group called the “plumbers” had been doing whatever was necessary to stop leaks to the press.
The Watergate scandal severely shook the faith of the American people in the presidency and turned out to be a supreme test for the U.S. Constitution.
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 Watergate Scandal - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The term "Watergate" refers to a series of events, spanning over two years, that began with the Nixon administration's abuse of power toward the goal of undermining political opposition in the public anti-war movement and the Democratic Party.
The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labelled with the suffix "-gate" — such as Contragate, Whitewatergate, Travelgate or Filegate in the U.S., Tunagate in Canada, Dianagate/Squidgygate and Thatchergate in the UK, and even PEMEXGATE and Toallagate in Mexico.
Watergate conspiracy theories Kennedy assassination theories Numerous theories have persisted in claiming deeper significance to the Watergate scandal than what is commonly acknowledged by media and historians.
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 Watergate scandal - dKosopedia
The Watergate scandal (1972–1974) (or just "Watergate") was amassive political scandal and constitutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
On March 1, 1974, former aides of the president, known as the Watergate Seven — Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson — were indicted for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.
Watergate led to a new era in which the mass media for a time became more aggressive in reporting on the activities of politicians.
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 The Watergate Scandal, an overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Watergate scandal (1972-1974) (or just "Watergate") was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis of the 1970s, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
On March 1, 1974, the Watergate Seven, former aides of the president—Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson—were indicted for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.
As for the Watergate Seven, Colson pleaded guilty to charges concerning the Ellsberg case; in exchange, the indictment against him for covering up the activities of CRP was dropped, as it was against Strachan.
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 Watergate scandal - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Watergate was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis of the 1970s, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Seven Nixon aides were indicted for their role in the Watergate scandal and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice on March 1, 1974.
The Watergate Tapes The Senate hearings held by the Senate Watergate Committee, in which Dean was the star witness and many other former key administration officials gave damaging testimony, were broadcast through most of the summer, causing devastating political damage to Nixon.
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 watergate.info - The Scandal That Destroyed President Richard Nixon
Watergate has entered the political lexicon as a term synonymous with corruption and scandal, yet the Watergate Hotel is one of Washington's plushest hotels.
Watergate's influence was felt in the Clinton Impeachment of 1998-99.
The investigations into Watergate that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon are a case study in the operation of the American Constitution and political values.
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 Watergate scandal - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Watergate Scandal (1972–1974) (or just "Watergate") was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The term "Watergate" refers to an over two-year series of events that began with the Nixon administration's abuse of power toward the goal of undermining political opposition in the public anti-war movement and the Democratic Party.
The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the suffix "-gate" — such as Contragate, Whitewatergate, Travelgate or Filegate in the U.S., Tunagate in Canada, and even PEMEXGATE and Toallagate in Mexico.
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 History: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
The "Watergate Scandal" and constitutional crisis that began on June 17, 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974.
(Watergate) At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate Complex.
As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied closely to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Committee to re-elect the president.
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 Presidential Scandals and Job Approval
The Watergate scandal is one of the greatest political scandals in American political history.
Watergate, as we now know from the latest release of the Nixon White House Tapes, stemmed from the schemes, plans and covert operations of President Richard Nixon and select members of his staff.
In the Watergate scandal, there were so many significant events that it is necessary to break it down into phases.
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 watergate; scandal in the white house
The Watergate Scandal was a series of crimes committed by the President Nixon and his staff members who were found to of spied on and harassed political opponents, accepted illegal campaign contributions, and covered up their own misdeeds.
This scandal was not connected to Watergate, but it put a lot of stress on Nixon.
The nation was shocked by this whole scandal because of the way Nixon had lied to the public and abused his own powers.
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 Watergate: Brief Timeline of Events
October 10, 1972: FBI agents establish that the Watergate break-in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of the Nixon reelection effort, The Post reports.
are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident.
June 13, 1973: Watergate prosecutors find a memo addressed to John Ehrlichman describing in detail the plans to burglarize the office of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, The Post reports.
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 Watergate
The apartment building where the five men were captured is called the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. When the five men were first caught it was a third degree burglary that would turn into the biggest political scandal in United States history.
For their involvement in the Watergate cover-up, Attorney General John Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman and former domestic advisor John Ehrilichman, were sentenced to two and a half to eight years, while former Assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian, received a lesser sentence.
After, the Watergate scandal the press started to keep their eye on the presidents in the future.
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 Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal should not have happened, but it did and it caused the American people to judge less of their government system.
The scandal began on June 17, 1972, with the arrest of five men who were caught in the offices of the Democrat’s campaign headquarters.
In the end, the Watergate scandal shook the faith of the American people in the presidency and turned out to be a supreme test for the United States Constitution.
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 Watergate Chronology (washingtonpost.com)
FBI agents establish that the Watergate break-in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of the Nixon reelection effort, The Post reports.
Watergate prosecutors find a memo addressed to John Ehrlichman describing in detail the plans to burglarize the office of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, The Post reports.
Thirty years after the Senate select committee hearings on Watergate riveted the nation and doomed the Nixon presidency, a key figure in the scandal says he has a fresh and explosive revelation: Richard M. Nixon personally ordered the burglary of Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex.
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 CBC News - Viewpoint: Ira Basen
Watergate was much more than the "third-rate burglary" that the Nixon administration tried to paint it as.
Watergate has long been seen as the high water mark of investigative journalism, a shining example of the importance of a free press in a free society.
Watergate was also fuelled by information from a source who demanded anonymity, but a great deal has changed since 1973, in both Washington and Ottawa.
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 Watergate scandal - Simple English Wikipedia
The Watergate scandal happened when United States President Richard Nixon, a Republican, was tied to a crime in which former FBI and CIA agents broke into the offices of the opposing Democratic Party.
To end the possibility of an investigation and impeachment over the scandal, Nixon resigned from office on August 8, 1974.
The name "Watergate" comes from the hotel in Washington, D.C. where the first crime took place.
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 BBC NEWS | Americas | The scandal that toppled a president
Watergate is the most notorious political scandal in American history, and Deep Throat the most famous unidentified single source in journalism.
Watergate is a general term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974.
The affair transformed into a wider political scandal when one of the convicted burglars - who like the others had received a heavy sentence for his silence over the affair - wrote to Sirica alleging a massive cover-up.
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 BBC - Crime Case Closed - Watergate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Watergate building (pictured right) serves as a hotel, apartment block and office complex, this was the building that housed the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in 1972.
The Watergate incident was soon losing its status as a minor misdemeanour, and was quickly gaining momentum as a catalogue of deceit and paranoia that could possibly lead to the President.
The Washington Post tends to be credited with the breaking of the Watergate scandal, due to the Pulitzer Prize winning coverage by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, accompanied by a screen adaptation of "All The President's Men" starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
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 Those Behind the Watergate Scandal quiz -- free game
When the five Watergate burglars were caught it was the second time they had broken in.
The Watergate Hotel was being used by the Democratic National Committee.
Frank Sturgis was one of the Watergate burglars caught.
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 The Imperial Presidency and Watergate: President Nixon's Grab for Power
These Watergate crimes began from the moment President Nixon took office and continued until he was forced to resign the Presidency in August 1974.
The crimes of Watergate were thus committed because Nixon confused his self and his Presidency with the nation.
Faced with this increasing scandal, President Nixon in November 1973 gave a speech in which he declared that "I am not a crook." He hoped that by stating that he wasn't a crook, and getting the charges out in the open, that Americans would believe him.
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 Free Essay Analysis of the Infamous Watergate Scandal
Watergate proved to be the most significant turning point in the life of America's thirty-seventh president, Richard M. Nixon, as we...
At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate Complex.
The Senate Watergate Committee saw their chance to unravel the mystery of this scandal.
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 WorldNetDaily: CBS: The biggest scandal since Watergate
Watergate ousted Richard Nixon, ushered in a period of distrust in the presidency and provided the culmination to a decade of irresponsibility and moral decline.
Watergate began a period during which the media didn't just cover the news, they made the news.
Just as Watergate signified the end of trust in the presidency (an end that had been building for years, since the early days of Lyndon B. Johnson), the CBS docu-fraud signifies the end of trust in the mainstream media.
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