The Watergate Conspiracy
The Watergate scandal of the early 1970's was a scandal of such great proportion that it could have caused our capitalist government to collapse like the Roman Empire. Watergate left the American people feeling used by all politicians. Since their trust was violated, cynicism stayed with the American people for years afterward. It has been proven that Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, hired seven men to break into the Watergate hotel and bug the Democratic headquarters to find out damaging information. When an elusive character named Deep Throat leaked vital information about the break in to the Washington Post, the major investigation that was launched upon the President received more solid evidence to go on. What was thought to be a third rate break in ended up exposing a "vote greedy" president and eventually led to his resignation. One of the most mysterious characters in the Watergate scandal is the elusive Deep Throat. Deep Throat helped Bob Woodward, a reporter for the Washington Post, expose the scandal to the American people. So the major question, the best-kept secret in American politics is, what is the real identity of Deep Throat? Only four people in the world know the answer; (a) Bob Woodward, (b)
He is one person, not a composite of several sources. Aware of his own weaknesses, he readily conceded his flaws. He was, incongruously, an incurable gossip, careful to label rumor for what it was, but fascinated by it. ...He could be rowdy, drink too much, and overreach. He was not good at concealing his feelings, hardly for a man in his position. (qtd in Graham 1) The Post is going to have damnable, damnable problems out of this one. They have a television station...and they're going to have to get it renewed...[T]he game has to be played awfully rough. I wouldn't want to be in Edward Bennett Williams's position after the election. We are going to fix the son of a bitch, believe me. (qtd in Price 2) his partner Carl Bernstein, (c) executive editor of the Post, Ben Bradle, (d) and the elusive Deep Throat himself (Sussman 43). According to Woodward, Deep Throat wished to remain anonymous, but wanted the American people to know some things about himself. With all the controversy, the Justice Department gave the White House another punch in the gut. It charged Vice President Spiro Agnew with income-tax evasion (Boyer 907). Knowing that he had no way out of this, Agnew pleaded no contest and resigned from office to suffer minimal punishment. Nixon then nominated Gerald Ford, the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, as vice president. Even with Deep Throat's help, Woodward and Bernstein could not prevent the reelection of Nixon in 1972 (Boyer 906). Unfortunately for Nixon, the investigation of his role in the break in began in the spring of 1973 headed by Senator Sam Ervin (North Carolina). Wasting no time in the investigation, Ervin called James McCord, and ex-CIA agent who had taken part in the break in (Matthews). McCord testified that top White House officials had helped to plan the break in and later pay money to have it covered up. With this testimony, the case had blown wide open (Boyer 907). Nixon never saw this bombshell coming, and he never saw the bigger bombs coming at him in months to come. The Watergate case spanned over 2 years, but brought a lot of truth to the American people about their government. What this case showed them is how corrupt and power hungry the government officials they elect can be. Following the case, many Americans felt betra
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