Nixon for Watergate. Carter for overthrowing Australia. Bush Jr. for murdering over 1 million in Iraq and Afghanistan. ..…

When Nixon started to drink heavily and behave increasingly erratically during the Watergate scandal, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, in a singularly “patriotic act of treason,” is believed to have orally instructed the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ignore any orders from the White House..…

Congress legalized Special Prosecutors in 1978, four years after Watergate, and Leon Jaworski after Nixon fired the first one, Archibald Cox. ... With Cox moving ever closer to discovering Nixon's Watergate cover-up, Nixon tried to short-circuit everything by ordering Attorney General..…

Stung by such revelations, Senator Sam Ervin, best known for his role as chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, but long involved in the Army Files investigation, delivered a speech at MIT in April 1975 declaring that the danger to privacy had accelerated due to the presence of computers which..…

Public trust in the federal government was high during the 1950s and 1960s, but declined sharply through the 1970s, during the Vietnam War and Watergate. . ..…

Jones predicts it will take a major scandal, perhaps on the scale of Watergate, to prompt either party to reform the system. . ..…

THE IMMEDIATE crisis that triggered Nixon's resignation was the attempt by White House to cover up its in the burglary of Watergate Washington, D.C., Five men carrying bugging devices and wad of cash were caught in the middle of the in Democratic Party's headquarters in Watergate complex. ..…

In Haldeman’s memorable statement, “Without the Vietnam war, there would have been no Watergate.” ...  ↩ . 9 See “Watergate Reporter: Nixon Is Still Tricky After All These Years,” The Washington Post, July 24, 2015..…

Ehrlichman, who died in 1999, was Nixon’s chief domestic adviser who had spent 18 months behind bars for conspiracy to obstruct justice and perjury as a result of the Watergate cover-up. . ..…

Valeo decision of 1976, a reaction to Watergate reforms passed by Congress. ... AARP and Common Cause argued that the McCain-Feingold law was a needed tool to combat post-Watergate political scandals and to close various campaign finance loopholes. . ..…

Within a decade – a period that included the Vietnam War, civil unrest and the Watergate scandal – trust had fallen by more than half, to 36%. ..…

The Republican Party -- heavily dependent on base of evangelical voters -- failed to capitalize on the biggest presidential scandal since Watergate. ..…

Reporter Bob Woodward and his editors knew that 'Deep Throat' had vested interests in revealing the Watergate scandal to The Washington Post. ..…

Scott McClellan, White House press secretary, declined to answer questions about Rove's in the matter, leading Democrats to charge him with stonewalling, thus adding Watergate-era to the mix.. ... Liberal blogs are alive with calls for Bush to fire Rove and exhortations for..…

The first adoption of real campaign finance controls was approved on a broad bipartisan basis in 1974, after the Watergate revelations, in which a suitcase stuffed with cash was a symbol. ..…

The Watergate in Nixon White House had raised the possibility of Democratic in Congressional election, and Black officials, looking to boost their own standing inside the party, urged Black activists to work for Democratic candidates. ..…

His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ are also available there. . . . . . . ..…

His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ are also available there. . . . . . . ..…

In the wake of Watergate, when many Americans felt that the U.S. was running a secret government, Congress was finally forced to end COINTELPRO (at least officially). ..…

Confidence government and ratings of the nation both plummeted in the 1960s during Vietnam years and fell even further in the in response to Watergate. ..…