WATERGATE Unit 4

WATERGATE

the break in to the democratic national headquarters at the watergate complex 

Identify the cause of Nixon’s paranoia over information leaks.

Ellsburg made copies of the Pentagon Papers and gave them to the New York Times.Leaks to the press

Explain why the burglars were in the Watergate complex.

• 1972 re-election of nixon. Plumbers being funded by CREEP. CREEP’s money was gotten through laundered campaign donations, often laundered through mexico 

• Plumbers broke into the DNC HQ @ watergate and were caught, they were installing bugging equipment into the telephones and were caught.

Explain how and why the "cover-up" began in the Watergate scandals.

It began with paying off the burglars to keep their mouths shut. The reason was that they would not connect it to th white house.

Why did Nixon tape conversations in the White House, when were these tapes discovered, and what crucial role did these tapes play in the Watergate scandals?

He taped it for his memoirs as he wanted accurate information. Tapes were discovered during Alexander Butterfield's testimony in july.

What three articles of impeachment were approved by the House Judiciary Committee? 

• 1. Misuse of presidential power 

• 2. Obstruction of justice 

• 3. Failure to comply with subpoenas

Pentagon Papers

1967 pentagon, research history on US involvement in vietnam 

“plumbers”

Created a group to stop leaks, first assignment was to break into daniel ellisburg house to discredit him.