Nixon ordered Watergate break-in, former aide says
NEW YORK —Former President Richard M. Nixon, in a new book, says he did ask the CIA to block an FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in, an apparent attempt to obstruct justice that led to his resignation, but the CIA refused. His “inexcusable error,” Nixon says, was made on t...
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Nixonwas questioned in June 1975 over the political scandal resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington. The scandal caused Nixon to leave office on August 9, 1974 - the only resignation of a US president. It resulted...
YORBA LINDA, Calif.- It was 40 years ago Tuesday that President Richard Nixon made public the "smoking gun" in the Watergate scandal - the transcript of a tape recording that showed he approved the cover-up of the Watergate break-in. ...
CIA operative, James W. McCord, wrote a letter to Judge John Sirica. In which he claimed that the defendants had pleaded guilty under duress. He also said that they committed perjury and that others were involved in the Watergate break-in. Leading to further pressure being put on Nixon and...
During the interview Nixon suggested that the break-in might have been botched on purpose. He added that he suspected that the CIA had been behind the operation.The episode on Watergate, broadcast on 4th May, 1977, was watched by 45 million people. A Gallup poll conducted after the ...
In the case ofUnited States v. Nixon, PresidentRichard Nixonwas involved in the cover-up of the Watergate break-in. On June 17, 1972, it was discovered that someone had snuck inside the Democratic Party Headquarters that was located at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The pres...
G. Gordon Liddy connived the Watergate break-in AP Photo G. Gordon Liddy. The idea to break into the Democratic National Committee’s office and tap their phones was the brainchild of G. Gordon Liddy, Finance Counsel for the Committee for the Reelection of the President (CRP). He took hi...
In order that Nixon would not be beaten by the Democratic Party(民主党)and continue to be 1___, Nixon's men hired five spies to break in to the Democratic Party headquarters(总部)in an office building called the Watergate. The spies' 2___ was to put hidden microphones in the telephone...