Some thought he was afraid to go into politics because of the “KennedyCurse.” However, nothing could be further from the truth. What he did proved to be more dangerous than any political arena, and he knew that from the start. But…John-John had a mission…and that mission was to ex...
Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman (October 27, 1926 – November 12, 1993) was an American political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal. Born in California, Haldeman served...
MARK FELT shows us Watergate as we’ve never seen it before, flipping the perspective from All the President’s Men’s journalists-on-the-street to a view from the highest offices of power, an extraordinary window into a government in turmoil. The story of far-reaching White House corruption...
we walk out of kunz’s and trudge back through the snow toward the hyatt. across from the hotel is the b&w tower, where wigand used to be a figure of prestige, a vice president with a wardrobe of crisp white shirts and dark suits. “i am sick of it. sick of hiding in a hotel ...
Lehrer was born in Wichita, Kansas, and attended Victoria College in Texas and studied journalism at the University of Missouri before serving in the Marines. He began his journalism career in Dallas 1959. In 1975, Lehrer joined forces with Robert MacNeil to cover the Watergate scandal on what...
America" after being so named in an opinion poll.He reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F....
The conversation often led to a Kelley tirade against the day's latest atrocities--DDT, Vietnam, Watergate, Reagonomics, oil spills, excessive highways, Monicagate, Iraq, global warming, rolling farmlands turned into suburban sprawl. By 10 p.m., Kelley would be hitting the wall. Just as ...
Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905 – December 9, 1982) was an American attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the Saturday Night Massacre of October 19–...
In 1973, President Richard Nixon proposed the Stennis Compromise, whereby the hard-of-hearing Stennis would be allowed to listen to, and summarize, the Watergate tapes, but this idea was rejected by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Stennis was a zealous supporter of racial segregation. He signed...