WATERGATE ( ) “People have a right to know if their president’s a crook. Well I am not a crook.” “There is a cancer growing on the presidency.” “I will resign the presidency at noon tomorrow.”

Background What is the context? What is America like in 1972? –What happens in November of 1972? What is the effect of Ellsberg on Nixon? What effect does individual character play on leadership? –Harvard? Whittier? 1960? 1962? Inadequacy? Fear?

“Remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.”

All the President’s Men John Mitchell –ATTORNEY GENERAL –Head of CREP, 1972 H.R. (Bob) Haldeman –CHIEF OF STAFF –“I am the president’s SOB”

John Dean -White House Counsel Gordon Liddy Howard Hunt John Erlichman

The President’s Enemies The Press –Washington Post –NY Times Washington The Kennedy’s Liberals Hippies Protestors Radicals Pacifists Civil Rights Leaders Black Panthers Draft Dodgers East Coast Establishment Jews Democrats –John Kerry Artists –John Lennon ANY person that doubted him, questioned him, or failed to adore him.

And Most Importantly… The DISLOYAL –The TRAITORS –The COWARDS –The LEAKERS like Daniel Ellsberg –Supported by the press

The Reporters: Bob Woodward (right) and Carl Bernstein (left) –“Woodward and Bernstein” The Editor: Ben Bradlee

June 17, 1972 “A Third Rate Burglary” At the Watergate (Home of the National Democratic Party Headquarters

What happened at Watergate? o June 17, 1972 o 5 burglars were caught outside the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Complex wearing surgical gloves and sunglasses. o They were caught with… o Walkie talkies o 40 rolls of unexposed film o Two 35 mm cameras o Lock Picks o Tear Gas Guns o Bugging/ Listening Devices o $ 2,301 in cash -(Bernstein) ( “ Watergate Cartoons Image ” ) (“Watergate Complex”)

Curiosities: Money o The burglars had possession of over 2,000 dollars in cash o All in one hundred dollar bills o The bills were in sequence rnstein) ( “ How to Save Money ” ) (“Watergate Complex”)

Curiosities: White House Connections o Two burglars were found with an address book containing White House contact information o H. Hunt W. House o Connected crime to the United States Government ernstein) H. Hunt W. House (“Paper”) (“G-Mail Addresses”) (“Watergate Complex”)

Connections to the White House Burglars: Barker, McCord, Gonzalez, Martinez, Sturgis Connections to the White House and C.R.E.P.: Hunt, Colson, Dahlberg Slush Fund Receivers: Liddy, Magruder, Porter, Segretti (1971) Slush Fund Distributers: Stans, Magruder, Kalmbach Powerful Slush Fund Distributers: Mitchell, Haldeman President Richard M. Nixon (All the President’s Men ) (“Watergate Complex”)

Sources that Helped Woodstein o Bookkeeper o Worked in Finance for C.R.E.P. o Told Woodstein that a list of Slush Fund Receivers Was shredded o Mitchell was present at shredding o L, P, M o Sloan o Used to work for C.R.E.P. under Stans o Listed names of Slush Fund Distributers o Deep Throat o Woodward’s Inside man o “Follow the money” o Told Woodstein everyone in government intelligence was involved o Led them to Nixon (“Mystery Man”) (All the President’s Men) (“Watergate Complex”)

Curiosities: Why would Nixon do this? o Sabotage of the Democratic Party started in 1971 o Segretti was hired by Chapin to destroy democrat Senator Muskie’s campaign o Canuck Letter caused Muskie to “self-destruct” o Muskie was Nixon’s toughest competition o Now Nixon was going to run against McGovern, his weakest opponent o The huge cover up was designed to cover up whole covert operations, not just the Watergate break-in (“ Watergate” ) (All the President’s Men) (“Watergate Complex”)

Why was this such a huge issue? o Disheartened America’s belief in the political system o Nixon was the President o The President is supposed to uphold the law and set a good example o Instead he went behind the peoples’ backs (“ Nixon” ) (“Watergate Complex”)