Watergate: Important persons and events

All the Presidents men: The Watergate scandal

Persons and offenders:

Events:

- Bernstein & Woodward reveal more and more scandals in Washington Post

- F.E: Nixon also monitored the famous movie director David O' Russel --> Democrat

- The Congress decides for an impeachment for Nixon

- The Next Day: Nixon retired

---> prevent the impeachment

John Dean (Nixon consultant)

Richard Nixon: The President

John Mitchell (Minister of Justice)

John D. Ehrlichman (Nixon consultant)

Richard Nixon: The President

Born: 14th October 1938

Died: /

Born: 20th March 1925

Died: 14th February 1999

Died: 22nd April 1994

Born: 15th September 1913

Died: 9th Novembver 1988

1946: Got elected for the congress

1953-1961: Vice President

1960: Electioneering against J.F.K

- As President: Very Famous

- Better Relationships to Russia (Cold War)

- Contained the Vietnam War

- Planned the Watergate burglary

- Was the Chairman of the committee for re-election

(Also Minister of Justice)

- First and last Minister of Justice who was condemned because of illegal activities

- Legal adviser of Nixon

- Was responsible for the cover up of Watergate

- Nixon tried to accuse him for Watergate

- Switched sides:

key witness in the Process of Watergate

- Chief adviser for internal affairs

- Part of the special ops team "plumbers"

-> shield President from the press

- 30. April 1973: Retirement

- Condemned to 18 Month in Prison for Restrictions on press freedom

- Were a very paranoid person:

Controlled his own family, friends, also famous persons and political enemys

Carl Bernstein (WP Journalist)

Bob Woodward (WP Journalist)

Born: 14th February 1944

Died: /

Born: 26th March 1943

Died: /

- Became a Journalist in 1970

- Studied at the Yale University

- 1967: Became a Journalist at the Washington Post

- Chief of him thought Watergate would be an easy job, so Woodward got the job for research

- Together with Bernstein and Deep Throat -> revealed the scandal

- Is one of the most famous Journalists in America

- Was the Partner of Woodward

- Organized the Meetings with Deep Throat

- Was crucial for the revelation of Watergate

- Today: One of the Leaders of the Washington Post

- Most famous Journalist in America

- Got two high society prices for his

commitment

J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Founder/Leader)

Mark Felt (Deputy Director FBI, Deep Throat)

Patrick Gray III. (FBI Leader since 1972)

Born: 1st January 1895

Died: 2nd May 1972

Born: 18th July 1916

Died: 6th July 2005

Born: 17th August 1913

Died: 18th December 2008

- Was proposed for the leader position of

the FBI

- Was a Nixon critic

--> Nixon took Gray in his place

- Switched the sides and worked as an Informant for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

- Was named as the new Leader of the FBI

- Also a sympathizer of Nixon

- Tried to cover up facts about the investigations

- Tried to hinder Press on research

- Retired in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal

- Was the founder and leader of the FBI

- Died in 1972

- In his Place, Nixon named Patrick Gray as the new Leader (instead of Felt)

--> One of the Reasons for Felts decision for Deep Throat

What was "Watergate"?

- The biggest political scandal in american history

- Abuses of government powers

• Restrictions on press freedom
• Unconstitutional actions of the government
• Restriction of democracy
• Election manipulation
• Monitoring of famous people and private persons

1st May 1973:

17th June 1972

Situation in the USA

- Nixon got re-elected

- From Protest against Nixon:

Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kleindienst retire.

Nixon under pressure: FBI started investigations in the Withe House

- Watergate burglary (Watergate Building)

- 6th Floor -> office of the Democrats

- At Night 5 Persons arrested

Among: Gordon Liddy (CIA Agent)

3 Other Workers from the White House

Nixon: " I promise to clear up this happening completely"

- USA were in the Cold War with Russia

- Civil war - like situations on the Streets

--> Between Vietnam proponents and opponents

- In 1972 there was the electioneering of the new President

7th May 1973

9th November 1973

5th May 1973

- In Oval office FBI found tapes:

- Nixon monitored famous Persons and political enemies

- Also a rumor: Nixon had a sexual releationship with a Russian agent in the White House

- FBI demand the 9 missing tapes from Nixon

- Nixon insert appeal

- Public demonstrations in front of the White House

- More and More people request Nixon to retire

- Woodward & Bernstein started research (First contact to Deep Throat)

- Found out --> Nixon monitored private Persons

-On Tape: "I will eliminate all this bastards from the press"

- Documents who proved that Nixon planned a burglary in the editing of a famous magazine to "ruin them"

- Ehrlichman: "The press and the people will bring you down."

Nixon: "Find them, and bring them down!"

14th July 1974

8th August 1974

Nixon: "I am not a crook"

Nixon retired from his function as a President