One of the main reasons was because Nixon was not physically involved in the the actual planning of the Watergate scandal; however his involvement in the cover ups for all the incidents that had taken place was his downfall. The Watergate scandal had made its mark on American presidential abuses of power. The cover-up itself signifies the White House to obstruction of the investigation .The Watergate scandal was the nation’s worst political stories of all times. President Nixon being incorporative during the investigation proved that his involvement was the one of the main reasons of his downfall. .By failing to provide the investigators with all the information just proves his admission of guilt.
One of the major reasons that Nixon even covered up the Watergate burglary was due to the fact that the government was not going to take much action they were just going to require that all parties involved resigned. Although Nixon was not about to stand by and let some of the men he was most dependant on resign without trying to help. The cover up included shredding all incriminating document, urging the FBI to stop the investigation on the grounds of “National Security”, the Committee to Reelect the President (CRP) gave out nearly $500,000 to the burglars to keep them silent due to an indictment by the federal
Hoover used COINTELPRO to initiate around the clock surveillance on king, hoping to find evidence of communism or sexual deviance. Using an illegal wiretap,
Lastly, the executive branch failed to keep Congress informed. They did not brief Congress when they sold the arms to Iran and they completely disregarded laws restricting aid to the contras (Lowenthal, 169). The resulting blowback nearly ruined President Reagan’s efforts for global security. The power struggle between Congress and the President was problematic. It appeared that, even though Congress was supposed to be briefed on covert missions in order to decide if they should fund it or not, the National Security Council walked easily through a loophole in the
Sources tell Fox News that Reichert talked to the whistle-blower, then referred him to Cantor. The whistle-blower talked to the majority leader's office, then to Cantor directly. The whistle-blower -- who purportedly was concerned about a possible national security breach -- was then put in touch with FBI Director Robert Mueller. Cantor staffers said they didn't immediately tell the House Intelligence Committee or chamber leaders because they didn't know whether the tip was credible. No security breaches appear to have occurred in the email exchange, but Capitol Hill lawmakers expressed shock and disappointment about the stunning revelations and said Petraeus made the correct choice in
Zell Miller purposely pointed out flaws in Senator Kerry’s actions to exemplify to the audience why he would not feel his family would be safe and protected under Kerry’s rule. Throughout the rest of his speech, Miller projected statements such as, “John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure” and “From John Kerry, [terrorists] get a ‘yes-no-maybe’ bowl of mush that can only encourage our enemies and confuse our friends” (Miller). Phrases such as these are discouraging to both parties. Even the Democrats, strong supporters of John Kerry, may have thought twice about their vote when forced to listen to such facts. After this speech,
The Watergate Scandal The Watergate scandal was a political scandal of the Democratic Party in the 1970s. The scandal all started from a burglary by five men who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, the Watergate, in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972. All five men were caught and arrested that same night. The FBI connected payments to all of the men from a slush fund of the 1972 Committee to Re-elect the President, which made the investigation very popular and interesting. The story of the Watergate burglary caught the attention of two reporters of the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who started a little investigation of their own that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon on August 9,
Televisions were considered to be anti-war influences because the media showed horrible things happening in Vietnam that cause the public to give less support. The media not only affected the nature of the war to the public but it also changes the minds of Americans on their own people. "Critics in the government, the military, and elsewhere claim that the media was dominated by the antiwar journalists who poisoned the American public against the war by delivering superficial and negative coverage of the conflict. (pg 177 Walter). This shows how Walter noticed that people attentions were grabbed by the over coverage the news released.
It began with the invasion and interference in telephone lines of the headquarters of the Democratic campaign. The invasion was committed on June 17, 1972 by a team of five men who were caught in fraganti inside the offices of the Democratic Party in the Watergate building in Washington. Their arrest revealed a plan of illegal wiretapping and spying on political opponents backed by the White House, and senior officials of the country were implied in the plan, including former inspector-general John Mitchell, the presidential adviser John Dean, the Chief of Staff of the White House H. R. Haldeman, the assessor for the National Affairs John Ehrlichman, and the head of them all, President Richard Nixon. In May 1973, the Commission on Presidential Activities of the U.S. Senate heard a series of stunning revelations that gave the scandal a dimension greater than they had. John Dean testified that the president was aware of the operation and had authorized the payment to the assailants to keep them in silence, something that was vehemently denied by the Nixon Administration.
McCain lost his chance by being held accountable, reasonably or not, for the flaws of the Bush Administration. The American people gave Obama the majority in a high number of voters because they felt McCain no longer accurately represented the people of