WATERGATE SCANDAL

The Watergate Scandal

The Watergate Scandal

Introduction

The Watergate scandal is related to a case of political espionage that began in 1974. There were several crucial outcomes of the scandal; one of them was the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The scandal started with the initiation of a litigation imposed against the journalists of the Washington Post. In 1972, the journalists were accused to install microphones in the offices of the Democratic Party at the building of the Watergate in Washington. The investigations of journalists along with the investigation from Senate shed light on illegal practices on a large scale within the presidential administration. The investigation by the journalists was supported by the analysis of the Pentagon Papers (which revealed some disturbing truths about Vietnam).

The police officers, former CIA officers and the journalists were able to connect burglary of the campaign funds of the President. The Post reporter was also able to publish the revelations of a confidential source (William Mark), a high-ranking official of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the early seventies. This source revealed the direct involvement of the President in illegal activities. President Nixon at the time of the scandal quoted that "The White House is not in any way involved in this incident there."

Discussion

The Watergate Scandal and its Initiation

In 1971, according to the reconstruction of events, initiated by the Washington Post reporters (Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein), the White House triggered a private investigation unit. Later, the respondent of Washington Post informally leaked confidential information relating to acts of war. In 1972, The Washington Post continued investigation to trace the tracks emerging and published an article accusing the United States Attorney General John Mitchell to control the Republican Party funds for financing intelligence operations against the Democrats (Genovese, 2004). In 1972, the team discovered was named as "plumbers".

According to diverse sources, this team was built in the shadow of the President Nixon and received the order from the offices of the Democratic Party in the Watergate complex at Washington. On June 18, 1972, the Washington Post planned an illegal raid, and the subsequent attempt of theft. With the passage of time, the responsibility of the people accused in the scandal erupted immediately as they were designated government agents. In addition, it was the journalistic investigation conducted by two Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward burdensome to shed light on the scope of the event (Goode, ...