Executive- President scandals Flashcards
What was water gate?
The democratic headquaters (watergate building) was broken into and was later revealed taht the crime commuted was by Nixons staff
Water gate was a collective term for the abuses of power carried out by the nixon administration
What happend in the vietnam war who was president and at what time?
Nixon in 1968
The war was a series of assassinations and crises eroded public trust in govt and produced backlash against liberal movements and the democratic party
What did Nixon vow to do when elected?
Restore law and order to respect the rule of law
Reconstitute the statue of america, dispose of ineffectual social programs and provide strong leadership
Who wrote the pentagon papers?
Daniel Ellsberg
What were the pentagon papers and who was daniel ellsberg?
He was an employee of the defence department
He leaked a classified assessment of the vietnam war- a 7000 page document
Papers cast doubt in the justification for entry to war and revealed that senior givt offices had misgivings about the war
Who published the pentagon papers and what was Nixon’s response?
The new york times and the washington post
Nixon’s administration sued them, however the supreme court ruled the papers could still be published
Who were the white house plumbers and what did they do?
Howard Hunt
G Gordon Liddy
James Mccord
Chuck cason
They where a unit to ensure internal security as all members where part of the CIA they were essentially hiered to stop leaks
In 1971 they broke into the office of Daniel Ellsbergs physciatrisys office to discredit him as mentally ill
Did nixon know about the plumbers?
He denied it but it was revealed that Nixon’s domestic advisor John Eheilchman knew of and approved the plan
What was the watergate break in and how were the plumbers involved?
The plumbers turned their activity’s to political espionage like bugging phones and opponents
On the 17th june 1972- 5 men where arrested while attentions to bug the headquaters of the democratic party in the water gate building in W DC
One of the men arrested (James McCord) was head of the republic party- creating suspicion for the party how ger Nixon denied involvement
Who where woodward and bernstein and what did they do?
They were reporters for the washington pist who did investigate reports on teh situation
Post editor Ben Bradley, publisher Katherine Graham, W&B aided by an enigmatic source kept the story in the public consciousness until Nixon resignation
How did Watergate affect nixon’s campaign?
-Was tied to his campaigns through $25,000 check form a republican donor that laundered through a mexican bank and deposited in the account of watergate through burglar Bernard Barker
-Later discovered that former Attourney General Hohn Mitchell who was head of Nixons CREEP committee to re elect the president controlled a secret fund for political espionage however mitchell should later go to prison for his role in the scandal
Did Nixon get re-elected in 1972!
Yes he won the larger margin in history
Who was the judge who investigated watergate?
Judge John Sirica
What did Judge John Sirica? what did James W Mccord say in his letter?
He refused to believe the burglars acted alone
James W McCord sent a letter confirming that it was a conspiracy
Sirica investigation transformed watergate from the story alf a third rate burglary to a scandal reaching the highest point in govt
what was the senete investigation?
Senate be gain hearings in watergate in may 1973
Hearing televised as they where focus on how the president knew about the break inspection
In June 1973 former white house legal counsel John Dean delivered devastating testimony that implicated Nixon from the earliest days of watergate
