Watergate Flashcards
watergate introduction
political scandal involving nixon which led to his resignation
- took place between 1971 and 1974.
white house plumbers
group created by nixon to prevent sensitive info from being leaked
how did the watergate scandal start
5 men arrested as they broke into the national democratic committee offices at watergate complexes on 17th june
CREEP
created to raise money for nixons 1972 re-election
- spies on democrats
- nixon provided funds to spy.
who was director of CREEP
John Mitchell
washington post
bob woodward and carl beinstein investigated.
- found links to creep.
who denied any link between CREEP and burglary
John Mitchell
when was the trials of the burglarers
January 1973
who accused whwitehouse officials of covering up
James McCord ( March 1973)
who did Nixon assign as special prosecutor
Archibald Cox
saturday night massacre
cox was dismissed after refusing to answer Nixons order to drop off tapes .
smoking gun tape
proved nixon was lying about the involvement in the crime
nixon regination
april 1974
privacy act
1973
states rules government had to follow when collecting peoples private data
war powers act
1974
president could not go to war without support of the congress
