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Oct 29, 2009 · This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents.
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VIDEO: Richard Nixon’s Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal Richard Nixon’s personality and character issues may have led to his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Nixon...
- January 1969. Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.
- February 1971. Richard Nixon orders the installation of a secret taping system that records all conversations in the Oval Office, his Executive Office Building office, and his Camp David office and on selected telephones in these locations.
- June 13, 1971. The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers later in the week.
- 1971. Nixon and his staff recruit a team of ex-FBI and CIA operatives, later referred to as “the Plumbers” to investigate the leaked publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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May 30, 2012 · Richard Nixon's Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal. Richard Nixon's personality and character issues may have led to his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
Nov 9, 2009 · Winning the White House. The Watergate Scandal and Beyond. Richard Nixon (1913-94), the 37th U.S. president, is best remembered as the only president ever to resign from office. Nixon...
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Nov 24, 2009 · In an evening televised address on August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to resign in light of the Watergate scandal.
Sep 5, 2018 · The triumphs of Richard Nixon's presidency were overshadowed by a scandal that forced his resignation. Learn more about the driven but flawed 37th president from those who worked closest to him ...