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Watergate Scandal

Watergate was the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Republicans in 1972. It was the beginning of the end for many high ranking jobs, including the commander and chief of the United States. The Republicans were not bad off in the year 1972. Nixon had been elected President of the U.S. for the second straight term and the Republicans were gaining some ground. That all changed, however, on June 17, 1972 when 5 men decided to break into the Watergate Hotel and steal files and documents in the chairmen of the Democratic National Committee's office. Lawrence O'Brien was the chairman. They put bugging devices on the ceiling above two panels.
It was late at night, around ...

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and officers John Barret and Carl Shoffler intercepted the call while on patrol. Flashlights were noticed by a former F.B.I. agent. The F.B.I. agent named Alfred Baldwin calls and tells the police that there are lights on in the entire 8th floor of Watergate. So the three officers entered the building, surrounded the 8th floor partition, and in a few moments one intruder "Don't shoot-You've got us"! The intruders were then ordered up against a wall and the police notice that they had $1,300 of new money, each were consecutively marked $100 dollar bills. Yet the Democratic National Committee safe was not tampered with. The police also found a transmitter, walkie-talkies, two 35mm. cameras, and forty rolls of unexposed picture film. The intruders refused to tell what their purpose of being at Watergate was.
So the burglars were taken to the Second District station house. Each intruder gave a name, but each was later found out to be false. The five insist on not answering ...

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Added: 2/8/2007 04:26:26 PM
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