Watergate

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being controlled by the opposite party, Nixon became very fearful of being a one-term President.
John Edgar Hoover was the leader of the F.B.I. at the time of the affair. Hoover was a legend in his own time and was very feared by many. Nixon said that he had a very close relationship with Hoover and that he supported him a lot. Hoover was said to be a man who you can really trust. Nixon knew that Hoover was very important because he would not let anything leak out that should not have. Nixon had several meetings with all of his intelligence officers to see what exactly was going on and what was being investigated. Nixon even began to make some changes in his senior staff. One example was when he decided to make John Ehrlichman his new domestic policy chief.
Emery describes the cover up very well. It started as soon as they were caught. Nixon returned to Washington on that Monday, delayed because of a storm. This may have hurt him a lot considering so much happened between ...

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to talk to the guys because they felt that it could really hurt their reputation. By the time Thursday came around, news of the Watergate break-in was starting to get out to the media. Nixon stated that the White House had nothing to do with the break-in and that the police were investigating the situation. On Friday, June 5th the Federal Grand Jury began its hearing of testimony in a criminal case which was about the break-in and bugging of Watergate.
As time went on, John Dean became one of the leading roles in the Watergate affair. He was very involved in the effort to "cover it up." However, Dean and Nixon both knew that it was just a matter of time before the cover up would be ...

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