The Policy of Secrecy: Watergate

I. The Context:

            A. Anti-Communism

            B. The Political Style of Tricky Dick

            C. Tumultuous Times

II. Watergate:

                        A. The Break-In (June 17, 1972)

                        B. The Cover-Up

III. Why Watergate Matters?

A. Policy Change:

1. War Powers Act of 1973

2. 1974 Congressional Budget and

Impoundment Act

                                    3. Fair Campaign Act of 1974

                                    4. Freedom of Information Act in 1974            

B. A Change of Mind

C. A “Conservative” Shift: Electing President Jimmy Carter

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Nixon's Chief of Staff: H.R. Haldeman     

White House Counsel: John Dean

Chief Domestic Advisor: John Erlichman             

White House Aide: G. Gordon Liddy

Liddy's Aide: E. Howard Hunt                                

Attorney General: John Mitchell

CREEP Head of Security: James McCord              

Prosecuting Judge: John Sirica

Washington Post Reporters: Woodward and Bernstein