J 301F Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: White House Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, Watergate Complex
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Mightier than the sword chapter 13: watergate forces the president to his. Saturday, june 17, 1972 at 2:20 am. Three washington d. c. police officers caught five men attempting to place listening devices inside democratic national committee offices in the watergate complex in the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s (cid:272)apital. The men wore business suits and surgical gloves. Revealed that the richard nixon white house was at the center of the most widespread system of political corruption ever revealed. Led to revelations about misuse of campaign contributions, laundered money, political sabotage, deception, immorality, and any number of illegal activities. Nixon was forced to resign from office. The washington post pla(cid:455)ed a leadi(cid:374)g role a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g for(cid:272)es that (cid:272)aused ni(cid:454)o(cid:374)"s resignation. White house press e(cid:272)retar(cid:455) ro(cid:374) ziegler dis(cid:373)issed the (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e as a (cid:862)third-rate burglar(cid:455)(cid:863). Although it (cid:449)as possi(cid:271)le that (cid:271)reak i(cid:374) (cid:449)as the (cid:449)ork of foreig(cid:374) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)the fi(cid:374)ger (cid:374)aturall(cid:455) poi(cid:374)ts [to] the de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rats" pri(cid:374)(cid:272)ipal a(cid:374)d (cid:374)atural a(cid:374)tago(cid:374)ist the.
