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  • n  a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
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  • On this day: June 17
    The British win at great cost at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Ted Williams belts his 500th home run, five burglars are arrested at the Watergate complex, O.J. Simpson goes for a ride, and same-sex marriage becomes legal in California, all on this day.
    June 17, 2013 - Local 6 Orlando
  • Multiple New Polls Show Americans Reject Wholesale NSA Domestic Spying
    In the 1950s and 60s, the NSA spied on all telegrams entering and exiting the country. The egregious actions were only uncovered after Congress set up an independent investgation called the Church Committee in the 1970s after Watergate. When the American public learned about NSA's actions, they demanded change. And the Church Committee delivered it by providing more information about the ...
    June 16, 2013 - CommonDreams.org
  • The Legacy Of Watergate And The Semantics Of Scandals
    Forty years after the Senate committee hearings on the Watergate scandal, Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Lowell Weicker, who served on the Senate Watergate committee. Former White House speechwriters Paul Glastris and Peter Robinson talk about writing speeches amid scandal.
    June 12, 2013 - NPR
Quotes

  • Bob Woodward in USA Today
    He reminded me how he disliked phone calls at the office but said that the Watergate burglary case was going to 'heat up' for reasons he could not explain,Woodward wrote. "He then hung up abruptly."
  • Howard Hunt in International Herald Tribune
    I will always be called a Watergate burglar, even though I was never in the damn place,Hunt told The Miami Herald in 1997. "But it happened. Now I have to make the best of it."
  • Dianne Feinstein in International Herald Tribune
    Sen. Dianne Feinstein, called it "the most sweeping reform bill since Watergate," referring the 1970s scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon and led to changes in how politicians raise money.

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