Case 019: The Watergate Scandal

June 17, 1972. Five men wearing business suits and surgical gloves were caught in the act of breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. When brought before a judge, one of the men admitted to prior employment with the CIA. In another strange twist, the Nixon administration immediately denied responsibility, before anyone suspected their involvement. 

Fifty years later, much of the story is still unknown.

This is the Watergate scandal.

Art
 "Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio

 Music
 "Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen

Sources

1. “The Watergate Scandal” by the Constitutional Rights Foundation (crf-usa.org)
2. “Establishment of the CIA” by the Harry S. Truman Library (trumanlibrary.gov)
3. “Watergate scandal” by Rick Perlstein, Encyclopedia Britannica.
4. “Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences” by The Associated Press.
5. All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (2022)
6. “Watergate at 50: The political scandal that changed Washington” by CBS News.
7. “Watergate’s Central Mystery: Why Did Nixon’s Team Order The Break-In In The First Place?” by Garrett M. Graff, Vanity Fair.
8. “Watergate had tapes. Trump had tweets” by Ezra Klein, Vox.