Born Again Charles Colson Analysis

In the months before Charles Colson was charged with being involved in Watergate. He had served President Nixon Ford faithfully for three years. His eager behavior was effect and efficient resulting in a trusting relationship between him and Nixon. Colson was not involved in Watergate and had no previous knowledge about before it happened. Colson tried to explain that he did not play a role in Watergate but his accusers did not listen. Colson was sentenced to prison.

Many people, myself included look up to individuals in an authoritative role such as; senators, governors, and presidents. We view them as being honest and sincere. They have to be right? They do want to run the country after all. Often our thoughts are “they would never lie to us or hide things from us”, but unfortunately that’s not always the case. One of the biggest political scandals to hit the United States of America was the Watergate scandal involving our very own President Richard Nixon. This scandal caused a lot of American’s to lose trust and hope in the presidency. The scandal received its name from the Watergate apartment and office complex that was located in Washington D.C., where a burglary took place on June 17, 1972 and five men were arrested. It then came to surface that the men’s intentions were to sabotage the opposite political party, when president Nixon was notified of this he order the Central Intelligence Agency to call the FBI to stop with any further investigation, that national security was at stake. President Nixon knew that it would come back to the White House and didn’t want to risk anything, even though he was never involved with the

Among them would be Bob Bernstein, and Carl Woodward, reporters for The Washington Post. They used a background source “Deep Throat” to uncover the relationship between the scandal and the White House. “Deep Throat” later announced was W.Mark Felt. The Senate makes a special committee that nominated Archibald Cox to head the special investigations. James D St. Clair was appointed to be Nixon’s defense counsel. Startling information shocked the nation. There was a check of $25000 in one of the burglar’s bank account. Archibald then learns that Nixon taped all his conversations in the white house. Archibald demanded tapes but Nixon denied. Archibald was getting close to uncovering the case so Nixon demanded him to be fired. He demanded Attorney General Richardson but he protested and resigned. Next in line was Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus who also protested and resigned. Finally, Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out orders. John Sirica, a judge and he also realized not all the pieces of the puzzle were put together.

As time progressed and the investigation began to uncover the truth about what transpired at the Watergate apartment complex several things became evident: most of the burglars were ex-CIA and ex-FBI personnel, the burglars were paid with money directly from the re-election campaign and President Nixon not only knew about and sanctioned the break-in but deliberately attempted to cover it up. When called before Congress to testify about his knowledge, White House staffer John Dean testified that Nixon and his aides attempted to “stonewall” the investigation. As Congress continued its inquiry, it became clear

caught, all hell broke loose for Nixon’s presidency and there was no turning back. Upon further

Some have said that Chris “marches to a different drummer.” I disagree and agree because when Chris visits different places on his journey, he would get help from people in that community to help him and when he was on his own he would push himself to do more because he knows he wasn’t at his fullest potential. When Chris was going to Alaska, he got helped on his way there, “On October 28, he caught a ride with a long-haul trucker into Needles, California. Overjoyed upon reaching the Colorado River,” (32). By describing Chris’s nomadic unencumbered life he didn’t do anything on his own because on his journey, he met many people that would help him get to his destination. This passage also suggests that Chris never wanted to do anything on his own, he just wanted the thrill of excitement on his adventure. Later on his journey in someplace new he met someone and became friends, “When he returned to McCandless’s camp and launched into the self-improvement pitch, though, McCandless cut him off abruptly. Look, Mr. Franz, ”(pg 51). Launched into the self-improvement pitch this to me means that he is trying to help Chris make new changes into his camp. Also when Chris cut of Mr. Franz “abruptly” he was probably thinking that Mr. Franz was trying to exploit something of his camp. Chris may have thought that Mr. Franz had a zeal obsession in making changes to his

All The President 's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein tells the story behind the Watergate scandal. It all started with a burglary at the Democratic headquarters, but proved to be something much more complex. This story tells how two reporters worked with sources to uncover deceit in the highest levels of government.

Choices essentially are what dictates the path that is traveled and the series of events

Many times I find myself sitting and wondering whether I am fully free or not. I wake up every single morning and do the same routine, which is eat breakfast, go to class or work, do homework, go to the gym, shower, and then go to bed. Does this truly mean I am free? There are a lot of questions that you can ask yourself while following a routine. Is this really the path I should have taken? Were my choices determined by external factors? Determinism is the thesis that an any instant there is only one physically possible future. Robert Blatchford and Walter Terence Stace, two philosophers, both agree that determinism is true, although they have two different views on whether this means that people are free or not. Blatchford believes that everything is predestined. Stace on the other hand, believes that a person chooses what they do because of free will. In this essay I am going to discuss both of the philosophers’ views more in depth and why I favor Stace’s view over Blatchford’s.

All the President's Men is a book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The book discussed what happened to President Nixon in the Watergate Scandal from Bernstein and Woodward's point of view. The Watergate Scandal was a significant part of presidential history. This even would result in Nixon's resignation and what would have been his guaranteed impeachment. The Watergate Scandal took an impact on politics as a whole. Politicians are known as "liars" and people who keep secrets from the public. The Watergate Scandal is something Nixon can never make up for, but will always beremembered for.

Charles Wendell Colson, (“Chuck”), American political and religious figure (born Oct. 16, 1931, Boston, Mass.—died April 21, 2012, Falls Church, Va.), was a close political aide (1969–73) to U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon and was the reputed mastermind behind the campaign of “dirty tricks” advanced to discredit the president’s opponents that culminated in the Watergate scandal. He was tried and convicted (1974) for having obstructed justice in an elaborate cover-up staged to hide the activities that took place to destroy the credibility of Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg (who in 1971 had leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times). Colson had hired E. Howard Hunt (and accomplices) to steal files from the office of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist,

Nixon. It was clearly a ‘painful decision’ for the Tribune's editors, most of whom know the president personally” (1974, May 14). This statement is based on the fact that the Chicago Tribune’s Editorial was calling for the president to leave the office due to the Watergate affair. What was also mentioned was the fact that most if not all of the editors knew the president personally, and it appears that they were all on board to quickly to impeach the president. Dean Burch goes on to report, mostly in Nixon’s defense, that the president faces many decisions every day that affect all the lives in America, and he made the correct decision to open a full investigation into the Watergate scandal. One key question is also brought up: “Did Richard Nixon do wrong?” (1974, May 14). From reading this article it appears that the writer was looking at what the president was thinking and doing as a whole, not just speculate and ridicule him on just one topic. The article also references that “Like all good presidents, he is not perfect” (1974, May 14), by that statement if is clear that there were many other aspects of the situation that was not being recognized by the Chicago Tribune.

“I'm not a crook” - (Richard Nixon) is one of the most infamous one-liners in American history. This quote is from a speech that was given in response to one of the greatest politcal scandals to ever involve the White House, and it was fabricated by none other than America’s 37th President, Richard Nixon. Through numerous political cover ups, conspiracies, collusion and corruption, Richard Nixon found himself in the Supreme Court facing charges that would ultimately result in his impeachment. These unethical behaviors occur in all forms of government, from local office to the Oval, but only receives public attention when the perpetrator gets caught. To begin with, it is imperative to understand the motives behind the scandal.

President Richard Nixon's Watergate Scandal is one of the most controversial court cases to this date. He was the first president to ever resign from office and caused the American trust in the government to suffer. Did Richard Nixon really have something to hide? Did the Supreme court make the right decision? Was the case handled in the most sufficient way? Whether one agrees with the outcome of Nixon vs. United States or not, this case left a mark on American history and shouldn't lessen trust in the American Government. The case was treated just as equally as any other case and went through the long Judicial practice as stated in the Constitution.

The second reason Chuck should have pleaded guilty is because he ached for truth. When Chuck conversed with his dad about Watergate, his dad always inquired whether Chuck continues to recount the truth. The once untruthful man informed his dad that he has confessed the truth about Watergate. His dad smiled happily before moving on to different business. His dad felt proud that his son continued to declare the truth. Furthermore, nobody enjoys it when somebody lies to them. People enjoy the truth rather than falsehoods. Therefore, if Chuck recounts his knowledge of Watergate many people will look up to him because he confessed the truth. In fact, the judge might announce a lighter sentence because Chuck told the truth. All of these reasons obviously show that the former dishonest man ached to tell the truth to the