Nixon : Nixon And Nixon

Amid increasing disclosures of White House involved in the Watergate break-in and its aftermath, Nixon announced the resignations of John Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldman, two of his closest advisers, in the dismissal of his counsel John W. Dean III. Growing suspicion of presidential involvement in the scandel resulted in an intensification of the investigation. Leaders in this inquiry included Judge Sirica, reporters for the Washington Post, the Ervin committee, and Archibald Cox, who was sworn in as special prosecutor in May 1973. Dean told the Ervin committee in June that Nixon had cover-up. A month later, former White House staff Alexander Butterfield revealed that Nixon had secretly tape-recorded conversations in his offices. Both Cox and the Ervin committee began efforts to obtain selected tapes. Nixon, citing EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE, refused to relinquish them and

    President Richard M. Nixon once said, “ I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate” ("Watergate Quotes"). The Watergate scandal began when five men attempted to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex. The government had to create an act in order to have the right to view all surveillance footage from the headquarters. This break-in sparked more than enough attention in the United States and brought two big reporters onto the case. It is stated that these two reporters “were bigger than the stories they covered” ("National Constitution

To further maintain his innocence, President Nixon started creating distance between himself and those of senior authority within his administration who could be directly linked to the Watergate scandal. At this time, many of President Nixon’s aides were either being prosecuted for obstruction of justice, burglary, wiretapping, etc, or they were resigning their positions within the administration due to the overwhelming evidence that was appearing against them in relation to their criminal activities. Many of President Nixon’s aides were either cutting a deal in court or preparing to testify against the him in relation to their personal knowledge about the details of the scandal and their personal knowledge about President Nixon’s involvement. The characters that will be examined were both senior politicians within the Nixon Administration as well as law enforcement agents and high ranking attorneys. They will be investigated to determine their connection to the Nixon Administration and their role in the Watergate scandal.

When placed in the overall context of President Nixon’s administration, the Watergate Scandal is perhaps less surprising due to the attitudes and actions that were present throughout his time as president. Throughout his presidency, Nixon the press as an enemy of his administration and he sought to keep many of his actions a secret from the American people. He strongly detested leaks from his administration as he felt that an exposure of his actions to the general public would hurt him. In order to preserve the secrecy of his administration, Nixon greatly elevated surveillance and other information gathering programs within his administration, often ignoring the legal boundaries that they may have been crossing. Nixon’s obsession with the press led him to extensively use the agencies at his control (i.e. the CIA, FBI, IRS, NSA, and the DIA), to monitor journalists and other people that he thought could harm his administration. Although previous presidents had used surveillance and information gathering programs, he greatly exceeded his predecessors in both the scope and volume of the programs he used. Nixon eventually became dissatisfied with the intelligence agencies (the CIA and FBI) as he viewed their unwillingness to break the law at his orders and to do so quickly as an issue that prevented him from effectively leading his presidency. Because of Helms’s and Hoover’s refusal to fully cooperate, Nixon looked to people such as his aide ,John Ehrlichman, and people

He worked well with Nixon, but recently the distance between them had grown. The president seemed to be depressed, withdrawn, and lonely lately. In February 1973 Butterfield became the head of the Federal Aviation Administration because of his Air Force experience. Nine months had passed since the Watergate break in and the White House cover up had been effective. The first investigation was led by Senator Sam Ervin, a North Carolina Democrat. Ervin called Butterfield to his office and informed him that he would be performing a full-scale investigation by a Senate committee in which he would get full power to get documents and call all of Nixon’s White House and campaign aides. The next month the Senate voted 77-0 to set up a Watergate committee. In June 1973, John Dean a former White House counsel described meetings with Nixon that showed the president was deeply involved in the Watergate cover-up. Butterfield knew that the tapes would be the needed proof to settle the accusation. Polls showed that two thirds of the country believed the president’s denial. As Dean was testifying he said that he felt as if the room was bugged and Nixon

Edward Snowden’s disclosures about the National Intelligence Agency surveillance extension is some of the most comprehensive news in recent history. It has incited a ferocious debate over national security and information privacy. As the U.S government deliberates various reform proposals, arguments continue on whether Snowden is a hero or a traitor (Simcox, 2015).

On June 17th, 1972 a political scandal occurred in the United states. Four cuban americans and one american broke into the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate office complex. Five burglars were caught and it was discovered that the President Nixon administration was involved. There were also other things discovered such as the bugging of political offices and FBI investigations on Mr. Nixon's Political Opponents. The scandal was then investigated by the U.S. congress, and they soon found out that Nixon recorded all of his meetings and asked for the tapes. After some refusal Nixon finally handed the tapes over, but one thing was missing. There was an 18.5 minute gap in one tape.

Now as to why half of the tape is missing is what a lot of people question. “Rose Mary Woods, a secretary who attended President Nixon's meetings said she had mistakenly erased five minutes of the tape when she answered the telephone behind her left shoulder, causing her foot to slip off of the recording pedal” (Mellinger, 2009). “The probability of her foot slipping is very unlikely and would never actually happen” (U.S. Government, 1976, p.500). After

Eventually, more hours of recorded discussions were found. These tapes displayed that Nixon was even more involved in the scandal than people believed. A recorded discussion in 1972 verified that Nixon and Hardeman communicated to try to hide the conspiracy from further investigation.

Frank Willis- the security guard at the Watergate Hotel alerted police to the break-in. While investigating, the FBI found a link to Nixon. Evidence began accumulating against Nixon when former staff members testified against him. Although he denied it, it was known that Nixon had been recording many conversations in his offices. Nixon resigned office before he would be

Five burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. Investigators found out that the burglars were hired by Nixon to get information because he wants to get re-elected as president. In the United States, the president has to follow the law, if he does not follow the law, then he will be put on trial. Nixon was prosecuted and the only evidence to consider he was guilty was a tape recording. He records every conservation in his office, but he did not want to give the evidence because it would “destroy the protection of his country.” However, the court said the criminal case is far important than his privacy in which Nixon gave the recording at the end.

Everyone assumes that Edward Snowden first brought to the public’s attention the actions by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the mining of public data. (The Guardian and The Washington Post on June 5, 2013). “The release of classified material was called the most significant leak in US history by Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg”. (Gellman, B., Poitras, L. 2013). This was first reported by USA Today. ( Cauley, Leslie. 2006). There was no public comment at this time and it faded from memory. Recent events by the NSA have created public outrage about this invasion of privacy and expressed incredulity at how this

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (N.S.A) subcontractor turned whistle-blower is nothing short of a hero. His controversial decision to release information detailing the highly illegal ‘data mining’ practices of the N.S.A have caused shockwaves throughout the world and have raised important questions concerning how much the government actually monitors its people without their consent or knowledge. Comparable to Mark Felt in the Watergate scandals, Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers, Edward Snowden joins the rank of infamous whistleblowers who gave up their jobs, livelihood, and forever will live under scrutiny of the public all in the service to the American people. Edward Snowden released information detailing the

On May 20th, 2013, one man singlehandedly committed one of the most controversial actions in the United States government’s history. He released over ten thousand classified documents regarding the CIA, NSA, and other branches of government intelligence. This man’s name is Edward Joseph Snowden and he built quite the resume for himself, not that he will need it now. Before leaking thousands of classified documents, Snowden used to be an employee for the CIA. It wasn’t until he got higher up in the rankings with the CIA when he starting seeing what some of these files contained. After being appalled by what he saw, Snowden took matters into his own hands and let the public see exactly what he was seeing. To understand more of what Snowden did, we have to go back before he decided to commit his crime.

This report purpose is to provide a point of view about two different Technological information leaking cases. It provides a clear explanation about the criminal charges against Edward Snowden, a former CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) employee, a former contractor for the United States government, he copied and leaked classified information from the NSA organization without permissions in 2013. Snowden was charged with three different felonies on June 2013, as he stole a governmental property unauthorized communication of national defense information. The following number of lines could provide a detailed explanation for why Snowden was charged with these felonies and the American president comments on this. This paper also stocks