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    In the first passage the federal agents and authorities had many challenges because they didn’t piece together all the clues that were given to them by the public. A reporter had given the FBI clues/tips to help them find the one who had stolen the picture. The reporter had found the painting in a warehouse in Brooklyn. He also said that the seller was there. when he told the police/FBI they didn’t believe him. I feel that during these 18 years of research and clues that were given to them they could

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    In 1972, Richard M. Nixon hired five ex-cuban trained agents to break into the Watergate complex to gain information on George McGovern. The scandal started when Nixon hired Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt to re-elect Nixon. Nixon knew he was going to win the Presidential campaign, but he didn’t he wanted to win by a landslide. When the agents broke into the complex they gave a signal code named ‘The Horse is in the House.’ They installed wire taps to spy on there McGovern, but they broke after 20

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    Watergate Scandal In the 1970s the Watergate Scandal was one of the biggest events in U.S history. It brought down many people that colluded for this crime. The importance of this scandal is greatly because of President Richard Nixon and what he did. These people committed a shameful crime and it should be remembered in U.S history. People of today should take the time to learn about this as it is very vital to any future events like it. I would hope they study it and apply it for tomorrow’s problems

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    Watergate Analysis

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    Large trucks that dramatically dumped newspapers in the street in Seth Meyers’ Newspaper Movie spoof may seem how the world discovered news, but the process to uncover the story of Watergate was slow and dangerous. The media’s involvement in the scandal prompted an investigation against President Nixon, which eventually lead to the exposure of corruption, impeachment trials, and the President’s resignation. The prerogative of the press’s investigation, however, has been frequently debated. While

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    In correspondence to affairs, the Lewinsky scandal is an affair that can be connected to The Crucible. The Lewinsky scandal is an American political sex scandal between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky (Macias businessinsider.com). The affair between the two began in November of 1995, when Bill Clinton was U.S president and Monica was a twenty-two year old White House intern (Macias businessinsider.com). The film and the Lewinsky scandal resemble each other in hysteria and characters. In Salem, Massachusetts

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    burglary became known as the Watergate Scandal, in which, five member of Richard Nixons reelection campain broke into the Watergate Complex and stole many classified documents. The five memebers also wire tapped all of the phones within the complex to help gather extra classified information. Nixon denied any involvement in the burglary, but however, investigators began to uncover evidence that would soon link him to the scandal. During the time of this scandal, the United State were at war in Vietnam

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    The Madoff Scandal

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    I deeply feel that if people in general moved their emphasis on the casualties that were most in require it would most certainly influence the scandals result. In my opinion, organizations that are corrupted by scandal experience the stigma effects of shame a similar way people do. The Stigmatized organizations might be ridiculed in the media, have their charitable gifts rejected, and experience a mass migration of ability. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the trick went into disrepair

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    discovery of a burglary that occurred in the early morning of June 17, 1972 in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington, D.C., unleashed a series of arrests and investigations that are known as the Watergate scandal. This incident led to the arrest of five men, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martínez, James W. McCord Jr., and Frank Sturgis who were inside the office attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. When these men, which were

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    On January 19, 1998 Matt Drudge posted an article accusing Bill Clinton and a young white house intern, whose name was not released until later, having inappropriate sexual relations. At this time drudge was not a reliable source because many of his gossip articles had been proven wrong, but because accusations were already being thrown at Clinton and the white house intern, many media organizations began to grab onto the story and produce more information. “The Drudge Report opened floodgates by

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    On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford delivered a speech that stunned the nation. Thirty days after former President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office due to the infamous Watergate scandal, President Ford chose to pardon him of any wrongdoing. This decision was extremely unpopular with the general public. For the most part, the public believed that Nixon needed to receive some form of punishment for his actions. President Ford knew this and delivered his speech in an attempt to explain

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