I have spent the better part of forty years pondering Watergate issues. My take may not be better than anyone else’s, but here’s my current thinking on Watergate’s lingering questions. These are off-the-cuff responses that assume some degree of familiarity with the subject matter. Otherwise, it would take too long just to provide the background for each issue. View more research aids.
It is clear Liddy’s plan was not approved in the January and February meetings in Mitchell’s office when he was still Attorney General. The issue is whether he approved it […]
Read more >>Mitchell denied everything, claiming no involvement whatsoever. Magruder claimed Mitchell was the motivating factor — that he had personally expressed dissatisfaction with the fruits of the intelligence plan in front […]
Read more >>Rose Woods admitted to accidentally erasing the beginning of the June 20th tape, when it was not thought to be part of the original subpoena – but not a full […]
Read more >>On June 23, 1972 – just six days following the burglar’s arrest — Haldeman seeks Nixon’s concurrence to instruct the CIA to tell the FBI not to interview two witnesses […]
Read more >>Regardless of whether you believe the revised thinking about the “smoking gun” transcript, the tape itself did not become public until August 5, 1974. Yet, grand jurors had named Nixon […]
Read more >>The parlor game established by All the President’ Men went on for three decades, until Mark Felt’s daughter stepped forward in 2005. By that time, Felt himself was too far […]
Read more >>Nixon’s legal team built their defense around the idea that Nixon was not aware of the specifics of any cover-up or personally involved in trying to ascertain what had happened […]
Read more >>Nixon was sick with pneumonia at Bethesda Naval Hospital when Butterfield disclosed the existence of the taping system. He had about three days before the first set was formally demanded […]
Read more >>The immediate cause of his resignation was the release of the smoking gun tape, which was coupled by the total loss of political support, as well as his legal team […]
Read more >>This is my key issue. Dean has admitted that he was “chief desk officer” of the cover-up, but claims he was acting under the direction and control of Haldeman and […]
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