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>> this room and the next contain my archives. its magazines, newspaper articles, depositions, documents. everything relating to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism. but were dangerously close to it. >> these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. >> i told th...

>> the wiretapping of his political opponents. >> conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had parti...

blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> its not just a desire for political power. i...

>> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the team received an overwhelming mandate from the american voters leaving every state but one, massachusetts . >> it is not just a desire for political power. it is a lost. that is what nixon said. i lust for power. >> the man in the middle, john wesley dean the third. >> i thought the cover-up was going to and after the election. i was wrong. >> i have no prior knowledge of the water great break in. >> is going...

the biggest white house scandal in a century broke wide open today. the presidents white house legal counsel john dean has been fired. reportedly dean is implicated in efforts to cover up the watergate scandal. >> watergate is the largest political scandal in american history. >> five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington. >> many have tried to dissect the events of watergate. i lived them. >> this room and the next contain m...

contain my archives. its magazines, newspaper articles, depositions, documents. everything relating to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism. but were dangerously close to it. >> these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. >> i told the president that there was...

in washington. >> many have tried to dissect the events of watergate. i lived them. >> this room and the next contain my archives. its magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything related to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i had no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism, but were dangerously cl...

>> this room and the next contain my archives. its magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything relating to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism, but were dangerously close to it. >> these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. >> i told...

Watergate operation. nixon was the type that was sort of belts and braces. he wanted to do everything to make sure he won and won big. and there were people in the nixon white house, from the top to the bottom, who so believed in nixon that they were willing to do most anything to get him re-elected. >> my loyalty to this -- to this man, richard nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout any of these hearings. >> they decided to break into the head...

That i might be being set up in case this whole thing came tumbling or crumbling down at later time. >> the president made this statement. "i had no prior knowledge of the watergate operation." >> well, sir, i happen to believe that he did have knowledge. >> this turned the lights on out there in the country. i mean, everything he said was a jolt. >> it was shocking in the sense that he was saying that the president had participated in the cover-up, that he had authorized the payment of hush mon...