>> 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 participated in criminal enterprises. >> it's not just a desire for political power. it's a lust. i mean, that's what nixon said. i lust for power . >> the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. >> i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong.