Part+I

** Breaking In  **

 In 1972, The Watergate Hotel was the National Democratic Headquarters. On June 17th a security guard discovered a piece of tape on a door that impaired the lock, allowing a break in. Five men were apprehended trying to bug the offices of the Democratic Party. It soon became apparent that the foiled attempt to enter was part of a larger plan by Nixon to damage the reputation of the Democratic Party.

 The break in was only a part of the illegal activities by the government, however. In addition to this, Nixon had ordered the phone lines of White House employees tapped in order to control press leaks, created a group called "the plumbers" who were also to stop leaks as well as discredit any political opposition, and created an "enemies list that consisted of Americans who opposed the Vietnam War or the president himself.

 Once the bugging of Watergate was uncovered, Nixon and his staff denied any link to the crime. In November, Nixon was re-elected in one of the greatest land slide victories for the presidency in history.