HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Watergate Complex, Canuck Letter, Panic Buying
23 Aug 2016
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Destroyed people"s reputation and his enemies, no motivation for $, dude was just paranoid. Used power of executive branch to destroy enemies. Used campaign donations to get rid of his opponents (aka slush funds) and also to silence/influence testimonies of watergate break-in: money donated to elect president must be used to elect president, illegal to use. Creep (committee to re-elect president) helped nixon, legal counsel gordon liddy"s goal was to hurt nixon"s enemies: canuck letter that ruined muskie"s campaign, funded break-in @ watergate hotel, plant bugs & spy on democrats. Authorized witnesses to commit perjury, interfered w/ investigations of watergate break-in. Used electronic surveillance for personal matters unrelated to national security, concealed certain surveillance records. Easing of hostility or strained relations between countries. Nixon"s new policy of dealing w/ cold war, wanted to ease tension w/ u. s. s. r. Objective was to find common ground then build on it.
