the watergate scandel

[gingerflaps]

hi everyone....i have been seeing lots of stuff on the news latley about a guy called 'deep throat' and the watergate scandel. i have been wondering and asking for years now...'wot the hell was the watergate scandel' i know it had something to do with nixon but thats about it....plz help!!!

[Clanad]

Check here:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/watergate/

And here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)

[ludwig]

If you've ever wondered why every scandal nowadays is given a name with 'gate' on the end e.g Camillagate, Dianagate, etc etc - it's because of Watergate, which was the original 'Gate'.

[deepthroat]

"The American political scandal known as Watergate resulted in the resignation, on August 9, 1974, of President Richard M. Nixon, the only president in the nation's history to resign. The scandal began to unravel on June 17, 1972, when five men were arrested for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate apartment and office complex in Washington, D.C." (Read more: http://deepthroat.name/content/view/131/26/)

[jno]

very kind of you to answer in person deepthroat, especially as I'd heard you've been feeling poorly.