| President Nixon Library Watergate Album |
| With the leaking of the Pentagon Papers in June of 1971 President Nixon believed holdovers from the Kennedy and Johnson Administration were trying to sabatoge his Vietnam policy. |
| Political Intelligence (spying) was started as well as a Dirty Trick Unit created. |
| The White House taping system |
| About a third of the Nixon Library is devoted to Watergate. The Watergate scandal resulted in President Nixons rersignation on August 9, 1974. |
| On August 5, 1974 the tapes reveal that Nixon ordered the CIA to obstruct the FBI investigation on June 23, 1972. This was Obstruction of Justice and impeachable. He resigned on August 9, 1974. He was later pardoned by President Ford. |
| The 1st Watergate breakin was May 27, 1972. They went back because the bugs were not working on June 19, 1972. The group was caught. |
| In 1973 the trials of the burglars and Senate Investigations proceed. |
| In July of 1973 a White House Assistant reveals the secret White House taping system. On Oct. 12, 1973 the court orders the tapes be turned over to the investigators. |
| Past Presidents that had a White House taping system. |
| There was a gap of 18.5 minutes in the tapes. |
| Laws created because of Watergate. |