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The Watergate scandal resulted in a common practice of naming scandals with the word "Gate" in them, even if they have nothing to do with gaps in fences. Prominent examples are Chinagate, a scandal that no one remembers or cares about; Clintongate, a scandal overblown by the Republican Party and Monica Luenske; Stargate SG-1; and the Brandenburg Gate.
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MIAMI - L. Patrick Gray, whose yearlong stint as acting FBI director was marked by the Watergate break-in and the ensuing scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation, has died. He was 88.
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Woodward, Bernstein, Dean and other Watergate figures reminisced on Sunday's television talk shows about the scandal. Woodward, asked about a project by university students in Illinois that eliminated all but seven White House aides as Deep Throat possibilities, and the students' unanimous surmise that Deep Throat was commentator and former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan, Woodward said: “You're going to get a kind of deep silence from us on this subject.”
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Nixon made three major speeches on the Watergate scandal during 1973 and 1974. The first was on April 30, 1973, in which he announced the departure of Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman. A more defiant speech was delivered on August 15, 1973. Perhaps the politically most difficult speech was the one on April 29, 1974, in which Nixon released partial transcripts of the White House tapes. MORE
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This comprehensive site about the history of the Watergate scandal contains full texts of speeches given by and in honor of Mr. Nixon. Also included are links to a variety of other Watergate resources.
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An alternate theory to the mainstream media account of the Watergate scandal can be found in Silent Coup, a 1991 book by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. The two authors believe that it was Nixon's silent war with the Pentagon that ultimately led to his removal from office.[30] The book was widely criticized for leaps of logic and weak evidence, and its theories enjoy little support from either professional historians or the general public.[31][32]
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