the wiretapping of his political opponents. conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power . the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the watergate break-ins. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of d
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as pam said, the thousand or so interviews that the committee conducted. now, no former president has ever faced a criminal referral from congress. society veteran journalist credited with breaking the watergate scandal, the people who understand sort of the historic moment we re in better than any of us, bob woodward and carl bernstein along with former white house counsel john dean. thanks to all. bob, here we are, this is going to be the 11th hearing. during times were they done or not done they would add a hearing. here we are, we know this is the final hearing. what is at stake today? well, a great deal is at stake, of course, but what s interesting, you know, dean, carl and myself here, this is this is 50 years ago. and if you ask the question, what was watergate, as senator ervin who ran those very good hearings said watergate was an