Video: Uncovering the Mysteries of Watergate

Former Nixon Domestic Council official, Watergate defense lawyer, and author Geoff Shepard presented the fourth Richard Nixon Legacy Forum Monday. Shepard spoke about the conventional wisdom of Watergate, five alternative perspectives on how the controversy unfolded,...

The Mysteries of Watergate

May 2010: Geoff Shepard, former Associate Director of the White House Domestic Counsel, and former Deputy of President Nixon’s legal defense raises questions about John Dean and the special prosecutor’s case against the administration.
The Mysteries of Watergate

The Mysteries of Watergate

[youtube https://youtu.be/hZIF0oSXBJE] May 24, 2010: Even forty years later, Watergate remains America’s greatest political scandal. Dozens of books have been written by principal Watergate players; hundreds of books and articles have been written by various...

The Watergate Hotel Back In The News

In July I wrote here about the uncertain status of the Watergate Hotel, best remembered, of course, for the break-in that ultimately brought about the end of Richard Nixon’s presidency. At that time, the hotel had been put up for auction by Deutsche Bank, after...

The Last Of The Watergate Cubans Speaks

In June I wrote here of the death of Bernard L. Barker, one of the five men whose arrest at the Watergate complex on the evening of June 17, 1972, resulted in the unfolding of the scandal that claimed the Presidency of Richard Nixon. At that time I noted that of the...