US History Watergate Flashcards

9630046150	enemies list	people who Nixon believe were against him that he had investigated by the IRS and FBI	0
9630073332	the Plumber	G. Gordon Liddy, hired to "plug the leaks" in the White House	1
9630076855	CREEP	derisive term for the Committee to Re Elect the President	2
9630085208	Deep Throat	White House informant for Woodward and Bernstein, FBI official Mark Felt	3
9630092502	Woodward and Bernstein	Washington Post reporters who uncovered the details of the Watergate break in and cover up	4
9630098140	John Dean	presidential aid who revealed under oath that Nixon had secret tapes of Oval Office conversations	5
9630105428	Archibald Cox	special prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General to investigate the Watergate Scandal	6
9630109878	Elliot Richardson	Attorney General who resigned in protest when ordered to fire Cox	7
9630113441	Robert Bork	appointed Attorney General who agreed to fire Cox in return for a nomination to the Supreme Court	8
9630119177	U.S. v Nixon	Supreme Court ruling that the Oval Office tapes were not protected by executive privilege and must be handed over to investigators	9
9630137663	impeachment	the act of charging a public official with a crime	10
9630141353	Spiro Agnew	Vice President who resigned in 1973 over tax evasion and extortion charges	11
9630155401	Watergate Hotel	location of Democratic National Convention Headquarters	12