Word: coverups
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...Rather than impeach Nixon, if it turns out that he lied about knowledge of the Watergate coverup, I propose that Congress or at least the Senate, pass a resolution censuring him for his conduct in that one matter. Neither impeachment nor resignation is desirable, yet such a resolution would express the country's indignation. With that done. Nixon could remain in office, chastened but not ruined...
...were stopped." Stutz claims that the investigation was called off by San Diego's U.S. Attorney Harry Steward, who had publicly stated that he owed his position to Smith's backing. Stutz also says that former Presidential Assistant John Caulfield, a prominent figure in the Watergate coverup, asked him three times to meet secretly and discuss the status of the investigation of Smith prior to Steward's action...
Beneath all the complexities, the basic conflict is clear. Dean holds out the promise of answers to some important questions: 1) How much did President Nixon know about the coverup, and how widely did it really range? 2) What other officials were involved? 3) What other instances of political espionage took place? and 4) What is contained in the secret papers he took from the White House and what light can be shed on their meaning? The prosecutors, on the other hand, doubt that he really has all the answers he promises and is exaggerating to improve his bargaining position...
...technique was similar?and two of the Watergate burglars were Hunt and Liddy. The plumbers' boss, Ehrlichman, has been named by various federal investigators as being part of the Watergate coverup...
This was, even if unintentional, part of the coverup. Any pursuit of the individuals who had directed or financed the Watergate burglars would require a full investigation of Hunt and Liddy ?and thus would run right into Nixon's admonition against getting into "national security...